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Can Legalizing Weed Save Cali?

markrileymedia wrote 1 day ago: Well, no, it can’t. A new estimate says legalizing marijuana would net the Golden State around … more →

Tags: Politics, Finance, US, News, Business, Legal, Crime, California, Marijuana

EDITORIAL: Flack Panthers - Washington Times1 comment

MB Snow wrote 1 week ago: EDITORIAL: Flack Panthers Justice thwarts Congress on voter intimidation By Originally published 04: … more →

Tags: News, Politics, administration, Barack Obama

Obama following in the footsteps of GWB

flaminglib wrote 1 month ago: Thank the goddesses for Barney Frank!!!! Read the whole thing. As Armando says…. Blocking Jud … more →

Tags: Civil Liberties, Just like GWB, obama, Torture

Obama is "down" with the Black Panthers

m0k3d wrote 1 month ago: Charges Against ‘New Black Panthers’ Dropped by Obama Justice Dept. Three men were accu … more →

Tags: obama, Unrest, New Black Panthers, Quanell X, Racists

Yet another Siegelman update1 comment

alarob wrote 1 month ago: The “Free Don Siegelman” lobby has been active, but Obama’s Justice Department seems unimpressed. In … more →

Tags: Alabama, Politics & journalism, Conspiracy Theories, Courts, eric holder, Karl Rove, obama, Siegelman

Obama Justice Department Continues to Cover Up Bush-Era Crimes

Editors wrote 2 months ago: by Larisa Alexandrovna 13 May 09 | Raw Story Something very questionable is happening in Obama’s Dep … more →

Tags: US, INTERNATIONAL, Domestic, Opinion, Torture, obama, War crimes, international law, Congress

Accountability for Torture: Questions and Answers3 comments

Editors wrote 2 months ago: 13 May 09 | HRW After the attacks of September 11, 2001, U.S. officials approved various interrogati … more →

Tags: Afghanistan, US, INTERNATIONAL, Opinion, middle east, CIA, Gitmo, Torture, obama

Obama Threatens the U.K. to Keep Torture Evidence Concealed1 comment

Editors wrote 2 months ago: by Glenn Greenwald 12 May 09 | Salon Ever since he was released from Guantanamo in February after si … more →

Tags: US, INTERNATIONAL, Europe, War-on-terror, CIA, Torture, Binyam Mohamed, obama, War crimes

Delay brings justice...

timeforthorns wrote 2 months ago: It’s hardly a secret that the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department is the territory … more →

Tags: andy mccarthy, Jan Crrawford Greenburg, John Yoo, Jay Bybee

Obama Justice Dept. Won't Prosecute Bush Lawyers Who Authored Torture Memos1 comment

Editors wrote 2 months ago: 6 May 09 | LAT In a draft report, Justice Department investigators are said to recommend against cha … more →

Tags: CIA, obama, Prosecution, Bush administration, Torture Memos, waterboarding, Abu Zubaydah, holder, KSM

Major Defeat for Bush/Obama Position on Secrecy

Editors wrote 2 months ago: by Glenn Greenwald 28 Apr 09 | Salon The first sign that the Obama DOJ would replicate many of the w … more →

Tags: US, INTERNATIONAL, Domestic, Opinion, War-on-terror, CIA, Torture, obama, State Secrets Privilege

Guard Against the Guardians

Editors wrote 2 months ago: by Tom Porteous 28 Apr 09 | HRW President Obama visited the CIA headquarters this week to try to rea … more →

Tags: US, INTERNATIONAL, Domestic, Opinion, CIA, obama, black sites, Bush administration, ACLU

The Crisis: Holding the Professionals to Account

Editors wrote 2 months ago: by Michael Pomerleano 21 Apr 09 | FT My education (Harvard Business School and economics department) … more →

Tags: US, Domestic, Opinion, Economic Crisis, Bailout, Banking, tarp, fraud

Obama Recognizes: Whether to Prosecute is Not His Decision2 comments

Editors wrote 2 months ago: by Glenn Greenwald 21 Apr 09 | Salon One of the central principles of our justice system is supposed … more →

Tags: US, INTERNATIONAL, Domestic, Opinion, obama, Bush administration, Torture Memos, holder, joe klein

Bye bye, Bybee?2 comments

judylobo wrote 3 months ago: Judy-One-Note continues on the issue that gladly is not going away despite Obama’s desire to … more →

Tags: Politics, Links, Photography, videos, Eugene Robinson, OBAMA CABINET, eric holder, judge bybee, Pulitzer Prizes

Not going to prosecute those who tortured?!?8 comments

okieflavor4u wrote 3 months ago: Obama announced the other day that he has released the memo’s regarding the torture that took … more →

Tags: barak obama, Bill O' Reilly, bush, change, Clinton, constitutional, Crime, Criminal, Depression

Wiretap Recorded Congresswoman Promising to Intervene for AIPAC2 comments

Editors wrote 3 months ago: 19 Apr 09 | CQ Politics Rep. Jane Harman , the California Democrat with a longtime involvement in in … more →

Tags: US, Domestic, bush, Congress, Gonzales, AIPAC, Israel Lobby, Jane Harman, Nancy Pelosi

The Significance of Obama's Decision to Release the Torture Memos2 comments

Editors wrote 3 months ago: by Glenn Grennwald 17 Apr 09 | Salon Numerous commentators are objecting to the idea that Barack Oba … more →

Tags: Domestic, INTERNATIONAL, Opinion, US, bush, CIA, Civil Liberties, obama, Torture Memos

ACLU Demands Disclosure of Torture Memos3 comments

Editors wrote 3 months ago: 16 Apr 09 | PTV and Raw Story ACLU expresses concern that the US President might not publicly releas … more →

Tags: US, INTERNATIONAL, Domestic, CIA, Gitmo, Torture, obama, bush, Detainees


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