“Extraordinary rendition” is White House-speak for kidnapping. Just ask Maher Arar. He’s a Canadian citizen who was “rendered” by the U.S. to Syria, where he was tortured for almost a year.
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U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Chancellor Keesling died in Iraq on June 19, 2009, from “a non-combat related incident,” according to the Pentagon. Keesling had killed himself.
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Climate-change activists, from pranksters to presidents, are stepping up the pressure by staging elaborate stunts.
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Lt. Dan Choi doesn’t want to lie. Choi, an Iraq war veteran and a graduate of West Point, declared last March 19 on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” “I am gay.” Under the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” regulations, those three words are enough to get Choi kicked out of the military.
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A social worker from New York City was arrested last week while in Pittsburgh for the G-20 protests, then subjected to an FBI raid this week at home—all for using Twitter.
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Journalist Christian Parenti responds to our interview with Kevin Bales, founder of Free The Slaves
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Texas Governor George W. Bush opened the 2000 election year today by winning the endorsement of Elizabeth Dole, a former rival for the Republican presidential nomination. [includes rush transcript]
Under pressure from the U.S. Justice Department, New Jersey agreed last week to the appointment of an outside civilian monitor to make sure the State Police end racial profiling and other discriminatory practices. [includes rush transcript]
A Cambodia lawyer representing the former Khmer Rouge military leader, Ta Mok, says if his client is charged with genocide, he will demand that a series of former world leaders give evidence about their support for the guerrilla movement. [includes rush transcript]
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia has completed an internal report on NATO’s bombing campaign in Kosovo that looks into allegations that the U.S. dominated military alliance committed war crimes during its 78-day attack, a move that has received condemnation from the Clinton administration. [includes rush transcript]