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Posts in November 2009

November 1
Obama's latest use of "secrecy" to shield presidential lawbreaking
What was once depicted as a grave act of lawlessness -- Bush's NSA program -- is now deemed a vital state secret.
November 2
Ongoing U.S. efforts to protect and coddle Israel
An Israeli columnist issues a scathing indictment of Israel and calls on the U.S. to apply pressure.
November 3
A court decision that reflects what type of country the U.S. is
Even when government officials purposely subject an innocent person to brutal torture, they enjoy full immunity.
November 4
Extreme unintended irony from a WH official
An Obama aide anonymously accuses Anthony Weiner of being a coward and not "manning-up."
Stephanopoulos and Ledeen: together in the most accountability-free profession
Once one obtains Seriousness credentials in the Washington media, they are irrevocable no matter one's conduct.
November 5
Criminal convictions of 22 CIA agents in Italy
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
November 6
Pulsating diversity of views on the Post Op-Ed page
One of the leaders of The Liberal Media is a leading outlet for right-wing advocacy.
A media orgy of rumors, speculation and falsehoods
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
November 8
Is using aid to Israel as leverage becoming a mainstream idea?
Two establishment columnists raise what has long been a taboo topic when it comes to Israel.
The universality of extremists
Iranian "hard-liners" sound just like America's neocons when opposing negotiations.
November 9
Can attacks on a military base constitute "terrorism"?
If attacks on soldiers now qualify, how is it possible to exclude many American actions?
November 10
Salon Radio: Rep. Jerry Nadler on State Secrets Act
The key House subcommittee chairman calls state secrets privilege "the greatest threat to liberty in this country"
Denying responsibility for the wars one cheers on
The NYT columnist who has supported four wars on Muslims in six years decries the Islamic disregard for human life
November 11
Newspaper punished for criticizing Iraqi leader
The increasingly autocratic behavior of Maliki highlights the folly of "spreading freedom" through occupations
November 12
What do these religiously motivated terrorist acts tell us?
Why are we so selective about lessons we draw from religious extremism?
The sleazy advocacy of a leading "liberal hawk"
Peter Galbraith's vast, undisclosed financial interests in the policies he spent years advocating as an "expert."
November 13
Detainees to get the "state-always-wins" system of "justice"
Obama's announcement to try 9/11 defendants would be commendable if it applied to all, rather than some, detainees.
November 14
The new WH counsel and "Scooter Libby justice"
Robert Bauer's passionate call for a pardon of his fellow Washington lawyer sheds light on his thinking.
The Right's textbook "surrender to terrorists"
"We're too scared to have real trials in our country" is a level of cowardice unmatched in the world.
November 16
Ex-Islamic radicals on what motivates -- and impedes -- extremism
Why are such glaring truths about the effects of our policies continuously ignored?
November 17
CNN on our new "huge, huge bomb" to use against Iran
What could possibly lead Iran to want to hide their nuclear facilities?
November 18
The Weekly Standard's ACLU smear indicts only itself
Neoconservative contempt for the Constitution is not only un-American; it is al-Qaida's greatest ally
November 19
The administration guts its own argument for 9/11 trials
If some detainees get military commissions or indefinite detention, how can 9/11 trials be justified?
November 20
The Washington establishment suffers a serious defeat
Approval of the Paul/Grayson bill to audit the Fed is both rare and important in several ways
November 21
Rule-of-law extremism engulfs primitive Eastern Europe
Why would the new President of Lithuania demand investigations of CIA black sites in her country?
The extreme secrecy of the federal courts
Judges are not only permitted, but required, to conceal anything the government declares to be secret.
Rule-of-law extremism engulfs primitive Eastern Europe
Why would the new President of Lithuania demand investigations of CIA black sites in her country?
The Washington establishment suffers a serious defeat
Approval of the Paul/Grayson bill to audit the Fed is both rare and important in several ways
The administration guts its own argument for 9/11 trials
If some detainees get military commissions or indefinite detention, how can 9/11 trials be justified?

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