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Action   Terrorist Chicago cousins convicted of violent jihad conspiracies   U.S. is not dealing with Mexican violence against Americans   Mystery prison buses in and around Tucson   Mexico is world leader in gruesome violent killings in 08   Mexico as a failed state will require U.S. military intervention   Mexico’s war more deadly than Iraq The Mexican Revolution has begun LARGEST-EVER FEDERAL GANG CASE FOUND GUILTY OF RACKETEERING, NARCOTICS CHARGES Homeland Security now spying on Americans Global economy collapsing along with the world financial system Global arms dealer and financier of terrorists MONZER AL KASSAR convicted   Covert operations used to identify US security vulnerabilities tipped off TSA The Counterfeit Medication Epidemic   Civil war and vigilantism gripping Mexico   CIA Director: Mexican Nationals' Violence a Threat to US Bush administration violated all Americans constitutional rights   Border Patrol seize more than 4 tons of drugs   2008 Archives Americans prefer news from Web to newspapers A Different Christmas Poem Christmas at the big wheel  Texas, Ramon Renteria column: Border city loses its ... THE GODS OF D.C. MEAN TO RULE YOU WITH BRUTE FORCE http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd421.htm   Ariz. police say they are prepared as War College warns military must prep for unrest; IMF warns of economic riots Phoenix Business Journal Bush administration claims U.S. military can police American citizens by Michael Webster Rogers: The Elite Are Turning A Recession Into A Depression By Paul Joseph Watson Border Patrol shot at with automatic weapons while uncovering a new smuggling tactic By Michael Webster CHP officer sentenced for stealing $1 million in cocaine By Larry Welborn Marines Policing Americans in San Bernardino County, California By Kurt Nimmo You Want to Know What Happened to The 2 Trillion Dollars, What 2 ... American Death toll in Mexico's drug war surges By Michael Webster Collapse of Pension Funds: The End of Retirement? By Shamus Cook   Carona trial Sgt. says Haidl might have received preferential treatment By Rachanee Srisavasdi Top 16 Witnesses for the Prosecution In the Mike Carona Corruption Trial By R. Scott Moxley Sheriff Carona ordered no sex harassment probe By Rachanee Srisavasdi   FBI agent tells of 'secret closet' in sheriff Carona's office By Rachanee Srisavasdi Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich  Arrested on Federal Corruption Charges Global economy collapsing along with the world financial system By Michael Webster Government contractor Blackwater employee's indicted for shooting civilians in Iraq Video commentary of the economy by Senator Fred Thompson Don't give up your guns America or this will happen to us. http://shock.military.com/Shock/videos.do?displayContent=177117&page=5 Financial crisis only to worsen in the future By Bob Chapman   O.J. tearfully apologizes before Vegas sentencing Carona trial Campaign reimbursed illegal donation Sheriff Carona's personnel file was empty Carona interduced deputies’ widows to Cavallo Sheriff deputy convicted of falsifying reports Newsweek reports on violence in Juarez Read the full Newsweek article here.  Ex-sheriff Carona explained how to give illegally   Sex, Lies, drugs, cash and underground Lairs Ex- sheriff Carona and Broadcom’s Nicholas criminal cases are related Carona trial: Hoffman removed as defendant, will be tried separately Carona trial testimony: Illegal campaign funds given to US Senator Dianne Feinstein and Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez Carona Trail Archive LATEST CORONA UPDATES: Saga Of Orange County's Sheriff MEDIA ACCOUNT OF THE EXPANDING SHERIFF'S SCANDAL AND INVESTIGATIONS, THE PLAYERS, TIMElINE & ARCHIVES Obama Birth Certificate Rears Its Head - Again http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008/12/01/obama-birth-certificate-rears-its-ugly-head-again/?icid=200100397x1214538524x1200944314 Judge declines to unseal all files in Nicholas drug case Archived information and articles