Article: Obama in Wonderland - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com

Obama in Wonderland - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/09/15/assassinations/index.html

The U.S. has perpetrated "a record number" of drone attacks in flood-suffering Pakistan this month, targeting the Haqqani network.  Juan Cole notes the irony:  "Jalaluddin Haqqani is one of Ronald Reagan's 'Freedom Fighters,' who battled the Soviet occupiers of Afghanistan in the 1980s with American aid. He could not accept the US invasion and occupation of his country, either, and organized an insurgency now mainly led by his son Siraj."

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Article: Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com

Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/

Time Magazine has a lengthy new article examining — and largely deriding — the intensifying fight over net neutrality.  Just as was true for prior articles on this topic, Time does so without bothering to mention that the corporation which owns it, Time Warner Inc., is vehemently opposed to net neutrality and is pressuring the FCC to refrain from enforcing its principles.  

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Article: Economists are making the case politicians are afraid to: Immigration is great for the U.S. - By James Ledbetter - Slate Magazine

Economists are making the case politicians are afraid to: Immigration is great for the U.S. - By James Ledbetter - Slate Magazine
http://www.slate.com/id/2265974/?from=rss

Article: Abu Ghraib abuse photos 'show rape' - Telegraph

Abu Ghraib abuse photos 'show rape' - Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/5395830/Abu-Ghraib-abuse-photos-show-rape.html

At least one picture shows an American soldier apparently raping a female prisoner while another is said to show a male translator raping a male detainee.

Further photographs are said to depict sexual assaults on prisoners with objects including a truncheon, wire and a phosphorescent tube.

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Article: US soldiers 'killed Afghan civilians for sport and collected fingers as trophies' | World news | The Guardian

US soldiers 'killed Afghan civilians for sport and collected fingers as trophies' | World news | The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/09/us-soldiers-afghan-civilians-fingers

Twelve American soldiers face charges over a secret "kill team" that allegedly blew up and shot Afghan civilians at random and collected their fingers as trophies.

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Article: Obama wins the right to invoke "State Secrets" to protect Bush crimes - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com

Obama wins the right to invoke "State Secrets" to protect Bush crimes - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/09/08/obama/index.html

a degree of continuity that has departed from the expectations fostered by President Obama's campaign rhetoric, which was often sharply critical of President Bush's approach.

Among other policies, the Obama team has also placed a United States citizen on a targeted-killings list without a trial, blocked efforts by detainees in Afghanistan to bring habeas-corpus lawsuits challenging their indefinite imprisonment, and continued the C.I.A. rendition program … .

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Article: Obama wins the right to invoke "State Secrets" to protect Bush crimes - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com

Obama wins the right to invoke "State Secrets" to protect Bush crimes - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/09/08/obama/index.html

This is a sad day not only for the torture victims whose attempt to seek justice has been extinguished, but for all Americans who care about the rule of law and our nation's reputation in the world. To date, not a single victim of the Bush administration's torture program has had his day in court. If today's decision is allowed to stand, the United States will have closed its courtroom doors to torture victims while providing complete immunity to their torturers. The torture architects and their enablers may have escaped the judgment of this court, but they will not escape the judgment of history.

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