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Privacy/SurveillanceDoes Justin Rood Hate Bloggers?By David Swanson I think that's a fair question. When Rood worked for TPMMuckraker he complained to CBS News about the life of a blogger. When he got hired by the Disney Corporation (ABC News) he begin tackling such tasks as burying a story of war lies and war crimes in order to blog about phone sex. Now he's added a followup to the original story that still fails to note that I blogged the full story over a year ago, and still fails to tell most of the story.
ABC Is Lying About NSABy David Swanson On Thursday, ABC News reported a big new break in the story of illegal and unconstitutional spying that our government has engaged in for years now, except that there was nothing new in the story and the important parts were left out. The ABC News announcer began the video report thus: "This is the first time any of the actual intercept operators, the people who listen in and record phone calls on behalf of U.S. intelligence agencies, the first time any of them has come forward." The News Cycle of the BlogosphereBy David Swanson Here's a typical example of how the news cycle works now that the blogosphere interacts (or doesn't) with independent and corporate media: July 1, 2007, AfterDowningStreet.org Breaks Story of NSA Whistleblower Adrienne Kinne May 13, 2008, Democracy Now picks up the story of Kinne May 19, 2008, AfterDowningStreet.org Breaks Story of NSA Whistleblower David Murfee Faulk October 9, 2008, ABC News picks up both stories with a focus on phone sex October 10, 2008
America and China: Joined at the HipBy Dave Lindorff
With the government now having spent over $800 billion in less than
At this point, with the US government owning 80 percent of the
The Land of the Silent and the Home of the FearfulBy Dave Lindorff
I was a speaker last night at an anti-war event sponsored by the
Yet even in this group of committed people, one woman stood up Friday's House Judiciary Hearing on Impeachment: A Victory and a ChallengeBy Dave Lindorff
The dramatic hearing on presidential crimes and abuses of power
I Was a Victim of the Government’s Absurd and Over-Hyped War on TerrorBy Dave Lindorff
I was injured thanks to the government’s ridiculous airport
First, my injury. Because of a silly fear that I might blow up a
Impeachment Hearings: A Win is a WinBy Dave Lindorff
There are two ways to view the news that the House Judiciary
One view would be that this is all a charade and that after all, it Defeat the Wiretap Bill, Arrest Karl RoveThe Senate will cast its final vote on warrantless wiretapping late Tuesday or Wednesday, so we need to flood Congress with petitions and calls demanding a no vote on the FISA bill.
Sign our petition for impeachment, not immunity:
Call your Senators through the switchboard at 202-224-3121 or dial direct H.R. 6304We were extremely disappointed in our House Rep. Adam Smith and the 104 other Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi, who voted in favor of H.R. 6304, FISA Amendment Act of 2008. They caved in to the Executive Branch by granting the giant telecoms and Bush executors’ immunity for illegal wiretapping citizens of the United States. It is a sad day for civil rights of the citizens of the United States and the 4th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America. Barack Obama, concurring with John McCain and Geo. W. Bush, endorsed H.R. 6304. Easy passage is expected in the Senate next week. Apparently what we have to look forward to in 2009 with the 111th Congress and Executive Branch is the mcsame. Oh, how truly I miss my Democratic Party! |
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