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Four months before the United States invaded Iraq, the Department of Defense was secretly working with Vice President Dick Cheney’s old company, Halliburton Corp., on a secret deal that would give the world’s second largest oil services company total control over Iraq’s oil fields, according to interviews with Halliburton’s most senior executives.
Mumbai: India and the 10-nation Association of South-East Asian Nations have reached a free-trade deal in goods that aims to create a European Union-style single market.
Deputy Chief of the Russian General Staff Anatoly Nogovitsyn warns that Georgia may be planning to commit false flag terror attacks by using mercenaries dressed in Russian uniforms, as Russia moved to guard sensitive infrastructure against terrorist attacks.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Homeland security officials in the Washington area plan to dramatically expand the use of automated license plate readers to prevent possible terrorist attacks.
Authorities in Argentina are investigating whether there is a link between the deaths of 14 children and an experimental vaccine.
It is official, the Southern African Development Community is now a Free Trade Area (FTA). It's a historic step toward the vision of a fully integrated economic region.
Following a meeting this weekend between Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Saudi King Abdullah, Iran was told not to allow the U.S. and Israel to create a pretext for a military attack, a warning interpreted by Tehran that an impending attack is on the horizon.
DENVER - Activist groups say the converted warehouse poses a threat to civil liberties. The city maintains the facility is needed in case of mass arrests during the Democratic National Convention.
General Motors Corp. Chief Executive Officer Rick Wagoner said he's not yet seeing signs of a recovery in the U.S. economy or in vehicle sales following the recent decline in oil prices.
A 12-year-old American girl and her aunt found themselves in the middle of a bombing in Georgia this week while on a vacation to visit family members.
Sky New lies giving ruins of South Ossetian capital, Tskhinvali, for Georgia’s key town of Gori, which they say Russian bombed.
Grossly overweight children may be taken from their families and put into care if Britain’s obesity epidemic continues to escalate, council chiefs said yesterday.
F. William Engdahl | Is the international pharmaceutical industry cartel acting in concert with the U.S. to develop a genetically modified H5N1 virus substance that could unleash a man-made pandemic?
Mr Medvedev said Russia had no regrets about invading Georgia, adding: "If someone continues to attack our citizens, our peacekeepers, we will of course respond in just the same way we have responded. There should be no doubt about this."
I agree with several other Chicago Sun-Times readers: Bush and Cheney should be on trial for treason, perjury and other political crimes. We need our National Guard here in the U.S., not overseas.
US President George W Bush says Russia must withdraw its troops from Georgia, accusing Moscow of bullying tactics.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday prayed for reappearance of the Lord of Time (May God Hasten His Advent).
Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. and Poland signed a preliminary accord today that will allow for 10 U.S. interceptor missiles to be based in the eastern European country, completing a defense system that Russia opposes.
The American-armed and trained Georgian army swarmed into South Ossetia last Thursday, killing an estimated 2,000 civilians, sending 40,000 South Ossetians fleeing over the Russian border, and destroying much of the capital, Tskhinvali. The attack was unprovoked and took place a full 24 hours before even ONE Russian soldier set foot in South Ossetia.
“We don’t have terrorist attacks here, we don’t have suicide bombers and I think that’s what people think of when they think about terrorism,” the FBI’s Jim Davis told Denver’s 9News last month.
Dearth Of Sunspot Activity To Herald New Ice Age? 8-14-8
A top observatory that has been measuring sun cycles for over 200 years predicts that global temperatures will drop by two degrees over the next two decades as solar activity grinds to a halt and the planet drastically cools down, potentially heralding the onset of a new ice age.
Forgot Your ID? You Must Be A Terrorist 8-13-8
The US Transportation Security Administration has done a backflip on a policy of adding people who had forgotten their ID to its database of suspect fliers.
On Georgia's side, Bush demands Russia withdraw all troops 8-13-8
WASHINGTON - President Bush put the U.S. more firmly than ever on Georgia's side in its conflict with Russia on Wednesday, sending humanitarian aid on American military planes to help the embattled ex-Soviet republic and displaying growing impatience with Moscow's aggression.
BUSH WARNS RUSSIA... 8-13-8
Aug. 13 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush warned Russia that the ``territorial integrity of Georgia'' must be respected and said he's sending Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to confer with European allies about efforts to resolve the crisis.
Homeland Security setting up counterspy unit 8-13-8
WASHINGTON - Concerns about foreign spies and terrorists have prompted the Homeland Security Department to set up its own counterintelligence division and require strict reporting from employees about foreign travel, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press.
FCC Commissioner: Return of 'Fairness Doctrine' Could Control Web Content... 8-12-8 There’s a huge concern among conservative talk radio hosts that reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine would all-but destroy the industry due to equal time constraints. But speech limits might not stop at radio. They could even be extended to include the Internet and “government dictating content policy.”
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. oil demand during the first half of 2008 fell by an average 800,000 barrels per day (bpd) compared with the same period a year ago, the biggest volume decline in 26 years, the Energy Information Administration said on Tuesday.
The Russian cameraman charged that CNN had used his footage of Georgian forces attacking Russian civilians in Tskhinvali, the provincial capital of South Ossetia, but then claimed it showed Russians attacking Georgians in the Georgian town of Gori.
