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US Senate passes its version of NDAA bill, which would allow military to detain anyone on US soil - OpenGlobe

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

OpenGlobe - By Tempodivalse, OpenGlobe contributors - Dec. 02 (Special Report) - The US Senate on Thursday passed its version of a bill that, among other provisions, would enable the US military to indefinitely detain anyone who is deemed to be engaging in terrorist activities.

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Fact-check: South Carolina Debate

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

FactCheck - By Brooks Jackson, Eugene Kiely, Lori Robertson, Robert Farley - Nov. 13 (Fact Check) - We found several exaggerations and misstatements in the latest Republican presidential candidates’ debate. Romney issued a hollow threat to take China’s currency manipulation to a world body that doesn’t actually deal with overvalued money, and he claimed federal spending consumes more of the nation’s economic output than it really does. … More >>

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Death by drone | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

thebulletin.org - By Hugh Gusterson - Oct. 13 (Opinion) - I quote this at some length, because these statements leave the ineradicable -- and deeply disturbing -- impression that the Obama administration decided to execute an American citizen for his speech acts. According to this logic, America’s enemies have the right to kill Glenn Beck. But what is more American than free speech? Even the most obnoxious and hateful speech is protected by the Constitution.

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How the FBI's Network of Informants Actually Created Most of the Terrorist Plots

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Trevor Aaronson - Oct. 10 (Investigative Report) - The FBI has built a massive network of spies to prevent another domestic attack. But are they busting terrorist plots—or leading them?

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Awlaki death rekindles legal debate on targeting Americans

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - Oct. 01 (News Analysis) - The slaying of two Americans renews questions about whether killing U.S. citizens is legal under rules of war or constitutes an extrajudicial execution in violation of U.S. and international law. The killing of two Americans by a U.S. drone strike in Yemen has reignited a debate about whether targeting U.S. citizens — even terrorists — is legal under the rules of war or constitutes an extrajudicial execution that ignores their rights.

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Yemeni forces ‘kill’ American Born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - By Al Jazeera - Sep. 30 (News) - A statement released to the media on Friday said the dual US-Yemeni citizen was hunted down by Yemeni forces but did not elaborate on the circumstances of his death. “The terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki has been killed along with some of his companions,” said a statement sent by text message to journalists.

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Michael Moore Backs Call to Re-Open Investigation of 9/11 Attacks

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman, Michael Moore - Sep. 29 (Interview) - Moore is backing former Florida governor and senator Bob Graham’s call for President Obama to reopen the investigation into 9/11 after new information emerged about the possible role of prominent Saudis. According to recent news reports, a wealthy young Saudi couple fled their home in a gated community in Sarasota, Florida, just a week or so before Sept. 11, 2001, leaving behind three cars and nearly all of their possessions. "There are many unanswered questions and they should be answered," Moore says.

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Lloyd's Sues Saudi Arabia for 'Funding 9/11 Attacks'

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

readersupportednews.org - Sep. 23 (News Report) - Lloyds of London seeks $215 million in damages from the kingdom to recover claims it paid 9/11 victims and their families. The suit charges that the Saudi government funded al-Qaida through its banks and charities. The complaint, filed in US court, states that without official Saudi sponsorship, "al-Qaida would not have possessed the capacity to conceive, plan and execute the Sept. 11 attacks." In other words, absent Saudi support, the Twin Towers would still be standing - along with nearly 3,000 Americans.

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Former Senator Bob Graham Urges Obama to Reopen Investigation into Saudi Role in 9/11 Attacks

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Sep. 15 (News Report) - new information has emerged about the possible role of prominent Saudis in the 9/11 plot. According to recent news reports, a wealthy young Saudi couple fled their home in a gated community in Sarasota, Florida, just a week or so before Sept. 11, 2001, leaving behind three cars and nearly all of their possessions. The FBI was tipped off about the couple but never passed the information on to the 9/11 Commission investigating the attacks, even though phone records showed the couple had ties to Mohamed Atta and at least 10 other al-Qaeda suspects.

