Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

Asterisks Dot White House’s Iraq Argument

Posted on November 13, 2005 by Team VCS

President Bush and his national security adviser have answered critics of the Iraq war in recent days with a two-pronged argument: that Congress saw the same intelligence the administration did before the war, and that independent commissions have determined that … Continue reading →

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Senate demands report on “CIA prisons”

Posted on November 12, 2005 by Team VCS

The U.S. Senate demanded a classified account on Thursday of whether the CIA was running a secret prison system as it debated a bill that would regulate the Bush administration’s treatment of military detainees. The call was made following a … Continue reading →

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The Lost Founder

Posted on November 11, 2005 by Team VCS

[This article is dated 07/03/05] On July 17, 1980, Ronald Reagan stood before the Republican national convention and the American people to accept his party’s nomination for president of the United States. Most of what he said that evening was … Continue reading →

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Ideals must be upheld

Posted on November 11, 2005 by Team VCS

At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, the world awoke from its long, senselessly violent nightmare and celebrated the official cessation of the War To End All Wars. The following year in his … Continue reading →

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Cruel Distortion: ‘We Do Not Torture’? Is the President Serious?

Posted on November 10, 2005 by Team VCS

At times President Bush inspires a kind of awe. It is a rare individual who can repeat obvious falsehoods with so much tenacity and conviction that millions of listeners eventually mistake them for the truth. The president was in top … Continue reading →

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Report Warned on CIA’s Tactics in Interrogation

Posted on November 10, 2005 by Team VCS

A classified report issued last year by the Central Intelligence Agency’s inspector general warned that interrogation procedures approved by the C.I.A. after the Sept. 11 attacks might violate some provisions of the international Convention Against Torture, current and former intelligence … Continue reading →

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White House Pushes on for Torture Exemption as House Stalls Vote

Posted on November 9, 2005 by Team VCS

The president and vice president continue an effort to prod lawmakers into freeing the Central Intelligence Agency from restrictions on torturing detainees in its custody. The pressure comes as House Republicans last week delayed a vote on a measure prohibiting … Continue reading →

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Troops to Call for Independent Commission on Torture

Posted on November 8, 2005 by Team VCS

Media Advisory Troops to Call for Independent Commission on Torture;Press Conference on Open Letter signed by 3,700 veterans and family members CONTACT: Charles Sheehan-Miles, 202-558-4553INTERVIEWS AVAILABLE Nearly four years after the beginning of the War on Terror, the U.S. continues … Continue reading →

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Supreme court to review terrorism military trials

Posted on November 8, 2005 by Team VCS

The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday that it would decide whether President George W. Bush has the power to create military tribunals to put Guantanamo prisoners on trial for war crimes, an important test of the administration’s policy in … Continue reading →

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The Bush Effect: U.S. Military Involvement in Latin America Rises, Development and Humanitarian Aid Fall

Posted on November 6, 2005 by Team VCS

While President George W. Bush is in Latin America to push his controversial free trade agenda, there is another type of trade to be concerned about. U.S. military aid, training and arms sales to the region have all increased sharply … Continue reading →

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