Bush Looking for New Military Adventure in Iran? Mideast Peace Politics & Society Bush Looking for New Military Adventure in Iran? Richard Silverstein December 31, 2005 A hat tip to Neocons Will Ban Me at Daily Kos for this alarming UPI story: U.S.... Read More Read more about Bush Looking for New Military Adventure in Iran?
Steve Jobs Loses Fight to Demolish Historic Landmark Mideast Peace Steve Jobs Loses Fight to Demolish Historic Landmark Richard Silverstein December 30, 2005 Daniel Jackling House, Woodside, CA. (source: Woodside History Committee) I’m pleased to announce that Steve Jobs has... Read More Read more about Steve Jobs Loses Fight to Demolish Historic Landmark
ACLU Calls for Special Prosecutor in NSA Spy Scandal Politics & Society ACLU Calls for Special Prosecutor in NSA Spy Scandal Richard Silverstein December 29, 2005 The ACLU ran a hard-hitting ad in the New York Times on December 22nd which noted the... Read More Read more about ACLU Calls for Special Prosecutor in NSA Spy Scandal
Did FISA Judges Consent to Physical Break-Ins to Obtain Evidence? Politics & Society Did FISA Judges Consent to Physical Break-Ins to Obtain Evidence? Richard Silverstein December 28, 2005 Martin Garbus has been covering the legal/constitutional angle of the NSA scandal for Huffington Post. While he... Read More Read more about Did FISA Judges Consent to Physical Break-Ins to Obtain Evidence?
Justice Department’s Al Qaeda Prosecutions in Jeopardy? Politics & Society Justice Department’s Al Qaeda Prosecutions in Jeopardy? Richard Silverstein December 28, 2005 I wonder if one year ago (or however long ago the NY Times agreed to a request... Read More Read more about Justice Department’s Al Qaeda Prosecutions in Jeopardy?
Iyman Faris, the Terrorist Who May Test the Legality of Bush’s NSA Executive Order Politics & Society Iyman Faris, the Terrorist Who May Test the Legality of Bush’s NSA Executive Order Richard Silverstein December 28, 2005 Salon carries a story about the only person who may currently have standing to challenge the constitutionality... Read More Read more about Iyman Faris, the Terrorist Who May Test the Legality of Bush’s NSA Executive Order
Jonathan Schell on the ‘Bush Dictatorship’ Politics & Society Jonathan Schell on the ‘Bush Dictatorship’ Richard Silverstein December 28, 2005 In The Nation, Jonathan Schell publishes The Hidden State Steps Forward, a cogent blueprint for what he... Read More Read more about Jonathan Schell on the ‘Bush Dictatorship’
James Bamford: “If you want to eavesdrop on U.S. citizens, you go to court. If you don’t, you go to jail” Politics & Society James Bamford: “If you want to eavesdrop on U.S. citizens, you go to court. If you don’t, you go to jail” Richard Silverstein December 27, 2005 Salon profiles James Bamford, a former Navy intelligence analyst and author of the first, and definitive book... Read More Read more about James Bamford: “If you want to eavesdrop on U.S. citizens, you go to court. If you don’t, you go to jail”
NSA Training Its Spy Satellites on U.S.? Military-Tech-Security Politics & Society NSA Training Its Spy Satellites on U.S.? Richard Silverstein December 26, 2005 The NSA spy scandal just seems to get bigger and messier with each passing day. Thanks to... Read More Read more about NSA Training Its Spy Satellites on U.S.?
U.S. Telecommunications Companies Roll Over for NSA Military-Tech-Security Politics & Society U.S. Telecommunications Companies Roll Over for NSA Richard Silverstein December 24, 2005 The revelations from James Risen’s and Eric Lichtblau’s NSA expose in the NY Times keep coming. And... Read More Read more about U.S. Telecommunications Companies Roll Over for NSA
Tim Grimm’s ‘Rescue the Ghosts’ Folk & World Music Tim Grimm’s ‘Rescue the Ghosts’ Richard Silverstein December 24, 2005 Thanks once again to KBCS for turning me on to yet another great new (at least for... Read More Read more about Tim Grimm’s ‘Rescue the Ghosts’
Israeli Collusion With Palestinian Authority to Cancel Elections? Mideast Peace Politics & Society Israeli Collusion With Palestinian Authority to Cancel Elections? Richard Silverstein December 22, 2005 Today, we have the odd spectacle of the Israeli government announcing it will not permit Palestinian residents... Read More Read more about Israeli Collusion With Palestinian Authority to Cancel Elections?