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Are Partisan Politics in Congress putting the US at Risk for Nuclear Terrorism?

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

thebulletin.org - By Fissile Materials Working Group - Sep. 15 (Editorial) - Partisan politics in Congress appear to be putting the United States (and the rest of the world) at risk for nuclear terrorism. Why can't they get it together to keep our country safe?

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Morris Dees never stops hunting for hate

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Seattle Times - By Jerry Large - Sep. 12 (News Report) - Morris Dees was in Seattle last week to talk about the work he leads at the Southern Poverty Law Center, the civil-rights law firm he founded in 1971. The struggle has gotten more complex, but the mission is the same: Find and stamp out hate.

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A decade later, returning to the scene of something unfathomable - latimes.com

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Steve Lopez - Sep. 11 (Special Report) - A columnist goes back to Lower Manhattan, where in 2001 he got a close-up look at the destruction of 9/11. He's reminded anew that we all have a stake in what happened that day and in the days that followed.

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‘Credible Threats’ Made to US Government

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

borowitzreport.com - By Andy Borowitz - Sep. 10 (Comedy News) - The Department of Homeland Security said today that it was studying several “credible threats” made to the United States government in a two-hour broadcast Wednesday night from a location believed to be the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California.

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U.S. Sees 'Credible' 9/11 Terror Threat

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal - Sep. 09 (News Report) - The U.S. has received specific and "credible" intelligence that al Qaeda militants in Pakistan may be pursuing a plot to carry out car or truck bombings in Washington and New York City, timed with the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, officials said.

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The Image War

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - Sep. 07 (News Report) - 9/11: It was a PR stunt which killed thousands and launched a propaganda war that has, so far, lasted a decade. Since then, the US and al-Qaeda have competed furiously to win 'hearts and minds' with elaborate media strategies. Spin, threats, lies, censorship, the killing of journalists; how far has each side been prepared to go to win the propaganda war? In the 'war on terror' the exploitation of images was to become a matter of life and death, as both the US and al-Qaeda bombarded the world with media designed to win people over to their side.

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The worst mistake America made after 9/11

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Slate - By Anne Applebaum - Sep. 04 (Opinion) - On Sept. 11, 2001, the post-Cold War era that began so euphorically on Nov. 9, 1989, abruptly ended. The long decade that stretched from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the fall of the World Trade Center was marked by military spending cuts, domestic political scandals, and a general sense that American foreign policy was adrift. President George H.W. Bush had talked of the "New World Order" but had no policy to fit the clever phrase. President Bill Clinton had a clutch of policies but never found a neat way to describe them.[more ...]

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Foreign policy: intervention after Libya

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - Aug. 24 (Opinion) - It can be said that in narrow military terms the west's action over Libya has worked, and that politically there was justification It is too early to claim that the Nato intervention in Libya has been a success in the full meaning of that word. It will be weeks before we have a sense of where Libya is heading, months before there is any certainty about its future, and years before we can properly assess the impact of the decision to use force to aid the rebels. But it can now reasonably be said that in narrow military terms it worked, and that politically there was some retrospective justification for its advocates as the crowds poured into the streets of Tripoli to welcome the rebel convoys earlier this week. The argument that we had foolishly gone in on one side in a civil war must be weakened by such scenes, which suggest that the picture of a majority wishing to see the back of Gaddafi is closer to the truth than the alternative picture of a people more or less evenly divided between ...

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Qaddafi's many hideouts help him elude rebels

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CBS News - Aug. 24 (News Report) - Even after rebels stormed into the capital and overwhelmed his residence, Libya's Muammar Qaddafi has plenty of places to hide. Underground, for example. The man who ruled Libya for 42 years is known to have deep bunkers under his Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli, which rebel fighters seized Tuesday. Some former officials say the compound is connected by long tunnels to far-flung parts of Tripoli in a hidden network that would provide a quick escape route.

