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Bush’s War on Professionals
New ranges of secret government are emerging from the fog of war. The latest disclosure, by the New York Times, of domestic surveillance by the National Security Agency performed by evasion of the special Federal Intelligence Surveillance Court surfaces a … Continue reading
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Reclaiming the Red, White and Blue For All Americans
Like Betsy Ross, I sew American flags. But I do my work for 55 cents an hour in an assembly line inside the Central California Women’s Facility, one of the largest women’s prisons in the world. I was sentenced to … Continue reading
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Adding fuel to Iraq’s fire
Iraq’s oil minister losing his job is just one symptom of an industry plagued by underproduction, insurgent attacks, skyrocketing fuel costs and labor problems at refineries. The outgoing Iraqi government placed Minister for Oil Ibrahim Bahr al-Ulum on mandatory administrative … Continue reading
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America’s waning clout in Iraq
As the weight of the Shiite Islamist victory in Iraq’s election is still being calculated, US influence in the country – in reconstruction, security, and politics – is steadily receding. While a diminished US role in Iraqi affairs was inevitable, … Continue reading
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Files Say Agency Initiated Growth of Spying Effort
The National Security Agency acted on its own authority, without a formal directive from President Bush, to expand its domestic surveillance operations in the weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, according to declassified documents released Tuesday. The N.S.A. operation prompted … Continue reading
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US General Wants Faster Security Transition in Iraq
The commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East says he wants to accelerate the handover of security responsibility in Iraq to the country’s new security forces this year. In an interview with reporters traveling with him in Iraq in … Continue reading
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Iraqi Civil War? Some Experts Say It’s Arrived
Fourteen members of a Shiite Muslim family are slaughtered in their home. Days later, masked gunmen invade a Sunni Arab household, killing five people. Organized political killing proceeds, as if there had not been elections two weeks ago. In a … Continue reading
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US Has End in Sight on Iraq Rebuilding
The Bush administration does not intend to seek any new funds for Iraq reconstruction in the budget request going before Congress in February, officials say. The decision signals the winding down of an $18.4 billion U.S. rebuilding effort in which … Continue reading
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Beyond “Democratic Peace”
As the joyous display of purple fingers in Iraq again attests, the national struggle for democracy is a moral good and, if it succeeds, a human triumph. But it is not by itself a victory for American national security. We … Continue reading
Covert CIA Program Withstands New Furor, Anti-Terror Effort Continues to Grow
The effort President Bush authorized shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, to fight al Qaeda has grown into the largest CIA covert action program since the height of the Cold War, expanding in size and ambition despite a growing outcry at … Continue reading
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