
Disobeying Illegal Orders Is A Military Duty, Not A Crime
The truth is that soldiers have a legal duty to refuse any order that clearly breaks the law, according to the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

The truth is that soldiers have a legal duty to refuse any order that clearly breaks the law, according to the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 22nd, 2012Yesterday The American Spark provided its readers with the first part of Mitt Romney’s now-infamous speech on nearly 50% of the American public, which…
By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 21st, 2012It’s time to admit what many in the corporate media already know, but are afraid to declare openly: Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign now is…
By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 12th, 2012It’s been a few days since the end of the Democratic National Convention (DNC), held between Sept. 4th- Sept. 6th in Charlotte, NC. The…
By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 6th, 2012The past few days of the 2012 Democratic National Convention (DNC) being held in Charlotte, NC has unwittingly provided an odd study for security…
By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 5th, 2012No one study can hope to capture all that occurs over the many days of a political convention. But since TheAmerican Spark currently is…
By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 30th, 2012Soon September will be upon us, and with it will come the Democratic National Convention (DNC) being held inCharlotte, NC from Sept. 4th-6th.Now let’s…
By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 9th, 2012Key Republican lawmakers have introduced tax deform bills which could only explode the deficit and shift the tax burden from the wealthy to the…
By Cliff Montgomery – July 30th, 2012 The world’s wealthiest individuals may well have up to $32 trillion stashed away in secret tax havens, according to an explosive new report…
By Cliff Montgomery – July 23rd, 2012Some days ago, The American Spark revealed who is buying the Romney presidential campaign. Now it’s time to unveil who are the top ‘contributors’…
By Cliff Montgomery – July 13th, 2012We at The American Spark feel that it is a reporter’s job to tell you what’s really going on in politics and society, and…
By Cliff Montgomery – June 30th, 2012“U.S. income distribution appears to be among the most uneven of all major industrialized countries and the United States appears to be among the…
By Cliff Montgomery – June 25th, 2012In Nov. 2011, the Police Department at University of California, Berkeley, worked to end a campus protest begun by the Occupy movement. As readers…
By Cliff Montgomery – June 20th, 2012The War Department (often euphemistically called the “Defense” Department) has singled out 110 sites in America which may be used as bases for drone…
By Cliff Montgomery – June 5th, 2012Perhaps many of you spend money at Wal-Mart, the massive chain store that’s wormed its way into nearly every American town. You may not…
By Cliff Montgomery – May 31st, 2012The function of the law is not to provide justice or to preserve freedom. The function of the law is to keep those who…
By Cliff Montgomery – May 30th, 2012For the right price, corporate lobbyists provide their clients with a political power only dreamed about by theaverage American. Bank of America (BoA) knows…
By Cliff Montgomery – May 24th, 2012Lawmakers in many U.S. states are quietly siphoning funds from a multi-billion dollar foreclosure settlement struck earlier this year between the Big Banks and…
By Cliff Montgomery – May 14th, 2012Today’s young people—specifically, those aged 16 through 24—are being especially hard hit by The Great Recession in anumber of different ways, according to a…
By Cliff Montgomery – May 7th, 2012The Pentagon is working to expand its use of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), commonly called drones, inU.S. airspace. And according to its 25-year UAS…
By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 30th, 2012Everyone in government seems to believe that their greatest — indeed, their most sacred — duty is the maintenence of ‘land Security’.The problem is…
The photos appear to show a Boston Police Department cop preparing to choke an Occupy Boston protester.By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 22nd, 2012Our self-proclaimed ‘protectors’ are cracking…Take a good look…
By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 15th, 2012The U.S. Government Accountability Office has “identified significant deficiencies in SEC’s internal control over financial reporting,” according to a recent study. And as this…