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Ex-Justice Aide Contradicts Gonzales on Attorney Firings
The former Justice Department chief of staff contradicts Gonzales in congressional testimony.Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was briefed regularly over two years on the dismissals of federal prosecutors, according to former Justice Department chief of staff Kyle Sampson, who gave a testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Mar. 29th.Gonzales and former White House counsel Harriet Miers made the final decision on firing the U.S. attorneys last year, Sampson added.Such statements dispute Gonzales’ claims he was not closely involved with the firings–and further undercuts Gonzales’ already shaky credibility.”I don’t think the attorney general’s statement that he was not involved in any…
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Correction On The Spark’S ‘Hidden War In Iraq’ Story
The recent Senate procedure only muzzled the overwhelming majority of Americans on the subject of an Iraq withdrawal. Correction On The Spark’s ‘Hidden War In Iraq’ StoryBy Cliff Montgomery -…
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The Hidden War In Iraq
If Bush officials ‘cannot determine the sources of a sectarian attack, that assault does not make it into the data base.’ The Hidden War in IraqBy Cliff Montgomery – Nov.…
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FDA Inspection System For Foreign Drugs Broken, Say Experts
It seems lawmakers did nothing to fix a broken system meant to keep us safe. FDA Inspection System For Foreign Drugs Broken, Say ExpertsBy Cliff Montgomery – Nov. 13th, 2007Obsolete…
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U.S. Ground Troops Say Iraq Is Not ‘Worth Another Soldier’S Life’
‘To this day, I don’t think we…understand how infiltrated or complicit the national police are’ with Islamist Shi’ite militias, says one American soldier. U.S. Ground Troops Say Iraq Is Not…
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Text Of Musharraf’S Emergency Proclamation Reveals Tyrannical Notions
We offer this proclamation to our readers so that they may clearly see how tyranny is created. Text Of Musharraf’s Emergency Proclamation Reveals Tyrannical NotionsBy Cliff Montgomery – Nov. 8th,…
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Is The Taliban Regaining Strength In Afghanistan?
A series of increasingly bold moves are now being made in Afghanistan by Taliban militants. Is The Taliban Regaining Strength In Afghanistan?By Cliff Montgomery – Nov. 7th, 2007A bomb attack…
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Budget Office Says War Costs Could Hit $2.4 Trillion By 2017
For the false war of Iraq, the loss of even one American life –or one American dollar–is the loss of one too many. Budget Office Says War Costs Could Hit…
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Did Bush Inattention Help Cause Pakistan’S Breakdown?
Has ‘growing Islamic extremism’ gripped Pakistan in part because Bush has all but forgotten our real war in nearby Afghanistan? Did Bush Inattention Help Cause Pakistan’s Breakdown?By Cliff Montgomery -…
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U.S. Soldier’S Family Sues British Security Firm Protecting Iraqi Oil
The lawsuit appears to be the first filed against a security firm by those acting on behalf of a slain American soldier.U.S. Soldier’s Family Sues British Security Firm Protecting Iraqi…
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Iraq Cabinet Approves Bill To Revoke Security Firms’ Immunity
This is what happens when you give private corporations a license to kill–and make an idiot President of theUnited States.Iraq Cabinet Approves Bill To Revoke Security Firms’ ImmunityBy Cliff Montgomery…
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U.S. Army Commanders: Why Our Military Employs Contractors
Army commanders have a right to give their side of this controversial issue.U.S. Army Commanders: Why Our Military Employs ContractorsBy Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 23rd, 2007A January 2003 Army report…
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Criminal Probe Questions U.S. Embassy In Iraq Construction
The State Department insists on completing a yearly quota of new embassies and damns the consequences, say U.S. officials.Criminal Probe Questions U.S. Embassy in Iraq ConstructionBy Cliff Montgomery – Oct.…
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Iraqi Tribal Leaders Say U.S. Occupation Strengthening Islamic Extremism
No one better knows the true state of violence in Iraq than the Iraqis themselves.Iraqi Tribal Leaders Say U.S. Occupation Strengthening Islamic ExtremismBy Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 17th, 2007Shi’ite Islamist…
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House Bill Condemns Rice’S Refusal To Hand Over Report On Iraqi Gov’T Corruption
Any attempt to classify embarrassing documents for political reasons puts our nation in peril.House Bill Condemns Rice’s Refusal To Hand Over Report On Iraqi Gov’t CorruptionBy Cliff Montgomery – Oct.…
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House Votes To Strengthen Penalties For War Profiteering
If the House bill becomes law, profiteers will pay ‘$1 million or twice the gross profits…realized from fraudulent activities.’House of Representatives Votes To Strengthen Penalties For War ProfiteeringBy Cliff Montgomery…
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Americans Must UNderstand Irregular Warfare To Defeat It
Americans ‘must continue to adapt tactics, techniques, procedures, and equipment to counter a thinking, adaptive enemy.’Americans Must Understand Irregular Warfare To Defeat It – Pentagon ReportBy Cliff Montgomery – Oct.…
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Blackwater, Other Contractors Given Bigger Role In Drug War
Blackwater and the other companies will make up to $15 billion from the Pentagon’s counter-narcotics contract within five years.Blackwater, Other Contractors Given Bigger Role In Drug WarBy Cliff Montgomery -…
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Virginia Representative Nails Bush On Blackwater Contractors
Rep. Moran’s short, to-the-point speech on the issue of U.S. contractor immunity in Iraq deserves a wider hearing.Virginia Representative Nails Bush on Blackwater ContractorsBy Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 1st, 2007A…
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U.S. Snipers ‘Baiting’ Iraqis, Testify Soldiers
Is the U.S. Army running a classified program which encourages American snipers to “bait” Iraqi citizens?U.S. Snipers ‘Baiting’ Iraqis, Testify SoldiersBy Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 26th, 2007U.S. Army snipers tracking…
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Who’S Watching U.S. Companies In Iraq?
The Blackwater security fiasco is only the most recent chapter in a tale of apparent White House corruption and hubris in Iraq .Who’s Watching U.S. Companies In Iraq?By Cliff Montgomery…
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Bush Playing ‘Patriot Game’ With General Petraeus
What Petraeus left out of last week’s congressional testimony speaks volumes about what’s really going on in Iraq.Bush Playing ‘Patriot Game’ With General PetraeusBy Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 17th, 2007By…
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Is Bin Laden Working To Keep U.S. Troops In Iraq?
Perhaps on at least this point, there’s a method to bin Laden’s madness after all.Is Bin Laden Working to Keep U.S. Troops In Iraq?By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 13th, 2007Whatever…
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Experts Deny Bush Claims Of Violence Drop In Iraq
The U.S. military top brass–who lied to Americans to get us into Iraq–now appear to be lying to us to keep us there.Experts Deny Bush Claims Of Violence Drop In…