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torture investigator: Obama has broken International law
The United Nation’s top torture investigator has suggested it
is illegal under International law for President Barack Obama to announce
that the United States government has no intention of prosecuting low-level
CIA officers who carried out torture sanctioned by the Bush Administration.
Police
beat another G20 protester
At 4.50mins in to this clip an officer is clearly seen smacking a protestor
across the head with his shield. At 7.49mins in an officer punches a
protestor in the face.
Report:
FBI plans massive expansion of DNA database
The Federal Bureau of Intelligence will expand its DNA database to include
samples taken from individuals who have not been convicted of crimes,
the New York Times reported Saturday afternoon.
Barack
Obama’s CIA ‘amnesty’ condemned by human rights groups
Barack Obama’s decision to grant an amnesty to CIA operatives
who used controversial interrogation techniques on terror suspects has
been criticised by human rights groups as a failure to uphold US laws.
British
intelligence prosecution fear over US torture memos
Fresh revelations about the CIA’s torture techniques have thrown
the spotlight on British Intelligence, which gained valuable insight
into terror networks from confessions extracted by American officers.
They have raised further fears that British agents could be prosecuted
for their indirect role in the abuse of detainees.
Turley:
Torture investigation would ‘go directly to the doorstep of President
Bush’
President Barack Obama’s release on Thursday of four Bush administration
memos sanctioning torture has been widely praised. However, questions
have been raised by the statements from both him and Attorney General
Eric Holder that they have no intention of prosecuting the low-level
CIA officers who carried out the tortures.
It
Is Time to Dissolve All Central Banks As previously noted, the Federal Reserve has failed on its
own terms. Specifically, it has failed to provide the counter-cyclical
influence on the economy which is its very justification for existing
in the first place.
‘US
drone attack’ claims 4 in Pakistan
Two strikes by a suspected US drone have killed at least four people
in Pakistan’s tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, witnesses
say.
Conspiracy
Theorists Were Right All Along!
As I opened up an e-copy of the Washington Times today, the headline
read: “Federal agency warns of radicals on right.” Many
have talked about this and Karen DeCoster in today’s LRC blog
here mentioned this report.
Sen.
Schumer lends qualified support to a new 9-11 investigation
U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) said yesterday that while
he was positively disposed toward a new investigation into the events
of 9-11, his support for such a probe would depend on the form it
would take.
Antarctic
ice is growing, not melting away
ICE is expanding in much of Antarctica, contrary to the widespread
public belief that global warming is melting the continental ice
cap.
Fannie
Mae Exec Chosen to Oversee TARP: White House
The executive chosen to lead Fannie Mae through a government takeover
has been tapped to oversee the $700 billion rescue of the U.S. financial
system, the White House said Friday.
What’s
Obama smiling about?
The Obama presidency is becoming a reverse fairy tale: The prince
is turning into a frog. HopeOver,
HopeLash, HopeBreak: A Lexicon of Disappointment
All is not well in Obamafanland. It’s not clear exactly what
accounts for the change of mood. Maybe it was the rancid smell emanating
from Treasury’s latest bank bailout. Or the news that the
president’s chief economic adviser, Larry Summers, earned
millions from the very Wall Street banks and hedge funds he is protecting
from reregulation now. Or perhaps it began earlier, with Obama’s
silence during Israel’s Gaza attack. Israel
stands ready to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites
The Israeli military is preparing itself to launch a massive aerial
assault on Iran’s nuclear facilities within days of being
given the go-ahead by its new government.
The Great Global Warming Hoax
RAND Wants WWIII to Save US Economy
Paul Watson & Alex Jones - Mumbai Terror Attacks
Paul Joseph Watson: Internet Censorship a Growing Cancer
