" ... Griffin was, as BBC journalist Greg Palast reported it in 2007, "the hidden hand behind a scheme to wipe out the voting rights of 70,000 citizens pri
Caveat: This is arguably premature and highly speculative, but it does dig into John Wheeler's connections to treacherous military contractors, a reason
MSNBC | January 3, 2011 DOVER, Delaware –The body of John Wheeler III, 66, a former White House official, was discovered on New Year’s Eve when a garba
" ... Central America served as a kind of testing ground for the American empire following the Vietnam War, a testing ground which Reagan used to rally Chr
Cheney Asks Americans for Money to Access Nigerian Bank Account and Fight Criminal Charges, Promises to Share Portion of Funds By BC Bass Bennington Val
" ... At the end of 2007 [Dan] Bartlett, during an interview with Evan Smith published in the January '08 Texas Monthly, implied some conservative bloggers
Source : Reuters News Center | December 3, 2010 Vladimir Putin rules Russia by allowing a venal elite to siphon off cash from the world's biggest energy pr
By Rev. WILLIAM E. ALBERTS CounterPunch | November 12 - 14, 2010 The Federal Bureau of Investigation pays a black man (Ronald Wilburn) $30,000 to offer a b
" ... Most counter terrorism experts dispute these claims saying there is no evidence to substantiate that waterboarding Al- Qaida leaders helped foil spec
In an interview with Deutsche Welle, the former UN Special Rapporteur on Torture lauds the Obama administration for joining the UN Human Rights Council.
By Bob Johnson OpEd News | November 1, 2010 Ralph Reed, Pat Robertson's former right hand man and director of Pat's Christian Coalition from 1989 to 1997,
" ... Although Powell's attempt to cover up the [My Lai] massacre was unsuccessful, he had at least proven his willingness to do what was necessary to plea
"Walter Isaacson is the president of the Aspen Institute and has been the chairman and CEO of CNN and managing editor of Time Magazine. He also authored Ki
Compiled by Alex Constantine Walter Isaacson is the president of the Aspen Institute and has been the chairman and CEO of CNN and managing editor of Time
By Daniel Tencer Raw Story | October 14th, 2010 A psychologist whose research was used in constructing the US's program to torture terrorism suspects has b
A closer look at the famous post-Watergate investigation into domestic spying abuses and how it led to a secret court to authorize surveillance requests. B
By Patrick Martin
World Socialst Web Site | September 11, 2010
The US Department of Defense is negotiating with a major US publisher, St. Martin’s Pres
By Alex Constantine Yesterday morning, a gas rig operated in shallow water on the Continental Shelf by Mariner Energy exploded, sending 13 workers into th