Several Internet and broadband companies have acknowledged using targeted-advertising technology without explicitly informing customers, according to letters released yesterday by the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
WASHINGTON — The United States this year will have spent $100 billion on contractors in Iraq since the invasion in 2003, a milestone that reflects the Bush administration’s unprecedented level of dependence on private firms for help in the war, according to a government report to be released Tuesday.
WASHINGTON: Blackwater Worldwide, the contractor whose provision of private security in Iraq has been under scrutiny, and its affiliated companies may have improperly obtained more than $100 million in contracts meant for small businesses, according to federal auditors.
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush on Monday demanded that Russia end a "dramatic and brutal escalation" of violence in Georgia, agree to an immediate cease-fire and accept international mediation to end the crisis in the former Soviet republic.
Areas of a town in Arkansas have been placed under a 24-hour, non-stop curfew described by the mayor as "almost akin to martial law".
An American mercenary has been captured by Russian forces along with a number of Georgian soldiers according to a report from the Russian news website Izvestia, providing more evidence that the U.S. and NATO are covertly supporting the Georgian army in a proxy war with Russia.
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) - Russia and Georgia clashed on land and at sea Sunday despite a Georgian cease-fire offer and claim of withdrawal from the separatist province of South Ossetia, officials from both countries said.
The truth behind who is primarily responsible for the bloodshed unfolding in South Ossetia and surrounding areas has been buried by the western corporate media. Georgian forces, with a green light from NATO and the support of American and Ukrainian mercenaries, launched a brutal attack targeting civilians and Russian peacekeepers timed to coincide with the opening of the Beijing Olympics so as to temporarily deflect attention before the inevitable Russian response, by which time the global media machine kicked into high gear to smear Russia as the villains of the entire piece.
On Sunday, Vice President Dick Cheney said that "Russian aggression must not go unanswered, and that its continuation would have serious consequences for its relations with the United States."
Georgia has today withdrawn its troops from the capital of South Ossetia, according to reports.The ceasefire came just hours after claims emerged Russian jets had bombed a vital pipeline that supplies oil to the West.
Reports in the Kremlin today are stating that Prime Minister Putin has ordered the Defence Ministry of the Russian Federation to put the Volga-Urals Military District and Black Sea Fleet on ‘full war alert’ to prepare for the defense of the Iranian Nation against what is being termed as an ‘imminent attack’ being planned by the Western Powers.
They are little golden baubles that signify only athletic prowess, in disciplines as irrelevant to raw political muscle as gymnastics and beach volleyball.
PARIS (AFP) — Western leaders called Saturday on Russia to curb its military onslaught against Georgia over a breakaway region and Poland demanded an emergency EU summit to discuss the Caucasus crisis
.Over 1,300 people are reported dead after Russian forces responded to a Georgian attack on rebels in the breakaway province of South Ossetia by mounting a full scale invasion.
Russian warplanes attacked three military bases and key facilities as battle continues.» Wider war a risk
"Al-Qaeda linked" organization threatens to target Beijing 2008 just as their predecessors did Athens 2004, the 2002 World Cup, the 2006 World Cup, Euro 2008, the local egg and spoon race, etc, etc, etc
Bombs dropped, warplanes downed as Russian troops close in on South Ossetian capital: Reports.MEGVREKISI, Georgia - Russia sent forces into Georgia on Friday to repel a Georgian assault on the breakaway South Ossetia region and Georgia's pro-Western president said the two countries were at war.
Kuwait Goes On ‘War Alert’ As Massive US Armada Heads For Iran 8-8-8
Reports from the Middle East are stating today that Kuwait has activated its “Emergency War Plan” after being notified that 2 additional United States Navy Aircraft Carrier Groups are headed to the Gulf and Red Sea.
WAR! Putin Vows Response As Georgia Invades South Ossetia 8-8-8
TBILISI, Georgia - Government troops launched a major military offensive Friday to regain control over the breakaway province of South Ossetia and the president accused Russia, which has close ties to the separatists, of bombing Georgian territory.
Net address bug worse than feared 8-8-8
A weakness in the plumbing of the internet could be much more destructive than first thought, says the man who found it.
Trillions Lost in Recent Economic Failures 8-7-8
Bob Chapman | The credit-crunch is getting worse instead of better, as is the real estate-subprime debacle which will soon morph into the Option ARM debacle.
Anti-War Website Operator Threatened By Armed Thugs 8-7-8
The operator of a leading alternative news and strongly anti-war website has become the target of nefarious thugs apparently in the employ of the U.S. government who have continually harassed him and ordered him to shut down his website.
White House memo exposes Rove knew of problems with anthrax vaccine 8-7-8
The Department of Defense continued its controversial mandatory anthrax vaccinations program despite high ranking Bush administration officials acknowledging there were problems with the vaccine within months of the Bush administration taking office—well before the 9/11 attacks and the October 2001 anthrax letters.
Introducing The USS New York - Made From Steel From The Towers Of 9/11 8-7-8
It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center .It is the fifth in a new class of warship - designed for missions th at include special operations against terrorists. It will carry a crew of 360 sailors and 700 combat-ready Marines to be delivered ashore by helicopters and assault craft.
Judge: Denver can restrict protests at convention 8-7-8
Protesters at the Democratic National Convention in Denver can be restricted to fenced-in areas, federal judge ruled on Wednesday, saying that security needs outweighed curbs on their rights.
Vision 2015: Consolidation of U.S. Intelligence Into Global Intel Network 8-7-8
Michael Vail | Mike McConnell and the CFR have made public a document which outlines a plan to integrate the entire United States intelligence network into a global intelligence community.
