German Chancellor: Shut Guantanamo Down
German Chancellor: Shut Guantanamo Down
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Jason Leopold | The NSA Spy Engine:
Echelon
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010806A.shtml
Jason
Leopold reports on the National Security Agency spy program
code-named Echelon, which was likely responsible for tapping
into the emails, telephone calls and facsimiles of thousands
of average American citizens over the past four years, in
its effort to identify people suspected of communicating
with al-Qaeda terrorists.
German Chancellor: Shut
Guantanamo Down
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010806B.shtml
German
Chancellor Angela Merkel, in an interview published days
before her first visit to the United States and a meeting
with George W. Bush, said Washington should close its
Guantanamo Bay prison camp and find other ways of dealing
with terror suspects.
Frank Rich | The Wiretappers That
Couldn't Shoot Straight
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010806C.shtml
Frank
Rich condemns the president for false promises of bringing a
"culture of responsibility" to Washington and his public
scapegoating of The New York Times and the rest of the press
for his failures.
Hugh Thompson, Hero at My Lai, Dead at
62
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010806D.shtml
Hugh
Thompson Jr., a former Army helicopter pilot honored for
rescuing Vietnamese civilians from his fellow GIs during the
My Lai massacre, died early Friday. He was 62.
Surgeon:
Sharon Will Survive
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010806E.shtml
Israeli
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will survive his medically
induced coma and should be in "relatively good shape."
Let
the Congressional Showdown with Alito Begin
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010806F.shtml
When
Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito faces his Senate
confirmation hearings this week, he will have to turn in a
performance that fits somewhere between the appearances of
John Roberts Jr. and Robert Bork.
Leadership Gone, DeLay
Faces New Probe
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010806G.shtml
Having
secured a guilty plea from the lobbyist Jack Abramoff,
prosecutors are entering a new phase of the corruption
investigation in Washington and are focusing on a lobbying
firm that has even closer ties to Tom DeLay, the former
House majority leader, who is under legal scrutiny in the
scandal.
Dahr Jamail | US Propaganda vs. Iraqi
Reality
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010806H.shtml
Dahr
Jamail points to the the Capital Hill Cabal who are
desperate to paint the Iraq disaster in a glorious hue.
Jamail says they are working their pundits and spokespeople
overtime to convince the ill-informed they have not failed
dismally in every aspect of their illegal invasion and
occupation of Iraq.
Noah Feldman | Our Presidential Era:
Who Can Check the President?
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010806I.shtml
Noah
Feldman compares the Bush administration to the Nixon
administration, pointing to the recent revelation that
George W. Bush ordered secret wiretaps in the United States
without judicial approval and thus set off the latest round
of arguments over what the president can and cannot do in
the name of the presidency.
Black Hawk Down, 17 Americans
Dead
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010806X.shtml
Twelve
Americans were killed when a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter
crashed in Iraq, early Sunday. Five US Marines were also
slain over the weekend.
DeLay Blocked Federal
Investigation of Crony
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010806Y.shtml
In
a case that echoes the Jack Abramoff influence-peddling
scandal, two Northern California Republican congressmen
teamed up with disgraced Congressman Tom DeLay to use their
official positions to try to stop a federal investigation of
a wealthy Texas businessman who provided them with political
contributions.
Edward M. Kennedy | Alito's Credibility
Problem
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010806Z.shtml
As
Judge Samuel Alito approaches his confirmation hearings next
week, Congressman Edward M. Kennedy learns more about him by
generating questions concerning the credibility of his
assurances.