Congresswoman Jane Harman is indignant. A National Security Agency wiretap reportedly picked up her conversation seeking favors from a suspected Israeli agent in return for Harman lobbying the Justice Department to drop the lawsuit against AIPAC’s former top officials. Harman denies the charge and swears that her good name has been defiled. (Har!). Harman sent […]
Tag Archives | Attention Deficit Democracy
Obama-Style “Nation of Laws”
Obama proudly declared yesterday that ours is a “nation of laws” at the same time he announced that CIA torturers would not be prosecuted for their crimes. Life in Washington is one damn paradox after another. Kudos to the American Civil Liberties Union for their lawsuit that compelled the disclosure of the torture memos yesterday. […]
Latest Wiretap Crimes Spur No Fear or Loathing
The New York Times revealed last night that the National Security Agency has been illegally spying on legions of Americans’ email and phone calls. Congress vastly expanded the NSA’s surveillance purview last year – but the NSA has chosen to go much further. The Times noted that the NSA may have spied on one congressman […]
On Katherine Albrecht Radio Show Today (4/16) at 5 pm Eastern
I will be interviewed on Internet radio today at 5 pm by Katherine Albrecht, the author of the influential expose Spychips and a leading anti-surveillance activist. You can listen live here [click on Stream 2] The show will also be available for 24 hours here. [click on 0416092.mp3 ]
Washington Post Shills for Terrorists
Not all terrorists are equally damndable, apparently. The Washington Post has an article today on the Iraqi government’s plan to shut down the camp of the Mujaheddin-e Khalq, or MEK. This is a violent Marxist organization that was designated by the State Department as terrorists in 1997 because of their long record of killing civilians […]
Part 2 of “How Abu Ghraib was Politically Defused”
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today the second part of my analysis of “How Abu Ghraib was Politically Defused.” It is amazing how little attention was paid to the heap of evidence of torture-as-official-policy until long after Bush snared a second term. Here is a link to a permanent web page with both […]
Portuguese Translations of my Epigrams and Recent Articles
Murilo Leme* kindly translated some of my recent epigrams and articles into Portuguese. I think some of the one-liners sound better with the Latin overtones of his language. I much appreciate his making my writings accessible to folks in Brazil, Portugal, and even Mozambique. If you know folks who would appreciate this Portuguse rendition, please […]
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