Berto Jongman: The Terror Courts – An Inside Look at Rough Justice, Torture — and the Military Prosecutor Who Refused Illegal Orders — at Guantanamo, Cuba

“The Terror Courts”: An Inside Look at Rough Justice, Torture at Guantánamo Bay Wall Street Journal journalist Jess Bravin reports on the controversial military commissions at Guantánamo. Describing it as “the most important legal story in decades,” Bravin uncovers how the Bush administration quickly drew up an alternative legal system to try men captured abroad …

Pierre Cloutier: Grag Palast on Hugo Chavez — Justice in Venezuela, Ignorance and Arrogance in Washington

How can it be possible that a reverend like Pat Robertson can promote God and assassination in the same time? Big Oil, Big Ketchup and “The Assassination of Hugo Chavez” Greg Palast TruthOut, 9 January 2013 Greg Palast reviews the extraordinary career of Venezuelan President and Robin Hood figure Hugo Chavez, how he has cheated …

Eagle: Department of Justice Defendes Controversial Unlimited Military Detention

DOJ Defends Controversial Military Detention Provision As presidential election returns rolled in Tuesday night, the U.S. Justice Department filed its opening brief defending a controversial military detention provision that a trial judge in Manhattan declared unconstitutional earlier this year. The suit, filed in Manhattan federal district court by a group of journalists and activists, challenges …

Chuck Spinney: Egypt Emergent, Syria Sidelined, Palestian Justice Ready or Not….

Only a few weeks ago, most western observers had written off Mohamed Morsi, the new President of Egypt and a moderate member of the Muslim Brotherhood, as a stooge who would dance to the tune of the military rulers of the Egyptian deep state.  That view is rapidly changing.  Morsi quickly consolidated power by forcing …

Mini-Me: The Biggest Fraudster of All is US Department of “Justice”

Huh? Op-Ed Columnist The Mortgage Fraud Fraud By JOE NOCERA EXTRACT Charlie has always insisted that he never filled out the loan document — his mortgage broker did it, and he was actually a victim of mortgage fraud. (The broker later pleaded guilty to another mortgage fraud.) Indeed, according to a recent court filing by …