NLG attys. Michael Deutsch and Jim Fennerty are representing #RasmeaOdeh, whose trial begins Tues. Listen to their interview with WBEZ Worldview, which broadcast today: "There's a basic injustice in this case which is founded on FBI and US government surveillance and repression of people who are engaged in First Amendment activity," Deutsch said. #Justice4Rasmea WBEZ's More
MON AUG 11, 2014 AT 06:50 AM PDT via Daily Kos Cartoon: Press conference byTom Tomorrow Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up Times is also on Facebook! Check the Rise Up Times page for posts from this blog and more! “Like” our page today. Rise Up Times is also on Pinterest, Google+ and Tumblr. Find us on Twitter at Rise Up More
Too Big to Jail? Why Kidnapping, Torture, Assassination, and Perjury Are No Longer Crimes in Washington By Tom Engelhardt April 20, 2014 TomDispatch.com How the mighty have fallen. Once known as “Obama’s favorite general,” James Cartwright will soon don a prison uniform and, thanks to a plea deal, spend 13 months behind bars. Involved in setting up More
University of Minnesota faculty respond to decision to have Condoleezza Rise speak on campus. Comment by Coleen Rowley and link to petition: Please read the concerns of nearly 200 U of MN faculty who object to the University President and Humphrey Institute Dean who, without consulting anyone, decided to put someone who has committed war More
[youtube=http://youtu.be/guiA__BdaM0] Published on Mar 31, 2014 Larry Wilkerson: Latest report further corroborates evidence proving torture's ineffectiveness, while placing greater pressure on President Obama to issue an investigation into CIA's practices. TheRealNews Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up Times is also on Facebook! Check the Rise Up Times page for posts from this blog and more! “Like” our page today. More
[youtube=http://youtu.be/guiA__BdaM0] Published on Mar 31, 2014 Larry Wilkerson: Latest report further corroborates evidence proving torture's ineffectiveness, while placing greater pressure on President Obama to issue an investigation into CIA's practices. TheRealNews Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up Times is also on Facebook! Check the Rise Up Times page for posts from this blog and more! “Like” our page today. More
Tomgram: Engelhardt, The Inimitable Colonel Manners By Tom Engelhardt TomDispatch.com March 19, 2014 [Editor’s note: Our old friend Colonel Manners (ret.) made his first appearance at TomDispatch last October. Today, he’s back for the third time. We have yet to run into anyone more knowledgeable in the mores, manners, and linguistic habits of the national security state. His CV (unfortunately More
[youtube=http://youtu.be/uTr654uFMcw] Published on Jan 10, 2014 "Twins Talk Torture" by Tim Eddy of Lennox Head, Australia. WINNER of the $500 Jury Prize for Satirical Video in the Tackling Torture Video Contest 2014. Contest website: http://tacklingtorturevideocontest.we... About Working to expose complicity in torture by our country's decision-makers, as well as the social & political structure that allowed & More
"The consistent theme is that members of Congress are finding themselves at an ever-increasing disadvantage when it comes to even finding out what intelligence agencies are doing — not to mention reining them in." By Dan Froomkin The Intercept 5 Mar 2014 Top intelligence officials testifying before the Senate intelligence committee in Jan. 2014. (AP File More
By Kevin Gosztola Monday November 4, 2013 The Dissenter Fire Dog Lake Following the September 11th attacks, physicians and other medical professionals, “particularly psychologists,” were involved in the “design and administration” of harsh treatment and torture. This conduct was “in clear conflict with established international and national professional principles and laws,” a new report from a task More
Obama Administration Continues to Refuse the Release of Names of SOA/WHINSEC Graduates: Appeals SOA Watch Court Victory. The Pentagon is Fighting Hard to Keep SOA/ WHINSEC Secrecy. █████ ██ █ ████ everything ███ █████ is ████ ██ ████ fine ████ ███ █ █████ love. █████ █████ ███ your ████ ████ government." Direct from SOA Watch via More
The justification for this secret court—as is usual in the development of 20th century secret police states—is national security. By William Pfaff Jul 10, 2013 truthdig.com The current of awkward revelations concerning the clandestine or publicly misrepresented practices of the present and recent American administrations goes on. A long exposition in the New York Times and International Herald Tribune More
