The Denial of My Parole by Leonard Peltier September 11, 2009 The United States Department of Justice has once again made a mockery of its lofty and pretentious title. After releasing an original and continuing disciple of death cult leader Charles Manson who attempted to shoot President Gerald Ford, an admitted Croatian terrorist, and another attempted assassin of President [...]

by Jeremy Pelofsky September 15, 2009 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration has asked the U.S. Congress to extend three surveillance techniques for intelligence agencies tracking suspected militants that expire this year, according to a letter to lawmakers. Approved after the September 11 attacks in 2001 at the request of the Bush administration, techniques such as roving wiretaps and [...]

por Nathan Allonby 31 de agosto, 2009 Las tarjetas electrónicas de identidad han avanzado de modo alarmante hacia el objetivo de ser universales, utilizadas en todo el mundo. Más de 2.200 millones de personas, o sea un 33% de la población del mundo ya han recibido tarjetas de identidad ‘inteligentes’. De éstas, más de 900 millones tienen [...]

by Sharon Weinberger September 4, 2009 Can a California-based company that takes its names from The Lord of the Rings solve the problem of terrorism? Perhaps not, but it may do a better job than traditional defense contractors. An enthusiastic article in today’s Wall Street Journal describes Palantir Technologies, a thoroughly California software company that is earning accolades [...]

por Fernando A. Torres 26 de agosto, 2009 Un duro golpe recibió hoy el pueblo indígena de Norteamérica. La Comisión Federal de Indultos le negó la libertad condicional al dirigente indígena – y uno de los más connotados prisioneros políticos de los Estados Unidos, Leonard Peltier, encarcelado desde 1977. Peltier, 64, fue acusado de matar a dos agentes [...]

by David Johnston August 24, 2009 WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will continue the Bush administration’s practice of sending terrorism suspects to third countries for detention and interrogation, but pledges to closely monitor their treatment to ensure that they are not tortured, administration officials said Monday.

by Pamela Hess July 11, 2009 WASHINGTON – The Bush administration built an unprecedented surveillance operation to pull in mountains of information far beyond the warrantless wiretapping previously acknowledged, a team of federal inspectors general reported Friday, questioning the legal basis for the effort but shielding almost all details on grounds they’re still too secret to reveal.