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The "War on Terror" is a war OF terror on the people Afghanistan, Iraq, and the United States. Who is next? Maybe
Iran, or Syria?
TERRORIST Means DISSIDENT
Equipping Your Home with Survival Essentials
Critics Fault U.S. for Pursuing Mini-Nukes
Soldiers Patrol City Streets as Americans Are Warned of Imminent Terrorist Threat
Courts Rebuff Bush on Civil Liberties
Gaddafi to Surrender Secret WMD
Coffee, Tea or Handcuffs?
Iraq War Swells Al Qaeda's Ranks, Report Says
Lawyer Says Guantanamo Detainees Tortured
UN in Crisis Talks Over Syria Attack
Saudi Arabia Attacks UK Over Terror Warning
Local Peace Group Infiltrated By Government Agent
Karzi Accuses Pakistan Over Terrorism
Guantanamo Translator Held
Ex-footballer Plotted to Blow Up NATO Base
Whiskey of Mass Destruction
27 Israelis Refuse Combat Flights
CIA Paid Mullahs to Counter Anti-US Feeling
Three Days in NYC Jails
U.S. Planned to Attack Seven Muslim States
Bush Accused by Lords of the Bar
'U.S. Attracted al-Qaeda to Iraq' The United States struggled before the war to convince the world there was a link between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda network, but five months of U.S.-led occupation of Iraq may have created precisely such an unholy alliance.
Cops Find 'Terror' In Every Rap Sheet Under post-9/11 rules promugated by the Justice Department federal prosecutors across the country are turning in creative anti-terrorism records to their superiors in Washington, who are under enormous pressure to produce results and have little incentive to double-check them. The result is an epidemic of phony reporting. According to a January report by the General Accounting Office, at least 46 percent of all terrorism-related convictions for fiscal year 2002 were misclassified; of those cases listed as "international terrorism," at least 75 percent didn't fit the bill.
FBI Warns of Potential Poison Attacks The FBI has warned law enforcement agencies that terrorists may use nicotine and solanine as "mass poisoning agents."
Huge Suicide Blast Demolishes U.N. Headquarters in Baghdad A suicide bomber drove a "gleaming new" cement mixer full of explosives into the side of the United Nations compound and blew it up, killing 17 and wounding at least 100. Among the dead was Sergio Vieira de Mello, the United Nations secretary general's special representative in Iraq; Rick Hooper, the United Nations' chief expert on Arab affairs; Nadia Younes, Mr. Vieira de Mello's chief of staff; Ranillo Buenaventura, of the relief coordination office; Marilyn Manuel and Jean-Selim Kanaan, employees in Mr. Vieira de Mello's office; Chris Klein-Beckman, and official of Unicef; and Fiona Watson, who worked on the oil-for-food program. A World Bank official in Washington said five of its employees were missing. Also missing was Arthur C. Helton, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relation in New York, who was scheduled to meet with Mr. Vieira de Mello at the time of the bombing. L. Paul Bremer III, the chief American civilian administrator in Iraq, said there were indications that Mr. Vieira de Mello had been the target of the attack.
How America Created a Terrorist Haven The bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad was the latest evidence that America has taken a country that was not a terrorist threat and turned it into one.
'Victory Act' To Expand Powers of Patriot Act Recent drafts of the Victory Act would provide extra penalties for drug dealers alleged to be connected to terrorist groups and would dramatically expand the government's power to seize records and conduct wiretaps in connection with "narcoterrorism" investigations.
Ashcroft Blast Efforts to Weaken 'Terrorism' Law Attorney General John Ashcroft says that dismantling the USA PATRIOT Act, in order to restore 4th Amendment protections to the American people, would open the way to further terrorist attacks. He stubbornly refuses to give up his "tools" and vowes to spend more money to defend the Act on a cross-country tour. More...
F.B.I. Accused of Corrupting Computer Surveillance A defense lawyer in a New York terrorism prosecution has accused the government of mishandling the computerized surveillance records of thousands of phone calls, faxes and computer data collected in the case. The lawyer, Michael E. Tigar, contends that the FBI used computer techniques that altered or corrupted the surveillance files, citing a government acknowledgement that it cannot retrieve audio files of about 480 intercepted calls. Mr Tigar wrote to the judge in a filing, "The government conceded that a great deal of electronic evidence is missing... It has also conceded using file transfer methodologies that, as we show below, alter and destroy data. ... If a private litigant - individual or corporate - came to court with such a sorry record of file destruction, that litigant would justly fear sanctions that might included prosecution for obstruction of justice." - Prosecutors said that AOL "provided the FBI with a 'cloned' account that reveived an exact copy of all e-mail to or from" the account used by a defendant.
Less Than Meets the Eye? U.S. Government Missile Sting Operation Criticized as a Setup.
Report Finds Threat Alerts in Color Code Baffle Public A new Congressional report has found that the government's much ridiculed color-coded terrorist alert system is so vague in detailing threats that the public "may begin to question the authenticity" of the threats and take no action when the alert level is raised.
Meetings with Iran-Contra Arms Dealer Confirmed Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld acknowledged that Pentagon officials met secretly with a discredited expatriate Iranian arms merchant who figured prominently in the Iran-Contra scandal of the mid-1980s, characterizing the contact as an unexceptional effort to gain possibly useful information.
Set Up, Tortured and Sentenced to Death Britons in Saudi Arabia accused of plotting terrorism. More...
What Was Behind the Pentagon's Betting Parlor? The Pentagon's screwball scheme to establish an online futures market for acts of terrorism raises questions about who is running the Pentagon, and the Bush administration.
Iranians in Secret Talks on Terrorists Iran is holding several top al-Qaeda members whose handover could inflict the biggest blow on the terrorist network since the fall of Afghanistan.
Iraq War 'May Have Driven Muslims into Arms of al-Qaida' In a report that raises questions about an important part of the justification for war, MPs said the campaign in Iraq might have "enhanced the appeal of al-Qa'ida to Muslims living in the Gulf region and elsewhere."
Poindexter Will Be Quitting Over Terrorism Betting Plan John M. Poindexter, the official who oversaw a plan for the Pentagon to run a terrorist futures-trading market, is resigning under pressure.
All Bets Are Off The so-called terrorism futures market sounded like a hoax: investors would have been able to make money from attacks and strife. Now that the red-faced Pentagon has closed down the project, it appropriate to ask, "What were they thinking?"
Top 40 Bush Administration Lies on Iraq War and Terror "Bring 'em On!"
