Archive for January, 2010

Accountability Again Put on Hold (consortiumnews.com)

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Editor’s Note: Despite the departure of George W. Bush’s administration more than a year ago, the Democratic-controlled Congress and the Democratic-controlled administration have taken no official action to hold any ex-official accountable for war crimes – or to conduct a formal inquiry of what went wrong, as Great Britain is doing.

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The Big Picture: ‘Combatants’: Detained but untried – Daily Record (subscription)

Sunday, January 31st, 2010
The Big Picture: 'Combatants': Detained but untried
Daily Record (subscription)
That is why the war theory is a mistake. Terrorism is crime, and if we treat it as such, we know exactly what we are doing. We know how to deal with the

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Official: 9/11 terror trial will be moved from NYC (FOX 31 Denver)

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

The Obama administration said Sunday it would consider local opposition when deciding where to hold Sept. 11 trials and pledged to seek swift justice for the professed mastermind of the attacks.

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Official: 9/11 Terror Trial Will be Moved From NYC – Fox 31 KDVR.com

Sunday, January 31st, 2010
Official: 9/11 Terror Trial Will be Moved From NYC
Fox 31 KDVR.com
"He will be brought to justice and he's likely to be executed for the heinous crimes that he committed in killing and masterminding the killing of 3000

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The Next Page / The Last Brick in Place: Epitaph to a Decade – Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Pittsburgh Post Gazette
The Next Page / The Last Brick in Place: Epitaph to a Decade
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Some say that Mr. Bush, Condoleezza Rice and others in government were impervious to the impending possibility of what actually happened on Sept. 11, 2001.

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Nostalgia for Bush/Cheney radicalism (Salon.com)

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

The Reagan administration’s policy – treat Terrorists as criminals – is now deemed fringe Leftist

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Yoo, Bybee Get Pass on Torture Memo (consortiumnews.com)

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

A long-awaited Justice Department watchdog report has backed off an earlier recommendation that two former senior officials – John Yoo and Jay Bybee – face disciplinary action for providing George W. Bush’s White House with legal advice that opened the door to torturing “war on terror” detainees, according to published reports.

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Wilmshurst: An ovation for witness of principle – Independent

Sunday, January 31st, 2010
Wilmshurst: An ovation for witness of principle
Independent
Manning (UK foreign policy adviser at the time) had just had a private dinner with Condoleeza Rice during which he had reassured Rice that "(Blair) would

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The Eeternal Cop Out – The Moderate Voice

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Globe and Mail
The Eeternal Cop Out
The Moderate Voice
Similarly, when people like Dick Cheney stated that "Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction," wasn't he
Remember the Illegal Destruction of Iraq?Common Dreams (press release)

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Chilcot war Inquiry: We STILL think Blair lied, say 8 out of 10 – Daily Mail

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Reuters
Chilcot war Inquiry: We STILL think Blair lied, say 8 out of 10
Daily Mail
so strongly about the issue that they think Mr Blair should be tried for 'war crimes'. The cynicism extends to Mr Blair's relationship with George Bush.
'Tony Blair won every skirmish, every battle, but still lost the war'Times Online
Blair says Saddam had to goDallas Morning News
Tony Blair Forced to Testify on War CrimesAmerican Chronicle
Press TV -TwoCircles.net -Huffington Post (blog)
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