Homeland Security

Judge Orders 17 Detainees at Guantánamo Freed

October 7, 2008 By William Glaberson WASHINGTON -- A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Bush administration to release 17 detainees at Guantánamo Bay by the end of the week, the first such ruling...

TAKE ACTION against Political Repression at the DNC and the RNC!

Elaine Brower and Prachi Noor, members of the World Can't Wait National Steering Committee: The police repression of anti-war protest that took place at both national political conventions deeply angered members of...

The U.S. Government Is the Real Bioterror Threat

August 8, 2008 Ivan Eland Independent Institute Assuming the federal government has, after almost seven years, finally identified the perpetrator of the anthrax attacks in 2001--admittedly a generous assumption given...

Succession Plans Would Grant Cheney Special Authority

Rep. Dennis Kucinich briefly addressed Continuity of Government in response to a question on our recent 9/11 truth movement open conference call (transcript and audio here). His comments included: "The questions that have been raised about Continuity of Government are very serious because they relate to whether or not the president could take us into a state of emergency and essentially suspend the Constitution. We need to know what the rules are here. Members of Congress have made efforts to try to get the documents from the Administration that relate to the Continuity of Government; they have not been able to obtain it. This is something I'm very concerned about, that I have followed, that I continue to follow up on. I have the same concern. If we hadn't seen this Administration take us into a war based on lies, suspend habeas corpus, attack the Fourth Amendment and many other provisions of the Constitution, then there'd be no reason to be concerned about this provision of Continuity of Government. But since they have done this and have shown a willingness to compromise the Constitution of the United States in very deep ways, we'd better be very concerned. And I think that Congress has to get the information of what the intentions are of this Administration with respect to the issues of Continuity of Government. Continuity of Government should not be about a power grab. If the nation is under some type of severe attack there has to be a way to continue to govern. But Continuity of Government should not be used as a cover for an anti-democratic takeover of this nation. And I'm, I think that we have to be suspicious of this Administration's activities any time the President signs an Executive Order that seems to take steps in the direction of anti-democratic conduct." Links to further important reading on this issue are in that same article. Read them, learn about this valid concern, then call your legislators today and demand that they find out what's in the secret Continuity of Government paperwork, and why they've not been allowed to see it. What structure of government DO we live under?

The Real-Life

July 13, 2008 Op-Ed Columnist By FRANK RICH We know what a criminal White House looks like from "The Final Days" Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's classic account of Richard Nixon's unraveling. The cauldron of lies, paranoia...

Spying as the Law of the Land in Police State USA

FISA "Compromise" Completes Transformation of US into Full Police State by Larry Chin Global Research, July 11, 2008 On July 9, 2008, the US Congress overwhelmingly passed legislation permitting government spying, including immunity to telecommunications companies involved...

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