ACLU Challenges U.S. Anti-Terrorism Law The American Civil Liberties Union challenges Section 215 of the Patriot Act, under which the FBI can secretly search and seize records, books, papers or other personal belongings of practically anyone, without a warrant and without showing probable cause.
Fighting Terrorism: Unjust, unwise, unAmerican The problem [with military tribunals] is that every procedural privilege the defendant is awarded in the regulation is provisional, a gift of the panel which is judging him. The regulation explicitly deny him any enforceable rights of the sort that criminal defendants won as long ago as the Middle Ages. Moreover, the planned commissions lack the one element indispensable to any genuinely fair proceeding - an independent judiciary, both for the the trial itself and for any appeal against a conviction. The military officers sitting as judges belong to a single chain of command reporting to the secretary of defence and the president, who will designate any accused for trial before the commissions and will also hear any final appeals. For years, America has rightly condemned the use of similar military courts in other countries for denying due process.
The Trial of Zacarias Moussaoui In the trial of the so-called 20th hijacker the Justice Department is once again attempting to trample the Bill of Rights - in this case, by denying Mr. Moussaoui the right to see evidence critical to his defense.
Cleared of Aiding Terrorism, Lawyer Disputes That Her Client Is a Terrorist After a federal judge dismissed the most serious charge of providing material support to terrorists, Lynne F. Stewart, a leftist lawyer, savors her court victory, but still faces two lesser charges.
U.S. Will Defy Court's Order in Terror Case The Justice Department said that it would defy a court order and refuse to make a captured member of Al Qaeda available for testimony in the case of Zacarias Moussaoui.
Bush War: Military Necessity of War Crimes? Part one of a three part series.
Rules for Terror Tribunals May Deter Lawyers Many lawyer and bar groups say the conditions for civilian defense lawyers are so restrictive that they might not agree to participate in the process and thereby lend it legitimacy.
Man Held as 'Combatant' Petitions for Release Lawyers for a Qatari student who was jailed by the military challenged President Bush's authority to treat terrorism suspects as "enemy combatants."
Bush Pushes for Next Generation of Nukes Nukes? Aren't those "illegal weapons of mass destruction?"
The Once and Former Rule of Law Could Ashcroft pass a quiz on the Constitution?
Iran Confirms Test of Missels That Is Able to Hit Israel The missile, called Shahab-3, was first tested in 1998 and has a range of 806 to 930 miles, which means it can reach Israel and American troops stationed in Saudi Arabia.
Security Against Homeland Pork Tom Ridge needs to make sure the Department of Homeland Security's contract decisions are not based on political favoritism.
The Chechen Threat Invocations of an indiscriminate "global terrorism" serve only to provide justification for governments to avoid confronting the causes of murderous hatreds.
The Insiders Are Coming Out Without anyone in Congress slinging subpoenas and with the press cowed by the threat of removal from the White House beat, there is no way to take an Imperial Presidency to task for its actions when deliberate gibberish is the rule of the news day.
Bush, Media, and the Bill of Rights In May 2002, Broward County, Florida became the largest community to pass a resolution protesting the Patriot Act and affirming its commitment to the Bill of Rights. No local or national newspaper found this sufficiently newsworthy to report except in passing in a column in the Miami Herald.
Uneasiness About Security as Government Buys Software A whistle-blower who develops software for the National Security Agency says that much of the work is subcontracted to China, raising serious national security risks.
Report Calls U.S. Agencies Understaffed for Bioterror The government is likely to be overwhelmed in the event of a bioterrorism attack because of serious shortages in skilled medical and scientific personnel, according to a study.
Lawyers Furious as US Builds Death Chambers Suspects are to be tried before military tribunals with Pentagon approved lawyers for representation and may face the death penalty with no chance of appeal.
Pentagon Seeking New Access Pacts for Africa Bases Basing agreements and training exercises are being developed to help counter Africa's increasing attractiveness to terrorist groups.
Captured al-Qa'eda Man was FBI Spy The American al-Qa'eda operative unmasked as having planned to bring down the Brooklyn Bridge was first detained in March, and has been used by the FBI for months as a double agent.
New Australian Anti-Terror Powers Include Ability to Detain Journalists for Information
Law Experts Say Terror Trial Rules Unfair Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld delegated to his top deputy, Paul Wolfowitz, the final word on which terrorism suspects are to be tried by (and who is to serve on) a military tribunal, which would act as both judge and jury.
Enemy Combatant Decision Marks Change, Officials Say President Bush's decision to declare a Qatari student an enemy combatant signals a more aggressive approach against terrorism suspects, and increases the chances that Zacarias Moussaoui will wind up in a military brig as well.
Rumsfeld Says Iran Is Developing Nuclear Arms Under Guise of Civilian Program [- Here we go again!]
Ashcroft Defied on City Hall Steps As New Yorkers living in the city most affected by September 11, we acknowledge the need to protect our safety, but as people who prize our Constitution and Bill of Rights, we believe it is impermissible to suspend freedom in the name of preserving it. - New York Bill of Rights Defense Campaign leaflet, New York City Hall, May 28, 2003
Captives Deny Qaeda Worked With Baghdad Two of the highest-ranking leaders of Al Qaeda in American custody have told the CIA in separate interrogations that the terrorist organization did not work jointly with the Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein, according to several intelligence officials.
Philippine Camps Are Training Al Qaeda's Allies, Officials Say The southern Philippines has become the training center for Al Qaeda's Southeast Asia affiliate, Jemaah Islamiya, drawing recruits from a number of countries, according to Western and Philippine officials.
Officials Who Failed to Put Hijackers on Watch List Not Named The director of the C.I.A. has not given the names of those who waited 20 months before adding to a federal watch list two suspected terrorists who wound up as hijackers.
U.S. Ambassador Says Saudis Didn't Heed Security Request Robert W. Jordan's comments illustrated the depth of continuing strains between American and Saudi officials over cooperation in fighting terrorism.
U.S. and Saudis Sensed Attacks Were Imminent For more than two weeks before the bombings, officials had grown increasingly alarmed by intercepted communications.
Terror Scenes Follow Script of Never Again A weeklong terrorism drill, organized by the Department of Homeland Security at a cost of $16 million, kicked off with simulated attacks on Seattle and Chicago.
Dogs Take Their Place in Arsenal Against Chemical Attacks In the hunt for terrorists who migh try to use unconventional weapons on American soil, the federal government is enlisting an old, and very trusted, ally.
Trials Begin in Bali Bombing Seven months after more than 200 people died in two bombings in Bali, Indonesia, the first suspect facing terrorism charges is to go on trial.
