The US government is seeking dismissal of a case brought by a “rendition” victim who says he was tortured in Syria, citing rarely used “state secret privilege.” US officials argued Aug. 9 in a Brooklyn court that the case should… Read moreUS seeks dismissal in suit by “rendition” victim
At Unocal‘s final shareholder’s meeting Aug. 10, an overwhelming majority approved the $17.5 billion merger with Chevron. Chief Executive Charles Williamson said Unocal considered a sale only after being approached months ago by China National Offshore Oil — known as… Read moreUnocal-Chevron merger approved; global cartel consolidates
An Aug. 9 AP story (online at TruthOut) reveals that Judge John G. Roberts Jr., President Bush’s nominee for the Supreme Court, was on a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit… Read moreRoberts ruled against Geneva Conventions
A lawsuit filed Aug. 8 against US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld reveals the gratuitous cruelty inflicted on a foreign student held without charges for more than two years as an “enemy combatant” in a South Carolina naval brig, Human… Read more“Enemy combatant” sues Rumsfeld
An interesting development in the extremely contentious Valerie Plame affair: Deputy Attorney General James Comey, the only Justice Department official overseeing special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald’s investigation into the leak scandal, is leaving to take a job in the private sector…. Read moreSkull & Bonesman to oversee Valerie Plame case?
Amnesty International has released testimony from two Yemeni men now detained in their own country, who were recently transfered there from Guantanamo Bay but also told of being held at a secret US detention facility at an unknown location where… Read moreTestimony claims secret CIA archipelago
A coalition of 14 media organizations and public interest groups organized by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press have filed an amicus brief in federal court in New York urging the release of Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse photos…. Read morePress stands up to White House on Abu Ghraib torture photos
John McCain—who knows a thing or two about what it is like to be a prisoner of war—steps up to the plate. And it is revealed that even Pentagon legal staff had warned that the current policy would invite abuse… Read moreCongress challenges White House on torture; Bush defiant
Is there a draft in your future? That is the obvious implication of this July 23 story from Economic & Political Weekly, tho the author does not mention it. Unravelling of the US Military Newspapers describe the US army as… Read moreU.S. military “unravelling”?
In another charming nugget for Jewish World Review July 26, official Islamophobe Daniel Pipes writes “The attempt to establish a world dominated by Muslims, Islam, and the Shari’a has begun — but the world is in denial”: What do Islamist… Read moreDaniel Pipes: Islamists seek “world domination”
This is pretty Orwellian. The government says it has the right to hold accused “dirty bomber” Jose Padilla without charge as an “enemy combatant” for the “duration of the conflict.” The “conflict” in question is a completely open-ended undeclared war… Read morePadilla’s lawyer: Indict my client!
The general who “Gitmoized” Abu Ghraib briefed Rumsefled’s top aides, it is now revealed—contradicting his own earlier testimony. From the Chicago Tribune July 15 via TruthOut: General Contradicted Abu Ghraib Testimony Transcripts reveal he briefed top officials. Washington – An… Read moreGeneral tied to Abu Ghraib torture briefed Rumsfeld aides
