• "School of the Americas Watch Activists Report to Federal Prison," April 11, 2006
• 29 Human Rights Advocates Report to Federal Prisons April 11 for Nonviolence Civil Disobedience Actions
  
• "Robin Lloyd's Sentencing Statement"

The U.S. is the only nation in the world to have ever used nuclear weapons when it attacked the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the conclusion of World War II. But apart from the deployment of thousands of nuclear missiles and threat of mutual annihilation used as a deterrent during the Cold War with the Soviet Union, successive American governments have rarely used the threat of atomic attack as part of the nation's military doctrine. But since coming into office, President Bush has pursued funding for the development of a new class of battlefield nuclear weapons, while lowering the threshold for their use.

Between The Lines Scott Harris spoke with Dr. Kurt Gottfried, chairman of the Union of Concerned Scientists and emeritus professor of Physics at Cornell University, about U.S. planning for the use of nuclear weapons against Iran. Gottfried warns of the incentive such threats provide weaker nations to obtain nuclear weapons and the massive casualties that could result from a limited nuclear attack.

Contact Union of Concerned Scientists by calling (202) 331-5420 or visit their website at www.ucsusa.org

Related links:

• "The Nuclear Bunker Buster: Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator," animation from the Union of Concerned Scientists at www.ucsusa.org
• "Reports Say Pentagon Planning Attack on Iran," Interview with Robert Scheer, journalist and author,conducted by Scott Harris, Between The Lines, Week Ending 4/21/06
• "Iran: The Day After," by Phyllis Bennis, April 19, 2006 by www.commondreams.org
• " Parallel Deceptions: The Bush Agenda for War in Iraq and Iran," Former U.N. Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter's speech in audio CD or video DVD format
• "U.S. Is Studying Military Strike Options on Iran: Any Mix of Tact, Threats Alarms Critics," by Peter Baker, Dafna Linzer and Thomas E. Ricks, Washington Post , April 9, 2006
• "The Iran Plans: Would President Bush go to war to stop Tehran from getting the bomb?" by Seymour M. Hersh, The New Yorker, April 17, 2006
• "U.S. Plans Strike to Topple Iran Regime - Report," The Guardian, April 10, 2006
• "How Crazy Are They?" by William Rivers Pitt, www.truthout.org, April 11, 2006
• "Yes He Would," by Paul Krugman,The New York Times, April 10, 2006

Bush's admission that he declassified the CIA's National Intelligence Estimate to counter public doubts about White House assertions regarding Saddam Hussein's nuclear weapons program, contradicts the president's earlier statements. Bush had previously deplored the leaks and stated he did not know who in his administration had revealed the classified information.

Fitzgerald continues his investigation into who in the White House leaked the identity of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame, wife of Joseph Wilson, a former Ambassadorawho had publicly challenged the president's assertion that Iraq had sought uranium from the African nation of Niger. Although the court documents do not allege that the president was directly involved in the outing of Plame, Bush's authorization to disclose the CIA's secret analysis to reporters set in motion Libby's disclosure of Plame's identity. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with investigative reporter Robert Parry about the special prosecutor's investigation and the legal jeopardy that President Bush and Vice President Cheney may face as a result of their efforts to discredit Joseph Wilson.

Investigative journalist Robert Parry is winner of the George Polk award for national reporting. He is the author of "Secrecy and Privilege, Rise of the Bush Dynasty from Watergate to Iraq." Read his columns online at www.consortiumnews.com

As Americans filed their tax returns in mid-April, most probably didn't have a very specific idea of exactly where their money goes. That's the job of the National Priorities Project, based in Northampton, Mass. The organization explains the impact of federal policies on state and local governments. Every year the group's researchers do a rigorous analysis of the federal budget to see which areas have fared well, and which have not.