relating to the civil and criminal case's against Broadcom billionaire Henry T. Nicholas III The Michael Carona corruption case Pentagon to provide troops to bolster U.S. security Read article New York Times Misleads on Taliban Role in Opium Trade Unbelievable U.S. Gov. Action Burns, Nixon, Gold And The New World Order Chinese Global arms dealer and financier of terrorists MONZER AL KASSAR convicted Colossal Financial Collapse: The Truth behind the Citigroup Bank “Nationalization” Americans attacked and nearly killed in Mexico Use of nuclear weapons more likely in future: US intelligence Two more Americans slaughtered in Mexico Obama AG Choice Advocated Censoring Internet Corruption is common on both sides of the border where cash is king Missionary plane shoot down covered up, report says Water worth more than gold JOHN GIBBINS / Union-Tribune A Border Patrol vehicle yesterday drove in the strip between the primary border fence and a secondary fence that recently was topped with razor-studded concertina wire. 500 Tijuana cops relieved in bid to fight corruption India 'sinks Somali pirate ship Opened fire after vessel failed to stop for inspection Video: African pirates seize oil tanker Hijacked tanker anchored off pirate stronghold U.S., other naval forces decide – for now – against intervention Blackwater gunboats will protect ships Naomi Klein: Bailout is ‘multi-trillion-dollar crime scene’ Taliban: We may attack Paris Fake TV News Widespread and Undisclosed Winds diminish and increased humidity on the way will aid firefighters Full story >> 1000 homes burned in Orange, Riverside counties Full story | View latest video  California: Homes burning in fire near Santa Barbara The Two Trillion Dollar Black Hole Tijuana: Two top TJ police among those detained Celente Predicts Revolution, Food Riots, Tax Rebellions By 2012 Banker Bailout Costs $5 Trillion So Far |Bailout Lacks Oversight Despite Billions Pledged Tijuana: 21 Baja police arrested, suspected of crime links Homeland Security now spying on Americans COWBOY UP! New revelations on CIA drug planes The Cavallo factor in the Carona case Carona's legal help: why free? BEWARE OF THE RED DOT Government exacting revenge on Iran/Contra whistleblower Cele Castillo Mexico’s war more deadly than Iraq Tijuana: Armed groups shoot three to death in city Terrorist financing fraying after seven years War on terror and drugs by Michael Webster Drug violence traumatizes Mexico's children - International Herald ... Suicide Bomb Attack In Ossetia Gun Battle Ends With Arrest Of Eduardo Arellano-Felix Court Threatens To Sue Judicial Watch   Terrorist attack Wall Street Read Before Watching - This is unbelievable! Project Reckoning: Huge blow to Mexican drug cartels & gang members world-wide Up To 500 Bank Closures Could Absorb FDIC Funds Respects paid to Hells Angel leader Mark "Papa" Guardado Nobel Prize Winning Economist: Crisis As Bad As Great Depression Or Worse US Economy in real trouble Sarah Palin's In Trouble with Police Russians Are Coming McCain- Palin campaign contradicted while Gov. Palin's top aides Duck hearing DEA claims no relationship with Blackwater New ethic’s complaint filed against Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin  Top lawman in Alaska fired by Gov. Palin now she’s being investigated     CLICK HERE: http://www.pickensplan.com/news/2008/08/27/too-hot-for-nbc/?a=email&c=082708.1 U.S. Alliance with Afghanistan and Pakistan has stimulated the Drug Trade worldwide Mexican Drug cartels terror reaches Alabama John McCain's eligibility status indicates that he is not Constitutionally qualified to serve as President. Obama is not a US citizen Lawsuit Alleges Welcome to the demise of America! Mexican cartel drug war costing U.S. Political Oppression of Ron Paul Tear down the Statue of Liberty Georgia attacked South Ossetia with U.S. Blessing! Did a Passenger Jet Hit the Pentagon on 9/11? U.S. No Longer The Only Super Power Video shows police punching teen 13 times in face, then tasering him U.S. Gangs are Big and Dangerous Business and making alliances in other states