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Live blog: Rebels fighting pockets of resistance; journalists escape hotel

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - Aug. 24 (Breaking News) - With reported pockets of fighting remaining in Tripoli on Wednesday, the whereabouts of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi were still not known. Rebels seized Gadhafi’s vast compound on Tuesday. Celebratory gunfire was virtually nonstop as rebels streamed in and out of the compound, many leaving with weapons and ammunition seized from the complex. A senior NATO official warned that the war "is not over yet, although it's close."

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Pockets of resistance as rebels claim Tripoli

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - By Zeina Khodr - Aug. 22 (Breaking News) - The head of Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) has announced the end of the Gaddafi era, while sporadic fighting continued across the capital, Tripoli. Fighting and gun battles erupted in parts of Tripoli on Monday after tanks left Bab al-Azizyah, Muammar Gaddafi's compound, to confront the rebel assault that gained control of much of the capital in a battle overnight. Many of the streets in the centre of the city - where anti-government supporters had celebrated hours earlier - were abandoned as pockets of pro-Gaddafi resistance and the presence of snipers and artillery fire made the area dangerous. Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr, who entered the city with rebel fighters who advanced overnight, said the security situation in the city was "tenuous," despite there being celebrations in the streets. "There are some Gaddafi forces still putting up a fight," our correspondent said. "And rebels still have one last push to make towards Bab al-Azizyah," Khodr added, saying that it was unclear when this advance would take place.

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U.S. aid implicated in abuses of power in Colombia

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Karen DeYoung, Claudia J. Duque - Aug. 20 (News Report) - The Obama administration often cites Colombia’s thriving democracy as proof that U.S. assistance, know-how and commitment can turn around a potentially failed state under terrorist siege. The country’s U.S.-funded counterinsurgency campaign against a Marxist rebel group — and the civilian and military coordination behind it — are viewed as so successful that it has become a model for strategy in Afghanistan. But new revelations in long-running political scandals under former president Alvaro Uribe , a close U.S. ally throughout his eight-year tenure, have implicated American aid, and possibly U.S. officials, in egregious abuses of power and illegal actions by the Colombian government under the guise of fighting terrorism and drug smuggling. ...

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Breivik's Fundamentalist War on Politics, and Ours

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

truth-out.org - By Henry A. Giroux - Aug. 03 (News Analysis) - by using the clip from "The Town," it appears that Republican leaders used gratuitous images of mind-crushing violence and retribution as a legitimate, even inspiring, framework for motivating support for legislative practices that will have deleterious, even violent, impacts on vulnerable populations in the United States, especially children. This is not merely barbarism parading as political reform - it is also a blatant indicator of the degree to which sadism and a theater of cruelty have become normalized at the highest reaches of government.

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If a Married Lesbian Couple Saves 40 Teens from the Norway Massacre and No One Writes About it, Did it Really Happen?

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

wordpress.com - Aug. 02 (News Report) - Dalen and Hansen drove the boat to the island, picked up from the water victims in shock in, the young and wounded, and transported them to the opposite shore to the mainland. Between runs they saw that the bullets had hit the right side of the boat. Since there were so many and not all fit at once aboard, they returned to the island four times.

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Jon Stewart Rips Fox News' Religious Hypocrisy

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Jon Stewart - Jul. 28 (Comedy News) - video

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Norwegian Shooting Suspect's Views Echo Xenophobia of Right-Wing Extremists in U.S., Europe

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Jul. 27 (News Analysis) - His 1,500-page political manifesto, titled "A European Declaration of Independence," seeks common cause with xenophobic right-wing groups around the world, particularly in the United States. It draws heavily on the writing of prominent anti-Islam American bloggers, as well as Unabomber Ted Kaczynski. His writing reveals he is a right-wing nationalist fueled by a combined hatred of Muslims, Marxists, multiculturalists and feminist women.

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