Sunday, January 29, 2006

Tyrant in the White House

British intelligence 'in the dark' on London bombings: Times

29/01/2006 03h42
LONDON (AFP) - British security services have admitted they know almost nothing about why the London bomings happened or if Al-Qaeda was involved, according to a leaked intelligence report in The Sunday Times.





Tyrant in the White House
Bush Crosses the Rubicon
By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
Prior to the New Deal, legislation was tightly written to minimize any executive branch interpretation. Only in this way can law be accountable to the people. If the executive branch that enforces the law also writes the law, "all legislative powers" are no longer vested in elected representatives in Congress.





US Propaganda Aimed at Foreigners Reaches US Public: Pentagon Document
Published on Friday, January 27, 2006 by Agence France Presse
The Pentagon acknowledged in a newly declassified document that the US public is increasingly exposed to propaganda disseminated overseas in psychological operations.





Remaking USAID for a Permanent War on Terror?
by Bill Berkowitz
Published on Saturday, January 28, 2006 by the lnter Press Service
OAKLAND, California - In a series of developments -- some more publicized than others -- the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, has been undergoing a transformation that will more closely align its activities with the State Department and the Pentagon.
These changes could threaten the agency's original emphasis of concentrating on long-term social and economic assistance projects, and steer it toward greater involvement in more immediate political and military concerns, such as Pres. George W. Bush's war on terror.


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