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Entrapping Inflated Threats

Was the terrorist plot to blow up JFK Airport a threat or a joke?

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Declassified, But Still Unavailable

Two hundred and seventy million pages of FBI files were recently declassified. Why can't the public access them?

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Is Congress Gates Keeper?

Robert Gates, Bush's choice for defense secretary, has faced accusations and senate committees before

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DoJ Quashes Wiretapping Inquiries

Department of Justice sues states to protect its questionable wiretapping policies with major telecommunications companies.

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Halliburton Hearts Congress

Do partisanship and cronyism trump congressional oversight and corporate accountability?

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Sick to Death of Bush

Disease research at Fort Detrick, MD further undermines U.S. and international law.

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Police Torture and the Need for Repair

Special prosecutors Edward Egan and Robert Boyle report that Chicago Police led by Commander Jon Burge likely tortured dozens.

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A Terrifying Distraction

Government entrapment leads to the unlawful arrest of seven Hatian men falsely accused of terrorist actvity.

vol. 30, iss. 08    , , ,

Europe Turns a Blind Eye to the CIA

EU governments are ignoring the CIA's transportation of terror suspects to torture sitesWhy are EU governments ignoring the CIA's transport terror suspects to torture sites?

vol. 30, iss. 07    , , ,

Putting the IRS to Political Use?

A recent audit of Greenpeace at the behest of Public Interest Watch raises some eyebrows

vol. 30, iss. 05   

Masking New Orleans

On Mardi Gras Day, the nation will be looking to New Orleans to see if we are wearing masks.… more

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Voter Disenfranchisement by Attrition

With friends like FEMA, who needs Jim Crow?

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Babes in BushWorld

Raunch culture offers good old-fashioned pleasure, Republican style

vol. 29, iss. 24    ,

Scott Bloch’s Sad Saga

On freedom, the Bush administration speaks with a forked tongue. Executive rhetoric at the start of the second term… more

vol. 29, iss. 16    ,

Roundups Ratcheted

Undocumented immigrants arrested en masse in new Homeland Security program

vol. 28, iss. 16    , ,

How to Live on $577 a Month

The Social Security Administration recently informed me that I’ve earned enough “credits” for my child to receive $577 per… more

vol. 28, iss. 12    , ,

Incredible Credibility

Richard Clarke’s decision to step out publicly and write Against All Enemies is more shocking than the revelations within

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Outside the Inside

Last March, as U.S. troops were preparing to launch the invasion of Iraq, a much quieter war was taking… more

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Faulty Intelligence

The commission appointed by President George W. Bush to look into WMD-related “intelligence failures” can be considered “independent” only… more

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The ABCs of Media Deregulation

As soon as most people see the words “duopoly,” “cross-ownership rules,” or “FCC” in the headlines their eyes glaze… more

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