and countries Christian Bikers Busted for Murder As the West Sleeps, Islamists Work on Establishing a Worldwide Islamic State Greetings from Tijuana Mexican Drug Cartels Out of Control in the U.S. and Mexico Cheney and the Oil Bigs Planned US War Policy Before 9/11 Mexico’s Civil War Killing More Americans MrsHughes.wmv Jimmy Chagra Dies Two U.S. Marines arrested and indicted for Execution style murder over drug money   Every picture tells a story, don't it? King’s Fish House California's High Speed Train Bush can detain Americans and hold them indefinitely Billionaire Nicholas' attorneys ask court to dismiss case L.A., Miami Home Foreclosure Rates More Than Double Ex Sheriff Carona’s crony Freddie Glusman arrested UCLA Adult Stem Cell Speech Stevenswood Spa Resort “Guarantees” Cool, Comfortable Summer Temperatures Did U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes and ICE conspire in illegal activity? L.A., Miami Home Foreclosure Rates More Than Double Violent beheadings kidnappings for ransom forcing Mexican’s to flee to the U.S. Future outlook darker as more jobs are last Southern California Opens 'Fusion' Anti-Terrorism Intelligence Center Inciweb Basin Complex Fire Update (Big Sur) Interactive map tracks California wildfires Wildland Fire News The Post-9/11 Afghan Heroin Explosion Secret tapes of former Orange County sheriff contain racist and coarse language LATEST CORONA UPDATES: Saga Of Orange County's Sheriff Young girl raped and beheaded in Florida by Mexican traffickers More El Paso gang members arrested for violent crimes The Laguna Journal the world’s oldest on-line newspaper appoints new editor for their “Stepping Out Entertainment” section.    Stevenswood Spa Resort Remains Undamaged by California Wildfires Mexican Cartel Zetas Attack and kill an American in Phoenix Lightning Sparks 800-plus Fires Across Northern Bodies in WTC 7: Jennings Interview Demolishes Official Version Mexico's Massive Illegal weapons coming from China and the U.S.     Emergency Official Witnessed Dead Bodies In WTC 7   JESSICA LOUISE EDITH FOSTER $50,000 REWARD FOR INFORMATION   SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MORTGAGE TASK FORCE TO BE CALLED "SCAM" ANNOUNCED   BY NINE FEDERAL AGENCIES IN LOS ANGELES   Gold May Rise to $5,000 on Inflation   Grand Illusion: Gas Prices Are NOT Going Up 2 Billion May Suffer from Cell Phone Cancer by 2020 The Mass Media Division of UNESCO FBI mortgage fraud cases involve drug gangs and organized crime and nets hundreds Bomb Iran? The War on Drugs has become the longest most costly and dangerous war in American history.   DEA Releases Photos of Record-Breaking Seizure In Afghanistan   Nevada DHS Says Domestic Terrorists Threaten Schools, Casinos The Kucinich 9/11-related Articles of Impeachment Trailer for TRUTH RISING: The 9/11 Chronicles, Part One US Released Footage of Airborne Drone Strike US accused of holding terror suspects on prison ships   El Paso County Judge Anthony Cobos, refuses to treat Mexican cartel victims Mexican Drug cartels terror reaches deep into the U.S.   Lawsuit Attempts to Blame Saudi Arabia for September 11 Attacks What happened to the million cash & the Suspect? Officers were encouraged to lie, indicted Chicago cop tells '60 Minutes' The greatest threat to the United States security PR campaign launched to find O.C. voice of al Qaeda DEA, FBI and CIA are all operating covertly in Mexico’s narco-trafficking underworld Many U.S. Agents dirty Democrats Unaware of US Warning About Border Violence   Mexican officials warn Americans to stay away   Drug war shutters businesses on Mexico border   Mexico Drug Related Violent Deaths Escalate   Mexican Drug Cartels threaten the United States   Moroccan Arrests and the Security of Militant Recruiters   Mexican Authorities Covering up shootings of Americans   Hotel rebates offset gas hikes   Four or more Americans executed in Mexico   Autopsy planned on Marine found dead in O.C.   