What Drove 2 Britons to Bomb a Club in Tel Aviv? The radicalization of Omar Khan Sharif and Asif Mohammed Hanif makes a certain sense to the second-generation Pakistani immigrants born and raised in England.
The Two Faces of Rumsfeld Donald Rumsfeld, the US defense secretary, sat on the board of a company which three years ago sold two light water nuclear reactors to North Korea - a country he now regards as part of the "axis of evil" and which has been targeted for regime change by Washington because of its efforts to build nuclear weapons.
Bush Delays 9/11 Report, Graham Says The only reason that delay has occurred is because the administration does not want our report to be available to the American people," said Graham, Florida's senior senator and former chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Senate GOP Backs Down on Patriot Act Senate Republicans backed down from an effort to make permanent the Patriot Act's sweeping anti-terrorism powers, clearing the way for passage of a less divisive measure that would still expand the government's ability to spy on foreign terrorist suspects in the United States.
Rep. Waxman Questions Halliburton Ties to Terrorism
US Detains Children at Guantanamo Bay The US military has admitted that children aged 16 years and younger are among the detainees being interrogated at its prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The children, some of whom have been held at Guantanamo for over a year, are imprisoned in seperate cells from the adult detainees, Lt Col Johnson said. He would say only that the teenagers are "very few, a small number" and would not say how old the youngest prisoner is.
Anger as US Holds Children as POWs Human rights groups have condemned the detention of three children as terrorist suspects in the notorious Camp X-Ray prison.
Families 'Tricked' into Keeping Quiet The families of a group of Britons jailed in Saudi Arabia on bombing charges have accused the Foreign Office of playing a "cruel trick" on them by falsely raising hopes of the prisoners' release.
Administration Reduces Level of Terrorism Alert to Yellow Intelligence reports suggest that the threat of terrorist attacks has decreased with the fall of Saddam Hussein.
U.S. Considers Indicting Terrorist Arrested in Iraq on Achille Lauro Murder The Bush administration explored ways of bringing charges against Abu Abbas and withheld judgement about whether to turn him over to Italy.
Abbas Capture "Proves Saddam Aided Terrorists" The capture of Paul Abbas, the veteran Palestinian guerrilla leader, was held up as proof that Saddam Hussein sponsored terrorism.
U.S. Threatens to Impose Penalties Against Syrians Secretary of State Colin L. Powell threatened sanctions if Syria continued to offer haven to Iraqi leaders or to defy U.S. demands on chemical weapons and terrorism.
Syrian Harbors Iraqis and Grants Transit to Hezbollah, U.S. Asserts Syria is allowing members of Hezbollah, a Shiite Muslim militant group based in Lebanon, to transit from Syria-controlled southern Lebanon to Iraq.
Syria Points Finger at Israel Syria challenged Washington to prove it owns chemical weapons and said the greatest threat to stability in the Middle East is posed by Israel's nuclear arsenal.
Bush Demands "Cooperation" From Syrians President Bush accused Syria of harboring Iraqi military and government officials, but stopped short of threatening to use military force.
Syria Could Be Next, Warns Washington The United States has pledged to tackle the Syrian-backed Hizbollah group in the next phase of its 'war on terror' in a move which could threaten military action against President Bashar Assad's regime in Damascus.
Bush Warns Syria Over Saddam Donald Rumsfeld, the US Defence Secretary, previously claimed that senior members of the Iraqi leadership had crossed into the country. - How long before our troops cross over into Syria?
Anthrax Source Probably Domestic U.S. Army scientists have reproduced the anthrax powder used in the 2001 mail attacks and concluded that it was made using simple methods, inexpensive equipment and limited expertise, according to government sources familiar with the work.
Syria Now Top US Target for 'Regime Change' One of the main subjects on the agenda of the Belfast summit was Syria, the Pentagon's next likely target for "regime change" amid suspicions it allowed Saddam Hussein to transfer weapons of mass destruction within its borders.
The Taliban are Back in Southeast Afghanistan The resurgence of Taliban groups reorganized in neighboring Pakistan, coupled with the launching of the Iraq war, ideal pretext for Islamicist extremists, creates a fear of increased incidents involving foreigners.
American Air Attack Mistakenly Kills 11 Afghans An American warplane mistakenly bombed a house in eastern Afghanistan, killing 11 civilians and wounding one.
Republicans Want Terror Law Made Permanent The Bush administration and Congressional Republicans are working to make permanent the antiterrorism powers granted to federal agents after the Sept. 11 attacks. More...
New York Gains Largest Share of Antiterror Aid The Bush administration announced that it was sending New York City $25 million out of a package of about $100 million to help cities prepare for terrorist attacks.
Tribunals Nearly Ready for Afghanistan Prisoners After nearly 18 months of planning, the Pentagon is at last ready to put in place its system of military tribunals to try people captured in the war in Afghanistan.
New Signs of Terror Not Evident American officials have said there has been surprisingly little evidence of potentioal terrorist plots against U.S. interests since the war in Iraq began.
Statute Becomes Justice Department's Weapon of Choice Prosecutors have secured their first convictions under a 1996 law making it criminal to offer "material support" to groups designated as terrorist organizations.
City and State at Odds on Millions to Fight Terror NYC Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Gov. George E. Pataki are experiencing a rift as they lobby in Washington at one another's expense for homeland security money.
Warning of 100 bin Ladens Egypt's president, Hosni Mubarak, a key moderate Arab leader and long-time ally of the West, warned of the "horrible consequences" of a drawn-out war and said it could create "100 new bin Ladens."
Undercutting the 9/11 Inquiry The federal investigative committee created to investigate the Sept. 11 attacks seems in danger of being undermined by the White House.
24-Hour Air Patrols Resume Over New York The U.S. government has resumed air patrols after the city was warned that it was in special danger from terrorists during the war with Iraq. [- seems to be a calculated move by our government to further terrorize the people of that city. - "We're making you safe, but you had better watch out!"]
Immigrants Questioned by F.B.I. F.B.I. agents fanned out in cities across the country, seeking to interview thousands of Iraqi immigrants, particularly those with military or technical backgrounds.
Top White House Anti-Terror Boss Resigns He and several sources close to him are emphatic that the resignation was not a protest against an invasion of Iraq. But the same sources, and other current and former intelligence officials, described a broad consensus in the anti-terrorism and intelligence community that an invasion of Iraq would divert critical resources from the war on terror.
