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David Edwards and Muriel Kane
Published: Wednesday January 21, 2009
RawStory.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fGgO8EeHvM
Russell Tice talks with Keith Olbermann on Countdown, January 21, 2009
By Scott Horton
January 22, 2009
Harper’s
In an interview on Tuesday evening with the German television program “Frontal 21,” on channel ZDF Professor Manfred Nowak, the United Nations Rapporteur responsible for torture, stated that with George W. Bush’s head of state immunity now terminated, the new government of Barack Obama was obligated by international law to commence a criminal investigation into Bush’s torture practices.
“The evidence is sitting on the table,” he stated. “There
is no avoiding the fact that this was torture.” He pointed to the U.S.
undertakings under the Convention Against Torture in which the country committed
that it would criminally prosecute anyone who tortured, or extradite the person
to a state that would prosecute him. “The government of the United States
is required to take all necessary steps to bring George W. Bush and Donald Rumsfeld
before a court,” Nowak said.
The Dallas 9/11 Truth Group gave out more than 4,000 newspaper-sized flyers
( http://www.911blogger.com/node/18142
) and over 1600 DVDs during their marches in both Dallas MLK Parades.
There was the Dallas MLK Parade on Saturday, the 17th.
Monday, the 19th, 9/11 Truth also was represented in The Elite News Dr. Martin
Luther King Parade-"The People’s Parade." This parade is the
second largest of its kind in the country, and has always been dubbed “The
Peoples Parade.” In 2008, it was reported to have had a turnout of an
estimated 200,000 people.
Obama limits ex-presidents’ discretion on records
By MARK SHERMAN
January 21, 2009
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has issued an executive order that limits the ability of former presidents to block the release of sensitive records of their time in the White House.
Obama’s action Wednesday in his first full day in office overturns an earlier order issued by George W. Bush.
Obama said former presidents may ask to have certain documents kept private, but they no longer may compel the National Archives to do so.
Richard Gage, AIA founder of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth discusses
a welcome letter of response from Michael J. Heimbach, Asst. Director in the
FBI division of Counterterrorism.
Video follows:
January 21, 2009
by Philippe Naughton
TimesOnline
Barack Obama has wasted no time in getting down to the business of government,
asking prosecutors to halt controversial military trials at Guantanamo Bay within
hours of his inauguration.
The request was issued via the Department of Defence even as President Obama
and his wife Michelle waltzed their way through a series of glitzy inaugural
balls.
Mr Obama pledged during his campaign to close the prison camp on Cuba set up
in 2001 to hold detainees from the ‘War on Terror’. The camp’s legality has
always been questioned, and former inmates and human rights experts said the
harsh interrogation techniques deployed inside it amounted to torture.
Last night’s request was for a 120-day stay in the trials of five alleged 9/11
plotters – including the self-proclaimed ‘mastermind’ behind America’s worst
terror attack – and of a Canadian accused of killing a US soldier in Afghanistan.
Mr Obama had been expected to issue an executive order as early as today for
the full closure of the camp, but accepts that it might take months to rehouse
some 250 inmates still held there.
During an automatic backup, our server somehow took the site offline, as well as our store website. It was down beginning early this morning, and our volunteer “web guy” was unable to look at it until very late in the afternoon. No doubt he could explain better than I just what happened, but suffice it to say it appears this was nothing nefarious–just a “glitch” the way only a server can glitch… And of course, in keeping with Murphy’s Law #1,774,452, it had to happen the day immediately after we sent a fundraising appeal containing links to our donate page! We appreciate your patience, and the kind emails many of you sent to us notifying us of the problem. Links in the email we sent yesterday will now work correctly. Again, thanks for your support and your kind patience. Janice
By Sam Greenhill
Last updated at 1:16 AM on 20th December 2008
DailyMail
Her sinking with the loss of almost 1,200 lives caused such outrage that it
propelled the U.S. into the First World War.
But now divers have revealed a dark secret about the cargo carried by the Lusitania
on its final journey in May 1915.
Munitions they found in the hold suggest that the Germans had been right all
along in claiming the ship was carrying war materials and was a legitimate military
target.
January 10, 2009
Electric Politics Podcast Schedule Resumes January 16
Well, I enjoyed having two weeks off, but I’m glad to get back to podcasting.
So here’s the starting lineup for the new season. Friday, January 16, my guest
is Martin Fletcher of The Times of London (not to be confused with
Martin Fletcher of NBC news). Martin is a roving reporter without portfolio
and previously the Times’ foreign editor, their Washington Bureau Chief,
and a foreign correspondent. He talks to me from Israel. The Friday following,
January 23, my guest is Dr. James Petras, who’s got a lot to say about Zionism
in America. After that, I’m not sure — a couple interviews are pending,
on arms control and on the economy. So we’ll see… And as I say, I’m glad to
be back!
Links follow:
What Obama Must Do
A Letter to the New President
PAUL KRUGMAN
Jan 14, 2009
Rolling
Stone
Dear Mr. President:
Like FDR three-quarters of a century ago, you’re taking charge at a moment
when all the old certainties have vanished, all the conventional wisdom been
proved wrong. We’re not living in a world you or anyone else expected to see.
Many presidents have to deal with crises, but very few have been forced to deal
from Day One with a crisis on the scale America now faces.
So, what should you do?
