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Gates plans to shift savings from reducing overhead and inefficiencies into current weapons systems and research in order to prevent deep cuts in those programs.

http://warisacrime.org/content/wall-street-told-military-budget-will-go-fy-2012

From Information Clearing House

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New Obama Chief of Staff a Message to Wall Street
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2011/01/07-1

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Obama's New Chief of Staff Sought to Loosen Post?Enron Corporate Reforms

Michael Hudson, Center for Public Integrity: "William M. Daley, President Barack Obama's new chief of staff, is a major Wall Street player who sought to loosen corporate reform laws and protect big accounting firms from investor lawsuits and criminal prosecution. His pro?business credentials are so impeccable the U.S. Chamber of Commerce enthusiastically embraced Daley's appointment Thursday, calling him 'a man of stature and extraordinary experience in government, business, trade negotiations, and global affairs.'"

http://www.truth-out.org/obamas-new-chief-staff-sought-loosen-post-enron-corporate-reforms66649

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Starmail - 8. Jan, 09:57

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GOP Victory Bankrolled by Wall Street Executives

MSNBC The Dylan Ratigan Show

GOP Victory Bankrolled by Wall Street Executives 112th Congress brought to you by Wall street.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27219.htm

1.5 Million Americans Filed for Bankruptcy in 2010

By Jerry White

As tens of millions are finding it impossible to pay their bills, the corporations and banks are raking in record profits, top executives are pocketing huge payouts and the richest 2 percent of the population is celebrating the tax cut handed to them by Obama and the congressional Republicans.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27213.htm

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Starmail - 8. Jan, 09:42

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US Officials Say Airport Scanners 'Erode Rights'

Nader: "The TSA is a Basketcase"

By Karin Zeitvogel

Next thing American travelers know, they will be subjected to body cavity searches, he said.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27216.htm

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Starmail - 8. Jan, 09:38

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Bringing the 'Bush Six' to Justice

By Michael Ratner

If those responsible for the Bush administration's torture policy will not face charges in the US, then in Spain it must be.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27215.htm

Rights Groups Urge Spanish Judge to Subpoena Former Guantánamo Commander for Role in Detainee Torture

"There is ample evidence - primarily from U.S. government sources - that Geoffrey Miller played a central role in the torture of detainees at Guantánamo, and later in Iraq.

http://bit.ly/hWDYKp

From Information Clearing House

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Ending Bush's Big Lie on Guantánamo
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/01/07-7

Center for Constitutional Rights: Rights Groups Urge Spanish Judge to Subpoena Former Gitmo Commander for Role in Detainee Torture.
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/01/07-0

Witness Against Torture: Close Guantanamo With Justice Now, Action on January 11
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/01/07

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Starmail - 8. Jan, 09:35

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Why Bradley Manning is Fighting for his Sanity

Coercion and humiliation seep through American culture

By Alexander Cockburn
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27218.htm

DOJ Subpoenas Twitter Records of WikiLeaks Volunteers

By Glenn Greenwald

The information demanded by the DOJ is sweeping in scope. It includes all mailing addresses and billing information known for the user, all connection records and session times, all IP addresses used to access Twitter, all known email accounts, as well as the "means and source of payment," including banking records and credit cards.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27221.htm

WikiLeaks says U.S. grand jury requests supporter Twitter data

WikiLeaks said Saturday the Twitter accounts of four supporters had been subpoenaed in connection with an espionage investigation into the whistleblowing website led by a secret U.S. grand jury.

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From Information Clearing House

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Bradley Manning and the Case Against Solitary Confinement

Lynn Parramore, new deal 2.0: "In the earliest days of our Republic, a group of well?meaning Philadelphia Quakers set out to reform the prison system. The idea was to remove convicts from the mayhem and corruption of overcrowded jails to solitary cells where sinners would return to mental and spiritual health through reflection. In the Walnut Street Jail, no windows would distract the prisoners with street life; no conversation would disturb their penitence. Alone with God, they would be rehabilitated."

http://www.truth-out.org/bradley-manning-and-case-against-solitary-confinement66626

US Seeks Twitter Info on WikiLeaks' Assange, Others

McClatchy Newspapers: "A U.S. magistrate in San Francisco has ordered Twitter to turn over to the Justice Department account whatever information it was about four of its users, including WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and Army PFC Bradley Manning, the one-time Baghdad-based intelligence analyst accused of unauthorized downloading of hundreds of thousands of classified U.S. government documents."

http://www.truth-out.org/us-seeks-twitter-info-wikileaks-assange-others66665

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Starmail - 8. Jan, 09:31

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Where Is the Tea Party Revolution on Foreign Policy?

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig10/kinzer2.1.1.html

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This Is Going to Suck

William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: "The American people were treated on Thursday to a (mostly) full and complete reading of the Constitution of the United States from the floor of the House of Representatives. The performance was proposed and organized by the new Republican majority in that chamber for the purpose ? according to them, anyway ? of announcing that America is about to start going back to being America again. There's an irony in this, insofar as they chose to skip the constitutional parts about African?Americans not really being people. That portion of the document is a vital part of our shared history, so yeah, leave it to the GOP to snip, redact and edit our founding document, even if it's just in a bit of political theater."

http://www.truth-out.org/this-going-suck66619

"The Streets Still Matter"

Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout: "The truism has it right. If you're not depressed or angry about the state of the world, you're not paying attention. A quick glance at the daily headlines is enough to have many of us wringing our hands in despair. Countless wars seem like they'll never end; social welfare programs are being slashed; the Tea Party is on the rise; ultraconservatives have picked up the mantle of feminism; and schoolyard bullies have pushed an escalating number of LGBTQ youth to commit suicide, to name just a few of the atrocities presently hitting home.... Enter Celebrate People's History, a stunning look at street art - usually in the form of two-color posters - that recognizes the countless men and women who, since time immemorial, have participated in political actions to challenge the status quo."

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Starmail - 8. Jan, 06:05

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