Major Mexican Cartels are joining forces to battle the Mexican Army     Photo from FBI video   Woman tied to bombing charged   Read the court complaint (PDF) Mexican President Rushes more Troops to U.S. Mexican border city Juarez Has the battle for America begun U.S. Federal agent arrested and jailed for allegedly conspiring to smuggle illegal aliens Taser International 'brainwashed' Canada Amnesty International Joins Opposition to Bush's Merida Initiative FORMER LOS ANGELES POLICE OFFICER AND CO-CONSPIRATOR SENTENCED FOR CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS Mexico's National Security Cabinet expected to declare a state of emergency High Stakes South of the Border Juarez police chief resigns for fear of his life More Americans shot in Mexico Mexican drug cartels infiltrating colleges and high school campuses in America Another So.Cal Police Officer Sentenced In the wake of Rampart corruption scandal Dangerous Mexican/U.S. Criminal Enterprises Operating Along the Mexican border U.S. Military Being Sent to the Border with Mexico Bush Signs Bill To Take All Newborns’ DNA Overwhelming Evidence Points To Murder Of DC Madam Spy Grid Part Of Consumer Technology New World Order Commercial Bus Companies Smuggling Drugs Through Out the Americas Israel choppers in service of drug cartel Mainstream U.S. Media Controlled by Conservatives Hundreds of U.S. forces backed by airpower enter Taliban-controlled South   Mexico cartel gang’s battle on border 15 killed Crisis in Food Prices Threatens Worldwide Starvation: Is it Genocide? PAIN AT THE PUMP; CURED BY SPA MASSAGE The End of Affordable Food Economic's of Terrorism Families’ annual grocery bill rises by Ł800 The Political Rape of the Navajo Nation Sam's Club, Costco Limit Rice Sales Homeland Security dumping its highly praised “virtual fence” Alarming Sensitive U.S. Government Report on Mexican Violence “Special Cloak of Protection” for California Cops, Bureaucrats Mexican Drug cartels using terrorist beheading tactics Senate Considers Adding Universal Wiretapping Amendments to Telecom Act Syria Preparing for War with Israel CBS: Iraqi government corruption funds in surgents who kill Americans US Lawmakers Invested in Iraq, Afghanistan Wars Hotels take sting out of gas prices Terrorist Bomb Intended for 12-story police headquarters In Mexico City THE GREAT DECEPTIONS   MARCH FOR JUSTICE FOR BUFFALO JIM BARRIER Mexican drug cartels and terrorist are recruiting for more fighters to train as soldiers What’s Going on in Juarez? It isn't good U.S. State Department only up-graded Travel alert to Mexico O.C. deputies lied to grand jury, testimony shows. Stevenswood 20th Anniversary   classes don’t include us. We are targeted for genocide Are Katie Couric’s Days At CBS Coming To An End? FBI, California Attorney General Investigating Orange County Sheriff’s Dept Border Vulnerable Few U.S. Troops Available To Protect Us. Why not a Warning for Mexico travel or at least an up-grade to the existing alert? Nuclear Threat From Mexico Hundreds being rounded- up and many Arrested in Juarez Mexico Eleven Journalist Killed So Far This Year In Mexican Drug war The Bush and Cheney Oath Mexican Police Chief Requests US Asylum The U.S. placed Mexico under a travel alert As Thousands of Armed Mexican Troops Patrol the Streets of Juarez U.S. Mexican border Drug War kills more than War on Terror in Afghanistan Attorney General Mukasey concerned about gangs like El Paso's Barrio Azteca  U.S. Command Denies Military Task Force Exists U.S. Fraud Corruption Kickbacks Abuse and Waste Worst in U.S. History Mexican Soldiers Crossing Into The United States U.S. Military Headed For The Border To Protect Us Or What? 9 people arrested after woman freed in Mexico 33 More bodies found in graves in Juarez U.S. Military Being Sent to the Border with Mexico Costa Mesa police officer killed one and wounded another El Paso Journal Newspaper on-line Top Ranking CIA Operatives Admit Al-qaeda is a Complete Fabrication Americans Being Kidnapped, Held and killed in Mexico El Paso Indictments Expected American journalist slain in Mexico Merida Initiative Will It Work? Barrack Hussein Obama: What's In a Name? Largest Cash Seizure On Record At The El Paso