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British intelligence accused of complicity in torture
Submitted by MichaelVail on Thu, 09/20/2007 - 2:17am.
British intelligence and security officials were facing fresh questions about allegations of complicity in torture yesterday after a terrorism suspect appeared in court accused of plotting an al-Qaida attack.
Military Misgivings Mount over Bush Torture Order
Submitted by MichaelVail on Sat, 08/25/2007 - 6:49pm.
Earlier this week the Judge Advocate General of the Army, Major General Scott Black, issued a memorandum for the JAG Corps which has been secured by No Comment (readers who wish to view it can email me for a copy). Referencing President Bush’s July 20 Executive Order, which appears designed to authorize highly coercive, non-Geneva compliant interrogation techniques for use by the CIA
How MI5 had me kidnapped and thrown into CIA's Dark Prison
Submitted by MichaelVail on Sun, 07/29/2007 - 12:47pm.
James Bond interviewed informants in nightclubs and luxury hotels.
Le Carré's George Smiley preferred park benches or safe houses in Belgravia. But when Bisher Al-Rawi met the men from MI5, they chose somewhere more prosaic: a table in the basement section of McDonald's in Kensington, West London.
U.K. security rapped over U.S. renditions
Submitted by MichaelVail on Fri, 07/27/2007 - 2:08pm.
LONDON, July 26 (UPI) -- A British parliamentary committee criticized the MI5 domestic and MI6 foreign intelligence agencies over its intelligence sharing with the United States.
Building The Dictatorship
Submitted by MichaelVail on Sun, 07/22/2007 - 2:42pm.
Just in case you haven't noticed before, the United States of America has become a presidential tyranny. We've been clanging this bell here (and elsewhere) since late September 2001, and have seen it confirmed over and over through the years – with torture edicts, domestic spying, rendition, secret prisons, indefinite detention of uncharged, untried captives, etc. – and most recently and most baldly with the "Military Commissions Act," which enshrined the principle of arbitrary presidential power in law and gutted the ancient privilege of habeas corpus. This was rubberstamped by the Republican-led Congress last year – and is still standing strong under the Democratic-led Congress.
Flying The Unfriendly Skies: CIA 'Torture Flight' Lands In The UK
Submitted by MichaelVail on Sat, 06/09/2007 - 8:59pm.
The row over CIA 'torture flights' using British airports has deepened following fresh evidence that a plane repeatedly linked to the controversial programme landed in the UK just days ago.
The plane was logged arriving at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk last weekend, and watching aviation experts said the aircraft, piloted by crew clad in desert fatigues, was immediately surrounded on the runway by armed American security forces.
Why Bush Is Always Right: Junior Sets The Precedent For His Successor's Dictatorial Powers
Submitted by MichaelVail on Sun, 05/20/2007 - 2:15am.
For 220 years, an exemplary separation of powers has prevailed in the United States of America. Congress passes laws, the president executes laws and courts interpret them and rescind them when necessary. After congress works out a law, it is presented to the president who then according to the constitution has two possibilities: signing the law or sending the bill back with his objections. If the president rejects the revised bill, the congress can overturn it with a two-thirds majority. Thus the president has no real right of veto – the term does not occur in the constitution. In 1998, the Supreme Court declared the president has no partial veto right to annul sections of a law disagreeable to him.
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