Friday, February 15, 2008

Monsanto U: Agribusiness's Takeover of Public Schools. Thanks to Bush's new cuts on public funding for land-grant schools, agribusiness is gaining a huge foothold in the future of our food. [AlterNet.org] 8:20:53 AM    comment []

Court Dismisses Lawsuit on Secret Kidnapping. Reuters reports: "A federal judge, saying the case involved a state secret, dismissed a lawsuit on Wednesday against a unit of Boeing Co that charged the firm helped fly terrorism suspects abroad to secret prisons. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a complaint in May accusing Jeppesen Dataplan Inc of providing flight and logistical support to the US government with at least 15 aircraft on 70 'extraordinary-rendition' flights." [t r u t h o u t] 7:23:34 AM    comment []

War on Iraq: Iraq: They Call This Stability?. Life in Iraq, the Pentagon boasts, is returning to normal. But the truth is a very different story. [AlterNet.org] 7:22:59 AM    comment []

When Strains on Military Families Turn Deadly. Lizette Alvarez and Deborah Sontag report for The New York Times: "The fatalities examined by The New York Times show a military system that tries and sometimes fails to balance the demands of fighting a war with those of eradicating domestic violence. According to interviews with law enforcement officials and court documents, the military has sent to war service members who had been charged with and even convicted of domestic violence crimes. Deploying such convicted service members to a war zone violates military regulations and, in some cases, federal law." [t r u t h o u t] 7:22:11 AM    comment []

Bush Appeals to Justices to Limit Disclosure of Detainee Data. Linda Greenhouse, of The New York Times, reports: "The Bush administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to review an appeals court decision that it said had created a 'serious threat to national security' by requiring the government to supply extensive evidence supporting the classification of more than 180 Guantanamo detainees as enemy combatants." [t r u t h o u t] 7:21:21 AM    comment []

House Leaves FISA Law to Expire. Carl Hulse reports for The New York Times, "The House broke for a week's recess Thursday without renewing terrorist surveillance authority demanded by President Bush, leading him to warn of risky intelligence gaps while Democrats accused him of reckless fear mongering." [t r u t h o u t] 7:20:13 AM    comment []