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War And Profiteering
"The Future of Iraq: The Spoils of War," Blood and oil: How the West will profit from Iraq's most precious commodity, by Danny Fortson, Andrew Murray-Watson and Tim Webb, The Independent/UK, Jan. 7, 2007 "Cheney is Longtime Bad News for U.S.," by John Nichols, by the Madison Capital Times (Wisconsin), Jan. 16, 2007 "Bush administration provokes open war on Iran: Irbil raid, and other operations, authorized "several months ago," by Larry Chin, Global Research, Jan. 15, 2007 "Iran: The Next War," by James Bamford, Rolling Stone, July 24, 2006 Those Who Dared to Come Forward Compilation of Washington insiders speaking out on Bush administration policies and actions 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 "Pipeline Politics: Oil, The Taliban, and the Political Balance of Central Asia," World Press Review Special Report, Nov.-Dec. 2001 "War Profiteering," by The Nation editors, April 24, 2003 "An Annotated Saddam Chronology," ZNet, Dec. 15, 2003
Civil Liberties
"Martial Law Threat is Real," by Dave Lindorff, commondreams.org, July 27, 2007 "ACLU: US Constitution in Grave Danger,"United Press International, July 25, 2007 "Old-line Republican warns 'something's in the works' to trigger a police state," by Muriel Kane, Rawstory.com July 19, 2007 "Fascist America, in 10 easy steps," by Naomi Wolf, The Guardian, April 24, 2007 "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 "Fascism Anyone?" 14 Signs of Fascism, Free Inquiry Magazine, Volume 23, No. 2 "Germany In 1933: The Easy Slide Into Fascism," The Crisis Papers, June 9, 2003 |
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 Top Bush Administration Officials Micromanaged Detainee Torture Interview with Jeanne Mirer, co-chairwoman of the National Lawyers Guild's International Committee, conducted by Scott Harris  Although Attorney General Ashcroft was in agreement with authorizing the abuse of prisoners during dozens of secret White House meetings after Sept. 11, 2001, ABC News quoted him as saying, "History will not judge this kindly." Human rights groups, including the ACLU, the Center for Constitutional Rights and the National Lawyers Guild have called on Congress to conduct an investigation into the possible commission of war crimes by Bush administration officials who approved or participated in establishing the U.S. torture program. Among those officials are John Yoo, a former deputy attorney general, now a professor of law at the University of California and James Bybee, a former assistant attorney general, now a federal judge. Both these men provided legal advice president Bush that his authorization of torture would not be a violation of international or domestic laws prohibiting the abuse of prisoners. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Jeanne Mirer, co-chairwoman of the National Lawyers Guild, who explains why her group is calling for the prosecution and disbarment of White House officials who authorized torture, a war crime under international and U.S. law. Contact the National Lawyers Guild's International Committee at (212) 627-2656 or visit their website at www.nlg.org Related links:
New Federal RegulationsEndanger Nation's Wetlands Julie Sibbing, Wetlands and Agricultural Policy senior project manager, at the National Wildlife Federation, Interview conducted by Melinda Tuhus 
But environmentalists disagree. They say the new regulations would just make wetland destruction easier, at a time when many of the wetlands around the nation have already been filled in for development. Wetlands play many critical roles in the ecosystem, purifying water by filtering out impurities, helping reduce storm surge, and providing habitat for a diversity of animal and plant life. Opponents of the new regulations stress that not all wetlands are of equal environmental value. Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Julie Sibbing, senior project manager for Wetlands and Agricultural Policy for the National Wildlife Federation. She explains the downside of the regulations, and some clever, but misleading accounting by the Bush administration that makes it appear the country has actually gained, not lost, wetlands. Contact the National Wildlife Federation by calling (202) 797-6800 or visit the group's website at www.nwf.org Re-regulating Financial Institutions Key to Reversing Mortgage and Debt Crisis Journalist James Lardner, senior fellow at DEMOS and co-author of "Up To Our Eyeballs," conducted by Scott Harris  As a recession looms and energy prices hit stratospheric levels, more than 81 percent of Americans surveyed believe the nation is headed in the wrong direction. Yale University professor of economics Robert Schiller recently warned that there is a good chance that residential property prices will fall further than those seen during the Great Depression when home values fell by 30 per cent. Schiller estimates that residential property prices in the US have already fallen 15 percent since their peak in 2006. A new book titled, "Up To Our Eyeballs: How Shady Lenders and Failed Economic Policies Are Drowning Americans in Debt," examines how the deregulation of financial institutions and other policies favoring corporations have contributed to the exploitation of consumers and an economy in crisis. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with journalist James Lardner, senior fellow at DEMOS and co-author of "Up To Our Eyeballs." He discusses the causes of the current economic upheaval and new regulations that could help protect consumers. Contact DEMOS by calling (212) 633-1405 or visit their website at www.demos.org Related links:
Credits: Executive producer: Scott Harris Segment producers: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus Senior news editor: Bob Nixon Program narration: Denise Manzari News copy editor: Chris Ferrio News reader: Chris Ferrio Senior web editor/producer: Anna Manzo Web producer: Jeffrey P. Yates Newswire editor: Hank Hoffman Photo editor: Scott Harris Outreach coordinator: Anna Manzo Distribution: Anna Manzo, Bill Cosentino and Jeffrey P. Yates Theme music: Written by Richard Hill and Jody Gray, and performed by Mikata
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