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Project for the New American Century's Letter to President Clinton on Iraq, Jan. 26, 1998 Urges President Clinton to remove the threat that Iraq poses by stating a strategy to do so in his "upcoming State of the Union Address."
"Iraq On The Record," U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman report, March 16, 2004
"Greenspan Testimony Highlights Bush Plan for Deliberate Federal Bankruptcy," by Michael Meurer, truthout.org, March 2, 2004
"Noam Chomsky on Middle East Conflict and U.S. War Plan Against Iraq," Between The Lines interview with Noam Chomsky, conducted by Scott Harris, for the Week Ending May 3, 2002
"The Iraq War & The Bush Administration's Pursuit of Global Domination," Counterpoint, Sept. 15, 2003
The Iraq Crisis, a Global Policy Forum, U.N. Security Council section on the 13 years of sanctions and other background of the war, the humanitarian situation, the importance of Iraq's huge oil resources, and disputes over a post-war government and reconstruction plan
"Occupation, Inc." Southern Exposure, Winter, 2003/2004
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Asia," World Press Review Special Report, Nov.-Dec. 2001
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"An Annotated Saddam Chronology," ZNet, Dec. 15, 2003
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"The Global Gulag: Into The Shadows," by Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, April 5, 2004
"Keeping Secrets: The Bush administration is doing the public's business out of the public eye. Here's how--and why," by Christopher H. Schmitt and Edward T. Pound, U.S. News & World Report, Dec. 12, 2003
"FBI Memo: Tactics Used During Protests And Demonstrations" Federal Bureau of Investigation, Oct. 15, 2003
"F.B.I. Scrutinizes Antiwar Rallies" by Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Nov. 23, 2003
"Fascism Anyone?" 21 Signs of Fascism, Free Inquiry Magazine, Volume 23, No. 2
"Germany In 1933:
The Easy Slide Into Fascism," The Crisis Papers, June 9, 2003
Multi-Ethnic Issues Advocacy
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Connecticut United for Peace Antiwar March and Rally New Haven, CT March 18, 2006 www.ctunitedforpeace.org
Between The Lines at the World Social Forum Click here to download audio files, view photos from the 2006 World Social Forum in Caracas, Venezuela. ------------------- Scott Harris' "Counterpoint" talk show
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Documents Reveal Top Justice Dept.
Interview with Marc Rotenberg, President Bush's admission that he ordered warantless eavesdropping of U.S. citizen's international phone and email communication set off a national debate over what to do about his administration's apparent violation of the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The domestic surveillance program conducted by the National Security Agency 4 years ago to deter terrorism, prompted calls for a Congressional investigation, but the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence under its GOP Chair Pat Roberts of Kansas, scrapped the idea. Instead the committee created a new controversial 7-member panel that will oversee the surveillance and permit Mr. Bush to carry out spying for renewable 45-day periods without court supervision. But while most Republicans rally to defend the president, some in Congress believe the president's conduct is blatantly illegal and violates his oath of office. On March 13th Senator Russ Feingold, Democrat of Wisconsin, introduced a resolution of censure against president Bush for the spying program, but with the Senate in GOP hands, passage is doubtful. The Electronic Privacy Information Center went to court under the Freedom of Information Act to obtain documents regarding the White House spying program. Court ordered documents recently received by EPIC reveal that a former top Justice Department official expressed doubt about the surveillance program's legality. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Marc Rotenberg, executive director of EPIC, who assesses Congressional responsibility to hold President Bush accountable for his warrantless domestic spy program. Contact Electronic Privacy Information Center at (202) 483-1140 or visit their website at www.epic.org. Related links:
Antiwar Groups Target
Interview with Danny Schechter, As the third anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq was remembered, protests were held in hundreds of cities across America and around the world. The U.S. occupation of Iraq has been extremely costly for Iraqis and the military occupation forces. A resilient insurgency, government death squads and growing sectarian violence have contributed to the sentiment that day-by-day things only get worse in Iraq. A March CNN/USAToday/Gallup poll found that sixty percent of Americans surveyed say things are going 'poorly' in Iraq - with fifty-seven percent saying that the U.S. invasion of Iraq was a mistake. Fifty one percent of those polled believed the administration deliberately misled the public about whether Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. President Bush's job approval rating at 36%, is the lowest for any president in his second term since Richard Nixon. Many who opposed the Iraq war from the start, blame the U.S. corporate media for being an uncritical conduit of misinformation to the American people, helping the Bush administration gain support for its March 2003 invasion. On the third anniversary of the war, peace activists are targeting the media for what they maintain has been deeply flawed coverage of the conflict. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with journalist and author Danny Schechter, founder of Media Channel.org, who discusses press reporting on Iraq and the campaign he's coordinating with the anti-war coalition United for Peace and Justice, to hold the media accountable. Danny Schechter, founder of MediaChannel.org and Globalvision's latest film, "Weapons of Mass Deception," examines the media's coverage of the Iraq War. Learn more about his group's media campaign by visiting the www.mediachannel.org website. Related links:
Norton Resigns from Interior Dept. Post
Interview with Annie Strickler,
Interior Secretary Gale Norton announced last week that she's stepping down after five years in office. Norton came out of the so-called Sagebrush Rebellion of conservative Republican property rights activists in the West, who advocated opening public lands for private use and development. When she announced her departure, she said she was anxious to return to the private sector, but many critics say she ran Interior as if she was still working in the private sector. As a result of Norton's policies public lands are now more open to gas and oil drilling, logging and subject to weakened environmental protections. In her first three years, the number of drilling permits issued by the Bureau of Land Management rose 70 percent. Although blocked by Congress, Norton persistently pushed for opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and Alaska's North Slope to oil drilling. She also succeeded in derailing bipartisan efforts to limit the use of environmentally destructive snowmobiles in national parks. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Annie Strickler, spokeswoman for the Sierra Club, who discusses Norton's legacy, the timing of her departure, and expectations for her replacement. Contact the group at (202) 548-6587 or visit their website at www.sierraclub.org. This week's summary Compiled by Bob Nixon
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