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Sunday, December 18, 2005 |
The complicity of the mainstream media in the illegal activities of the Bush administration and the war is outrageous.
RawStory: "On the second page of a report which reveals the White House engaged in warrantless domestic spying, the New York Times reveals that it held the story for a full year at the request of the Bush Administration."
11:38:37 AM 
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Telegraph: "Mr Abramoff, 46, used to be one of the most influential people in Washington, the so-called 'superlobbyist' whose contacts on Capitol Hill inspired awe.
But now he is at the centre of political storm that is capable of sweeping the Republican majority from Congress next year. The implications for the Right's ambitious plans to remake America in its own image are profound.
His first trial on six charges of fraud and conspiracy begins next month.
Up to 10 congressmen are said to be under investigation for accepting bribes, along with a dozen congressional aides and two members of the Bush administration."
11:32:54 AM
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See also the previous post re the Bush-McCain agreement on torture.
IPS: "Human rights advocates were already looking beyond McCain's victory to a separate proposed amendment by Sen. Lindsey O. Graham, a South Carolina Republican and a former military judge, which would eliminate certain rights of detainees held at the U.S. facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The Graham amendment would prevent detainees from using U.S. courts to invoke the right of habeas corpus to contest their treatment, including claims that they have been tortured. It would also effectively allow the U.S. government to indefinitely detain people at Guantanamo based on evidence obtained through 'coercion'.
Tom Wilner, a lawyer who represents a group of Kuwaiti detainees at Guantanamo Bay, told the Washington Post that the Graham amendment would make McCain's prohibition against torture essentially unenforceable, by giving U.S. troops an incentive to engage in coercive interrogations of detainees, without fear of being held liable."
WashingtonPost: "Some attorneys for prisoners say that they think the White House is still trying to protect its ability to use techniques they believe amount to torture, and that the administration has shifted that fight to Graham's amendment.
The provision would also strip detainees of access to U.S. courts."
Wink, wink.
11:25:16 AM
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