Port New Killing Fields Discovered In Ciudad Juarez Mexico President Bush's top intelligence aide has confirmed that Iraqi terrorists have been captured coming into the United States from Mexico Linking of drug cartels on the Texas border with Middle East terrorist Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey Announce a Series of U.S. Border reforms U.S. Fearing Drug Cartels Gangs and Terrorist Using Our Rail & Bus Systems Mexico's 'narco' uprising U.S. CIA And Homeland Planes Busted For Running Drugs Four More American Drug Planes Seized US. and Mexico Border violence continues Mexico's Drug Cartels United States-Mexican border is experiencing an alarming rise in drug-human and Terrorist smuggling activity Los Angeles, Long Beach And Other Police Officers Found Guilty Of Home Invasion Robberies & Trafficking In Drugs FBI Combating Growing Violence Along The U.S. Border With Mexico   It's Not Just About Immunity - UPDATED The Senate is split over a current bill that would grant immunity to major  telecom corporations that took part in warrantless spying on U.S. citizens.   US Border Patrol Continues Firing Tear Gas Rounds Into Tijuana     The Truth about the Bali Bombings   House Leaves Surveillance Law to Expire NSA Spying YouTube - 9/11 Coincidences (Part Nine)   Bush Terrorist Surveillance Program     DEA seizes coke, meth cache, $750,000 in cash   Unconstitutionality Of The DC Gun Law   U.S. Citizen Terrorist Surveillance Program     The Return of Bison and Wolf - insitgating eco-renaissance in North America -   Meet 'Kristen,' Spitzer's purported hooker 'I just don't want to be thought of as a monster' --Huffington Post Alleged drug trafficker nabbed in Mexico; will be deported to US Sick cows entered food supply, plant owner says   Moxley Confidential] The stupidity of indicted ex-Sheriff Mike Carona caught on tape LATEST CORONA UPDATES: Saga Of Orange County's Sheriff     Los Angeles, Long Beach And Other Police Officers Found Guilty Of Home Invasion Robberies & Trafficking In Drugs It's Not Just About Immunity - UPDATED The Senate is split over a current bill that would grant immunity to major telecom corporations that took part in warrantless spying on U.S. citizens.   US Border Patrol Continues Firing Tear Gas Rounds Into Tijuana   FBI Combating Growing Violence Along The U.S. Border With Mexico   Americans Being Kidnapped, Held and killed in Mexico El Paso Indictments Expected American journalist slain in Mexico Merida Initiative Will It Work? Barrack Hussein Obama: What's In a Name? Largest Cash Seizure On Record At The El Paso Port The Return of Bison and Wolf - insitgating eco-renaissance in North America - New Killing Fields Discovered In Ciudad Juarez Mexico Unconstitutionality Of The DC Gun Law U.S. Citizen Terrorist Surveillance Program President Bush's top intelligence aide has confirmed that Iraqi terrorists have been captured coming into the United States from Mexico A federal prosecutor recused himself from the Carona probe. But it seems he couldn't stay away from Carona LATEST CORONA UPDATES: Saga Of Orange County's Sheriff   DEA seizes coke, meth cache, $750,000 in cash   Linking of drug cartels on the Texas border with Middle East terrorist Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey Announce a Series of U.S. Border reforms Iran Could Have Enough Uranium for a Bomb by Year's End U.S. Fearing Drug Cartels Gangs and Terrorist Using Our Rail & Bus Systems   Mexico's 'narco' uprising   U.S. CIA And Homeland Planes Busted For Running Drugs House Leaves Surveillance Law to Expire NSA Spying YouTube - 9/11 Coincidences (Part Nine) Bush Terrorist Surveillance Program Four More American Drug Planes Seized Carona Attorneys allege prosecutors misled the grand jury asks judge to dismiss charges VERY INTERESTING STUFF Feds file wiretap transcript they say shows Carona plotting testimony TRANSCRIPT: Read transcript of wiretap as PDF. Former sheriff is facing charges of corruption, conspiracy, fraud. LATEST CORONA UPDATES: Exclusive Saga Of Orange County's Sheriff TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!!   