Their Mission: Intercepting Deadly Cargo Sophisticated, expensive electronic devices are being used to prevent terrorists from bringing weapons through American ports and borders.
Administration Seeks More Money to Protect Against Terror The White House has said that it plans to ask Congress for an emergency spending package for domestic counterterrorism programs.
Promises, but No Firm Figures, on Federal Antiterror Money NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg is trying to get more U.S. dollars to defend New York City.
New York Steps Up Some Scrutiny and Some Traffic Slows to Crawl Concerned that river crossings are among the likelier potential targets for terrorist attacks, the New York Police Department sharply increased its patrols at bridges and tunnels.
U.S. Plans to Help Young Victims of Terrorism Are Criticized Terrorism experts and health providers say the emergency system is ill prepared to rescue the softest targets of all - children.
On Terror and Spying, Ashcroft Expands Reach "Even some of his conservative peers complain that Mr. Ashcroft may have grown too powerful. To his critics, Mr. Ashcroft is a Big Brother figure: an attorney general whose expanding scope has allowed the Justice Department to use wiretaps, backroom decisions, and an expanded street presence to spy on ordinary Americans, read their e-mail messages, or monitor their library checkouts, all in the name of fighting terrorism. And the department's consideration of proposals that could give it still greater, secret counterterrorism authority has provoked a fresh round of concerns."
If It Happened Here A bioterrorism attack on Los Angeles might look a lot like this.
U.S. Gives Al Qaeda Soldier $27 Million! An Egyptian radical, described as an al Qaeda "foot soldier," will get a $27 million reward for giving the United States information that led authorities to alleged September 11, 2001, mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed.
Bio-Watchamacallit Tom Ridge's 'Crazy' Plan to Watch the Sky for Spores. The Department of Homeland Security wants to search the sky for airborne contagion, but experts say it won't work.
Monsters of the Moment From Saddam to Osama, America Creates Its Own Nightmares. In the 1980s, Saddam Hussein was a U.S. ally, largely because he was at war with Iran, a U.S. enemy. Washington chose to see Hussein then as a potential force for good in the Middle East. Ronald Reagan thus took Iraq off the terrorism list. That made it possible for Reagan and his successor, George H.W. Bush, to authorize American corporations to sell Hussein materials for his early chemical and biological weapons, such as the anthrax virus. Bush's son, George W. Bush, now says these weapons are among the prime reasons our armed forces must besiege and occupy Iraq.
U.S. Admits Civilian Casualty Risk Thousands of Iraqi civilians will be killed if the United States wages war against Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, U.S. officials acknowledged for the first time yesterday.
When Hussien Was Our Ally "At the time of Rumsfeld's visit, Hussein had invaded Iran, was seeking nuclear weapons and had used lethal mustard gas. He had harbored terrorists and had a well-established record of torturing and murdering domestic opponents. The U.S. response? It dropped Iraq from the list of nations sponsoring terror, renewed diplomatic ties, and provided intelligence and aid to Iraq to prevent its defeat by Iran."
A U.S. License to Kill "George W. Bush has authorized the CIA to kill terrorist leaders on an administration list."
White House Concedes That Counterterror Budget Is Meager "After initially praising the giant spending package that was shaped by Congressional Republicans, the White House has reversed itself in recent days, conceding in a series of public statements that a closer reading of the 3,000 page spending bill shows that domestic counterterrorism programs were shortchanged."
Dissent Exposed Because you never know where you'll find an unpatriotic nut!
Firing Leaflets and Electrons, U.S. Wages Information War The U.S. military is using an arsenal of electronic and psychological weapons to break the Iraqi military's will to fight and sway Iraqi public opinion.
Revealed: 17 British Firms Armed Saddam With His Weapons "The five permanent members of the [UN] security council -- Britian, France, Russia, America and China -- are named as allowing companies to sell weapons technology to Iraq."
Rumsfeld Was On ABB Board During Nuclear Deal with North Korea "Donald Rumsfeld, the US Secretary of Defense, was on the board of technology giant ABB when it won a deal to supply North Korea with two nuclear power plants. Weapons experts say waste material from the two reactors could be used for so-called 'dirty bombs.'"
GAO: Justice Dept. Inflated Terror Cases Federal prosecutors exaggerated their success convicting would-be terrorists last year by wrongly classifying three of four cases as "international terrorism," a government watchdog says. Overall, almost half of 288 convictions deemed 'terrorism-related" were found by investigators to have been wrongly classified as such for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, the General Accounting Office found.
False Alarm: Terror Alert Partly Based on Fabricated Information "It was only after the threat level was elevated to orange - meaning high - last week, that the informant was subjected to a polygraph test by the FBI... 'This person did not pass'"
Color-Coded Alert Systems Saving the World One Color at a Time!
Tanks Roll on British Streets "...in an attempt to thwart a suspected plot to down a passenger jet at Heathrow airport."[???!] More "I think probably the authorities feel that they should build up emotions - what I call the 'war spirit' so to speak. The government is trying to build up tension in preparation for war." - Dr. Zaki Badawi, director of the Muslim College
NY Comptroller Calls for Review of U.S. Firms' Ties to Terrorism "Halliburton opened an office in Iran... General Electric conducts business operations with the Iranian government... ConocoPhilips has operations in Iran and Syria..."
Osama bin Laden Gets a Nose Job - Check it out!
Bill Moyers Interviews Chuck Lewis, Executive Director of the Center for Public Integrity, on the Patriot Act "...there have been 300 roll-backs of the Freedom of Information Act since September 11th. All over America, at the state and local level, as well as the federal government. The Attorney General sent a message to every federal employee, when in doubt, deny any Freedom of Information request."
Expansion of Patriot Act Criticized The Justice Department is preparing to expand the 2001 Patriot Act to increase surveillance within the United States while restricting access to information and limiting judicial review, a nonprofit government watchdog group asserted Friday.
Expert Rules Out Link Between Iraq and al Qaeda "One of Europe's leading terrorism experts has ruled out any link between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda - directly contradicting the latest claims from Tony Blair and George Bush."
FBI Taps Campus Police in Anti-Terror Operations - Student, Faculty Groups Fear a Return of Spying Abuses Against Activists, Foreign Nationals "Faculty leaders and administrators argue that U.S. colleges and universities are unique places devoted to the exchange of ideas, and even the hint of surveillance by government authorities taints that environment."
Destroying the Village to Save Weapons Manufacturers "In the name of 'fighting terror,' countries with secret weapons programs are poised to pulverize Iraq because of its secret weapons programs. And Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) are being used against civilians in order to prevent WMD from being used against civilians."
