The following op-ed is being shotgunned out today by the Future of Freedom Foundation. THE FBI’S RIGHT TO THREATEN TORTURE by James Bovard A federal appeals court has concluded that an FBI agent must go to trial on charges he coerced a false confession out of a prime suspect in the 9/11 attacks. But […]
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The “Terrorist” Batting Average
The Future of Freedom Foundation today posted online my article from the June 2007 Freedom Daily on the Bush administration’s endlessly inaccurate terrorist accusations. The title of the piece is about as close to baseball as I have gotten in the last decade or so. The “Terrorist” Batting Average by James Bovard For almost six years, […]
Finally! My Northwest Territory Breakthrough!
I’ll be on in Yellowknife at 7:35 a.m. Monday. Maybe even better, I’ll be on in Gander at 7:20 a.m. and in Whitehorse at 8:30 a.m. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation will be doing a series of 6 minute interviews with me Monday morn. Canada is adapting a U.S.-style “No Fly List.” The CBC wants me to […]
“Damned Proud” of Dead Lebanese Women & Children
Former US United Nations Ambassador John Bolton told the BBC today that he was “damned proud” of how the U.S. intentionally blocked efforts to achieve a ceasefire last summer when Israel was bombing Beirut and many other locales in Lebanon. The BBC summarized Bolton’s comments: “A former top American diplomat says the US deliberately resisted […]
“Liberating” Iran, Enslaving America
Will Grigg, the editor of Pro Libertate, has a new e-zine. Will ran a piece of mine in his initial issue. Will does great work – I hope people check out his hot new ‘Net publication here. “Liberating” Iran, Enslaving the USA The price of “regime change” in Iran might be the loss of what […]
Killer Cops Next to DC
The #2 Homeland Security official for Prince George’s County, Maryland recently shot two furniture delivery guys who brought a new bed to his house. The headboard had a scratch, according to local news reports. Since one of the delivery guys died a few days ago, the story won’t vanish, regardless of how many times the local government […]
America’s Previous Antiterrorism Disasters in Lebanon
In his State of the Union message last week, George Bush rattled his saber towards Hezbollah, trying to make it sound almost as frightening as Al Qaeda. This was typical Bush hokum. The history of U.S. intervention in Lebanon proves that America should stay the heck out of that country. I wrote the following piece last August; it appeared in the Future […]
Jim
Thanks a lot!
timmy taes
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David Smithson
Right you are. Retired now, I worked for many yea
Ron Redrift
Sorry to hear of your tiff with Mr. Wilson; hope i