Cheney 'Cabal' hijacked foreign policy
By Edward Alden in Washington
Vice-President Dick Cheney and a handful of others had hijacked the government's foreign policy apparatus, deciding in secret to carry out policies that had left the US weaker and more isolated in the world, the top aide to former Secretary of State Colin Powell claimed on Wednesday.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10684.htm
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Secrets, Evasions and Classified Reports
The CIA leak case isn’t just about whether top officials will be indicted. A larger issue is what Judith Miller’s evidence says about White House manipulation of the media
By Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball
The lengthy account by New York Times reporter Judy Miller about her grand jury testimony in the CIA leak case inadvertently provides a revealing window into how the Bush administration manipulated journalists about intelligence on Iraq’s nonexistent weapons of mass destruction.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10692.htm
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The fix is in
By Chris Floyd
If anyone in the White House is actually indicted and convicted for the high crime of exposing the identity of an undercover agent -- in wartime, no less -- they will certainly be pardoned when George W. Bush finally limps away from the steaming, stinking, blood-soaked ruin of his presidency. Nobody will do any hard time; in the end, the whole sick crew will simply pass through the golden revolving door into the lifetime gravy train of corporate grease and right-wing lecture-circuit glory.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10695.htm
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Attack Syria? Invade Iran?: What Gives Them the (Constitutional) Right?
By JEREMY BRECHER and BRENDAN SMITH
We've been here before. President Bush used trumped-up fears (like mushroom clouds over American cities) and frauds (like imaginary "yellowcake" uranium) to fool the American people into attacking Iraq. Now we and the Iraqi people are paying the price.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10694.htm
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4 U.S. Soldiers Among 24 Killed In Continuing Violence:
Three people were killed when gunmen wearing army uniforms attacked a house in Iskandariya, just south of Baghdad, killing the father of the family and his sons, police said.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/KAM040497.htm
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‘Mouse journalism’ is the only way we can report on Iraq :
Robert Fisk has revealed that the situation in Iraq is now so dangerous that he doesn't know whether he can go on reporting from the country.
http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/article/131005/mouse_journalism_is
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Defense lawyer in Saddam trial kidnapped: police:
A defense lawyer involved in the trial of Saddam Hussein and seven others has been kidnapped by gunmen, said police and Interior Ministry sources.
http://snipurl.com/ir7y
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Doubts persist about Iraq's tribunal:
Saddam Hussein's trial lasted only a few hours before being adjourned, but it was long enough for international observers to get a taste -- and overall they were left unconvinced about the credibility of Iraq's tribunal.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10690.htm
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Defence lawyer calls trial 'pure theatre':
Ani said the only evidence presented to the defence linking Saddam to Dujail was a presidential decree he signed for the execution of dozens of alleged culprits in the assassination attempt.
http://snipurl.com/ipp7
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Saddam Trial –Another Western Kangroo Court:
Saddam is not the first eastern leader nor would he be the last to be so demonized and humiliated. It is an old western technique against its opponents.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10691.htm
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Killing the Witness:
Spanish Judge Orders Arrest & Extradition of U.S. Soldiers in Death of Spanish Journalist Jose Couso in Iraq
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/20/1410259
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Land mine blast kills 2 soldiers in S. Afghanistan :
Two Afghan soldiers were killed Thursday as their vehicle hit a land mine in Baghran district in southern Afghan province of Helmand, the provincial police chief said.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/20/content_3657026.htm
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Freedom's Just Another Word for Blowing up Buddhas and Killing People :
AP reports that the Taliban wild man in charge of blowing up two giant, 1,500-year-old statues of Buddha in 2001 has been duly elected to parliament, where he will add his wise voice to the guidance of policy in the regime of warlords, druglords and virulent extremists installed by Bush.
http://snipurl.com/ir81
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Cindy Sheehan Pledges Civil Disobedience Campaign:
Peace mom plans more arrests in D.C.—and Thanksgiving in Crawford
http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0543,ferguson,69134,2.html
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Guantanamo Hunger Strikers Say Feeding Tubes Employed as Punishment:
Prisoners on hunger strike at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay say troops force-fed them with dirty feeding tubes that have been violently inserted and withdrawn as punishment, according to declassified notes released by defense attorneys Wednesday.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10689.htm
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Guantánamo Bay hunger strike enters third month:
The detainees, who are held without charge, are demanding their basic legal rights under the Geneva Conventions. They want adequate food and shelter, clean water, the right to challenge their incarceration before an independent commission
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/oct2005/guan-o20.shtml
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International Commission of Inquiry On Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration:
"When the possibility of far-reaching war crimes and crimes against humanity exists, people of conscience have a solemn responsibility to inquire into the nature and scope of these acts and to determine if they do in fact rise to the level of war crimes " from the Charter
http://www.bushcommission.org/
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Affront to Civil Liberties:
The federal government has been given a green light to deprive Americans of their rights to due process. No arrest warrants. No trial. No access to the civilian court system. You may not be able to see it on television, but this court decision is the equivalent of a legal hurricane-and it is no exaggeration to say that this is a level 5 storm with respect to its potential havoc for civil liberties.
