Recent Government News
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Kucinich threatens more impeachment articles on way rawstory.com — Rep. Dennis Kucinich warned the House Judiciary Committee that it would be wise not to ignore the 35 articles of impeachment against President Bush last week. If the committee does not act within a month, he plans to introduce even more articles. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Government, Politics |
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Will $4 Gasoline Trump a 27-Year-Old Ban? www.nytimes.com — As President Bush makes a push for offshore energy drilling, the question is whether Americans are feeling enough pain at the pump to force their leaders to go along. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Category: Government |
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John McCain Proposes Tax Breaks to Unborn Children www.freeasspress.com — McCain looks to score points with pro-life voters in the only way he knows how: tax breaks. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Government, Politics |
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The Right-Wing Offshore Drilling Scam www.dailykos.com — "The fact is that nearly 25 BILLION barrels of oil off the coast of the United States is currently available for drilling...and industry is not drilling it. They limit the amount of oil and gas on the market so that prices rise..." More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Government, Nature |
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"If the Detainee Dies, You're Doing It Wrong" www.motherjones.com — A Senate investigation uncovers how torture entered the military's post-9/11 playbook.Over the objections of senior lawyers across the military, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, acting on the advice of the Pentagon's General Counsel William "Jim" Haynes, approved the use of 15 harsh interrogation techniques on detainees held at Guantanamo. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Government, Humanity |
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2-star General Accuses WH of War Crimes www.washingtonpost.com — The two-star general who led an Army investigation into the horrific detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib has accused the Bush administration of war crimes and is calling for accountability. In a preface to a Physicians for Human Rights report based on medical examinations of former detainees, Taguba adds an epilogue to his own investigation. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Government, Humanity |
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McCain's Offshore Drilling Position A Flip From 3 weeks Ago www.huffingtonpost.com — On Monday, John McCain told a crowd in Texas that he was abandoning his long-time support for a federal ban on drilling along the nation's coastlines in favor of allowing states to decide for themselves.But how recent a convert is McCain to this position? More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Government, Nature, Politics |
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Sweden Approves Bill To Tap All Forms Of Communication techdirt.com — Recently, we had mentioned a bill under consideration in Sweden that would open up all forms of communication to government monitoring, and Slashdot passes on the news that the bill has been narrowly approved. Apparently a few "safeguards" were added, though those were not detailed in the article. There's still plenty of controversy about this, but it seems like yet another law put in place by those who do not understand the law of unintended consequences. This law will be abused -- and the privacy of many people will be at risk. As for those who are actually planning terrorist attacks or whatever, they'll quickly migrate to more secure forms of communication (if they hadn't already). More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Government, Privacy, Technology |
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Law School to Organize Bush War Crimes Trial www.afterdowningstreet.org — A conference to plan the prosecution of President Bush and other high administration officials for war crimes will be held September 13-14 at the Massachusetts School of Law at Andover. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Category: Government |
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www.mcclatchydc.com — An eight-month McClatchy investigation of the detention system created after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has found that the U.S. imprisoned innocent men, subjected them to abuse, stripped them of their legal rights and allowed Islamic militants to turn the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba into a school for jihad. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Government, Humanity |