Witnesses allege police brutality in death of tasered man 8-6-8
A Pennsylvania man has died after being tasered by local police, and the Civil Rights section of the FBI’s Pittsburgh office has now opened a preliminary investigation. Although the cause of death has not yet been determined, witnesses insist the man was kicked and beaten by police officers after he was forced to the ground and handcuffed.
Why Does The Illuminati Eye Infest Christian Churches? 8-6-8
During a visit to a breathtaking, beautiful and ornate Christian cathedral in Lucerne, Switzerland last week, I was taken aback by the sight of something that seemed completely out of context and out of place - a baleful and evil-looking Illuminati eye staring out over a representation of the crucified Jesus. Why do similar depictions infest Christian churches the world over?
Border patrol agent held at gunpoint; Officers fear Mexican military encounters will turn violent... 8-6-8
A U.S. Border Patrol agent was held at gunpoint Sunday night by members of the Mexican military who had crossed the border into Arizona, but the soldiers returned to Mexico without incident when backup agents responded to assist.
US cracks 'biggest ID fraud case' 8-6-8
US authorities charge 11 people over the alleged theft of credit card details in the country's largest ID theft case.
What the Iraq Forgery Says About 9/11 8-5-8
Bestselling journalist Ron Suskind has revealed that the White House ordered the CIA to forge and backdate a document falsely linking Iraq with Muslim terrorists and 9/11 . . . and that the CIA complied with those instructions and in fact created the forgery, which was then used to justify war against Iraq.
Marching Off Into Tyranny 8-5-8
In last weekend’s edition of CounterPunch, Alexander Cockburn updates the ongoing persecution of Sami Al-Arian by federal prosecutors. Al-Arian was a Florida university professor of computer science who was ensnared by the Bush Regime’s need to produce “terrorists” in order to keep Americans fearful and, thereby, amenable to the Bush Regime’s assault on US civil liberties.
USA races to erect controversial steel fence on Mexican border... 8-5-8
Just west of El Paso, near where Spanish conquistador Juan de Onate crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico in 1598, construction crews have completed a steel fence authorities say is a new model for border security.
Get Outraged And Get Active About Internet Censorship 8-5-8
In response to increasing flagrant attempts to censor political websites, including Infowars and Prison Planet, not in Communist China, but in the U.S. and the UK, we are running a special contest with a top prize of $5,000 in order to encourage people to get active and educate others about the growing threats to Internet freedom.
DHS Claims Authority To Steal Private Property 8-5-8
The Department of Homeland Security more popularly known as the Department of Homeland Enslavement has now come out and stated that they have the authority to confiscate people’s personal property including laptops, electronic devices and even paperwork at the border without any probable cause.
Cecil Rhodes & The Round Table Group 8-5-8
TruthNews.us | Cecil Rhodes set up a secret society that would forward the agenda to establish a world federation of Anglo nations– which would go on to dominate the entire world.
Cops Stop And Search Vegas Couple For Having Ron Paul, Infowars Bumper Stickers 8-4-8
In the new America an endorsement of Congressman Ron Paul now gives the police probable cause to pull you over, ask you for identification and search your vehicle
Deleted photo sparks fears DEA hiring mercenaries 8-4-8
When a California medical marijuana dispensary, Organica Collective, was raided last Thursday by agents of the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency and local police, the Los Angeles Times ran a dramatic story on the incident, accompanied by a set of photographs showing the raid and its aftermath.
Video: Military Coverup of Deadly Vaccinations 8-4-8
A shot the Government says never happened.
Major International Transport Hub Censors Political Websites 8-4-8
While establishment media outlets in the UK spent most of last week reporting on China's censorship of political websites in anticipation of the Olympic games, they ignored the fact that London's St. Pancras International, one of the biggest transport hubs in the west, has already implemented stringent filters that block users of their wi-fi service from accessing even mildly political websites.
Chavez warns U.S. after getting Russian warplanes 8-4-8
President Hugo Chavez said Venezuela had taken delivery of 24 Russian Sukhoi fighter jets, and warned the U.S. Fourth Fleet that his country is ready to defend itself.Is the DEA Contracting Blackwater? 8-3-8
On Friday, August 1, The Agitator blog posted the following: “Bruce Mirken of the Marijuana Policy Project sends the photo below. It’s from a series of L.A. Times photos from a federal raid on a medical marijuana clinic in California. I wouldn’t draw too many conclusions from it. But it is a little disconcerting.”
Cheney weighs fratricide to sell war on Iran 8-3-8
Prominent journalist Seymour Hersh exposes details of a plan considered by US Vice President Dick Cheney on how to provoke war with Iran.
Olbermann Countdown: Anthrax Attacks Inside Job? 8-3-8
Keith talks to David Willman of the LA Times about the recent news on the anthrax investigation.
Boston Globe Sends Alex Jones to the Memory Hole 8-2-8
On July 31, in a report on the arrest of Jason Robo for allegedly placing an Infowars “9-11 was an inside job” sticker inside an airline restroom, the Boston Globe made mention of Alex Jones and Infowars.
The Death Of Freedom 8-2-08
Federal agents may take a traveler's laptop or other electronic device to an off-site location for an unspecified period of time without any suspicion of wrongdoing, as part of border search policies the Department of Homeland Security recently disclosed.
