Yearly Archives: 2004

Army Veteran Claims Experimental Anthrax Vaccine Associated with Illness

Soldier seeks answers in medical separation The walls are stripped bare, the furniture, pictures and awards are packed in storage, and the wheelbarrow and baskets overflowing with flowers that brightened the front yard have been given to neighbors. All that’s … Continue reading

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VA yanks troubled computer system

      The $472-million computer system being tested at Bay Pines just doesn’t work, veterans officials say. Published July 27, 2004   ST. PETERSBURG – The Department of Veterans Affairs has decided to pull the plug on a $472-million … Continue reading

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Psychiatrist Who Downplayed Impact of War Exposed as Neo-Conservative

Think Tank Shrink Exposed One wonders, just what is the connection between the New York Times and the neo-con American Enterprise Institute’s in-house shrink, Dr. Sally Satel? Those of us who are concerned about the effect of the Iraq war … Continue reading

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Provision in Bill Bars Pentagon From Revising Investment Rules

Provision in Bill Bars Pentagon From Revising Investment Rules By DIANA B. HENRIQUES he Pentagon will be barred from taking any action to tighten its rules on the sale of insurance and other financial products on military bases until sometime … Continue reading

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More Patriot Act Games

WITH PRESIDENT Bush calling on Congress to pass a permanent version of the USA Patriot Act and many liberals demanding the bill’s repeal, the Justice Department’s report last week on implementation of the law was an opportunity to inject a … Continue reading

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Bush Knew of Rumsfeld’s Torture Plans

THE GRAY ZONE How a secret Pentagon program came to Abu Ghraib. Issue of 2004-05-24Posted 2004-05-15 The roots of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal lie not in the criminal inclinations of a few Army reservists but in a decision, approved last year … Continue reading

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The Threat Within America: Acts by Right-Wing Extremists “Remain at a Very High Level”

Fears rise anew over homegrown terrorists With focus abroad, militias may thrive AUSTIN, Texas — When FBI agents searched a rented storage locker in a small east Texas town last year, they were alarmed to discover a huge cache of … Continue reading

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My Hell in Camp X-Ray

My Hell in Camp X-Ray A British captive freed from Guantanamo Bay today tells the world of its full horror – and reveals how prostitutes were taken into the camp to degrade Muslim inmates. Jamal al-Harith, 37, who arrived home … Continue reading

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Veterans for Common Sense

PRESS RELEASE  National Groups Question the Independence of a Presidential Inquiry into the use of Iraq IntelligenceInquiry must involve Congress and examine the judgment of senior officials  February 4, 2004 – For Immediate ReleaseContact: Ashianna Esmail; (202) 543-6176 The directors of … Continue reading

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No Humanitarian Case for Iraq War, Says Rights Group

The United States and Britain had no justification for invading Iraq either on the grounds of alleged threats from illicit weapons and terrorism, or as a humanitarian mission, an international civil rights group said yesterday. The failure to find Saddam … Continue reading

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