Federal Reserve Under Increased Scrutiny After Huge Interest Rate Cuts THE PEOPLE WIRE SERVICE: Huckabee says he'll accept VP slot 'Nobody ever wants the vice-president's job. Nobody ever turns it down' WE THE PEOPLE WIRE SERVICE: US. and Mexico Border violence continues Ledger's Death an Accidental Overdose Mexico's Drug Cartels   The Truth about the Bali Bombings   United States-Mexican border is experiencing an alarming rise in drug-human and Terrorist smuggling activity   Los Angeles, Long Beach And Other Police Officers Found Guilty Of Home Invasion Robberies & Trafficking In Drugs It's Not Just About Immunity - UPDATED The Senate is split over a current bill that would grant immunity to major telecom corporations that took part in warrantless spying on U.S. citizens. US Border Patrol Continues Firing Tear Gas Rounds Into Tijuana FBI Combating Growing Violence Along The U.S. Border With Mexico 4th Soldier found dead  Sigue Corporation to Forfeit $15 Million to Resolve Bank Secrecy Act Violations   The FairTax Campaign Rocks the Boat! ORANGE COUNTY ATTORNEY AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY TO INTERNATIONAL MONEY LAUNDERING Save The Wolfs Supervisors will conduct national search for sheriff Blog: Board votes 3-2 to hire outside firm to find new county sheriff. Move leaves Jack Anderson in office for now Dangerous Mexican Cartel Gangs   Father confessed to murder of his children by throwing them over the Dauphin Island Bridge HeartAttack1.pps     Hesham Badawi Pleads Guilty Exclusive: Badawi admits to sending over 4.8 million dollars to Syria through intermediary countries including Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates, and China. JUDGED BY 12 OR CARRIED BY 6 Daniel Ramos Gonzalez                      OC Register Photo Exclusive Authorities Identify Daniel Ramos Gonzalez of Santa Ana As Person Shot To Death Sunday By Santa Ana Police Exclusive Unarmed Man Shot Dead By Police In Wal-Mart Store Failure of San Onofre nuclear plant generator probed  Hey Tax Payers What's With This? By the way, if you haven't seen the new FairTax calculator yourself, take a look now--then tell your friends! Global Terrorist And Drug Trafficking Cartels   California Domestic Terrorist Charged With Conspiring To attack U.S. Government And Religious Targets Gilchrist Criticized For Endorsement Of Huckabee Fruit From The Tree Of Life The LemonFast Dark Moment for Liberty Dollar Will the human body sustain itself indefinitely will humans live forever? COWBOY UP! Survival Family Emergency Response & Preparedness Guide Deadly Lighting Storms    Why I Believe the Bible   Mike Huckbee's Fair Tax Alterative   The FairTax plan. What is it? Latest on the Liberty and John Paul Dollars Stevenswood Resort and SPA is major retreat to luxury By Sally Elena Lewis   POOR NO MORE? By Sally Elena Lewis   Mitt Romney What About The Mountain Meadows Massacre by Mormon Militia?   Fugitive Laurean took bus from Juarez to Guadalajara   Wanted by the FBI $25000 Reward An intense search is underway for United States Marine Corps Corporal Cesar Armando Laurean, who is wanted for murder in Onslow County, North Carolina. Remains believed to be those of the victims, United States Marine Corps Lance Corporal Maria Lauterbach and her unborn baby, were found at Laurean's Jacksonville, North Carolina, residence. After Laureen was charged locally with murder, a federal warrant for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution was issued for his arrest on January 12, 2008. CONTACT: If you have any information concerning this case, please contact your local FBI office or the nearest United States Embassy or Consulate. LINKS: Cesar Laurean's Wanted Poster | Charlotte Field Office | Crime Alerts Section See Related Article El Paso Journal El Paso FBI joins in search for suspect in Marine slaying   Undeclared Cash Leaving Country Near San Diego Seized   Seized At the California Border $2 Million in Heroin, Cocaine & Meth   El Paso Intelligence Center   Real ID: From "No Fly" to "No Drive" Lists?   