February 2011
254 posts
“Though American journalists may understandably want to find some protective...”
– Robert Parry
The Witch Hunt Against Assange Is Turning into an...
By Robert Parry
The Obama admin’s reported plan to indict Julian Assange strikes at the heart of investigative journalism on national security scandals.
Whatever the unusual aspects of the case, the Obama administration’s reported plan to indict WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for conspiring with Army Pvt. Bradley Manning to obtain U.S. secrets strikes at the heart of investigative...
The ‘Italian Job’ and Other Highlights From U.S.’s...
by Nicholas Kusnetz
ProPublica, Jan. 31, 2011, 6:05 p.m.
Among the many aspects of the U.S.-Egypt relationship, few have been as controversial as the CIA’s extraordinary rendition program, where the agency frequently handed over suspected terrorists to foreign governments with histories of torture and illegal detention.
According to Human Rights Watch, Egypt welcomed more CIA detainees than...
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WikiLeaks: US call for direct talk A few days... →
Egypt - U.S. intelligence collaboration with Omar...
By Richard Smallteacher, Wikileaks staff 1 February 2011
New cables released by Wikileaks reveal that the U.S. government has been quietly anticipating as well as cultivating Omar Suleiman, the Egyptian spy chief, as the top candidate to take over the country should anything happen to President Hosni Mubarak. On Saturday, this expectation was proved correct when Mubarak named Suleiman to the...
January 2011
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WatchEQYPT - USA: Made in the U.S.A.: Tear Gas, Tanks, Helicopters, Rifles and Fighter Planes in Egypt Funded and Built Largely by U.S. Defense Department and American Corporations
Riots started in Tunisia initally over the price...
Authoritarian governments start stockpiling food to fight public anger
By Ben Farmer in Islamabad
Last Updated: 3:52PM GMT 29/01/2011
Authoritarian governments across the world are aggressively stockpiling food as a buffer against soaring food costs which they fear may stoke popular discontent.
Commodities traders have warned they are seeing the first signs of panic buying from states...
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Beyond Mubarak: Protesters’ Anger Turns on US,... →
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The Hosni Mubarak Fan Club, by Justin Raimondo →
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EGYPT - CIA: Former CIA officer Philip...
Are We Headed for a Global Revolution?
During the first phase of the global economic crisis in December of 2008, the IMF warned governments of the prospect of “violent unrest on the streets.” The head of the IMF warned that, “violent protests could break out in countries worldwide if the financial system was not restructured to benefit everyone rather than a small elite.”[32]
In January of 2009, Obama’s then-Director of National...
Reagan's 'Tear Down This Wall' Myth →
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EFF Uncovers Widespread FBI Intelligence... →
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WatchJulian Assange - 60 Minutes OVERTIME here
EGYPT - USA: WHO IS OMAR SULEIMAN?
by Jane Mayer
One of the “new” names being mentioned as a possible alternative to President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Omar Suleiman, is actually not so new to anyone who has followed the American policy of renditions for terror suspects. After dissolving his cabinet yesterday, Mubarak appointed Suleiman vice-president, and according to many commentators he is poised to be a potential successor,...
Julian Assange: 'How do you attack an... →
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EGYPT Live Tweet Feed info
Democracy Now! senior producer Sharif Abdel Kouddous is in Cairo reporting on the street protests in Egypt. Follow him on Twitter @sharifkouddous. One of first tweets today: “Amazing scene: three tanks roll by with a crowd of people riding atop each one. Chanting ‘Hosni Mubarak out!’ #Egypt”
America's History of Intolerance →
President Obama, say the 'D-Word' - Opinion - Al... →
Thousands protest in Jordan - Middle East - Al... →
“It used to be that he or she who held secrets held power, Now he or she who...”
– Jeff Jarvis
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WikiLeaks: The Guardian's role in the biggest leak... →
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REAGAN & BUSH and Wall Street Greed
The American Dream also dimmed during Reagan’s tenure.
While he played the role of the nation’s kindly grandfather, his operatives divided the American people, using “wedge issues” to deepen grievances especially of white men who were encouraged to see themselves as victims of “reverse discrimination” and “political correctness.”
Yet even as working-class white men were rallying to the Republican...
ECONOMY - Ronald Reagan's 30-Year Time Bombs →
The Revolutionary Wave, by Justin Raimondo →
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Juan Cole: “Egypt is a Praetorian Regime”
Hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets across Egypt today in the fourth day of unprecedented protests against the 30-year rule of President Hosni Mubarak. We speak with University of Michigan professor of history Juan Cole. “The last 30 years, the Arab world has seen a series of Arab nationalist regimes, relatively secular,...