Alex Jones Fan’ Charged for Placing 9/11 Stickers on Plane 8-1-8
Jason Robo– an apparent activist and Infowars.com listener– has been charged with several counts including interfering with aircraft operation, disorderly conduct and disorderly conduct on a public conveyance after allegedly putting ‘9/11 Was an Inside Job’ stickers in the bathroom and on a seat inside the plane he boarded at Logan Airport in Boston. Robo reportedly later told police the stickers were meant to be a joke.
Terror In US As Revenge Enacted Over 9/11 Attacks 8-1-8
Reports circulating in the Kremlin today are describing what can only be described as wave of terror that is overtaking the United States as its War Leaders have begun enacted revenge over the intelligence network believed to be behind the September 11, 2001 that killed over 3,000
Chief suspect in US anthrax attacks found dead 8-1-8
The chief suspect in the 2001 anthrax postal attacks in the US has died from an apparent suicide just as the Justice Department was to file criminal charges against him.
Cheney, Neocons Considered Killing Americans in Pretext to Attack Iran 7-31-08
In the video here, taped at the Campus Progress journalism conference earlier this month, the Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Seymour Hersh reveals how the neocons convened around Dick Cheney and brainstormed ways to kick off World War IV, as they fondly call their pet project to take out the Muslims and foment a contrived “clash of civilizations.”
Scahill: Blackwater now in the private intelligence business 7-31-08
Jeremy Scahill, author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army, is worried about the giant mercenary firm's latest foray into private intelligence. "They're marketing their services to not only foreign governments, but to Fortune 500 corporations," he recently told an interviewer.
Bush signs new rules, roles for spy agencies 7-31-08
WASHINGTON - President Bush approved an order that rewrites the rules governing spying by U.S. intelligence agencies, both in the United States and abroad, and strengthens the authority of the national intelligence director, according to a U.S. official and government documents.
Thug NYPD Cops Beat Already Restrained Man Senseless 7-31-08
The day after a video emerged of a cop knocking a cyclist to the ground, a second video alleging police brutality surfaced today in which an NYPD officer is seen whaling away at a man's legs with a baton.
Collapse of WTO talks ushers in ‘New World Order’ 7-30-08
The breakdown of the World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations signals a “new world order” in which the West can no longer unilaterally impose its will on the rest of the world, Norway’s foreign minister said Wednesday.
Bush drug warrior crashes pot press conference 7-30-08
President Bush's drug warriors must really, really want to protect their ability to throw non-violent marijuana users in jail.
Another Al-Qaeda Operative Reported Dead Twice 7-30-08
As originally revealed by the Citizens for Legitimate Government, the corporate controlled media has now reported yet again that the U.S. government has killed the same Al-Qaeda operative twice.
Utah Congressmen Mailed "9/11 Conspiracies", Hand Them Over To Capitol Police 7-30-08
An otherwise uninteresting article in the Salt Lake Tribune, about Utah representatives receiving different kinds of mail, has thrown up some disturbing information regarding letters about 9/11 truth.
Welcome To The 21st Century Police State 7-30-08
It is becoming increasingly clear that we are living in a police state the likes of which Adolf Hitler would have approved of. In the past week, a couple of disturbing news stories detailing extreme police brutality has been reported.
Bush Calls for New Highway Tolls, More Private Funding of Roads 7-30-08
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration unveiled a plan to impose new tolls on freeways and encourage more private investment to finance road and mass-transit projects, a move aimed at stirring debate as lawmakers prepare for a major overhaul of transportation policy.
C.I.A. Outlines Pakistan Links With Militants 7-30-08
A top Central Intelligence Agency official traveled secretly to Islamabad this month to confront Pakistan’s most senior officials with new information about ties between the country’s powerful spy service and militants operating in Pakistan’s tribal areas, according to American military and intelligence officials.
Blackwater protected Barack Obama in Afghanistan 7-29-08
Mr Obama got up close and personal with Blackwater in Afghanistan
'Big powers' going down, says Ahmadinejad 7-29-08
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's president on Tuesday blamed the U.S. and other "big powers" for nuclear proliferation, AIDS and other global ills, and accused them of exploiting the U.N. and other organizations for their own gain and the developing world's loss.
Army recruiters threaten high school students 7-29-08
With a war in Iraq and fighting on the rise in Afghanistan, the struggle to bring in new U.S. Army recruits is heating up again. And Irving Gonzales, 18, got caught up in it all.
Boeing Airborne Laser Team Begins Testing Laser With Chemical Fuel 7-29-08
Boeing , industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency have completed installing the high-energy laser aboard the Airborne Laser (ABL) aircraft and have begun testing the laser with its chemical fuel at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
BP, the British oil giant, unveiled a 23 per cent rise in profits this morning, boosted by record global crude prices.
A leading British energy company blitzed the newspapers with full page colour advertisements this weekend which encourage children to sign up as "climate cops" and keep "climate crime case files" on their families, friends and neighbours.
For 2 months at Camp Pendleton there have been military operations on an increasing scale and the local news have provided sanitized versions of these ops. With an upcoming attack on Iran and who knows what other nations. A crumbling economy heading for massive inflation, political unrest, police state measures, etc. It’s only a matter of time before that tyranny becomes full blown
Government officials have been quietly stepping up counterterror efforts out of a growing concern that al Qaeda or similar organizations might try to capitalize on the spate of extremely high-profile events in the coming months, sources tell ABC News.
Democratic candidate Barack Obama says he wants President George W. Bush to succeed in negotiating with Iran over its nuclear program.
