The Shame of the Nation: A Collective Perversion
Stephen LendmanThe collective criminal perversion of our government and its conspiratorial allies
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Bush Administration
US reportedly has Iraq security timetable
• ReutersThe Bush adminstration is drafting a timetable that includes specific milestones for the Iraqi government to address sectarian divisions and assume a larger role in securing the country, the New York Times reported in its Sunday editions.
Bush faces political nightmare if Democrats win
• ReutersIf Democrats win control of the U.S. Congress in the November 7 election, it would turn the Capitol upside down and create a political nightmare for the already embattled President George W. Bush.
'Beginning of the end of America' - (must see video)
Ernest HancockOct. 18: Keith Olbermann addresses the signing of the Military Commission Act into law in a special comment.
The Military Commissions Act: Mary Stromberg asks a question of educators in Alabama
Melinda Pillsbury-fosterMary Stromberg, a grandmother from Alabama, was worried when Congress passed the Act in September but when Bush signed it on October 27th she wrote letters to every educator in Alabama asking how this would be explained to children. That is a questi
Bush says he may ignore new war-funding law
• Air Force TimesCongress said it wants next year’s defense budget to include funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but President Bush has indicated he may ignore that request. In a “signing statement” the president listed 24 provisions he may not abide by.
Judge orders Cheney vistors logs to be opened
• My WayA federal judge has ordered the Bush Administration to release information about who visited Vice President Dick Cheney's office and personal residence, an order that could spark a late election season debate over lobbyists White House access.
Could an "October surprise" shape the midterm election?
• ReutersA last-minute "October surprise" -- a dramatic news event that shakes up the U.S. election -- could be a big wild card in the final three weeks of the fight for control of Congress.
Teen questioned for online Bush threats ... a year later
• APUpset by the war in Iraq, Julia Wilson vented her frustrations with President Bush last spring on her Web page on MySpace.com.
Whitehouse denies it is just using evengelicals
• APA former Bush aide claims that evangelical Christians were embraced for political gain at the White House but derided privately as "nuts,""ridiculous" and "goofy." The allegations–denied by the White House–are in a new b
Lost Wars and Lost Economy
• Rense(Paul Craig Roberts)President Bush and his neocon flaks have simultaneously lost two wars and America's economic future. Last Friday's payroll jobs report was a continuation of Bush's dismal record. Only 59,000 net new private sector jobs were created
Did meeting violate the law?
• Washington NoteIt seems to me that the secret advisory meeting called by Paul Wolfowitz no November 29,2001 that brought various public intellectuals together to help marshall the best arguments for an Iraq invasion was possibly a violation of FACA.
Christians sold out by the Bushies. (What a shock)
• HotlineKeith Olberman reviewd a book written by David Kuo, "Tempting Faith, which will be out on Oct. 16. "According to Kuo, Karl Rove's office referred to Evangelical leaders as the 'nuts.' Kuo says, 'National Christian leaders
Hughes says it could take decades to diminish Anti-American feelings
• AP"The anti-Americanism, the concern around the world ... this ideological struggle, it's not going to change" quickly, Undersecretary of State Karen Hughes said in a interview with the AP. "It's going to be the work of years an
Flashback time again! Who's responsbile for Iran and North Korea
• Populist(Sorry to do this, but I feel it's important) In 1989, the year Khan first started selling nuclear secrets on the black market, Richard Barlow, a young intelligence analyst working for the Pentagon, prepared a shocking report for Cheney
Bush’s Signing Statement Dictatorship
• by Jim Bovard (FFF)President Bush has once again decreed that his personal pen is the highest law of the land. In a statement issued on October 4, 2006, he announced that he would ignore many provisions of the Homeland Security appropriations act he signed earlier in t
Welcome to Fascist America!
• by Gene Callahan (Lew Rockwell)My fellow Americans, it’s official now: We live in a fascist nation. Now, the term "fascist" has been thrown around over the last 50 years in a loose way that has drained it of much of its meaning. If someone wanted to cut 5% off of a lef
Bush asserts right to edit Homeland Security privacy reports
• APIn the law Bush signed, Congress stated no one but the privacy officer could alter, delay or prohibit the mandatory annual report on Homeland Security dept. activities that affect privacy. But Bush, in a signing statement attached to the agency’s 200
U.S. European Commander Confirms Quotes in Book
• Washington PostOne of the highest-ranking generals in the U.S. military stood by views attributed to him in a controversial new book about the Bush administration's handling of the war in Iraq but said it was important to understand the context in which those v
Powell wrote angry memo in 2002 over torture
• Village Voice(Nat Hentoff)But in all these stories about Powell's mutiny, I've seen no mention of an angry, prophetic memorandum he wrote on Jan 25, 2002, protesting the adminstration's pending decision to scrap the Geneva Conventions on the treatment of prisoners
Inquiry Blasts 'Able Danger' Source
• Tampa TribuneA year ago, Tony Shaffer was a media sensation, a spy in from the cold with a riveting account of what a secret military unit called Able Danger had uncovered long before the Sept. 11 attacks. Now, with the release of a report by the Pentagon insp
Bush's "Mysterious" Programs
• TruthoutNot that George W. Bush needs much encouragement, but Sen. Lindsey Graham suggested to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales a new target for the adminstration's domestic operations - Fifth Columnists, supposedly disloyal Americans
Records Show Tenet Briefed Rice on Al Qaeda Threat
• NY Times[But she can't remember] A review of White House records has determined that the director of central intelligence, did brief Condoleezza Rice and other top officials on July 10, 2001, about the looming threat from Al Qaeda, a State Department spo
Rumsfeld, Ashcroft received warning of al Qaida attack before 9/11
• McClatchy NewsDefense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and former Attorney General John Ashcroft received the same CIA briefing about an imminent al-Qaida strike on an American target that was given to the White House two months before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Anthrax dispute suggests Bioshield woes
• AP5 years after anthrax attacks left 5 dead, sickened 17 and panicked the country, the nearly $1 billion contract awarded by the U.S. to a tiny San Francisco Bay Area biotechnology company is plagued with misfortune and delays.
Colin Powell was Fired
• Raw StoryColin Powell claims he was fired by the Bush Administration, according to his official biography, which was excerpted in the Washington Post's Sunday magazine.
Gonzales cautions judges against second-guessing the president in wartime
• USA TodayAttorney General Alberto Gonzales, who is defending President Bush's anti-terrorism tactics in multiple court battles, said Friday that federal judges should not substitute their personal views for the president's judgments in wartime.
White House turns away "Kazakh reporter" Borat
• ReutersBorat, the fictional TV reporter from Kazakhstan, may have gotten under the skin of Kazakh officials but on Thursday he couldn't get past the gates of the White House. Secret Service agents turned away British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, in ch
Bob Woodward: Bush Misleads On Iraq
• CBS NewsVeteran Washington reporter Bob Woodward says the Bush administration has not told the truth regarding the level of violence, especially against U.S. troops, in Iraq. He also reveals key intelligence that predicts the insurgency will grow worse next
White House-Abramoff Contacts More Extensive Than Thought
• ABC NewsA Congressional report due out tomorrow is expected to show now-convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his associates had far more extensive contacts with the White House than President Bush's staff ever acknowledged.
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