Pentagon Eyes Mass Graves "The bodies of U.S. soldiers killed by chemical or biological weapons in Iraq of future wars may be bulldozed into mass graves and burned..."
Judge Kills Ex-Soldier's Anthrax-Vaccine Lawsuit "The ruling should not be seen as approval of what the military is doing," U.S. District Judge Edward Nottingham said in dismissing former Pvt. Jemekia Barber's lawsuit. "The military will be held accountable if it is using its own troops as guinea pigs." - How can they be held accountable if the lawsuits are thrown out?
Bush Evidence of Iraq 'Appetite' for Nuclear Weapons in Doubt "After weeks of investigation, U.N. weapons inspectors in Iraq are increasingly confident that the aluminum tubes were never meant for enriching uranium, according to officials familiar with the inspection process. The International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N.-chartered nuclear watchdog, reported in a Jan. 8 preliminary assessment that the tubes were 'not directly suitable' for uranium enrichment..."
Report: Bush Warns Joint Chiefs Against Treason "An angry Rumsfeld, who backs Bush without question, is said to have told the Joint Chiefs to get in line or find other jobs. Bush is also said to be 'extremely angry' at what he perceives as growing Pentagon opposition to his role as Commander in Chief"
Anthrax Vaccine May Have Been Thrown Overboard, Vets Say "For anything to be accidentally washed overboard on an aircraft carrier is highly unusual..." "You don't accept the risk of being a guinea pig for a vaccine," he said. "All the same mistakes made in the Gulf War are being made again."
U.S. Promises to Hold Iraqi Oil 'In Trust' "Secretary of State Colin Powell promised that a U.S. military occupation would hold Iraq's oilfields 'in trust' for the Iraqi people." - How kind of us. Really, we are just doing this for the Iraqi people.
Post-Saddam Iraq Will be a 'Gold Mine' "...lucrative contracts for the rebuilding of war - and sanctions- torn Iraq." "Twenty billion dollars will bring the electrical system back up to the pre-Gulf War level."
The People's Investigation of 9/11 "The U.S. Government, Not the Hijackers, 'Chose' the Date of the 9-11 Attacks"
Sept. 11 Commission Face Challenges "...will have just $3 million and 16 more months to explore the causes of, preparations for and response to the terrorist hijackings... By comparison, a federal commission created in 1996 was given two years and $5 million to study legalized gambling."
Troops Fear Vaccine More Than Germ War "More than half of all British troops will go to war in Iraq without anthrax vaccinations because they fear the side-effects on their health more than the risk of germ warfare..."
Anthrax Vaccine Found on British Beach "Several boxes of anthrax vaccines from the Ministry of Defense were found washed up on a southern British beach Monday, officials said."
Zap Gun Aims at Saddam "The U.S. Military has a top-secret weapon - a man-made bolt or lightning so powerful, it could render Saddam Hussein's stockpile of chemical and biological weapons useless in a flash." - See more below...
Controversial "Lightning" Weapon Could Cripple Iraqi War Machine "America has developed a new weapon capable of crippling Saddam Hussein's war maching by unleashing powerful man-made lightning strikes." - Shades of Tesla! More...
U.N. Council Unanimous Against Terrorism "...called for urgent action to combat global terrorism... The ministers stressed that terrorism remains a global scourge and the world must unite not only to fight it -- but to defeat it." - Hello, New World Order! "demanded that all nations 'take urgent action to prevent and suppress all active and passive support to terrorism.'" How do they define "terrorism?"
Saddam Offered Safe Haven "Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi leaders would be granted exemption from prosecution for war crimes if they fled Iraq, under a proposal favored by Donald Rumsfeld, the defense secretary of the United States. Mr. Rumsfeld said he would recommend the provision of a safe escape for the Iraqi leadership, which was a 'fair trade to avoid war', and refused to deny the possiblity that Saddam would be offered immunity from prosecution over war crimes." - OK, Saddam, just give us the oil fields and we will let go free. Now wait, didn't they say that this guy was as bad as Hitler? If he is so bad, why offer him immunity from prosecution for his crimes? Unless, maybe this "war" is about something else? What's a three letter word for vested interest that start with an "O?"
Iraq Reveals 4 Additional Warheads Also Empty! "But in Washington, White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said the Iraqi declaration of the four warheads 'should not be mistaken for genuine cooperation in an effort to disarm.' 'Four down, 29,984 to go,' he added." - Where does he get with that figure? Is that how many we sold to Iraq?
Despite Lack of Evidence U.S. Accelerates It's Efforts to Build a Case Against Iraq "The Bush administration, concerned that a 'smoking gun' may never be found in Iraq, is urgently assembling an arguement that Baghdad's withholding of weapons information, and it's refusal to make scientists freely available, should persuade American allies to back the use of force against Saddam Hussein" - They just won't give up without a fight, will they?
Germans Were Tracking Sept. 11 Conspirators as Early as 1998(!), Documents Disclose "The documents, including intelligence reports, surveillance logs and transcripts of intercepted telephone calls, appear to contradict public claims by the German authorities that they knew little about the members of the Hamburg cell before the attacks."
U.S. Special Forces to Train Colombian Troops "to protect a KEY OIL PIPELINE [owned by Occidental Petroleum] from Marxist rebels"
UN Weapons Inspection Chief Calls Empty Warheads "NOT A BIG DEAL"
Easy Going for Ridge in Confirmation Hearing "We are at the beginning of what will be a long struggle to protect our nation from terrorism," Mr. Ridge said. "We face a hate-filled, remorseless enemy that takes many forms, has many places to hide and is often invisible." "Together we have taken steps to protect America - from pushing our maritime borders farther from shore and professionalizing airport screening to developing vaccination plans and tightening our borders." - What a joker!
Use of Secret Evidence Rejected Court Orders New Hearing for Suspect in Fake ID Case. Secret Evidence comes from a "credible witness" but the defendant is not allowed to confront the witness or the evidence against him, as is guaranteed in the sixth amendment to the Constitution.
Firm Says Stolen Software Helped bin Laden Plot 9/11 Did the US give bin Laden Promis? "The national commission may wish to examine whether the Justice Department's misappropriation of Promis was, at a minimum, linked indirectly to pre-September 11 performance problems of U.S. intelligence."
