Alito 'Believes in an All-Powerful Presidency'

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Subject: Alito 'Believes in an All-Powerful Presidency'
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 10:00:10 -0800
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Alito 'Believes in an All-Powerful Presidency'
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011106I.shtml
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee accused President Bush's latest Supreme Court nominee of being far too deferential to executive power and invariably favouring the state over the rights of the individual.

NSA Whistleblower: Millions of Americans' Phone Calls Tapped by NSA
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011106J.shtml
Russell Tice, a longtime insider at the National Security Agency, is now a whistleblower the agency would like to keep quiet. He says the number of Americans subject to eavesdropping by the NSA could be in the millions if the full range of secret NSA programs is used.

Michael Schwartz | A Formula for Slaughter
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011106K.shtml
Michael Schwartz writes that one reason that there was so little outrage over a Johns Hopkins report about 100,000 Iraqi civilian deaths as a result of the Iraq war during its first 14 months was that the researchers did not explain how the occupation had managed to kill so many people so quickly - about 1,000 each week in the first 14 months of the war.

US Warning after Iran Breaks Seals at Nuclear Plant
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011106L.shtml
The White House said that unless Iran stepped back quickly, the issue would be referred to the UN Security Council with the possibility of sanctions or other kinds of punishment by the international community.

Abramoff Scandal Threatens to Derail Reed's Political Ambitions
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011106M.shtml
The Washington scandal over lobbyist Jack Abramoff may claim a casualty outside the nation's capital: Ralph Reed, a former presidential-campaign adviser who once headed one of the US's largest Christian activist groups.

Paul Craig Roberts | Bush's Con Job
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011106N.shtml
Paul Craig Roberts writes that President George W. Bush has destroyed America's economy along with America's reputation as a truthful, compassionate, peace-loving nation that values civil liberties and human rights. Now, Americans need to ask themselves if the White House is in competent hands, when a $70 billion war becomes a $2 trillion war.

Greg Palast | No Child's Behind Left: The Test
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011106O.shtml
Greg Palast writes: When de-coding politicians' babble, to get to the real agenda, don't read their lips, read their budgets. And in his last budget, our President couldn't spare one thin dime for education, not ten cents.

Amnesty Releases New Gitmo Torture Testimony
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011106Z.shtml
Marking the fourth anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, January 11, 2006, Amnesty International released new testimonies alleging the use of torture and ill treatment against prisoners in the US detention center and additional details on several detainee cases.

VIDEO SPECIAL | Howard Dean: Democrats Took No Money from Abramoff
http://www.truthout.org/multimedia.htm
On CNN's Late Edition, Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean responded to Wolf Blitzer's attempts to include Democrats in the Abramoff scandal. Dean pointed out that, according to the FEC, no Democrats took money from Abramoff. Dean argued that money from Indian tribes that were clients of Abramoff is not money from Abramoff. Dean went on to say, "Republicans would like us to believe that Democrats are involved ... they're scared and they should be."

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