Political notes...

[denny]

Interesting collection of political news items, regularly updated:

http://www.stallman.org/archives/polnotes.html


Today I particularly liked:
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/073006Z.shtml - New Maximum-Security Jail to Open at Guantanamo Bay - Far from winding down, the controversial US detention centre is expanding.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/10962352/iran_the_next_war - Iran: The Next War - Even before the bombs fell on Baghdad, a group of senior Pentagon officials were plotting to invade another country.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/07/28/bush_submits_new_terror_detainee_bill/ - U.S. citizens suspected of terror ties might be detained indefinitely and barred from access to civilian courts under legislation proposed by the Bush administration

http://uruknet.info/?p=m25176&hd=0&size=1&l=e - Bush administration attempts to pass laws exempting them from prosecution for war crimes.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/072406B.shtml - The American Bar Association said Sunday that President Bush was flouting the Constitution and undermining the rule of law by claiming the power to disregard selected provisions of bills that he signed.


Happy reading.

Comments

[hythloday.livejournal.com]

Do you actually believe this stuff?

A secretive unit responsible for long-term planning and propaganda for the invasion of Iraq, the office's staffers referred to themselves as "the cabal."

"The cabal"? Please, spare me.

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

Some of it is fairly tenuous :) I find it interesting, anyway.