Four years ago, when the foreign-exchange reserves of China totaled about $450 billion and the value of China’s holdings of U.S. securities was about $300 billion, former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers warned about the emergence of a global “balance of financial terror.”
Former White House national security adviser says if John McCain becomes the next US president the world will move toward World War IV.
It didn’t make the news, at least not the corporate news. According to Bob Feuer, Bush will attack Iran, declare martial law, and suspend the election.
KY 3 News’ Sara Sheffield reports on an injured teen from Ozark, Missouri who was tasered up to 19 times by police.
Among them were convicts found guilty of murder, rape, armed robbery and drug trafficking, state television IRIB reported on its website.
Two bills now in the House of Representatives provide further evidence the government wants to tell you how to raise your children. The Pre-K Act (HR 3289) and the Education Begins at Home Act (HR 2343) aim to micromanage families in the military and those that fall below the poverty line.
The brave efforts of Congressman Dennis Kucinich and others to attempt to bring articles of impeachment against the president and the vice president cannot be underestimated, however, due to the brick wall erected before them by the Democratic leadership, statements at the hearing were very limited.
In a new report, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) reveals that the real similarity between Iraq and Vietnam is in the price of staying.
The code could be a boon to phishing gangs who redirect web users to fake bank sites and steal login details.
Kurt Nimmo | The SS told Jasa and Anderson GCN is not a bona fide press organization — never mind it is a nationally syndicated radio network — and its issuance of press credentials amounts to an act of fraud.
Ed Ciaccio | Voting to re-elect any of these traitors to our Constitution, our country, and us, is voting against our best interests and, as such, a colossal act of folly.
Texas Congressman Ron Paul made a short appearance on the nationally syndicated Alex Jones show yesterday and elaborated on his recent warning of an imminent major event that could send liberty into hibernation.
The media hailed Obama at his Berlin speech in front of hundreds of thousands yesterday for laying out his vision for America as part of a "new world order".
According to a news release from the Chikaming Township (Mich.) Police Department, Officer Jeff Enders responded Saturday to the Burnison Art Gallery in Lakeside, Mich., after gallery owner Judi Burnison asked for assistance with unruly guests at the Somoras' wedding reception.
Staffers of the chairman of the Judiciary Committee have reportedly told witnesses that Kucinich's informal impeachment hearing this Friday may be under threat of dismissal before it is even underwa
FORMER NASA astronaut and moon-walker Dr Edgar Mitchell - a veteran of the Apollo 14 mission - has stunningly claimed aliens exist.
Reports from the Kremlin today are stating that an ‘enraged’ Prime Minister Putin has ordered the Russian Federation Ministry of Defense to ‘immediately’ begin countering the provocative war movements currently underway by the US.
The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to debate two bills that could give the federal government unprecedented control over the way parents raise their children – even providing funds for state workers to come into homes and screen babies for emotional and developmental problems.
He contends he was fired in violation of the Arkansas Whistleblowers Act after complaining about a citizen-officer program Lindsey hoped to implement. Barrows had previously filed suit in federal court, but that case was dismissed May 9.
John Conyers is now taking the position that no one at Friday's impeachment hearing can accuse Bush or Cheney of any crime, or any impeachable offense, or dishonorable conduct, or even lying.
"He yelled at me to get the belt off. 'I told you to get the belt off.' So I took the belt off. He ran his hands down over and pulled the pants down, they went down around my ankle."
Congressman Dennis Kucinich will this Friday present his single article of impeachment concerning the Bush administration's deliberate and unconstitutional lies that led us to war in Iraq.
Iran will not "retreat one iota" in its nuclear activities, its president says, in his first reaction to a new call for Tehran to end uranium enrichment.
More than 500,000 official "spying" requests for private communications data such as telephone records were made last year, a report says.
The social networking giant, which boasts more than 100 million accounts, has signed up for the OpenID initiative.
In the last 15 years or so, as a society we have had access to more information than ever before in modern history because of the Internet. There are approximately 1 billion Internet users in the world and any one of these users can theoretically communicate in real time with any other on the planet.
FARNBOROUGH, Britain - Work on laser, infrared and microwave defensive systems has reached a high level of readiness, with the possibility of deployment close at hand, a Raytheon executive said at the Farnborough Airshow.
The United States is set to lead a joint military exercise in the Atlantic Ocean to show off its combat capability as a warning to Iran.
Despite Bernanke and Paulson’s pep talks, despite the happy talk by the talking heads, despite the cooked earnings reports desperately being put out by the banks and others, last week people still got - on a gut level - that the economy is in mortal danger.
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown warns Iran over its nuclear programme as he addresses Israel's parliament.
An official guest list for Bohemian Grove’s 2008 midsummer encampment along with a map of the Grove’s facilities has been obtained by a San Francisco based action group who held protests and information drives outside the entrance to the elite summer retreat.
First it was Citibank. Now it's Barclay's and New York City's Chrysler Building skyscraper. Muslim Arabs are buying out collapsing Western banks and businesses and gaining growing international power, but some Arab investors are worried their investments may go down the drain with the American economy.
Family Security Matters a neo-conservative based think tank has published an article advocating that George W. Bush should be a dictator for life. The organization has since taken the article down, but is still viewable via this cached link.
The gun control capital of America - Chicago - where only the criminals are allowed to own firearms - has been hit by a fresh wave of crime and violence, prompting Governor Rod Blagojevich to call for National Guard helicopters to be used in law enforcement operations.
