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Goodwill Envoy Hughes Claims Saddam Hussein Gassed ‘hundreds of Thousands’ of Iraqis

Posted on October 23, 2005 by Team VCS

Goodwill Envoy Hughes Claims Saddam Hussein Gassed ‘hundreds of Thousands’ of Iraqis By Chris Brummitt, Associated Press, October 21, 2005 JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – U.S. envoy Karen Hughes on Friday defended Washington’s decision to go to war against Iraq in … Continue reading →

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Another Questionable Election: GAO Reports Serious Voting Machine Problems

Posted on October 22, 2005 by Team VCS

GAO Report Finds Flaws in Electronic Voting Friday 21 October 2005 Rep. Waxman led twelve members of Congress today in releasing a new GAO report that found security and reliability flaws in the electronic voting process. In a joint press … Continue reading →

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Why Torture is OK

Posted on October 21, 2005 by Team VCS

Imagine that you are on your way to work, coffee in hand, one December morning when three men in United States military uniforms, armed with guns, approach you. They say your name; you acknowledge it. One of them slams you … Continue reading →

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Expanding Iraq War into Syria is lunacy

Posted on October 21, 2005 by Team VCS

AS I suspected six months ago, and U.S. military and Bush Administration civilian officials confirmed, U.S. forces have invaded Syria and engaged in combat with Syrian forces. An unknown number of Syrians are acknowledged to have been killed; the number … Continue reading →

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Afghanistan: Abuse Charges at Bad Time for White House

Posted on October 21, 2005 by Team VCS

Allegations that U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan burned the bodies of Taliban fighters couldn’t have come at a worse time for the Bush administration, already fighting legislation in Congress that would impose standards on the Pentagon’s treatment of detainees. Lurid television … Continue reading →

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Spanish Judge Issues Warrant for Three GIs on Charges of Killing Reporter in Iraq

Posted on October 20, 2005 by Team VCS

Spanish Judge Issues Warrant for Three GIs on Charges of Killing Reporter in Iraq By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Filed at 10:29 p.m. ET, October 19, 2005 MADRID, Spain (AP) — A judge has issued an international arrest warrant for three … Continue reading →

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These two men are experts on rendition: one invented it, the other has seen its full horrors

Posted on October 19, 2005 by Team VCS

If there are two men in the world who know about “extraordinary renditions” then they are Michael Scheuer, the CIA chief who invented the programme, and Craig Murray, the UK ambassador to Uzbekistan who saw first-hand the devastating consequences for … Continue reading →

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Privacy Coalition Letter to Secretary Donald Rumsfeld

Posted on October 18, 2005 by Team VCS

DOD Database Campaign Coalition Letter The Honorable Donald H. RumsfeldSecretary of DefenseThe PentagonWashington, DC 20301 Dear Secretary Rumsfeld, We are writing in opposition to the Department of Defense’s (DOD) creation of the Joint Advertising and Market Research Studies (JAMRS) Recruiting … Continue reading →

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What Game Theory Can Tell Us About Terrorism

Posted on October 18, 2005 by Team VCS

In my inaugural column, it’s appropriate to deal with one of last week’s big events in economics: the awarding of the Nobel prize. The prize in economics went to two men for their contributions to game theory: Robert Aumann of … Continue reading →

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Close our torture loophole

Posted on October 18, 2005 by Team VCS

Picture this scene: Young prison guards in khaki uniforms and reflecting sunglasses herd a larger group of inmates down a hallway, each prisoner chained to the next by his ankle, each dressed in a shapeless smock that exposed his pale … Continue reading →

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