U.S. Plans Interim Military Rule in Postwar Iraq "But the officials said that even under the best or circumstances, U.S. forces likely would remain at full strength in Iraq for months after a war ended, with a continued role for thousands of U.S. troops there for years to come." "A primary mission for U.S. forces... would be to protect the country's oil fields"
"Arab Leaders" Masterminding Coup in Iraq, Claims Time Magazine "Time suggests that the Saudis, who have refused to condone any US military action against Iraq, have decided to act after realising that the Bush administration is serious about toppling Saddam."
Professor Arrested in Bioterror Scare "About 30 vials of the plague that were reported missing Tuesday (1-14-03) at Texas Tech Univerity have been accounted for. The FBI refused to say Wednesday how it had accounted for the vials, but an agency official in Washington said authorities believe the samples were destroyed, not stolen or misplaced. Late Wednesday, a university professor was arrested for allegedly telling authorities the 30 vials were missing when he knew they had been destroyed, the U.S. attorney's office said."
9/11 Failure No Obstacle to Intelligence Leaders' Success "With all the recent talk of intelligence reform and accountablility in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a new year begins with the leadership of the intelligence community largely intact."
UN Finds "Chemical Warheads" - Empty "...in excellent condition and were similar to ones imported by Iraq [Maybe from the USA?!] during the late 1980's." So, how much did it cost to buy the smoking gun?
U.S. Decision On Iraq Has Puzzling Past
Paris Airport Terror Suspect Was Framed
Ministers Fear Defeat in Propaganda War
U.S. Asks Judge to Deny Terror Suspect Access to Lawyer, Saying It Could Harm Interrogation
Court Backs Bush on Indefinite Detention of 'Enemy Combatant'
9/11 Revelations: Atta and the Venice Airport
'Special Ops' Gets OK to Initiate It's Own Missions
U.S. Refuses to Allow FBI Head to Testify in German Sept. 11 Trial
9/11 Suspect Seeks Recall of Witnesses to Examine Incosistencies
FBI Withdraws Lookout for Five Illegal Immigrants
FBI Admits '5 Terrorist Suspects' Story Was 'Speculation'
Pakistan Denies US Military Claim of Right to Enter
The Latest White House Excuse: Cuban Spies
U.S. Deleted Iraqi-Run Florida Chemical Plant from UN Weapons List
Court Denies Office of Homeland Security Motion
Iraq Says Real Goal of U.S. is Oil Fields
Homeland Security Office Loses Lawsuit
Lawyer Blames Amphetamines for Friendly Fire Deaths
Bush Warns That Iraqi Attack Could Cripple U.S. Economy (But Not If We Attack Them First, of Course)
Capture of Intact Iraqi Oilfields Seen as Crucial
Threat of War Crime Ruling on British Forces
Pentagon Health Contractor Suffers Theft of Records
Separating Fakes From 9/11 Victims
Activists Cite 'State Terrorism'
From the Embattled FBI, an Insider's Rebuttal
Rangel Calls for Manditory Military Service
U.S. Had Key Role in Iraq Military Buildup
Billions in Federal 9/11 Aid Still Undistributed, Unclaimed
Chasing Phantoms Across Afghanistan
Russia: No Evidence Iraq is a Terrorist Threat
Meeting Daily, U.S. Nerve Center Prepares for Terrorists
Blair Fury Over Terror Warnings to the Public
9/11: The Balkans & Prior Warning
FBI Seeks Data on Foreign Students in U.S. - Report
Preservationist Catalog WTC Artifacts
FBI Honors Target of 9/11 Whistleblower
Civil Liberties Groups Sue Over California Arrests
Crossing Swords with General Ashrcoft
Cities Urge Restraint in Fight Against Terror
Frustrated Veterans Accuse Bush of Breaking Campaign Promise
Sanders Works to Repeal Provisions of Patriot Act
US Tore Out 8,000 Pages of Iraq Dossier Before Presenting it to the UN Security Council
Iraqis Shoot Down US Spy Plane
Many Held at Guantanamo Not Likely Terrorists
Iraq Invites CIA to Identify Suspect Sites
Not All Iraq Claims Backed by Evidence
FBI Called Off Terror Investigations
Left Has a Hard Time in Era of Terrorism
High-Tech Bomb Detection Devices Mistake Fruitcake for Explosives
List of Cities Opposed to Patriot Act Grows to 20
List of Firms That Armed Iraq Household Names
Hundreds of Muslim Immigrants Rounded Up in California
Projection on Fall of Hussein is Disputed by Ground Forces Chiefs
Group Says U.S. Broke Law in Use of Cluster Bombs in Afghanistan
Bush Nominates Himself to Chair 9-11 Investigation
11 British and 10 US Companies Among Nuclear Suppliers for Iraq
Leaked Report Says German and US Firms Supplied Arms to Saddam
Mo. Woman Indicted for Defrauding 9-11 Group
Health Secretary Won't Get Smallpox Shot!
Health Workers Fear Smallpox Plan - Vaccinations Carry World of Unknowns
Vaccine Plan Worries Health Experts
Former New Jersey Gov. to Head 9/11 Panel
FEMA Director to Step Down in March
Pentagon Plans for Covert Propaganda War
U.S. to Wage Covert Propaganda War on Neutral and Friendly Nations
Oakland Challenges Patriot Act as Violation of Individual Civil Rights
Smallpox Vaccine Transmission Raises Liability Issue
Nearly 100 Marine Recruits Hit by Strep A (Can You Say "Vaccine Compromised Immune System?")
Update: Officials Claim Marine Had an Infection Unrelated to Strep A Outbreak
Marine Recruit Dies After "Mystery Rash" Spreads (Can You Say "Vaccination Side Effect?")
4 Afghan Children Die During US Training Exercise
Smallpox Response Might Include Quarantine
An Explosive Farce - Weapons from the Enemy for Our Allies
Actors Say Hollywood's Being 'Pressured' to Make War Movies
More Fallout Over FBI Tactics During Anthrax Probe
FBI Says Hijackers Didn't Have N.J. IDs
Kissinger Steps Down as Chairman of 9/11 Panel - Hooray!
Source - U.S. Firms on List Aided Iraq Arms Development
U.N. Official Won't Reveal Iraq Suppliers to the Public - Why Not?
