Here is a young man who was interrogated in Chicago for taking a picture of one of the cartoon marketing lights which caused so much hysteria in Boston yesterday. What kind of a country have we become? Here’s his story: And here’s a picture of one of the lights.
Continue reading →I am shocked, as everyone must be, by the terror attacks in London today. I hope the casualties are few and that the people take good care of each other in difficult circumstances. I’m reassured somewhat by the matter-of-fact approach the English take to this sort of attack. After all, terrorism isn’t new to them. A friend pointed out this morning that while everyone is frightened of terrorist attacks, it’s most important to stand up with whatever courage we can find and insist that these attacks will not be allowed to change our way of life, and that we will … Continue reading →
Over in Salon, Sydney Blumenthal writes about an internal paper that the Department of Defense has quietly posted to its web site. Apparently a task force of experts from the military, the diplomatic corps, military-oriented businesses, and academia was put together to review progress in the war on terror, including the invasion of Iraq. Their conclusions were quite negative on how things have gone so far. The task force discovered more than a chaotic vacuum, a government sector “in crisis,” though it found that, too: “Missing are strong leadership, strategic direction, adequate coordination, sufficient resources, and a culture of measurement … Continue reading →
If you get a chance to catch Bill Moyer’s PBS show NOW tonight, he’s skewering Condi on terrorism and 9/11. UPDATE: They’re kicking Delay’s ass too.
Continue reading →The London Times has received confidential logs showing that the United States may be using an executive jet to shuttle suspected terrorists to countries which will use torture to interrogate them. The U.S. denies these charges of “torture by proxy”. Witnesses described seeing the prisoners handed to US agents whose faces were masked by hoods. The clothes of the handcuffed prisoners were cut off and they were dressed in nappies covered by orange overalls before being forcibly given sedatives by suppository. The Gulfstream flew them to Egypt, where both prisoners claimed they were beaten and tortured with electric shocks to … Continue reading →