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WIKILEAKS - The Week in Review from the Guardian
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The Road to National Suicide by Philip Giraldi →
26 JANUARY 2011
PFC Bradley Manning Is Not Being Treated Like Every Other Detainee
Despite the assertion of Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell, PFC Bradley Manning is not being treated like every other detainee at the Quantico brig. Morrell stated during today’s Pentagon briefing that PFC Manning’s “confinement is not in the least different from the manner in which anyone else at the brig...
Marines change commander at facility where...
Washington (CNN) — The Marines have changed the commander of the detention facility where WikiLeaks suspect Pfc. Bradley Manning is being held, days after his attorney filed a complaint claiming that Manning is being unfairly treated in detention.
Chief Warrant Officer James Averhart, who had been in charge of the detention facility at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, was replaced by...
Empty Promises: 5 Reasons Why Barack Obama’s State...
Barack Obama’s State of the Union address sure sounded good, didn’t it? There were lots of solemn promises, lots of stuff about America’s “bright future” and a line about how we are now facing this generation’s “Sputnik moment” that will surely make headlines all over the globe. But we all knew that Barack Obama could give a good speech. That has...
No proof WikiLeaks breaking law, inquiry finds
By RAPHAEL G. SATTER
The Associated Press
Wednesday, January 26, 2011; 10:50 AM
LONDON — A firm asked by Visa to investigate WikiLeaks’ finances has found no proof the group’s fundraising arm is breaking the law in its home base of Iceland, according to a document obtained by The Associated Press.
But Visa Europe Ltd. said Wednesday it would continue blocking donations to the...
DOJ Wants ISPs to Keep Track of Where You Go On...
At a hearing today, the Justice Department told Congress that Internet service providers need to start keeping track of what you’re doing online so their criminal investigations don’t keep getting “frustrated.” Mandatory data retention was something endorsed by Alberto Gonzales under President Bush. Today’s guidelines are the first public endorsement of the policy,...
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Finally, It’s the Fed That Has Become Too Big to... →
US told to drop Assange pursuit
Paola Totaro, London January 27, 2011
ACCEPTING a prestigious award from the American legal fraternity, Australian lawyer Geoffrey Robertson, QC, has harangued the United States over its attempts to haul WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange before the courts.
Mr Robertson warned that the US risked its reputation as a “bastion of free speech” if it continued to pursue Assange, “a...
“How does WikiLeaks affect the State of the Union Address? Fresh from delivering...”
– State of the Union Address Vs. WikiLeaks: Will Julian Assange Have the Most Important Address Response?
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WikiLeaks - Open Letter to US Government Regarding... →
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Inhumane Treatment of WikiLeaks Soldier Bradley... →
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Tony Blair's Continuing Thirst for War →
MAN BEATS BANK - And Creates Mortgage Banking MERS...
Very interesting story, and not without ramifications for other states.
Walter Keane poses for a portrait at his office. Keane filed and recently won a lawsuit that resulted in several homeowners in Utah getting title to their property, even if they owed the full mortgage, all because of chaos introduced into the nation’s property recording system by MERS.
The attorney for another man...
TSA Airport Case - Phil Mocek found Not Guilty
A six-woman Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court jury has found Phil Mocek “NOT GUILTY” of all of the charges brought against him following his arrest in November 2009 at the TSA checkpoint at the Albuquerque airport.
We’ll be posting more details as well as audio recordings and photos of the trial. The jury returned its verdict (video of verdict and Mr. Mocek’s reaction) Friday evening after...
Bradley Manning Abuse Worsens
The attorney for alleged army whistleblower Bradley Manning is accusing the military of intensifying their harsh treatment of Manning as he remains behind bars. The lawyer, David Coombs, says Manning was placed on a stricter suicide watch last week despite psychiatric reviews showing he is not a suicide risk and should even be taken off a less restrictive “prevention of injury watch.”...
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U.S. can't link Army private to Assange
U.S. military officials tell NBC News that investigators have been unable to make any direct connection between a jailed army private suspected with leaking secret documents and Julian Assange, founder of the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks.
The officials say that while investigators have determined that Manning had allegedly unlawfully downloaded tens of thousands of documents onto his own...
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No U-Turns on the Road to Serfdom? by Justin... →
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrV84FZ_4G4&feature=... →
Bill Still talks about Debt Based Monetary Systems