Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

By surrendering our liberties, we hand victory to terrorists

Posted on December 27, 2005 by Team VCS

The authorization of domestic spying without warrants amounts to nothing less than a surrender of our civil liberty, the precise thing that guarantees our freedom and makes us so different from those enemies of freedom from whom the Bush administration … Continue reading →

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U.S. Airstrikes Take Toll on Civilians

Posted on December 25, 2005 by Team VCS

U.S. Marine airstrikes targeting insurgents sheltering in Iraqi residential neighborhoods are killing civilians as well as guerrillas along the Euphrates River in far western Iraq, according to Iraqi townspeople and officials and the U.S. military. Just how many civilians have … Continue reading →

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Spy Agency Mined Vast Data Trove, Officials Report

Posted on December 25, 2005 by Team VCS

The National Security Agency has traced and analyzed large volumes of telephone and Internet communications flowing into and out of the United States as part of the eavesdropping program that President Bush approved after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to … Continue reading →

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What Bush Could Learn from Lincoln

Posted on December 24, 2005 by Team VCS

My Christmas present to George W. Bush is a copy of Doris Kearns Goodwin’s splendid study of Lincoln and his Cabinet, ”Team of Rivals.” President Bush believes in redemption, and so do I. Here are just a few things Bush … Continue reading →

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Bush and Wiretaps: Congress, Citizens, This Means War

Posted on December 23, 2005 by Team VCS

In asserting his right to ignore the law, President Bush has slapped Congress right across the face and told them they better like it. Congress can now mutter “Yes, sir” and cower in its corner like a whipped dog, as … Continue reading →

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Iraqis March, Say Elections Were Rigged

Posted on December 23, 2005 by Team VCS

Large demonstrations broke out across the country Friday to denounce parliamentary elections that protesters say were rigged in favor of the main religious Shiite coalition. Meanwhile, a lawyer for Saddam Hussein said he saw evidence that his client had been … Continue reading →

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VCS Weekly Update: President Authorizes Spying on Americans

Posted on December 22, 2005 by Team VCS

Veterans for Common Sense End-of-Year Fundraising Campaign Goal: $20,000Raised: $7,900Pledged: $2,950 Almost halfway there! Help us meet our goal by December 31. VCS Bumper stickers, t-shirts and more. December 22, 2005 Dear VCS Members and Supporters: A political crisis is … Continue reading →

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An insidious culture of surveillance

Posted on December 22, 2005 by Team VCS

In a basically free society, abuses of civil and human rights often initially make sense, which appears to have been the case when President Bush took his baby steps toward a system of warrant-free, electronic surveillance of persons inside the … Continue reading →

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Can the government spy on citizens without a warrant?

Posted on December 22, 2005 by Team VCS

President Bush’s decision to allow the super-secret National Security Agency to spy on Americans without court warrants has touched off stormy debate about his aggressive approach to the war on terror. This clash – between civil libertarians and the administration’s … Continue reading →

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Add-Ons To Defense Bill Ill-Serve Troops And America

Posted on December 21, 2005 by Team VCS

The U.S. House of Representatives wrapped up 2005 by adopting a $453 billion budget for the 2006 Defense Appropriations Act. It is now left up to the U.S. Senate to decide which amendments to include or not include in its … Continue reading →

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