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Project for the New American Century's Letter to President Clinton on Iraq, Jan. 26, 1998 Urges President Clinton to remove the threat that Iraq poses by stating a strategy to do so in his "upcoming State of the Union Address."
"Iraq On The Record," U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman report, March 16, 2004
"Greenspan Testimony Highlights Bush Plan for Deliberate Federal Bankruptcy," by Michael Meurer, truthout.org, March 2, 2004
"Noam Chomsky on Middle East Conflict and U.S. War Plan Against Iraq," Between The Lines interview with Noam Chomsky, conducted by Scott Harris, for the Week Ending May 3, 2002
"The Iraq War & The Bush Administration's Pursuit of Global Domination," Counterpoint, Sept. 15, 2003
The Iraq Crisis, a Global Policy Forum, U.N. Security Council section on the 13 years of sanctions and other background of the war, the humanitarian situation, the importance of Iraq's huge oil resources, and disputes over a post-war government and reconstruction plan
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"An Annotated Saddam Chronology," ZNet, Dec. 15, 2003
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"The Global Gulag: Into The Shadows," by Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, April 5, 2004
"Keeping Secrets: The Bush administration is doing the public's business out of the public eye. Here's how--and why," by Christopher H. Schmitt and Edward T. Pound, U.S. News & World Report, Dec. 12, 2003
"FBI Memo: Tactics Used During Protests And Demonstrations" Federal Bureau of Investigation, Oct. 15, 2003
"F.B.I. Scrutinizes Antiwar Rallies" by Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Nov. 23, 2003
"Fascism Anyone?" 14 Signs of Fascism, Free Inquiry Magazine, Volume 23, No. 2
"Germany In 1933:
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For The Week Ending Dec. 31, 2004
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Interview with Susan Truitt, As problems continue to surface related to the Nov. 2nd presidential election in Ohio, a recount of the votes began, requested by the Green and Libertarian parties. On another front, a lawsuit was filed with Ohio's Supreme Court, contesting the validity of the state's election results based on documented cases of voter suppression, miscounts of thousands of votes and a pattern for shortages of voting machines in predominantly African American precincts. Meanwhile, evidence of sloppy supervision of the election recount -- even possible vote tampering -- was brought to the attention of Rep. John Conyers, Democrat of Michigan, who was conducting an ad hoc House Judiciary Committee hearing in Ohio. Deputy director of elections for Ohio's Hocking Country, Sherole Eaton, signed an affidavit that described how a technician with Triad Government Services, the company that wrote the software operating punch card voting machines in 41 of Ohio's 88 counties, dismantled Hocking County's tabulation computer days before the recount began and put a patch on it. But Triad asserts that their employee wasn't tampering with the voting machine, but merely repairing it in advance of the recount. Voting rights activists, however, point out that it's inappropriate for private companies to have access to voting machinery that could provide unscrupulous parties with an opportunity to manipulate election results. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Susan Truitt, co-founder of the Citizens Alliance for Secure Elections, who discusses the ongoing effort to investigate the multitude of irregularities reported in the Nov. 2 presidential election in the state of Ohio. For more information, visit the Alliance website at www.caseohio.org or Free Press, the Ohio-based online investigative magazine at www.freepress.org
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 U.N. Considers Proposals to Reform U.S.-Dominated Security Council
Interview with James Paul,
That story has largely overshadowed a set of important recommendations made for reforming the United Nations put forward in early December by a committee appointed by embattled U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan. The world body has seen significant geo-political changes since its founding after World War II, which are not reflected in its current structure. One of the key recommendations is to expand membership of the powerful U.N. Security Council, which sets aside only five permanent seats for the U.S., Russia, Great Britain, France and China, with a rotating group of ten additional members. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with James Paul, executive director of the Global Policy Forum with its office near the UN in New York City. The group's mission is to monitor policy making at the United Nations, promote accountability of global decisions, educate and mobilize for global citizen participation, and promote issues vital to international peace and justice. Paul discusses the need for reform to strengthen the world body, not weaken it as many conservatives in the US are advocating. Contact the Global Policy Forum at (212) 557-3161 or visit the group's website at www.globalpolicy.org
Tragic Career of Investigative Journalist Gary WebbReveals Much About Deep Flaws in U.S. Journalism
Interview with Jeff Cohen,
Webb's 1996 articles asserted that the CIA-supported rebel army financed itself through the drug trade, leading to a crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles during the 1980s. The series of articles were among the first to be widely circulated on the Internet, which sparked anger in African American communities across the country and a demand for congressional hearings. However, Webb's Contra-cocaine articles were refuted by government officials and aggressively attacked by some of the nation's most prominent newspapers. Eventually, the San Jose Mercury News withdrew its support from Webb and reassigned him to a satellite bureau. Webb quit in 1997 and wrote a book about his investigation titled, "Dark Alliance, The CIA, the Contras and the Crack Cocaine Explosion," published in 1999. An internal investigation into the charges conducted by the CIA's inspector general in 1998 corroborated much of what Webb had reported and confirmed that the agency had been made aware of the Contra's drug trafficking activities. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with columnist and media critic Jeff Cohen, who reflects on Gary Webb's career, and how this reporter's tragic story reveals much about the crisis in U.S. journalism today. Jeff Cohen is founder of the media watch group, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR). Read his article, "R.I.P. Gary Webb -- Unembedded Reporter," by Jeff Cohen online at www.jeffcohen.org Related links:
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