Category Archives: Terrorism

AUTHORITIES GO AFTER GREENWALD’S PARTNER

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Arlen Grossman

Detaining my partner: a failed attempt at intimidation The detention of my partner, David Miranda, by UK authorities will have the opposite effect of the one intended By Glenn Greenwald/ The Guardian/ August 18, 2013 At 6:30 am this morning … Continue reading →

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Special Report: THE NEVER-ENDING “WAR ON TERROR” HOAX

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Arlen Grossman

  By Arlen Grossman/ The Big Picture Report The specter of terrorism has been used to frighten Americans for many years, and exponentially since the attacks on September 11, 2001. But is the “War on Terror” for real, or is … Continue reading →

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Is the Game Over?

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Arlen Grossman

By Arlen Grossman/ The Big Picture Report “All resistance must recognize that the corporate d’etat is complete.” — Chris Hedges Is Hedges correct? Have we as a nation and a world gone so far overboard into global corporate capitalism that … Continue reading →

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…And We Are Screwed

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Arlen Grossman

We Are Bradley Manning By Chris Hedges/ Truthdig/ March 3, 2012 I was in a military courtroom at Fort Meade in Maryland on Thursday as Pfc. Bradley Manning admitted giving classified government documents to WikiLeaks. The hundreds of thousands of … Continue reading →

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“Let Us Not Become the Evil That We Deplore”

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Arlen Grossman

A bit of history: “The Authorization for Use of Military Force,” sailed through Congress just three days after September 11, 2001.  It was passed 98-0 in the Senate, and 420-1 in the House, and remains in force today, justifying  killing … Continue reading →

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Somebody Tell the Government

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Arlen Grossman

BPR Quote of the Day: “There is no inverse relationship between freedom and security. Less of one does not lead to more of the other. People with no rights are not safe from terrorist attack.” Molly Ivins

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Only American Citizens Have Rights

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Arlen Grossman

Desmond Tutu wrote a letter to the editor in the New York Times, published Wednesday, criticizing the U.S. drone killing policy and the hypocrisy of considering a special court for American citizens while exempting judicial review of drone killings for … Continue reading →

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LEGALITY OF AMERICAN POLICE STATE ON TRIAL

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Arlen Grossman

The NDAA and the Death of the Democratic State By Chris Hedges/ Truthdig/ February 11, 2013 On Wednesday a few hundred activists crowded into the courtroom of the Second Circuit, the spillover room with its faulty audio feed and dearth … Continue reading →

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POLICE STATE AMERICA

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Arlen Grossman

It Has Happened Here By Paul Craig Roberts/ paulcraigroberts.org/ February 7, 2013 the police state is real The Bush regime’s response to 9/11 and the Obama regime’s validation of this response have destroyed accountable democratic government in the United States. … Continue reading →

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The CIA’s Record of Detention, Rendition and Torture

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Arlen Grossman

From the GeorgeSoros.com newsletter: Dear Friends, Ghost flights, black sites, and stories of appalling abuse. Please take a minute to watch Amrit Singh of the Open Society Justice Initiative describe the grim realities of the CIA’s post-9/11 campaign of secret … Continue reading →

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