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FBI terrorism units badly run, understaffed: agent

Update to Mr. Youssef's testimony.

Snakes and Superdelegates

While the US media obsesses on delegates, superdelegates and whether or not Hillary Clinton is using math formulae hallowed by MSNBC, we learn that US interrogators used snakes to torture prisoners (that's right, PentaPost...

Roots of surveillance standoff go back decades

By Shane Harris, National Journal In the old days, everyone was linked to a lug nut, and Jim Kallstrom liked it that way. It was 1985, a simpler time for a cop like Kallstrom, who was...

Top Democrats demand Attorney General explain remarks about pre-9/11 phone call

Muriel Kane April 3, 2008 A letter has been sent by leaders of the House Judiciary Committee to Attorney General Michael Mukasey, demanding that he explain a recent public statement...

Civil Liberties Destroyed Well Before Previously Thought

Three rather unsettling news pieces from today, the anniversary of Dr. King's assassination . . . wow.
1) "Exactly what domestic military action was covered by the October memo is unclear" . . . (Remember when the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 was still in force?)
2) "The October 2001 memo arguing for unregulated military searches on U.S. soil has not been formally withdrawn and remains a secret but unclassified document."
3) 2003 Justice Department memo justifies torture, presidential dictatorship

Thanks to Lori Price of Citizens for Legitimate Government for bringing these items to our attention. Almost seems important enough the corporate media would cover it, too, eh?!

More Actions around March 19th–Five Years in Iraq

Following is a lengthy listing of events surrounding the fifth anniversary of the US war on Iraq. You probably will not approve of them all. Fine. Go join the ones you like! As we said previously -- It's your Republic. Act like it!

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