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William Rivers Pitt | 'No One Could Have Anticipated ...'

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William Rivers Pitt | 'No One Could Have Anticipated ...'

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030206J.shtml

William Rivers Pitt writes: No one anticipated the breach of the levees

except the Director of the National Hurricane Center, the Director of

FEMA, and a half-dozen other experts who implored Mr. Bush to take this

storm seriously a full day before the hammer dropped. We are forced to

get into some very large numbers today to accurately assess the body

count from all the things the Bush administration would have us believe

no one could have anticipated.

 

 

How Santorum Got $8.5 Million for His Charity's Largest Donor

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030206K.shtml

Several Santorum campaign aides are on the payroll or connected with

the Operation Good Neighbor Foundation, including Santorum's campaign

finance chief, lobbyist Rob Bickhart, who's been paid a total of $75,000

in salaries and whose company also receives rent from the charity.

 

 

Thomas P. Sullivan | A National Disgrace: Scandalous State of Affairs

at Gitmo

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030206L.shtml

Thomas P. Sullivan writes: Congress recently passed a bill purporting

to repeal the prisoners' right to file habeas petitions and substituted

a procedure that leaves the prisoners at the whim and caprice of

military tribunals. Translation: continued indefinite incarceration.

 

 

Robert B. Reich | Paying the Price of Security

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030206M.shtml

Robert B. Reich writes: The real issue here isn't about nationality.

It's about what we're prepared to pay for our security, and whether we

pay mostly for a war in Iraq or we finally get serious about security

here at home.

 

 

Part III - Rakan's War: Restless Patient, Agonizing Choice

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030206N.shtml

Rakan Hassan was wounded and his parents were killed when US soldiers

mistakenly opened fire on the family car in the early evening of January

18, 2005, in Tal Afar, Iraq.

 

 

US Is Reducing Safety Penalties for Mine Flaws

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030206O.shtml

In its drive to foster a more cooperative relationship with mining

companies, the Bush administration has decreased major fines for safety

violations since 2001, and in nearly half the cases, it has not collected

the fines, according to a data analysis by the New York Times.

 

 

Ex-Official: Iraq Abuses Growing Worse

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030206P.shtml

John Pace, who last month left his post as director of the human rights

office at the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq, said the level of

extra-judicial executions and torture is soaring, and morgue workers

are being

threatened by both government-backed militia and insurgents not to

properly investigate deaths.

 

 

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