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Jan 5, Enormous Victory for Freedom: President-Elect Obama’s Justice Nominees Support Restoring Our Constitution

Posted on January 5, 2009 by Team VCS

January 5, 2009 09:58:40 PM, WASHINGTON – In filling four senior Justice Department positions Monday, President-elect Barack Obama signaled that he intends to roll back Bush administration counterterrorism policies authorizing harsh interrogation techniques, warrantless spying and indefinite detentions of terrorism … Continue reading →

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Liberty Lost in Maryland: More Groups than Thought Were Illegally Spied Upon by Government

Posted on January 4, 2009 by Team VCS

Sunday, January 4, 2009; Page A01 – The Maryland State Police surveillance of advocacy groups was far more extensive than previously acknowledged, with records showing that troopers monitored — and labeled as terrorists — activists devoted to such wide-ranging causes … Continue reading →

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Historical Review: Vice President Richard Cheney’s Legacy of Deception

Posted on January 3, 2009 by Team VCS

In the end, the shame of Vice President Dick Cheney was total: unmitigated by any notion of a graceful departure, let alone the slightest obligation of honest accounting. Although firmly ensconced, even in the popular imagination, as an example of … Continue reading →

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News Analysis: Will Current Proselytizing in Military Continue Under President Obama?

Posted on December 28, 2008 by Team VCS

December 27, 2008 – President-Elect Barack Obama’s decision to have the evangelical megachurch leader Rick Warren conduct the invocation at next month’s presidential inauguration proves that fundamentalist Christians still wield enormous power within the federal government and will likely continue … Continue reading →

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Editorial Column: Cheney Throws Down Gauntlet, Defies Prosecution for War Crimes

Posted on December 20, 2008 by Team VCS

December 19, 2008 – Dick Cheney has publicly confessed to ordering war crimes. Asked about waterboarding in an ABC News interview, Cheney replied, “I was aware of the program, certainly, and involved in helping get the process cleared.” He also … Continue reading →

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Editorial Column: 8 Years on the Dark Side

Posted on December 20, 2008 by Team VCS

December 20, 2008 – Vice President Dick Cheney said this week that he directly approved waterboarding to torture terror suspects. “I was aware of the program, certainly, and involved in helping get the process cleared,” Cheney told “ABC News.” Asked … Continue reading →

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NATO and US War Supplies for Afghanistan War Threatened in Pakistan

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Team VCS

Taliban attacks on goods for Afghanistan mission viewed with growing concern. December 19, 2008, Peshawar, Pakistan – A recent increase in Taliban attacks on a crucial NATO transportation route from Pakistan to Afghanistan could imperil efforts to bolster the flagging, … Continue reading →

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Why is Bush Placing Active Duty Troops on U.S. Streets

Posted on December 18, 2008 by Team VCS

“If we want to reduce crime, we need to increase education and increase economic opportunity. We will actually worsen the case if the only jobs available are those policing other people. The Nazis tried that and it didn’t work. Mussolini … Continue reading →

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Vice President Cheney Wants Gitmo Open, Admits Authorizing Detainee’s Torture – ‘I Supported It’

Posted on December 16, 2008 by Team VCS

Outgoing VP says Guantanamo Prison should stay open until end of terror war, but has no idea when that might be.  December 15, 2008 – Monday, outgoing Vice President Dick Cheney made a startling statement on a nation-wide, televised broadcast. … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Human Rights Opportunity

Posted on December 11, 2008 by Team VCS

December 10, 2008 – The advancement of human rights around the world was a cornerstone of foreign policy and U.S. leadership for decades, until the attacks on our country on Sept. 11, 2001. Since then, while Americans continue to espouse … Continue reading →

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