Democrats Seeking Kissinger Disclosures
Serious Side Effects, Deaths Likely from Vaccine
Smallpox Shots Will Start Soon Under Bush Plan
Deafening Daily Blasts Bring War on Terror Home to Washington
Foreign Office Failed to Warn of Bali Danger
Catching Them with the Predator Drone
U.S. Eases Airport Security Restrictions
New Breed of Patriot Speaking Up
15 Cities Now Oppose Patriot Act by Law
9/11 Relatives Accuse G.O.P. of Blocking Panel Member
High Security Trips Up Some Irradiated Patients, Doctors Say
Bush Order: CIA Can Kill Americans in Al Quaeda
Homeland Security Act: The Rise of the American Police State (Part 1)
Homeland Security Act: The Rise of the American Police State (Part 2)
Homeland Security Act: The Rise of the American Police State (Part 3)
Take the Homeland Security Quiz
Material Breach: US Crimes in Iraq
Shhh! American Prisoners Being Held in Afghanistan
Mohammed Atta Snorted Coke; Seized Learjet Came From Same Source as Barry Seal's
Commandos Specialize on Secret Missions
America's Intelligence System: Bloated and Ineffective
Bush Names Kissinger to Head Sept. 11 Commission - Cover-Up in the Works
GAO: Gov't Must Coordinate Terror Funds
Domestic Security Bill Riles 9/11 Families
Bush Not Likely to Testify in 9/11 Probe
Social Security Numbers Limits Ruled Invalid
GAO: 105 Terror Suspects Got U.S. Visas
Pre-Clearances May Speed Up Airports - and Jeopardize Security
Lawmakers Urge Full Probe of Saudi Ties to Sept. 11
9/11 Hijackers: A Saudi Money Trail?
9/11 Reports Says Saudi Arabia Links Went Unexamined
Justice Department Acts to Use New Power in Terror Inquiries
House Passes Final Details for Creating Security Dept.
Canada to US - 'Mind Your Business'
Security Chief Hopes to Curb Airport Lines
FBI Officials Say Some Agents Lack a Focus on Terror
US Fears Posecution of President in World Court
Homeland Bill Rider Aids Drugmakers - Blocks Vaccine Lawsuits
Iraqi Cancers, Birthdefects Blamed on US Depleted Uranium Rounds
The PATRIOT ACT One Year Later - Part One
The PATRIOT ACT One Year Later - Part Two
Victim's Kin Find Fault with Overseer of 9/11 Fund
FBI Attacks BATF in Draft Report
Immigrants Facing Strict New Rules on Cash Sent Home
Bush Declares Homeland Security Department Creation to be Top Priority
In Rescuers' Voices, 9/11 Tape Reveals a Gripping History
9/11 Tape Raised Added Questions on Radio Failures
Kelly Seeking Federal Money for City Police
Say Cheese, for Airport Insecurity and for Art
Startled Marines Find Afghan Men All Made Up to See Them
CIA Concerned US War on Terror is Missing Root Causes
Guantanamo Releases Raise Questions
Making the Case for CIA Independence
Dead Parrot Society - Bush Style Improv Comedy
International Cops Urged to Work Together - Global Police in the Works
Expert Report Disputes U.S. on Trade Center Collapse
Pessimism About War on Terrorism Highest Since Sept. 11
9/11 Relatives Want Probe, White House Does Not
Sen. Graham Seeks to Declassify Key 9/11 Data
Suspicions Abound That Bush Wants to Avenge His Father and Seize Oil Reserves
Congressional Probe: 9/11 Could Have Been Prevented
U.S. to Train Iraqi Opponents - Just Like Afghanistan During the Russian Occupation
Iraq Announces Amnesty for It's Prisoners
Flying Hassles Ground Many Passengers
Timeline Surrounding September 11th
Overview of "The War on Terror"
Wildcard: Down the Rabbit Hole with the Man Who Says He Tried to Warn the World About 9/11
Rep. Ron Paul: Arguments Against a War in Iraq
Soldier's Grenade Takes Out Coca-Cola
War on Drugs That May Be Fuelling Terror
The USA PATRIOT Act Was Planned Before 9/11
On 9/11, CIA Was Running Simulation of a Plane Crashing into a Building!
Inspector General Says FBI Never Compiled a Terrorist Threat Assessment After 9/11
When Osama bin Ladin Was Tim Osman
'Project Bojinka'- More Indications of Prior U.S. Knowledge of Hijacker Attack Plans
Venice Airport Used for Covert Ops
Declassified Documents Tell of U.S. Aerial Spying Around the World
US Warned Indonesia of Terror Threat
Bali Explosive 'Linked to CIA'
America's For-Profit Secret Army
Why the CIA Thinks Bush is Wrong
Air Force: Four Laptops Stolen
Terror Intercepts on Eve of Sept. 11 Too Vague - NSA
Cheney Derails Independent Investigation of 9/11
Former Guantanamo Official Stripped of Command
U.S. Has a Plan to Occupy Iraq, Officials Report
The Spoils of War - Be the First on Your Block to Make a Buck Off Iraq
White House 'Exaggerating Iraqi Threat' - Bush's Televised Address Attacked by US Intelligence
Putin Dismisses No10 'Propaganda'
FBI Misused Secret Wiretaps, According to Memo
Courts in Conflict Over Secret Hearings
Bush Threatens to Veto Defense Bill Unless Veterans Benefits Are Eliminated
CIA Report Contradicts Bush Warnings on Iraq
In Iraq, Kurds Fear Another Betrayal
U.S. Role in Creation of Iraqi Bioweapons Becomes Issue
Portland "Terrorism" Arrests May be for Show, Details Are Sketchy
Experts Say Vaccine Would Kill Some, Injure Others
Hundreds Are Tracked by FBI on Theory of Quiet Qaeda Cells
White House on Iraq: We Don't Need No Stinkin' Proof
Why We Must Invade Iraq, Right Now! - The Corrections
DNC Says Bush is Questioning Patriotism of 9/11 Heroes
Iran Firm Punished for Poll on U.S Ties
Iraq War Might Not Be a 'Just War'
Defective Chem-Bio Suits in DOD Inventory
CIA Rejects Request for Report on Preparations for War in Iraq
Fictions Embraced by an Israel at War
No-Fly Blacklist Snares Political Activists
FAA Got Alerts to Hijack Plot in 2000
Refined Uranium Found in Turkey Weighs Grams, Not Kilograms
Russia: No Proof of Iraq-Bin Laden Link
Bin Laden Dead, Say Powers of Deduction
China's Military Planners Took Credit for 9/11
The Lie Machine - War Propaganda
Congress Overwhelmed with Anti-War Calls from "the Silenced Majority"
A Case Not Closed - Did Sadam Order the Assasination of Bush Sr.?
Detailed Analysis of WTC Collapse May Be Sealed As Part of Insurance Lawsuit
CIA, FBI Chiefs Dismayed As Sept. 11 Probe Panel Puts New Bite In It's Bark
FBI Agent Slams HQ Bureaucracy
Agency Disavows Report on Iraq Arms! - Report Cited by Bush Does Not Exist!
