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Laura Raymond, Truthout: ''Lesser known than the photos of torture at Abu Ghraib is who was running the prison. As military investigations and court martial records have shown, private civilian contractors expressly instructed soldiers and civilian interpreters to ''soften up'' prisoners, code for torture and abuse.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/16053-seeking-corporate-accountability-for-crimes-at-abu-ghraib



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Washington s Nuclear Hypocrisy
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/04/29-1

The Globalization of Hypocrisy
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/05/20-0



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By Richard Eskow

What s the sound of one politician whitewashing death ...
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34766.htm



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http://lewrockwell.com/paul/paul858.html

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Boston bombers' uncle married daughter of top CIA official

The uncle of the two suspected Boston bombers in last week s attack, Ruslan Tsarni, was married to the daughter of former top CIA official Graham Fuller.

http://is.gd/a8wPqN



Russia caught Boston bomb suspect on wiretap

Russian authorities secretly recorded a telephone conversation in 2011 in which one of the Boston bombing suspects vaguely discussed jihad with his mother, officials said Saturday, days after the U.S. government finally received details about the call.

http://is.gd/5dXVWY



I Could Justify Fighting in Afghanistan, Until the Boston Bombing

By Thomas Gibbons-Neff

Had my war brought the horrors of battle home?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34765.htm



After the Boston Bombings: A Police Chief for Peace

Veteran police chief David Couper reflected on the dangers of loose explosives, why we should resist militarizing the police, and how cops who serve as ''social workers in blue'' can do more to keep us safe than SWAT teams and ''police officers who look and act more like robots than peacekeepers.''

http://is.gd/lfnrhc



Terrorism in Boston: War is War, No Matter What You Call It

By Fred Reed

Never have so many been so controlled by so few. It s brilliant.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34782.htm


From Information Clearing House



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http://lewrockwell.com/rozeff/rozeff407.html

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'Torture Reinforcements' Not 'Medical Personnel' Arrive to Combat Gitmo Hunger Strike
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/04/30-0

Guantanamo Bay Hunger Strikers Treated Like Animals: Lawyer
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/04/30

Gitmo Groups Call Out Obama Over Political Cowardice
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/04/30-9

A Hundred Hungry Men at Guantánamo
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/05/02-7

Justice for Prisoners at Guantanamo
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/05/03-2

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Force-feeding Breaches Law, UN Says Amid Guantanamo Strike

By AFP

Out of 166 inmates held at the prison at the remote US naval base in southeastern Cuba, 100 are on hunger strike, according to the latest tally from military officers. And of those, 21 detainees are being fed through nasal tubes.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34794.htm



Guantanamo Detainee Gives First Inside Account Of Raid

By Reprieve

''We all should have learned the danger of a secret prison from the Soviets. Unfortunately the US military has been dissembling again.''

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34803.htm



Enough To Make You Gag

Editorial By The Economist

The prison is a deeply un-American disgrace. It needs to be closed rapidly.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34801.htm



Guantánamo Bay force feeding inhuman and degrading, says UN

Officials call on US to either charge or release detainees amid fears for welfare of at least 21 hunger strikers being forcibly fed.

http://is.gd/IzlFQZ



This is truly a disgrace

By Sheldon Richman

Justice demands to know why people against whom there is apparently no trial-worthy evidence are to be left to rot in an American prison in Cuba. This is truly a disgrace.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34823.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Innocent people still held at Guantanamo
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/23199.html



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Killing innocent tribesmen in drone strikes is a war crime in violation of the Geneva Convention, said Peshawar High Court (PHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Dost Muhammad Khan.

http://is.gd/OOWI47



RAF s role in US drone attacks that killed hundreds of Iraqis

MoD admits for first time that Britain helped pilot the aircraft from American base.

http://is.gd/oChygG



UK: Hundreds of anti-drone protesters march against UK flight-control centre

Marchers protest the navigation from RAF Waddington of unmanned Reaper aircraft in Afghanistan.

