Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

OP-ED: Cheney and Presidential Powers

Posted on February 13, 2006 by Team VCS

OP_ED: Vice President Cheney and The Fight Over “Inherent” Presidential Powers: His Attempt to Swing the Pendulum Back Began Long Before 9/11 By JOHN W. DEAN, Find Law, Friday, Feb. 10, 2006 Vice President Dick Cheney has stirred up an old … Continue reading →

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OP-ED: The Dictator Defense

Posted on February 11, 2006 by Team VCS

OP-ED: The Dictator Defense Bush’s attorney general won’t dare explain the real basis for warrantless spying on Americans: Pure, unbridled executive power. By David Cole, Salon, Februrary 10, 2006 The congressional inquiry into President Bush’s authorizing the National Security Agency to … Continue reading →

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Eroding U.S. industrial base comes with price

Posted on February 8, 2006 by Team VCS

The United States of America has historically enjoyed self-sufficiency in times of both war and peace but in order to better assess its present place in the world as concerns its military and economic strength, it is important to reflect … Continue reading →

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Executive Power: War on the Constitution

Posted on February 8, 2006 by Team VCS

There are prior and current members of the Bush administration, including Vice President Dick Cheney, who openly argue that if the country is at war, the president should be able to ignore domestic and international law outlawing torture, prohibiting illegal … Continue reading →

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US Defense Dept report singles out China as potential military rival

Posted on February 6, 2006 by Team VCS

WASHINGTON (AFX) – A major review of US military strategy singled out China as the country with the greatest potential to challenge the US militarily. The Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) noted China’s steady but secretive military buildup since 1996. ‘Of … Continue reading →

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Bush told Blair we’re going to war, memo reveals

Posted on February 2, 2006 by Team VCS

Bush told Blair we’re going to war, memo reveals · PM backed invasion despite illegality warnings · Plan to disguise US jets as UN planes · Bush: postwar violence unlikely Richard Norton-Taylor, Guardian, Thursday February 2, 2006 Tony Blair told … Continue reading →

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Probable Cause for Alarm

Posted on January 27, 2006 by Team VCS

Probable Cause for Alarm Press ignores Ex-NSA chief’s ignorance of Constitution FAIR, January 27, 2006 When FEMA Director Michael Brown claimed not to be aware of the evacuee crisis at the New Orleans Convention Center following Hurricane Katrina (NPR, 9/1/05), … Continue reading →

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Rice: Time is now to take Iran before U.N. Security Council

Posted on January 23, 2006 by Team VCS

WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said today “the time has come” to send Iran before the U.N. Security Council over its disputed nuclear program, but she seemed to acknowledge that U.N. action may not be swift. Iran warned … Continue reading →

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Bush’s Iran Options Limited by Iraq, Perils of War

Posted on January 23, 2006 by Team VCS

Jan. 23 (Bloomberg) — “Grave threat” is how U.S. President George W. Bush described Iraq three years ago. Today he uses that same phrase — to characterize Iran. The resemblance between these two standoffs ends with the rhetoric, analysts say. … Continue reading →

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US Torture Undermines Global Rights Drive: Report

Posted on January 19, 2006 by Team VCS

A human rights group said on Wednesday that torture and other abuses committed by the United States in its war on terrorism have damaged American credibility and hurt the global human rights cause. In a survey of world conditions, U.S.-based … Continue reading →

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