Nearly Fifty Percent of Americans Think U.S. Should Help Israel Attack Iran 7-21-08 If we are to believe the results of a Rasmussen poll released on July 20, an astounding number of Americans have no problem helping Israel attack Iran.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki hasn't endorsed any candidate or their plan for troop withdrawals, a government spokesman said a day after a magazine quoted Maliki as supporting Barack Obama's withdrawal timeline, Bloomberg reported.
Extreme measures: There are more than 1,000 laws which give officials the right to enter private property
TEHRAN - The presidents of Iran and Russia have expressed hope for a diplomatic solution to the nuclear crisis on the eve of key talks aiming to break the deadlock, media reported on Saturday
Airmen might soon find Blackwater blimps patrolling Iraq and Afghanistan skies in addition to its helicopter and light transport aircraft already flying thousands of missions in theater.
No decision has been taken to create a huge database containing details of all phone calls, e-mails and internet use, security minister Lord West says.
GOP cyber-security expert suggests Diebold tampered with 2002 election 7-19-08
A leading cyber-security expert and former adviser to Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) says he has fresh evidence regarding election fraud on Diebold electronic voting machines during the 2002 Georgia gubernatorial and senatorial elections.
Kucinich to investigate police surveillance of protest groups 7-19-08
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), who has figured prominently in recent political news for his attempts to begin impeachment hearings against President George W. Bush, today announced that the congressional subcommittee he chairs will look into reports of peace groups being surveilled by police and private investigators.
Israel makes arrests in alleged plot against Bush... 7-18-08
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel accused six Arabs on Friday of trying to set up an al Qaeda cell in Israel and said one of them had proposed attacking helicopters used during a visit by President George W. Bush.
Mofaz: No choice but to attack Iran 7-18-08
Israeli transportation minister Shaul Mofaz has reiterated his previous threats against Iran, saying Israel must be ready to act.
Kurt Nimmo | A Spanish Supreme Court ruling reveals that “al-Qaeda inspired” terrorists had nothing to do with the March 11, 2004, bombing of commuter trains in Madrid, Spain
Presidential frontrunner Barack Obama has called for a "civilian national security force" as powerful as the U.S. military, comments that were ignored by the vast majority of the corporate media but compared by one journalist to the Nazi Hitler Youth.
Oil prices fell further on Thursday after slumping by more than USD 10 over the past two days on concern that slowing US economic growth would hurt crude demand, traders said. New York's main oil...
Total Chief Predicts $200 Oil In The Future 7-17-08
The head of French energy giant Total believes that oil prices will one day top 200 dollars per barrel but not this year even if the market will inevitably remain strong.
WMAQ TV | Bringing in state troopers — even National Guard helicopters to high-crime areas — is still very much in the planning stages.
Iran's Shahab-3 missiles have a range greater than the reported 2,000 km (1,240 miles), Iran's Fars news agency said on Monday, quoting the country's deputy defense minister.
Police ordered angry customers lined up outside an IndyMac Bank branch to remain calm or face arrest Tuesday as they tried to pull their money on the second day of the failed institution's federal takeover.
A top Washington official will attend talks with Iran's nuclear negotiator, in a significant shift in US policy.
The dollar declined to a record low against the euro on speculation Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will say credit- market losses are hurting U.S. economic growth.
It has been known since the 1960's that electromagnetic pulses from nuclear explosions or other sources can knock out sophisticated electronic equipment, but it has remained a matter of debate whether EMP weapons pose a credible threat to the United States.
Former Governor Jesse Ventura slammed the weak dollar policy as part of a war being waged on the middle class in America by the U.S. government as the greenback collapsed to an all time record low against the euro today.
A video of a 16-year-old detainee being questioned at the US's Guantanamo Bay prison camp is made public for the first time.
“The drug has an amnesia effect… one of the nice ways to take care of the discomfort is to make people forget that they’ve had it,” said biomedical ethics and law enforcement expert Dr. Steven Miles.
Thousands of people marched peacefully in Washington D.C. on Saturday, to honor Texas Congressman Ron Paul's campaign for liberty, yet the mainstream media uniformly failed to issue a single written report on the event in its aftermath.
WASHINGTON - Iran's missile test this week did not demonstrate any new capabilities, according to a U.S. official familiar with the intelligence, and the test may not have included one of the longer-range missiles Iran claims was among those launched.
An Iraqi website has claimed that Israeli warplanes have been using Iraqi airspace to practice for possible bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities.
"After Steven Warshak's indictment and conviction on charges of mail and wire fraud, money laundering and other federal charges, he learned that key evidence in the case was obtained by the government under a 1986 law permitting no-warrant searches of email communications stored for longer than 180 days.
Outgoing President George W. Bush and both of his presumptive replacements John McCain and Barack Obama are rumored to be in attendance at this year's Bohemian Grove gathering, an annual get-together of the global elite staged inside a sprawling forest encampment which kicks off tonight and runs until July 27.
A top scientist today warned the House Armed Services Committee America remains vulnerable to a "catastrophe" from a nuclear electromagnetic pulse attack that could be launched with plausible deniability by hostile rogue nations or terrorists.
Dozens of nations dominated by Islam are pressing the United Nations to adopt an anti-"defamation" plan that would make Christians criminals under international law, according to a United States organization that has launched a campaign to defend freedom of religion worldwide.
