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Amnesty International USA: Thank you for
taking action against torture. With the use of
waterboarding by the CIA being publicly
confirmed, and the refusal of the Attorney
General to state that simulated drowning is
torture, a favorable Senate vote for this
amendment is critical to stopping the use of
torture by any US agent, anywhere in the
world. (Note of appreciation in the in-box.)
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Justice - Joseph Addison 1713.
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American Bureau of
Democracy, Human Rights and
Labor 2007 Country by Country
Report on Human Rights
Practices

Foreign Policy:  The U.S.
Military Index, March/April 2008;
3,400 active and retired officers
polled on the state of the
military (In sum?  Not too good.)

GlobalResearch.ca:  Middle
East Internet Blackouts Spur
Geopolitical Suspicions by Paul
Joseph Watson; 02/02/08

San Francisco Chronicle
(martial law; detention camps):
Rule by Fear or Rule by Law?
Lewis Seiler, Dan Hamburg;
04/02/08

The Progressive:
Exclusive!  The FBI deputizes
business
Matthew Rothschild; 07/02/08

nzherald.co.nz (China; Russia):
Gwynn Dyer: The Real Reason
for Vast U.S. Defense Bill
Gwynn Dyer; 13/02/08
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McCain Madness.
Article. Pastor Chuck Baldwin; 08/02/08.

"As Pat Buchanan said recently, "John
McCain will make Dick Cheney look like
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Highlights from, 'The Two Faces of
Barack Obama'; article by Bill van
Auken; 14/02/08:  

Iraq:  Obama claims that he will end the Iraq
war, yet at the same time says we need to
keep forces in Iraq to defend 'US interests'
and conduct 'counterterrorism operations.'

On Obama and the military:

'He has vowed to put “more boots on
the ground” in the “war on terror,” the
pretext invented by the Bush
administration to justify “preemptive
war,” i.e., military aggression aimed at
asserting US hegemony over the oil-
rich regions of the Middle East and
Central Asia.'

On Obama's plans to boost the economy:

'Given these big business ties, Obama’s
campaign rhetoric about confronting
poverty and social inequality involve a
level of cynicism and demagogy that is
truly staggering.

Full article, here.
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The War on Democracy
The Center for Constitutional Rights challenges the
validity of military commissions and use of torture evidence
in new death penalty cases [at Guantanamo].

'...secret evidence, hearsay evidence, and evidence
obtained through torture...unlawful, unconstitutional, and a
perversion of justice...'

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ensure the safety of the food supply.  
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Major Beef Slaughterhouses' here.
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