http://is.gd/8YF6KX



US Drone Strikes Being Used As Alternative to Guantánamo, Lawyer Says

By Dan Roberts

Lawyer who drafted White House drone policy says US would rather kill suspects than send them to Cuban detention centre.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34800.htm


From Information Clearing House

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The New Face of American Serial Killers
http://lewrockwell.com/orig14/pittman1.1.1.html



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By Matt Carr

George Bush s Library

One of the great things about being an American president is the complete immunity that comes with the job. No matter what you do or what laws you might break, you will never pay more than a mild political price for it.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34760.htm



US Presidents Must be Prosecuted for Military Aggressions, War Crimes

By David Swanson

I do assess with varying degrees of horror that a lot of people are going to die.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34774.htm



George W s $250 Million Can of Whitewash

By Jim Hightower

Who paid for the new George W. Bush Presidential Library?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34793.htm



Obama DOJ formally accuses journalist in leak case of committing crimes

Op-Ed

Yet another serious escalation of the Obama administration s attacks on press freedoms emerges.

http://is.gd/2A3Vif



Is the Government Spying on Reporters More Often Than We Think?

There s evidence that the Justice Department s seizure of Associated Press phone records is far from unprecedented.

http://is.gd/gLzAEf



White House knew IRS probe findings earlier

White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler told White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and other top officials about the IRS findings nearly a month ago, press secretary Jay Carney said Monday.

http://is.gd/mK9Ber



The scandalous erosion of US civil liberties

Op-Ed

While the US media is focused on the latest political scandal, civil rights in the United States continue to be eroded.

http://is.gd/TtCR4o



When the Justice Department Pursues Reporters as Spies

By Kevin Gosztola

There is a wide surveillance state that the Justice Department has proven over recent years it will use to increase the likelihood that prosecutions of individuals will be successful.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35038.htm



Justice Department s Overreaching on Leaks Threatens Freedom of the Press

By Gabe Rottman

There are a couple of angles here that make the Rosen warrant unique and uniquely troubling.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35038.htm


From Information Clearing House

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President Obama s Law Day Proclamation Rings Hollow So Long as Torturers Go Unpunished

Stephen F. Rohde, Truthout: If Obama truly believes in upholding our proud legal tradition, he needs to immediately instruct his Justice Department to investigate and prosecute any government official who broke the law.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/16107-president-obamas-law-day-proclamation-rings-hollow-so-long-as-torturers-go-unpunished



Bush s Legacy Ought to Be on Trial; Instead, It s Put on Display

Jodie Evans and Charles Davis, Code Pink: ''Kill a few, they call you a murderer. Kill tens of thousands, they give you $500 million for a granite vanity project and a glossy 30-page supplement in the local paper.''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/16114-bushs-legacy-ought-to-be-on-trial-instead-its-put-on-display



No Redemption for George W. Bush

Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: Former President George W. Bush was a bad president, but what Krugman finds most abhorrent is the ''unprecedented level of systematic dishonesty'' that he brought to American political life.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/16234-no-redemption-for-george-w-bush

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Obama DOJ Formally Accuses Journalist in Leak Case of Committing Crimes
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/05/20-3

Obama Administration Has Sent a Chill Through the Media Community
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/05/21

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All the president s liars

Authority!
by Timothy J Taylor

05/28/13

Lying and outright perjury, which is lying while under oath during a judicial or official legislative proceeding, are so commonplace within the highest levels of the United States federal government executive branch today that the Average American hardly takes notice, much less demands that anything be done about it...

http://authoritycon.blogspot.com/2013/05/all-presidents-liars.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, Moyers & Company: If you want to see why the public approval rating of Congress is down to 15 percent, all you have to do is take a quick look at how Washington pays worship at the altar of special interests.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/16038-do-nothing-congress-gives-inertia-a-bad-name



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/04/26-3

Why Federal Labeling of Genetically-Engineered Food Matters
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/04/26-2



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