possible cover-up of iraqi prisoner abuse.

ACLU Obtains New Details of Possible “Cover-Up” of Iraqi Prisoner Abuse (8/15/2007)
Senior Defense Department Officials Failed to Act on Reports of Abuse, Documents Suggest
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: media@aclu.org
NEW YORK – Documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union provide new evidence of a possible “cover-up” of Iraqi prisoner abuse by U.S. forces in 2003, and suggest [...]

executive order (this one seems pretty harmless)

Executive Order: Facilitation of Hunting Heritage and Wildlife Conservation

  

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of this order is to direct Federal agencies that have programs and activities that have a [...]

“from this day on.”

Russia Resumes Patrols by Nuclear Bombers 
(new york times)
By ANDREW E. KRAMER
Published: August 18, 2007
MOSCOW, Saturday, Aug. 18 — President Vladimir V. Putin said Friday that the Russian Air Force would resume regular, long-range patrols by nuclear-capable bombers over the world’s oceans, renewing the practice after a 15-year hiatus in another sign of Russia’s growing assertiveness.
In [...]

(fromwakeupfromyourslumber.com)
Iran Arrests 90 Int’l Drug Traffickers
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- An Iranian police official here Saturday said that the law enforcement anti-drug squad has arrested an international band of drug traffickers in Tehran, saying that the gang, which included 85 African drug traffickers, has been totally disbanded.
The Chief commander of the anti-drug squad of the Iranian [...]

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ELECTION 2008
Hillary gags woman critic on campaign website
Constitutional reference that health care not guaranteed deleted twice

Posted: August 18, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com

Sen. Hillary Clinton

A critic of Sen. Hillary Clinton’s proposals for expanded health care guarantees took advantage of a blog function on Clinton’s campaign website to express her objections, only to have the comments deleted [...]

nothing new.

Who’s editing Wikipedia? Diebold, CIA & Wal-Mart

Published on Tuesday, August 14, 2007.

Source: Wired

On November 17th, 2005, an anonymous Wikipedia user deleted 15 paragraphs from an article on e-voting machine-vendor Diebold, excising an entire section critical of the company’s machines. While anonymous, such changes typically leave behind digital fingerprints offering hints about the contributor, such as [...]

congress does something?

PREMEDITATED MERGER
Congress tells Bush: Back off SPP agenda
Lawmakers’ letter warns ’stealth’ effort to ‘harmonize’ could undermine security

Posted: August 17, 2007
5:00 p.m. EasternBy Jerome R. Corsi
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com Twenty-two members of the U.S. House of Representatives – 21 Republicans and a Democrat – are urging President Bush to back off his North American integration efforts when he attends [...]