Tag: Taliban

Cowardice in the Time of Torture

By Ray McGovern April 5, 2009 ConsortiumNews.com I used to take a certain pride by association with prominent Bronxites who have "made it." Cancel that for Attorney General Eric Holder and former Secretary of State Colin Powell. You...

Guantánamo: The Definitive Prisoner List

by Andy Worthington 4 March 2009 WorldCantWait.net Andy Worthington, London-based journalist and author of "The Guantánamo Files" (Pluto Press), has released the first definitive list of the 779 prisoners held in...

Bad News From America’s Top Spy

Originally published at  Truthdig By Chris Hedges on February 17, 2009. The Director of National Intelligence argued that Wall Street, rather than Islamic jihad, has produced our most dangerous terrorists. We have a remarkable ability to...

The War on Terror is a Hoax

Originally published at Information Clearinghouse By Paul Craig Roberts on February 04, 2009 According to US government propaganda, terrorist cells are spread throughout America, making it necessary for the government to spy on all Americans and...

Obama and 9/11 2

Imagine yourself within the mind of Barack Obama, the first African American president of the United States of America. You are a man who knows how "the system" works. Editor's Note: Part 1 of this blog...

Martial Law, the Financial Bailout, and War

Paulson's Financial Bailout It is becoming clear that the bailout measures of late 2008 may have consequences at least as grave for an open society as the response to 9/11 in 2001. Many members of...