Mexican Soldiers Crossing Into The United States  Judge won't inquire into CIA tapes case     Sports anchorwoman ripped for anti-Christian outburst   The True Cost of the War on Drugs El Paso/Juarez Metro area   "PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING Challenging Cheney: A National Archives Official Reveals What the Veep Wanted to Keep Classified--and How He Tried to Challenge the Rules - Newsweek Web Exclusive http://www.newsweek.com/id/81883 The CIA and Torture In 2005 it began to become widely known (to the public) that the CIA routinely practices torture (or rather, outsources this to Syria, Egypt and other countries) and routinely abducts people and flies them around the world to be interrogated in torture centers. Here are some articles on this site relating to this:   CIA Support of Death Squads   Timeline of CIA Atrocities   Italy Charges CIA Agents   Torture: It's the new American way   Torture (with quite a few recent links here)   Chertoff Concealed Role in Tape Destruction - Truthout http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121907J.shtml ACLU Demands Records of CIA Tape Destruction From White House, FBI: Government Agencies Were More Involved Than They Acknowledged - American Civil Liberties Union press release http://www.aclu.org/safefree/torture/33318prs20071219.html   C.I.A. to Cooperate With House on Tapes - New York Times See Related Articles: CIA chief to drag White House into torture cover-up storm CIA chief to drag White House into torture cover-up storm http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/washington/20intel.html Editorial - CIA & Torture: Yes, it's Evidence - Seattle Post-Intelligencer  http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/344177_ciaed.html CIA chief to drag White House into torture cover-up storm CIA chief to drag White House into torture cover-up storm See Related Articles: C.I.A. to Cooperate With House on Tapes - New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/washington/20intel.html Editorial - CIA & Torture: Yes, it's Evidence - Seattle Post-Intelligencer  http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/344177_ciaed.html Chertoff Concealed Role in Tape Destruction - Truthout http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121907J.shtml ACLU Demands Records of CIA Tape Destruction From White House, FBI: Government Agencies Were More Involved Than They Acknowledged - American Civil Liberties Union press release http://www.aclu.org/safefree/torture/33318prs20071219.html   CIA's Excuses: A Federal Investigation Is Justified in the CIA's Destruction of Videotapes Showing the Interrogation of al-Qaida Suspects - (Raleigh, NC) News & Observer editorial http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/editorials/story/848696.html CIA Tapes' Destruction Just Like Watergate: Move May Have Violated Judge's Order - Hearst Newspapers http://www.wisn.com/helenthomas/14927212/detail.html   CIA Coverups and American Injustice: How the Bush Administration's Policies in the War on Terror Are Coming Back to Haunt Us   CIA Coverups and American Injustice: How the Bush Administration's Policies in the War on Terror Are Coming Back to Haunt Us   Military Paper Challenges Defense Dept. - New York Times, December 28, 2007 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/28/us/28stripes.html CIA's Excuses: A Federal Investigation Is Justified in the CIA's Destruction of Videotapes Showing the Interrogation of al-Qaida Suspects - (Raleigh, NC) News & Observer editorial, December 27, 2007 http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/editorials/story/848696.html CIA Tapes' Destruction Just Like Watergate: Move May Have Violated Judge's Order - Hearst Newspapers, December 26, 2007 http://www.wisn.com/helenthomas/14927212/detail.html The Imperial Presidency: The '08 Candidates Weigh In - HuffingtonPost.com, December 28, 2007 http://www.alternet.org/story/71677/ Challenging Cheney: A National Archives Official Reveals What the Veep Wanted to Keep Classified--and How He Tried to Challenge the Rules - Newsweek Web