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2012/11/082012/12/03

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 …

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2012/06/082012/06/08

Review (Guest): Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt

The Spread of Sacrifice Zones By David Swanson Chris Hedge’s and Joe Sacco’s new book, Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, is a treasure. Hedges wrote the plain text. Sacco produced the text-heavy cartoon sections and other illustrations, which even I — not a big fan of cartoon books — found to enrich this book …

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2011/02/122011/02/12

Chuck Spinny on George Will: Pusillanimous Mush

In a 13 February 2011 op-ed column [also attached below], George Will, a self-proclaimed conservative, who by definition must favor adherence to the Accountability and Appropriations Clauses of the Constitution, not to mention the rule of law (for example, the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990), announced that he has discovered the Pentagon’s bookkeeping shambles! …

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2009/11/302009/11/30

Journal: Afghanistan, Options, Anti-War Rally, Cynthia McKinney, Michael Moore, Event Report

Obama’s Options in Afghanistan But whatever the weight given to those historical analogies, it seems clear, from the sampling of American opinion we can take from the blogs that have reached this Web site since we posted “Obama’s Options in Afghanistan” as our latest topic, that many Americans have already concluded that the American enterprise …

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