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by Jon Gold On 1/8/2008, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that "a huge lawsuit against the government of Saudi Arabia and key members of its royal family was put to a crucial test today as lawyers...

By James Risen and Eric Lichtblau June 16, 2009 New York Times WASHINGTON -- The National Security Agency is facing renewed scrutiny over the extent of its domestic surveillance program, with critics in Congress saying its recent...

So the US is now "encouraging martyrdom" to avoid facing "challenges" because "the reliability of those [Gitmo detainees'] statements would be challenged, making trials difficult and drawing new political pressure over detainee treatment", even if the process lacks "international credibility." So, let's just let them plead guilty and kill them. They become martyrs, we don't have to confront our own war crimes, and nobody has to figure out what to do with them. Fabulous ... This way, we can just put the whole thing to bed without learning the truth, the same way we were able to promptly execute Saddam Hussein who was thus conveniently silenced regarding his long history of being supported, armed and facilitated by the US.

9/11 Families United to Bankrupt Terrorism has issued a press release urging "the Supreme Court to reject the solicitor general's politically-premised filing, along with its wrongheaded priorities, accept our petition, and grant us our fundamentally American right to have our day in Court," in response to the US solicitor general's recommendation that the Supreme Court NOT hear their case against Saudi royalty accused of financing the September 11th attacks. Press release and summary of news articles follows.

Posted at 911blogger.com by Loose Nuke May 16, 2009 Rob Kall Headlined Lukery's transcript: http://www.opednews.com/articles/Rob-Kall-interviews-Sibel-by-Rob-Kall-0... See either link for hyperlinks- as Lukery says, Rob's radio show gets archived here, but they're only up to...

30 April 2009 By Dennis Loo WorldCantWait.org If you ask most people what Obama has done about Guantánamo, most would say, "He shut it down." Most don't know that Obama has said he might take as much...