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Craig Unger | The War They Wanted, the Lies They Needed

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 10:54:34 -0700

 

 

 

 

Craig Unger on the White House's " black propaganda " campaign; Senate

panel backs away from probe of phone companies; report finds Europe

colluded with CIA; veterans' groups sue government over data theft;

bankruptcy law reform frustrates judges; an excerpt from Greg Palast's

new

book; results from the primaries; and more ... Browse our continually

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Craig Unger | The War They Wanted, the Lies They Needed

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060706N.shtml

" The Bush administration invaded Iraq claiming Saddam Hussein had tried

to buy yellowcake uranium in Niger. As much of Washington knew, and the

world soon learned, the charge was false. Worse, it appears to have

been the cornerstone of a highly successful 'black propaganda' campaign

with links to the White House, " writes Craig Unger.

 

Senate Panel: No Probe of Phone Companies in Spying Probe

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060706J.shtml

A US Senate panel examining the Bush administration's domestic

surveillance program backed away on Tuesday from plans to order top

telephone

companies to answer whether they gave call records to a US spy agency.

 

Europe Colluded in CIA Prisoner " Spider's Web "

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060706K.shtml

The full extent of European collusion with the CIA during operations to

abduct terrorism suspects and fly them to countries where they may be

tortured is laid bare today by the continent's most authoritative human

rights body. Several states have allowed the agency to snatch their own

residents, others have offered extensive logistical support, while many

have turned a blind eye, according to the Council of Europe.

 

A Look at Latest Primaries in 8 States

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060706L.shtml

Former Republican congressman Brian Bilbray beat Democrat Francine

Busby, a school board member, in the race to serve seven months left

in the

term of former GOP congressman Randy ''Duke'' Cunningham, who was

jailed for taking millions of dollars in bribes.

 

A Taste of Palast's Armed MadHouse: 1927. Again.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060706M.shtml

" There is nothing new under the sun, " writes Greg Palast. " A Republican

president going for the photo op as the Mississippi rolls over New

Orleans. It was 1927, and President Calvin Coolidge sent Commerce

Secretary

Herbert Hoover, " a little fat man with a notebook in his hand, " who

mugged for the cameras and promised to build the city a wall of

protection. They had their photos taken. Then they left to play golf

with Ken Lay

or, rather, the Ken Lay railroad baron equivalent of his day. "

 

Veterans' Groups Sue Government Over Records Theft

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060706O.shtml

Personal data on about 2.2 million active-duty military, Guard and

Reserve personnel - not just 50,000 as initially believed - was stolen

from

a Veterans Affairs employee last month, the government said Tuesday.

 

Bankruptcy Law in Shambles

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060706P.shtml

What happens when the credit card industry writes Congressional

legislation? According to the judges who have to enforce it, anarchy.

 

VIDEO | Almost Level, West Virginia

A Film by Rebecca MacNeice

http://www.truthout.org/multimedia.htm

As the destruction of America's Appalachian Range accelerates in the

mad rush for cheap energy, activist Doris " Granny D " Haddock and former

congressman Ken Hechler act as our tour guides as we fly over regions of

mind-boggling devastation. Truthout filmmaker Rebecca MacNeice is

aboard a SouthWings flight. SouthWings provides fly-overs of mountain top

removal sites to promote conservation through aviation.

 

 

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