Newly Declassified Documents Show how Surveillance State was Born
Almost no one noticed when the book was quietly released this summer. It has perhaps the most benumbing title in publishing history. Yet inside this volu
Servants of the Truth
" ... We currently have a president who, despite claims of 'the most transparent administration in history' and a promise to champion 'patriotic and coura
Pravda “Romney and Obama are the Puppets of Filippo Martinetti and Fritz Kraemer”
By John Stanton Pravda, October 12, 2012 "Marinetti [and Benito Mussolini] understood the masses as material to be formed by men of action. A bond was e
Mary L. Dudziak Nazi Jurist Carl Schmitt and Post-9/11 Legal Thought
Wikipedia Bio of Carl Schmitt " ... Schmitt, who became a professor at the University of Berlin in 1933 (a position he held until the end of World War II
Rumsfeld Seeks to Throw Out Padilla Case
Jose Padilla was convicted of helping Al-Qaeda. His lawyers say he was mistreated for years, and that former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld violated Pad
Dangers of a Politicized Military
Bruce Ackerman worries that American presidents have grown too powerful. Watergate, Iran-Contra, the War on Terror -- they all reflect a presidency increas
War Propaganda Soldiers Become Pawns For The Powerful
Jake Diliberto Huffington Post | August 9, 2010 Americans need to send a sarcastic thank you to the Pentagon for their gifts of unwarranted war propaganda.
CIA Assassinations U.S. Approval of Killing of Cleric Causes Unease
By SCOTT SHANE | New York Times | May 13, 2010 WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s decision to authorize the killing by the Central Intelligence Ag
Alexander Haig's Dark Side
Tom Shachtman February 21, 2010 Former Secretary of State Alexander Haig is now posthumously being recast as the quintessential soldier-patriot. The trut
The Bush Dynasty and the bin Ladens
The Bushes of America By Paul Goldsmith The East African. August 17 2009 STEVE COLL, AUTHOR OF THE BIN LADENS (SEE The East African, August 3-9), and Kevi
Seymour Hersh – “Executive Assassination Ring” Answered to Cheney, had No Congressional Oversight
Tricky Dick hates our freedoms. Who knew? The fascist, "secretly" CIA-sponsored Weekly Standard "spin": "More Conspiracy Theories from Seymour Hersh"By Eri
Terror-War Fallout Lingers Over Bush Lawyers
By CHARLIE SAVAGE and SCOTT SHANENYTMarch 8, 2009WASHINGTON — When John C. Yoo, a former Justice Department lawyer, was selected by President George W. B
Court Confirms President’s Dictatorial Powers
rinf.com/alt-news July 22nd, 2008 By Andy Worthington | Wake up, America! On July 15, the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled by 5 votes to 4 in
Book Review The Dark Side, by Jane Mayer
An inside look at how the Bush administration developed its policy on torture and how it clashed with deeply held American ideals. By Tim Rutten July 15, 2
George W Bush Electronic Surveillance Program is Illegal
11 JULY 2008 WWW.DAILY.PK On July 3, Chief Judge Vaughn Walker of the U.S. District Court in California made a ruling particularly worthy of the nation
Book Review – Nixonland The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America
All is Toxic in this Man's 'Nixonland' Sunday, June 01, 2008 GLENN C. ALTSCHULER Special to The Oregonian A t the 1972 Republican Convention in Miami Beac
Costs of War Little Shop of Legal Horrors
Re " ... the administration's new Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative: The policy is laid out in a classified presidential directive, and the s
Debate The PBS Production, “America and the Holocaust”
Description: This episode of PBS' AMERICAN EXPERIENCE series reveals a shocking, tragic, and little-known episode in 20th-century American history: the eff
U.S. Can Confine Citizens Without Charges, Court Rules
I've been writing about fascism for 20 years, and now that we are on the brink of open fascist rule, my work is, if not finished, just about defeated by th