The Boston Globe ran my piece today on how the Bush administration almost always strikes out when it accuses people of being terrorists. Here’s the text: The ‘terrorist’ batting average By James Bovard | July 21, 2006 Boston Globe AFTER THE US Supreme Court’s recent decision limiting military tribunals, Congress is scrambling to pass a […]
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Conservatives’ Treason on Free Speech
The American Conservative placed my piece on ‘Conservatives’ Treason on Free Speech’ online today. Here’s the lead and the close – July 31, 2006 Our Dangerous Times Today’s conservatives are eager to trade freedom for security. by James Bovard On June 23, the New York Times and other papers revealed that the Bush administration […]
Israel’s Forgotten Record in Lebanon, 1982+
LewRockwell.com posted a piece of mine today on the latest round of Mideast killings. Most of the piece is extracted from my 2003 book, Terrorism & Tyranny: Trampling Justice, Peace, and Freedom to Rid the World of Evil (Palgrave). Here’s the lead of today’s piece: As the Israeli government continues bombing throughout Lebanon in response […]
My hit on Bush’s Illegal Financial Surveillance
From the Baltimore Sun Surveillance of financial transactions goes too far By James Bovard June 28, 2006 The Bush administration admitted that it was conducting warrantless surveillance of the financial transactions of Americans and others only after newspapers exposed the program. According to some Republicans, the solution is to imprison journalists who blow the whistle […]
FFF Posts my hit on Bush’s Wiretap Crimes
The Future of Freedom Foundation today posted my hit on “Bush’s Wiretap Crimes & the FISA Farce.” It is amazing how so many commentators have preserved perfect ignorance regarding the laws that the Bush administration is trampling.
My NSA Bash – “Reach out & Tap Someone”
The American Conservative today placed online my piece on NSA wiretapping here. June 19, 2006 The American Conservative Reach Out and Tap Someone The NSA’s surveillance program undermines the rule of law without producing real gains in security. By James Bovard The National Security Agency has been tracking the calls of millions of Americans and […]
Another Rumsfeld Sham: “Truth will out.”
“Ultimately the truth gets out, notwithstanding people’s efforts to the contrary.” Rumsfeld made that assertion at a press conference last week. It almost makes you wonder if Rumsfeld has lost confidence in his ability to manage the world’s perceptions of the American military. Unfortunately, the notion that “truth will out” is one of the biggest fantasies […]
