The co-author of ‘Hubris’ on torture, secrets-and what we still don’t know – MSNBCMichael Isikoff says the American public doesn’t yet have the full story of the decisions, actions–and motives–that led to the war in Iraq. As we approach the 10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion next month, he says there are cautionary lessons for the Obama White House.
Obama officials refuse to say if assassination power extends to US soilThe Justice Department “white paper” purporting to authorize Obama’s power to extrajudicially execute US citizens was leaked three weeks ago. Since then, the administration – including the president himself and his nominee to lead the CIA, John Brennan – has been repeatedly asked whether this authority extends to US soil, i.e., whether the president has the right to execute US citizens on US soil without charges.
Stephen Donnelly: Follow the money to the real culprits – Independent.ieWHO is profiting from the bailout of Europe’s banks? That is the question posed by a German documentary, State Secrets and Bank Bailouts, to be aired in France and Germany next week. Last Wednesday, I met financial journalist Harald Schumann and documentary maker Arpad Bondy in Berlin for a screening with the German press.
NRA declares government will seize guns – RT USAThe National Rifle Association claims it has obtained a Justice Department memo that notes President Obama’s gun control initiatives would be ineffective without seizing citizens’ assault rifles and requiring a federal gun registration.
Whistle-blower Had to Fight NSA, LA Times to Tell StoryWhistle-blower AT&T technician Mark Klein says his effort to reveal alleged government surveillance of domestic Internet traffic was blocked not only by U.S. intelligence officials but also by the top editors of the Los Angeles Times.
Scorecard: How Many Rights Have Americans REALLY Lost? | Washington’s BlogHow Many Constitutional Freedoms Do We Still Have? Preface: While a lot of people talk about the loss of our Constitutional liberties, people usually speak in a vague, generalized manner … or focus on only one issue and ignore the rest.
The Peaceful Path to an Integral Society, Bryan O’DohertyHow do we get from where we are right now as a species, to a global society centered on the Integral stage? How should the Integral community move society in this direction, before it is too late?
Why Drones Should Make You Afraid. Very Afraid. | Cross-Check, Scientific American Blog NetworkAre drones far down on your list of anxieties? Do lethal flying robots seem like something Pakistanis, Afghans and other inhabitants of faraway lands need to …
Get Ready To Lose Your Job“Technological revolutions happen in two main phases: the installation phase and the deployment phase,” observes Angel of the Year and new Andreessen Horowitz GP Chris Dixon, who says that the turning point between those phases for the Age of Information is… now.
IBM makes Watson the size of a pizza box, starts offering cloud access to doctors | ExtremeTechWhen the robot uprising is finally underway, you might look back on the year 2011 as the beginning of the end. That was the year IBM’s Watson supercomputer trounced its squishy human opponents on the quiz show Jeopardy.
U.S. Dollar Collapse: Where is Germany’s Gold? | Global ResearchU.S. Dollar Collapse: Where is Germany’s Gold? The financial world was shocked this month by a demand from Germany’s Bundesbank to repatriate a large portion of its gold reserves held abroad. By 2020, Germany wants 50% of its total gold reserves back in Frankfurt – including 300 tons from the Federal Reserve.
US newspapers accused of complicity as drone report reopens security debateUS news organisations are facing accusations of complicity after it emerged that they bowed to pressure from the Obama administration not to disclose the existence of a secret drone base in Saudi Arabia despite knowing about it for a year.
Who Controls The Money? An Unelected, Unaccountable Central Bank Of The World Secretly Does | News Beacon Irelandby Michael Snyder Copyright © 2013 The Economic Collapse published on the Economic Collapse 5 Feb 2013 republished here under the term of “Fair Use” Bank of International Settlements at night (Photo-by-Wladyslaw) An immensely powerful international organization that most people have never even heard of secretly controls the money supply of the entire globe.
The State of the Union: Is Rule of Law in Peril or Is it No More? | Accuracy.OrgCHRIS HEDGES, [email] Hedges just wrote the piece ” The NDAA and the Death of the Democratic State,” which states: “On Wednesday a few hundred activists crowded into the courtroom of the Second Circuit, the spillover room with its faulty audio feed and dearth of chairs, and Foley Square outside the Thurgood Marshall U.S.
A breakthrough speech on monetary policyWednesday night may have marked the “emperor’s new clothes” moment of the Great Recession, in which the world suddenly realizes its rulers are suffering from a delusion that doesn’t have to be humored.
Living in a Constitution-Free Zone | MichaelMoore.comTodd Miller Todd Miller has researched and written about U.S.-Mexican border issues for more than 10 years. Drones, Surveillance Towers, Malls of the Spy State, and the National Security Police on the Northern Border Crossposted from TomDispatch Before September 11, 2001, more than half the border crossings between the United States and Canada were left unguarded at night, with only rubber cones separating the two countries.
The American Lockdown State: Post-Legal Drones, the Bin Laden Tax, and Other Wonders of Our American World | MichaelMoore.comCrossposted from TomDispatch Consider Inauguration Day, more than two weeks gone and already part of our distant past. In its wake, President Obama was hailed (or reviled) for his “liberal” second inaugural address.
Chilling legal memo from Obama DOJ justifies assassination of US citizensThe most extremist power any political leader can assert is the power to target his own citizens for execution without any charges or due process, far from any battlefield. The Obama administration has not only asserted exactly that power in theory, but has exercised it in practice.