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=5136
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Malcolm Fraser: A betrayal of trust and liberty:
Australia now has new proposals in front of it providing even greater power to the police and to the Government. Attention should, in particular, be turned to those provisions that allow for "preventive detention" and the use of "control orders" to arrest and to limit and monitor the activities of individuals.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10685.htm
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Australia: Shoot-to-kill plans aren't new, PM says:
The state leaders are concerned the draft introduces a shoot-to-kill provision against terrorism suspects who flee when arrested under a preventative detention order.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200510/s1486456.htm
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Congressman wants new Able Danger probe:
A vocal House Republican is calling for a new probe into what he says is a "witch-hunt" by defense officials against a Sept. 11 intelligence whistleblower.
http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20051019-040108-6365r
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Ray McGovern : Chickens Come Home to Roost on Cheney :
The coming months are likely to see senior Bush administration officials frog marched out of the White House to be booked, unless the president moves swiftly to fire Fitzgerald - a distinct possibility.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10697.htm
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Rove Told Jury Libby May Have Been His Source In Leak Case:
Top Aides Talked Before Plame's Name Was Public
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10687.htm
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Patrick Fitzgerald and the NeoCons :
As rumors swirl that key NeoCons are frantically speed-dialing their lawyers in PlameGate, it's important to remember that if and when Richard Perle gets handed an indictment from Patrick Fitzgerald he is the only one we know of who will have to ask -- in what case?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jane-hamsher/patrick-fitzgerald-and-th_b_9203.html
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Rep. Tom DeLay appears in Houston for booking :
U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay on Thursday turned himself in at the Harris County sheriff's bonding office, where he was photographed, fingerprinted and released on bond on state conspiracy and money laundering charges
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/gen/ap/DeLay_Indictment.html
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Copy Of Tom Delay's Arrest Warrant
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10688.htm
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Annan: Aid quake victims before more die :
The UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, warned today that a huge shortfall in relief funds after the south Asia earthquake risked causing a "massive second wave of death".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/naturaldisasters/story/0,7369,1596767,00.html
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A Bait-and-Switch Charity:
The Scandalous History of the Red Cross
http://www.counterpunch.com/allen10202005.html
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Rice: Israeli settlements contravene U.S. policy :
Several hours ahead of her meeting with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the United States delivered harsh messages to Israel over construction between Eastern Jerusalem and the West Bank town of Ma'aleh Adumim, which contravenes the Bush Administration policy in the Middle East.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/635762.html
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Nonprofits Get Federal Anti-Terror Funding:
Thirty-one nonprofit organizations in the Washington area, including 14 synagogues and eight hospitals, have received federal grants ranging from $26,000 to $100,000 to fortify their facilities under an anti-terrorism program that has divided Jewish leaders and drawn criticism from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10696.htm
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Big victory for US gun industry:
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed and sent to President George W. Bush for his signature legislation giving the U.S. gun industry sweeping protection from civil lawsuits.
http://snipurl.com/ir84
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Ford to close plants after posting loss
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F - news) on Thursday said it swung to a loss in the third quarter as sales of sport utility vehicles declined, and Chief Executive Bill Ford Jr. warned of "significant plant closings" to help slash costs in North America.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051020/bs_nm/autos_ford_dc
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Indicators Slip for Third Straight Month:
A widely watched measure of future economic activity fell for its third consecutive month in September because of rising energy costs that may slow the nation's economy through year-end, a private research group said Thursday.
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/051020/leading_indicators.html?.v=6
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Bush calls domestic problems "background noise":
President George W. Bush, hit by a series of domestic woes that have eroded his popularity, said on Thursday he was focused on his job and not on what he called "some background noise."
http://snipurl.com/ir85
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Tax Advisers to Bush Prepare 2 Overhaul Plans :
Some individuals and businesses could owe much more in taxes than they do now, and some much less, depending on their particular circumstances. And taxpayers in some parts of the country would fare better than those elsewhere.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10686.htm
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Bush panel's tax plans target key deductions:
The panel's recommendations contain some politically explosive ideas, including limits on the popular mortgage interest deduction for homeowners and the end of the deduction for state and local income taxes.
http://snipurl.com/ir86
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Tom Feeley
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