Concerned that the 35 articles of impeachment he introduced a month ago might be too much for members of the House Judiciary Committee to handle all at once, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) simplified things Thursday.
A high-level Chinese military source secretly disclosed last week that the recent earthquake in Sichuan Province caused a chain-reaction of explosions in the Sichuan mountain areas.
By Ian Storey Last week, Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej was in China for a four-day visit, his first since taking office after last December's elections. Samak, who is concurrently defense minister, met with Chinese Defense Minister Liang..
(Reuters) - U.S. ground troops in Iraq will be mostly finished with security operations by the middle of 2009, the senior U.S. Army officer in charge of training Iraqi forces said on Wednesday....
The United States has criticised what it calls "bellicose rhetoric" from Russia over US plans to develop a missile shield in Europe.
Iranian president says no war with US, Israel 7-8-08 By VIJAY JOSHI Associated Press WriterArticle Last Updated: 07/08/2008 06:16:30 AM MDT Click photo to enlargeIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures during a joint press conference of the D-8 Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday,...
Iran will 'burn' Tel Aviv and US shipping in Gulf if nuclear programme attacked 7-8-08 Iran has said that it would retaliate against any pre-emptive attack on its nuclear facilities by "burning" the Israeli city of Tel Aviv and American shipping in the Persian Gulf. In rhetoric which further raises the temperature in the Islamic...
WASHINGTON - President Bush signed a bill Thursday that overhauls rules about government eavesdropping and grants immunity to telecommunications companies that helped the U.S. spy on Americans in suspected terrorism cases.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hails the reduction in dental cavities due to adding fluoride to public water supplies as one of the top 10 public health achievements of the 20th century.
VIENNA: The head of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries warned Thursday that oil prices would see an "unlimited" increase in the case of a military conflict involving Iran, because the group's members would be unable to make up the lost production.
More than 1,000 people in more than 40 US states are now confirmed to have become ill with salmonella since April.
You won't be reading about it in the New York Times or seeing it on the billboard at your local multiplex cinema, but 9/11 Chronicles: Truth Rising is causing waves on the Internet with many comparing the documentary to the underground blockbuster Loose Change.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States and Iran appear on a collision course in the Middle East, firing off mixed messages that are raising world tension and roiling oil markets amid fears that an eventual confrontation may be military.
TEHRAN, Iran (July 9) - Iran test-fired nine long- and medium-range missiles Wednesday during war games that officials say are in response to U.S. and Israeli threats, state television reported.
UPDATE: ABC NEWS have now changed their report, without even noting the change in the update time of the article, which remains 9:20. It seems the corporate media are perfectly happy to cover up their own mistakes with no acknowledgement whatsoever.
US Marines: 400 insurgents killed in Afghanistnan 7-9-09 The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan - A U.S. Marines commander says his troops have killed 400 insurgents in southern Afghanistan since April. Col. Peter Petronzio, the commander of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, says the figure comes from...
Israeli troops raided Nablus city hall on Wednesday, the deputy mayor said, in what appears to be part of an ongoing crackdown on institutions the army believes are linked to Hamas in the West Bank....
Newly declassified Defence and Prime Minister's office files show that the US was strongly pushing then prime minister Harold Holt's government in the 1960s to allow tests of two of the deadliest chemical weapons ever developed -- VX and GB, better known as Sarin nerve gas.
Russia tonight threatened to retaliate by military means after a deal with the Czech Republic brought the US missile defence system in Europe a step closer. The threat followed quickly on from the announcement that Condoleezza Rice signed a formal agreement with the Czech Republic to host the radar for the controversial project.
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's national security adviser said Tuesday his country will not accept any security deal with the United States unless it contains specific dates for the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces.
The BBC's embarrassing attempt to dig itself out of a hole that keeps getting deeper was again exemplified during their latest yellow journalism hit piece on 9/11 truth, in which they played Larry Silverstein's "pull it" comment but edited out the most important part of the statement, and in doing so changed its context altogether.
Americans are accustomed to taking their free speech rights for granted and assume that is the case on the Internet as well. However, with major websites owned by corporations whose primary concern may be to limit controversial content or meet the guidelines set by other nations, even United States citizens may find their Constitutional guarantees do not apply online
DUBAI, July 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy said on Monday it was carrying out an exercise in the Gulf, days after vowing that Iran will not be allowed to block the waterway which carries crude from the world's largest oil-exporting region.
Peter Dale Scott | Some of the 9/11 hijackers, like Lee Harvey Oswald, may have been in CIA files for a special reason: because the CIA had an operational interest in them.
Fox: Anarchists planning to 'crash' RNC convention Since last summer, an anarchist group calling itself the RNC Welcoming Committee has been advertising its intention to be present at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, MN this September, even releasing a video showing black-clad figures cheerfully spreading the word.
IRAQ MAY SET TIMETABLE FOR WITHDRAWAL BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki raised the prospect on Monday of setting a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S.
Oil's rise spurs talk of $200 a barrel Oil's historic ascent from $100 to nearly $150 a barrel in just six months is lending weight to a far grimmer prediction: Crude could reach $200 a barrel by the end of the year.
WeAreChange Boston Questions Dr. Michio Kaku about 9/11 Mark, of WeAreChange Boston, recently met with world renowned theoretical physicist and author, Dr. Michio Kaku.
