by Chalmers JohnsonSo the Bush administration -- under considerable pressure from people outraged that we invaded Iraq not only without U.N. approval but on false intelligence that Saddam Hussein had "weapons of mass destruction" -- has now decided to investigate itself. For this important task it is proposing a panel of former CIA officials (Robert Gates, Richard Kerr), … [Read more...] about -Iraq Coverup: Hire Journalists to Get facts
-Fascism in America: Iowa Peace Activists Ordered to Testify in Court
Three Des Moines peace activists have been subpoenaed to appear before a federal grand jury next week as part of an investigation that the activists believe is being conducted by the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force.Activists Brian Terrell, Patti McKee and Elton Davis say they have been ordered to testify in federal court Tuesday about something documents describe only as a … [Read more...] about -Fascism in America: Iowa Peace Activists Ordered to Testify in Court
-Hutton Fiasco: Government Overseeing Itself
by By Isa F. AtkinsThe problem with America's new war is that, for most Americans, it's not really happening. The nation got moderately excited during the initial stage of the invasion. But now most US news providers don't even highlight the daily combat fatalities of the men and women supposedly fighting to defend America's freedom -let alone bothering to question the … [Read more...] about -Hutton Fiasco: Government Overseeing Itself
-Israel Considered Murder, Still Trying to Silence Nuclear Whistleblower
Israel's Mossad spy agency considered killing nuclear whistle blower Mordechai Vanunu in 1986, but decided instead to abduct him for trial on treason charges, a former Mossad director said on Thursday. Shabtai Shavit, who masterminded the "honey trap" that snaked Vanunu after he told a British newspaper about his work at Dimona atomic research center, said he feared the … [Read more...] about -Israel Considered Murder, Still Trying to Silence Nuclear Whistleblower
-Government ‘s call for ending arms export ban will pave the way for Japan’s international arms sale
-- Akahata editorialDefense Agency Director General Ishiba Shigeru said that Japan needs to consider lifting the three government principles banning arms exports.(Note: The "Three Principles on Arms Export" was set out by then Prime Minister Sato Eisaku in answer to a question in the Diet on April 21, 1967. This policy bans arms sales to communist bloc countries, … [Read more...] about -Government ‘s call for ending arms export ban will pave the way for Japan’s international arms sale