Exclusive, December 24, 2007 http://www.newsweek.com/id/81883 An Update on the Trial of Bilal Hussein - Harper's, December 23, 2007 http://www.harpers.org/archive/2007/12/hbc-90001977     CIA chief to drag White House into torture cover-up storm CIA chief to drag White House into torture cover-up storm See Related Articles: C.I.A. to Cooperate With House on Tapes - New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/washington/20intel.html Editorial - CIA & Torture: Yes, it's Evidence - Seattle Post-Intelligencer  http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/344177_ciaed.html Chertoff Concealed Role in Tape Destruction - Truthout http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121907J.shtml ACLU Demands Records of CIA Tape Destruction From White House, FBI: Government Agencies Were More Involved Than They Acknowledged - American Civil Liberties Union press release http://www.aclu.org/safefree/torture/33318prs20071219.html   Military Court Gets OK to Try Bin Laden's Driver - Los Angeles Times, http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-gitmo21dec21,1,4216450.story Bush Yields on CIA Tapes: The White House Agrees to Cooperate in the CIA Tape Scandal after Congress and a Judge Put the Hurt on it - Los Angeles Times editorial http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-tapes21dec21,0,7038781.story Al-Arian Documentary Highlights Real Cost of Indefinite Detentions - Inter Press Service http://www.antiwar.com/ips/gharib.php?articleid=12089 Testifier on CIA Tactics Now in Criminal Probe - Miami Herald http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/v-print/story/352672.html Hearing on  the Applicability of Federal Criminal Law to the Interrogation of Detainees Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary - Human Rights First http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/us_law/detainees/testimony/massimino-detainees-hjc-122007.asp Attorney General Mukasey Argues for Continuation of Protect America Act of 2007 - Government Technology http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/238776 Rule by Fear or Rule by Law? - Santa Monica (CA) Mirror http://www.smmirror.com/MainPages/DisplayArticleDetails.asp?eid=6892 Shock And Law: The Year In Review - CBS News http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/12/20/opinion/courtwatch/main3634955.shtml Petition for Immediate Release - [Abu Zubaydah] v. Gates http://patterico.com/2007/12/20/abu-zubaydah-challenges-his-gtmo-detention/ 'Stop…you're under Arrest for Treason!' - Twin Cities (MN) Daily Planet, http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/8611   C.I.A. to Cooperate With House on Tapes - New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/washington/20intel.html Editorial - CIA & Torture: Yes, it's Evidence - Seattle Post-Intelligencer, http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/344177_ciaed.html Chertoff Concealed Role in Tape Destruction - Truthout http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121907J.shtml ACLU Demands Records of CIA Tape Destruction From White House, FBI: Government Agencies Were More Involved Than They Acknowledged - American Civil Liberties Union press release http://www.aclu.org/safefree/torture/33318prs20071219.html   By the way, if you haven't seen the new FairTax calculator yourself, take a look now--then tell your friends! By the way, if you haven't seen the new calculator yourself, take a look now--then tell your friends!   Notes From the Global War on Terror Notes From the Global War on Terror     The Secret Merida Initiative Exclusive  The Secret Merida Initiative The New Mexican cartel boss Juan Jose Esparagossa Moreno Exclusive    The New Mexican cartel boss Juan Jose Esparagossa Moreno   Stevenswood Resort and SPA is major retreat to luxury By Sally Elena Lewis MENDOCINO NEWS Exclusive Stevenswood Resort and SPA is major retreat to luxury   POOR NO MORE? By Sally Elena Lewis Exclusive POOR NO MORE?   We Are Authors, Writers And Story Tellers. by Michael Webster Exclusive We Are Authors, Writers And Story Tellers.