Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

Family of Iraq Abuse Whistleblower Threatened

Posted on August 16, 2004 by Team VCS

Family of Iraq Abuse Whistleblower Threatened WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Relatives of the U.S. soldier who sounded the alarm about abuse of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison said on Monday the family was living in protective custody because of death … Continue reading →

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Rumsfeld and Bush Failed Us on Sept. 11

Posted on August 15, 2004 by Team VCS

Rumsfeld and Bush Failed Us on Sept. 11Donald Rumsfeld, one of the chief opponents of investing real power over purse and personnel in a new national intelligence chief, told the 9/11 commission that an intelligence czar would do the nation … Continue reading →

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Combat Veteran Files Suit to Block “Stop Loss” – the Backdoor Military Draft

Posted on August 14, 2004 by Team VCS

Fighting the Backdoor DraftMilitary Families File “Stop Loss” Suit Attorneys for a decorated combat veteran serving in the Army Reserve will announce Tuesday the filing of a petition challenging a “stop loss” order that requires the reservist to remain in … Continue reading →

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VCS Call To Action: Honor the Legacy

Posted on August 9, 2004 by Team VCS

Over the weekend, an article in the Oregonian (http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/NewsArticle.cfm?ID=1861) accompanied by graphic photographs described a very disturbing incident which took place in Iraq on June 29, one day after the handover to the Iraqi interim government. According to the article, … Continue reading →

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Army Veteran Claims Experimental Anthrax Vaccine Associated with Illness

Posted on August 1, 2004 by Team VCS

Soldier seeks answers in medical separation The walls are stripped bare, the furniture, pictures and awards are packed in storage, and the wheelbarrow and baskets overflowing with flowers that brightened the front yard have been given to neighbors. All that’s … Continue reading →

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VA yanks troubled computer system

Posted on July 30, 2004 by Team VCS

      The $472-million computer system being tested at Bay Pines just doesn’t work, veterans officials say. Published July 27, 2004   ST. PETERSBURG – The Department of Veterans Affairs has decided to pull the plug on a $472-million … Continue reading →

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Psychiatrist Who Downplayed Impact of War Exposed as Neo-Conservative

Posted on July 27, 2004 by Team VCS

Think Tank Shrink Exposed One wonders, just what is the connection between the New York Times and the neo-con American Enterprise Institute’s in-house shrink, Dr. Sally Satel? Those of us who are concerned about the effect of the Iraq war … Continue reading →

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Provision in Bill Bars Pentagon From Revising Investment Rules

Posted on July 23, 2004 by Team VCS

Provision in Bill Bars Pentagon From Revising Investment Rules By DIANA B. HENRIQUES he Pentagon will be barred from taking any action to tighten its rules on the sale of insurance and other financial products on military bases until sometime … Continue reading →

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More Patriot Act Games

Posted on July 18, 2004 by Team VCS

WITH PRESIDENT Bush calling on Congress to pass a permanent version of the USA Patriot Act and many liberals demanding the bill’s repeal, the Justice Department’s report last week on implementation of the law was an opportunity to inject a … Continue reading →

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Bush Knew of Rumsfeld’s Torture Plans

Posted on May 16, 2004 by Team VCS

THE GRAY ZONE How a secret Pentagon program came to Abu Ghraib. Issue of 2004-05-24Posted 2004-05-15 The roots of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal lie not in the criminal inclinations of a few Army reservists but in a decision, approved last year … Continue reading →

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