More than 200 detainees in Guantánamo Bay are in their fifth week of a hunger strike, the UK Guardian reports Sept. 9. The paper cites statements from prisoners recently declassified by the US government, revealing that the men are starving… Read moreHunger strikers pledge to die in Gitmo
A forthcoming book by former FBI consultant claims al-Qaeda has acquired a stockpile of nuclear weapons, that some are already planted in major US cities, and the group is actively seeking more. Citing documents purportedly seized in Afghanistan, author Paul… Read moreAl-Qaeda ready to go nuclear?
Louai Sakra, a supposed al-Qaeda operative held responsible for the November 2003 bombings in Istanbul and plans to launch attacks against cruise liners carrying Israeli tourists in Turkish ports, was arrested by Turkish authorities in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir… Read moreTurkish intelligence: al-Qaeda a “secret service operation”?
The apparent reality that a mock bombing drill on the London Underground was scheduled for the morning of 7-7 has got the conspiranoids seeing patterns. They also point to Pentagon terror drills on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001 (see… Read moreConspiranoids: nuclear attack imminent
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
