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CIA Veteran Rips Agency, Tests Limits of Right to Publish Without Permission
August 2, 2008 – A 25-year veteran of the CIA’s clandestine service has written a scathing — and unauthorized — account of the spy agency’s management, setting up an unprecedented legal test of former employees’ rights to pen tell-all books. … Continue reading
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News Analysis: Exposing President Bush’s Historic Consolidation and Abuse of Power
July 23, 2008 – The last several years have brought a parade of dark revelations about the George W. Bush administration, from the manipulation of intelligence to torture to extrajudicial spying inside the United States. But there are growing indications … Continue reading
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Editorial Column: ‘Justifying’ Torture, Two Big Lies
July 19, 2008 – One can assume that former Attorney General John Ashcroft didn’t mean it to be funny, but his testimony on Thursday before the House Judiciary Committee might strike one as hilarious, were it not for the issue … Continue reading
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More Evidence of Guantanamo Bay Torture, Including Sleep Deprivation
July 15, 2008, Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba – The U.S. military subjected a former driver for Osama bin Laden to a sleep-deprivation program in 2003, his defense lawyers said Monday, raising the latest allegations of a tactic criticized as … Continue reading
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July 14, Iraq War Op-Ed by Senator Obama: Time to End Iraq War
July 14, 2008, Chicago, IL — The call by Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki for a timetable for the removal of American troops from Iraq presents an enormous opportunity. We should seize this moment to begin the phased redeployment of … Continue reading
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Obama: I need to Earn Troops’ Trust
July 7, 2008, Colorado Springs, CO – Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama knows that to win the vote of current and former military members and their families, he has to prove himself. “Precisely because I have not served in uniform, … Continue reading
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Three War Veterans View the Presidential Campaign
July 1, 2008 – Views of the 2008 presidential campaign from two recent Army veterans and an injured Marine: Brandon Ziegler, of Bethel, Pa., did two short tours in Iraq with the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division. He joined the military … Continue reading
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US, NATO Deaths in Afghanistan Pass Iraq Toll
June 30, 2008, Kabul, Afghanistan – Militants killed more U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan in June than in Iraq for the second straight month, a grim milestone capping a run of headline-grabbing insurgent attacks that analysts say underscore the … Continue reading
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Amid Bush Administration Internal Policy Disputes, al Qaeda Terrorists Rebuild and Grow in Pakistan
After the Sept. 11 attacks, President Bush committed the nation to a “war on terrorism” and made the destruction of Mr. bin Laden’s network the top priority of his presidency. But it is increasingly clear that the Bush administration will … Continue reading
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Sizeable Minority in U.S. Condone Torture
June 26, 2008, United Nations – The number of Americans who would condone torture, at least when used on terrorists in order to save lives, has risen over the past two years and now stands at over 40 percent, according … Continue reading
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