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Tuesday, April 28, 2009 22:43
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Approves Emergency Measures For “Mass Dosing” Of U.S. Citizens
The FDA has approved “emergency measures” to carry out “mass
dosings” of U.S. citizens with antiviral drugs in the event of
a widespread swine flu pandemic.
Court
allows landmark torture renditions case to proceed
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday to reinstate an ACLU lawsuit against
a Boeing subsidiary that allegedly helped the CIA transport terror war
prisoners to so-called black sites where they were tortured. The Obama
administration had argued the case’s very existence would endanger
national security and pressed the court to dispose of it.
Truth
commission to proceed despite Obama’s wishes
Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) plans to proceed with
a special commission to investigate alleged Bush administration abuses
of power, despite lacking President Barack Obama’s support, according
to a report Tuesday.
Time
Magazine Preps Americans For Mandatory Vaccinations
Time Magazine's coverage of the swine flu scare has a noticeable subplot
- preparing Americans for draconian measures to combat a future pandemic
as well as forcing them to accept the idea of mandatory vaccinations.
More
Flu Deaths As Pandemic Fears Grow
The estimated death toll from swine flu in Mexico has risen to 152,
officials have said, as fears of a pandemic grow.
Air
France Flight Diverted Because a Journalist, Who Is Critical of
U.S. Foreign Policy, Was On Board
Air France Flight 438, from Paris, was to land at Mexico City at
6 p.m. on Saturday, April 18. Five hours before landing, the captain’s
voice announced that U.S. authorities had prohibited the plane from
flying over U.S. territory. The explanation: among the passengers
aboard was a person who was not welcome in the United States for
reasons of national security.
Former
Senior Intelligence Officer Dismantles Arguments for Covering Up
CIA Torture
Melvin Goodman is a former high-level intelligence officer. He was
the Division Chief of the CIA’s Office of Soviet Affairs,
who served as Senior Analyst from 1966 - 1990. He also served as
Professor of International Security at the National War College
from 1986 - 2004.
Baxter
& Gilead Make Money From Swine Flu
Stocks traded modestly lower by mid-day Monday. New details about
the swine flu gave health care and biotech names a boost but dragged
down the airlines, hotels and other travel & leisure names.
Israel
in search of ‘heroes’ to bomb Iran As Israel and the US continue on a collision course over
Iran, Tel Aviv says it hopes to put an end to Iran’s nuclear
activities with a “heroic operation”.
Scarborough:
‘Rational fear’ justifies torture
In debating the use of torture on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, co-host
Mika Brzezinski expressed a concern that “fear and reality
will overtake morality.” However, host Joe Scarborough did
not see that as a problem and seemed to believe it was completely
appropriate for what he called “rational fear” to far
outweigh morality.