Israel 'successfully tests missile interceptor'... Israel has successfully tested a new defence system designed to intercept rockets fired from southern Lebanon and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, public radio reported on Sunday.
Protesters have not been able to get anywhere near the G8 summit venue, but have scheduled daily rallies in Sapporo, the largest city on the northern Japan island of Hokkaido.
FBI Agents could soon be allowed to investigate Americans without any evidence of wrongdoing, according to the Justice Department.
Once again the BBC is doing its job: acting in the role of intellectual bodyguards for the mass-murderers in government who stage terrorism in order to obtain more power and control.
EU To Open Its Own Police Stations 7-8-08
Oil down more than $8 in 48 Hours... 7-8-08
Iraq insists on timetable with dates for withdrawal of U.S. troops 7-8-08
G-8 nations endorse halving greenhouse emissions by 2050 7-8-08
Report: G-8 set to take 'important step' in global warming fight 7-7-08
Cops lie in court to frame suspect 7-7-08
Kabul car bombing marks deadliest attack since fall of Taliban 7-7-08
Activists accuse G-8 nations of backtracking on African pledges 7-7-08
Gunmen kill senior U.N. official in Somalia, second man wounded 7-6-08
California firefighters brace for new heat wave 7-6-08
Africa takes center stage as G-8 Summit kicks off in Japan 7-6-08
Africa takes center stage as G-8 Summit kicks off in Japan 7-6-08
Weather helps crews battling California's largest wildfire 7-6-08
Challenges abound for Bush at last economic summit 7-5-08
Obama and Clinton to hold joint fundraisers in New York 7-5-08
Iran nuclear position 'unchanged 7-5-08
Jalapeños Probed in Outbreak: Tomatoes No Longer Seen As Prime Suspect for Salmonella... 7-5-08
G-8 summit gives chance to gauge power of Russia's Medvedev 7-4-08
Former Sen. Jesse Helms of North Carolina dies at 86 7-4-08
The 9/11 Chronicles Part One: Truth Rising Has Arrived! full story... 7-4-08
The Debate Is Over: Waterboarding Is Torture full story... 7-4-08
Disney claims resort is exempt from Fla.'s concealed gun law full story.
CIA Report: Bin Laden Is Dying Of Kidney Failure... Still full story... 7-4-08
Video shows cop choking marijuana suspect full story... 7-4-08
Middle East War Threat Rattles Oil Markets full story... 7-4-08
The 9/11 Chronicles Part One: Truth Rising Has Arrived!
Climate deadlock seen at G8 despite 'constructive' Bush -
Iraq will be 'plunged into a new war' if Iran is attacked Iraq
Belarus president dismisses assassination plot: report -MINSK
Military chief warns against striking Iran
Oil pauses near record over $145, U.S. holiday ahead
U.S. pushes UN sanctions on Zimbabwe and Mugabe
HOPE FOR SKIN CANCER CURE... 6-19-08
CANCER PATIENT RECOVERS AFTER INJECTION OF CELLS... 6-19-08
Reagan files copyright claim in attempt to get Mark Dice death threat removed 6-19-08
Black Helicopters Over Denver & Florida 6-18-08
Denver Woman: Military Exercise Causes Yard Damage
Martial Law Exercises Continue in Denver
Government "Strike Teams" Invade Homes, Harass Flood Victims
Government Terrorists Terrorize Iowa Homeowners
Decider-Commander Goes to Iowa
Armed Checkpoint Cops Arrest Citizens
Martial Law Training or just Martial Law? Military helicopters to keep flying over Denver for terrorism training
Slideshow of Military Helicopters Over Denver
Rockets, airstrikes come hours before fragile Israel-Hamas truce 6-18-08
Israel agrees to Gaza ceasefire 6-18-08
Lawsuits threatened over forced fluoride 6-18-08
Cholesterol genes 'protect heart' 6-18-08
Bomb shatters relative calm in Baghdad; at least 51 dead 6-17-08
Bush threatens Iran with military action 6-17-08
Hamas-Israel truce to begin Thursday... 6-17-08
Russian military tests weather manipulation; seeding clouds... 6-17-08
Russia rejects reports of new military base in rebel Abkhazia 6-17-08
Lesbian couple to wed in Calif. after 55 years together 6-16-08
Oil surges to new record high near $140 a barrel 6-16-08
Michael Reagan To Apologize For Death Threat Comments Tomorrow 6-15-08
BUSH ORDERS: Get Bin Laden before I leave office... 6-15-08
Troops pour into south Iraqi city 6-15-08
G8 calls for oil output boost to ease threat to world economy 6-14-08
EU Dictators May Ram Through Lisbon Treaty Despite Irish Rejection 6-13-08
VIDEO: Talkshow Host Michael Reagan Wants to Kill 9/11 Truthers 6-13-08
KUCINICH: JUDICIARY COMMITTEE MUST BEGIN REVIEW OF IMPEACH ARTICLES... 6-11-08
OIL PRIZE: ABU DHABI TO BUY CHRYSLER BUILDING 6-11-08
Secret Plan To Kill Internet By 2012 Leaked? 6-11-08
Israel puts off Gaza invasion to give truce efforts chance to succeed 6-11-08
Iran warns of 'painful' response if Israel attacks... 6-10-08
Secret Bilderberg Agenda To Microchip Americans 6-10-08
Kucinich presents Bush impeachment articles 6-10-08
US Homeland Security Says Mexico Border Will Be Secure 3 Years after Bush Leaves Office 6-10-08