President Obama: Don't Lecture China on Censorship
By Dave Lindorff President Obama, in his visit to China, held a “town meeting” with Chinese students in which he praised openness and lectured them on the value of freedom of information, saying that...
View ArticleKSM and MSM
By David SwansonKhalid Shaikh Mohammed and the corporate "mainstream" media make quite a pair. We're hearing a very "balanced" debate over whether KSM should be tried in New York City, and whether the...
View ArticleWhat the OPR Torture Report Will Not Say
Annotated Aggression: Being Jay Bybee By David Swanson It's October 23, 2002, and you're Jay Bybee, the man in charge of the Office of Legal Counsel in the United States Department of Justice. John Yoo...
View ArticleFOIA Request Filed for OPR Report on Bush's Lawyers
An organization of attorneys, journalists, and advocates today filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act requesting the long-suppressed report from the Department of Justice's Office of...
View ArticleDemocrats and the Corporate Media: Looking for Green Shoots in an Economic...
By Dave LindorffSo much for economic “green shoots.”The Obama administration and the Federal Reserve, along with the servile corporate media, have been quick to grasp at and trumpet every little...
View ArticleDo Those Who Oppose Torture Oppose War?
An Appeal on "Closing Gitmo"Given that human rights organizations and activist groups want rights restored, not abuses moved from one location to another,Given that said organizations are independent...
View ArticleYoo, Bybee, and Disinformation
By David SwansonEverything you're reading about torture lawyers John Yoo and Jay Bybee getting off the hook is wrong. They are not torture lawyers, they are not off the hook, there never was any hook,...
View ArticleYoo and Jefferson
By David SwansonAs John Yoo's visit to Mr. Jefferson's university here in Charlottesville approaches, one is tempted to ask the same question people around here ask about everything: WWJD? What would...
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