ICE Has Several Rules Banning Unreasonable Force
Though agents may only employ “objectively reasonable” force, in reality there have been numerous legal actions regarding questionable practices.
Us Taliban
By Cliff Montgomery – Nov. 29th, 2009A number of Taliban members should be recruited for U.S. ends, say some within the Obama Administration.Their central idea is that such deals with…
Us Poverty
By Cliff Montgomery – Nov. 25th, 2009The Great Recession has shown an awful ability to drive hard-working Americans into poverty–and to makepoverty especially dire for those who already had nothing.The…
Katrina Negligence
By Cliff Montgomery – Nov. 20th, 2009The U.S. government may end up paying billions of dollars in damages to New Orleans residents, now that a federal judge has ruled that…
Wage Theft
By Cliff Montgomery – Nov. 15th, 2009Employers are increasingly engaging in acts of wage theft against their workers, according to recent reportsfrom the Government Accountability Office (GAO).The GAO conducted an…
House Health Care Plan
By Cliff Montgomery – Nov. 10th, 2009The Congressional Research Service (CRS) on Oct. 30th, 2009, released an informative overview of theAffordable Health Care for America Act, which the U.S. House…
Kucinich Health Care Plan
By Cliff Montgomery – Nov. 9th, 2009The U.S. House of Representatives late Saturday narrowly passed a massive overhaul of America’s healthinsurance system.The Washington Post breathlessly hailed the legislation–called H.R. 3962…
Obama Ethics Waivers
By Cliff Montgomery – Nov. 4th, 2009The Obama Administration has granted some form of waiver to the president’s famed Ethics Pledge forseventeen appointees.The waivers exempt the appointees from Obama’s ‘revolving…
Global Recession
By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 29th, 2009The Congressional Research Service (CRS) on Oct. 2nd issued a study on the Great Recession. The report’sconclusion? The financial pain is still with us,…
Arms Transfer Agreements
By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 26th, 2009The United States was responsible for over 70% of the industrial world’s arms transfer agreements withdeveloping nations in 2008 , reveals a Congressional Research…
Health Care Costs
By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 23rd, 2009Middle-class Americans will still struggle with huge health insurance costs if the Senate Finance Committeelegislation known as the Baucus Bill becomes law.The bill, put…
Greenspan Banks Too Big
By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 18th, 2009The Obama Administration should break up all large financial entities considered “too big to fail,” former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan recently told a…
Obama Economy
By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 12th, 2009Some in the Corporate Media already are crowing that Americans will not ‘tolerate’ another stimulus packageto bolster the anemic economy of Main Street.But then…
Aclu Domestic Spying
By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 10th, 2009 Three provisions of the Bush-era Anti-Patriot Act are set to expire on December 31st – Congress currently is debating controversial legislation to renew…
Anti Patriot Act
By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 5th, 2009The Senate Judiciary Committee last week began its debate of legislation intended to extend three provisionsof the Bush-era Anti-Patriot Act which are set to…
Pentagon Contractors Afghanistan
By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 1st, 2009 U.S. Defense Department contractors in Afghanistan now outnumber the uniformed American military personnel in that country, declares a recent study from the Congressional…
Pentagon Contractors
By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 26th, 2009The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) often is called “the congressional watchdog” and “the investigative arm of Congress.” On September 22nd, GAO released a…
Health Care Costs
By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 21st, 2009If anyone doubts that American health care costs are needlessly spiraling out of control, a fascinatinginternational cost comparison of 30 democracies discussed by the…
Government Secrecy
By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 18th, 2009The Congressional Research Service (CRS) on August 31st released a intriguing study entitled, Access to Government Information In the United States.It reminds us that…
Joe Wilson Contributors
By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 13th, 2009Addison (Joe) Wilson made something of a fool out of himself Wednesday night, during President Barack Obama’s speech to Congress discussing the dire need…
Private Healthcare Problems
By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 8th, 2009A very interesting health care report was issued on July 29th by the Congressional Research Service (CRS). It reminds us of the folly in…
GOP Public Healthcare
By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 4th, 2009Conservative lawmakers who refuse to discuss any public health care option for average Americans have longenjoyed the benefits of a government-run health care service…
FISA Lawsuit Dismissal
By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 30th, 2009A federal court on Aug. 20th threw out a lawsuit which challenged the legality of the FISA Amendments Act(FAA)–a controversial law that allows the…