-
Like VCS on Facebook
Follow VCS on Twitter
My Tweets-
Recent Posts
- Veterans for Common Sense Publishes Q&A Fact Sheet about new Gulf War Illness Diagnostic Code
- Veterans for Common Sense Urge Repeal of Legacy “Zombie” AUMFs
- VCS Publishes Fact Sheet on Legacy AUMFs
- Condemning Remarks that Diminish the Selfless Service and Sacrifice of Medal of Honor Recipients
- The PACT Act – What Does it Do?
Recent Comments
- Calvin Binns on Sick Marines and Contaminated Water: Questions Surround El Toro Marine Air Base
- Alexlarson989@gmail.com on U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin and Jerry Moran Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Access to Chiropractic Health Care for Current and Former Military Personnel
- Kenneth Cline on VA Announces Camp LeJeune Medical Reimbursement Program | Veterans for Common Sense
- Robert on Sick Marines and Contaminated Water: Questions Surround El Toro Marine Air Base
- jon smith on Army warns doctors against using certain drugs in PTSD treatment
Categories
Meta
Author Archives: Team VCS
Top Cheney Adviser Indicted on Five Felonies in CIA Leak Probe
A federal grand jury today indicted Vice President Cheney’s chief of staff, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, after a two-year investigation into the leak of a CIA agent’s identity but spared — at least for now –President Bush’s top political strategist, … Continue reading
Posted in Veterans for Common Sense News
Tagged terrorism
Comments Off on Top Cheney Adviser Indicted on Five Felonies in CIA Leak Probe
Vice President for Torture
VICE PRESIDENT Cheney is aggressively pursuing an initiative that may be unprecedented for an elected official of the executive branch: He is proposing that Congress legally authorize human rights abuses by Americans. “Cruel, inhuman and degrading” treatment of prisoners is … Continue reading
Posted in Veterans for Common Sense News
Comments Off on Vice President for Torture
Dick’s War on Saddam
Dick’s War on Saddam In August 2002, Dick Cheney was doing his best to shock the nation into action by Craig Gordon, Newsday, October 26, 2005 WASHINGTON — It was the last week of August 2002, and the Bush administration’s … Continue reading
Posted in Veterans for Common Sense News
Comments Off on Dick’s War on Saddam
US Told to Give Data on Guantanamo Hunger Strikers
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the U.S. government to provide medical records on Guantanamo prisoners who are being force-fed while on a hunger strike and to notify their lawyers about forced feedings. U.S. District Court Judge Gladys Kessler acted … Continue reading
Posted in Veterans for Common Sense News
Tagged Guantanamo, terrorism
Comments Off on US Told to Give Data on Guantanamo Hunger Strikers
U.S.: License to Abuse Would Put CIA Above the Law
The Bush administration is now the only government in the world to claim a legal justification for mistreating prisoners during interrogations, Human Rights Watch said today. The administration recently approached members of the U.S. Congress to seek a waiver that … Continue reading
Posted in Veterans for Common Sense News
Tagged terrorism
Comments Off on U.S.: License to Abuse Would Put CIA Above the Law
Disasters We Can Prevent
‘It’s very scary,” a Taunton resident told The New York Times last week. A precarious dam was stressed by a flooding river, and the town was vulnerable. ‘You start wondering, especially with all the natural disasters going on, what’s going … Continue reading
Posted in Veterans for Common Sense News
Comments Off on Disasters We Can Prevent
Why the Military Shouldn’t Take Charge in Emergencies
A majority of Americans in a recent poll expressed support for the use of our military as part of law enforcement during domestic emergencies. President Bush evidently shares this view, for he proposed using the military to enforce the law … Continue reading
Posted in Veterans for Common Sense News
Tagged Abu Ghraib, voting rights
Comments Off on Why the Military Shouldn’t Take Charge in Emergencies
How Scary Is This?
The White House is sweating out the possibility that one or more top officials will soon be indicted on criminal charges. But the Bush administration is immune to prosecution for its greatest offense – its colossal and profoundly tragic incompetence. … Continue reading
Posted in Veterans for Common Sense News
Comments Off on How Scary Is This?
The White House Cabal
The White House Cabal By Lawrence B. Wilkerson, Los Angeles Times, October 25, 2005 LAWRENCE B. WILKERSON served as chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin L. Powell from 2002 to 2005. IN PRESIDENT BUSH’S first term, some of … Continue reading
Posted in Veterans for Common Sense News
Comments Off on The White House Cabal
VCS Weekly Update: Privacy, Torture and DIA Spying on Americans
October 24, 2005 Dear VCS Members and Supporters: Veterans for Common Sense last week joined a coalition of privacy-focused organizations in opposition to a $349 million Pentagon database of 12 million Americans of recruitable-age. Much of the data in the … Continue reading
Posted in Veterans for Common Sense News
Tagged Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo
Comments Off on VCS Weekly Update: Privacy, Torture and DIA Spying on Americans