I Spy - My Not-So-Secret Life as an FBI Informant
New Book - War on Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You to Know
Will the U.S. Reap What It Has Sown? Byrd Asks
Agency Probes D.C. Wireless Network
U.S. May Fingerprint Egypt Tourists
Panel's Findings Take Intelligence Officials by Surprise
U.S. Gave West Nile, Other Viruses to Iraq
Report: 9/11 Program Falling Short
CIA Chief Assails Panel Staff for Note Questioning Officer's Honesty
Justice Department Denounces Secret Court on Wiretaps
Uzbekistan Basks in U.S. Spotlight - Despite Country's Rights Abuses
War Against Arab Media Intensifies
FBI Account Outlines Activities of Hijackers Before 9/11 Attacks
FBI Agent Warned Moussaoui Might Crash Plane into WTC
FBI, CIA Defend Pre-9/11 Efforts
In Mistake Prosecutors Gave Secrets to Terror Suspect
CIA, FBI Say Pursued Al Qaeda Threats Before 9/11
Ashcroft: Court Exceeded Authority
Senate OKs Sept. 11 Investigative Commission; Eyes Homeland Security Deal
Bush's War Plans Are a Cover-Up, Byrd Says
Gore Accuses Bush of Eroding Freedom
INS Ignored Possible Link of Airport Killer to Terrorists
Bush Thwarted on Worker Rights in Security Department Measure
CIA Inquiry on Al Qaeda Aide Seen as Flawed
Lawyers for FBI Faulted in Search
FBI Agent Warned About 9-11 Hijacker
FBI Informant Lived with Hijackers
Identities of Some Hijackers in Doubt
Ex-FBI Officials Criticize Tactics on Terror
U.S. Considered "Suicide Jet Missions"
Bush Seeks Sweeping Powers to Wage War
Bush Planned Iraq Regime Change Before Becoming President
Hussein Says Bush Wants to Control Mideast Oil
Fortunes of War Await Bush's Circle After Attacks on Iraq (due to changes in the hosting website, this link will not take you directly to the article, but you can search for it by title. It is still available, but the link is not direct.)
Greed & Guinea Pigs : Risking the Health of the U.S. Military
A Place to Find Out for Yourself About the War
White House Stalls 9-11 Investigation
Ashcroft Lies Low After Inciting Terror in Error
September 11 Families Wary of Civil Rights Threats
Is "Group Think" Driving Us to War?
Bush-Hitler Remark Shows U.S. as an Issue in German Election
White House Not Cooperating with 9-11 Probe
President Issues Military Order
Ex-King of Afghanistan Says U.S. War on Terror is "Stupid and Useless"
Chipping Away at Freedom - The War on Terror Circa 1995
The Terrorism Trap: September 11 & Beyond by Micheal Parenti
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WAR ON TERROR & HOMELAND SECURITY NEWS
The Anti-Terrorism bills ARE TERRORISM!
[ - Of course, when a government inflicts terrorism on its own people it is never considered terrorism.]
Advice from the Wall Street Journal Online.
The criticism focuses on the administration's decision to lay the groundwork for developing low-yield weapons - known as mini-nukes - while pursuing President Bush's doctrine of preemptive strikes against rogue states.
American's are being desensitized to seeing troops in the streets! Get ready for the war to come home, that is what they are telling us!
The Bush administration may be forced to rethink its war on terrorism strategy after two US courts ruled that detainees should not remain indefinitely in a legal twilight zone.
More . . .
Libya will end more than 20 years of isolation as a "pariah state" after promising to renounce terrorism and dismantle its secret weapons of mass destruction program.
An Australian journalist gets a taste of Department of Homeland Security hospitality.
War in Iraq has swollen the ranks of al Qaeda and galvanized the Islamic militant group's will, the International Institute for Strategic Studies said in its annual report.
The U.S. military has tortured terrorist suspects held without charge at Guantanamo Bay military prison, an Australian lawyer representing some of the suspects has claimed.
The United Nations Security Council went into an emergency session after Israeli war planes hit an alleged Palestinian terrorist training camp barely ten miles from the Syrian capital Damascus.
Saudi Arabia attacked the UK for issuing a warning about an imminent terror threat without consulting the kingdom first.
Peace Fresno was infiltrated by an agent working for the Fresno Sheriff's Department "anti-terrorist team."
Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, accused Pakistan of harboring terrorists and undermining his country's chances of a peaceful future.
A doctor who worked as a translator at the US prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was arrested, the latest in a series of arrests that have raised questions about security at the camp for terrorist suspects.
A former professional footballer with strong links to the UK was sentenced to ten years in prison for master-minding an al-Qaeda plot to blow up a NATO military base containing nuclear weapons.
How the U.S. Spied on a Tiny Island Distillery
"We veteran and active pilots, who have served and continue to serve the state of Israel, oppose carrying out illegal and immoral orders to attack of the kind which Israel carries out in the territories."
The CIA paid mullahs and created fake Islamic religious leaders to preach a moderate message and counter anti-American sentiment in the Arab world after the September 11th attacks, a new book claims.
Black = Terrorist = Thug : The New Racial Profile?
Presidential hopeful General Wesley Clark says the White House devised a five-year plan after the 9/11 strikes to attack seven majority-Muslim countries. Clark claims a senior military officer told him in November of 2001 that the Bush administration was planning to attack Iraq first before taking action against Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Iran, Somolia and Sudan.
More... :Clark's Changing Tune on Iraq
More... :Clark's Waco Connection
Ignored by most media, an array of prominent federal judges, government officials, and other members of the legal establishment has joined in a historic rebellion against George W. Bush's unprecedented and unconstitutional arrogance of power that threatens the fundamental right of American citizens to have access to their lawyers before disappearing indefinitely into military custody without charges, without seeing an attorney or anyone except their guards.
[What idications? When? Where did the terrorist find a "gleaming new" cement mixer and the explosives to fill it? By the way, isn't KBR, the Halliburton subsidiary contracted to rebuild Iraq's infrastructure, a construction company? Maybe they are missing a cement mixer?]
Even without official legislation, the proposals have prompted an outcry from the American Civil Liberties Union, the criminal defense bar and some Democrats, who say the Bush adminstration and Senate Republicans are trying to use the terrorist threat to mask broad changes in drug trafficking laws.
There is no way, unless the White House insiders come out and start talking. Suddenly, that is exactly what is happening.
