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| GOOD: The State of the Planet | |
| www.good.is As we head into the last year of the two thousand aughts, we take a look at some of the numbers that shaped our lives this past year. Thanks for the memories, 2008. | |
| Date: 28 July 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 752 - Votes: 3 - Rating: 3.67 | |
| DN! Military Spied on WA Peace Groups, Activist Friends Stunned | |
| Broadcast Exclusive: Declassified Docs Reveal Military Operative Spied on WA Peace Groups, Activist Friends Stunned Newly declassified documents reveal that an active member of Students for a Democratic Society and Port Militarization Resistance in Washington state was actually an informant for the US military. The man everyone knew as John Jacob was in fact John Towery, a member of the Force Protection Service at Fort Lewis. The militarys role in the spying raises questions about possibly illegal activity. The Posse Comitatus law bars the use of the armed forces for law enforcement inside the United States. The Fort Lewis military base denied our request for an interview. But in a statement to Democracy Now, the bases Public Affairs office publicly acknowledged for the first time that Towery is a military operative. This could be one of the key revelations of this era, said Eileen Clancy, who has closely tracked government spying on activist organizations. | |
| Date: 28 July 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 792 - Votes: 4 - Rating: 5 | |
| Plan for Shadow Government | |
| Report: Power Shifts in Plan for Shadow Government The New York Times reports a shift in authority has given military officials at the White House a bigger operational role in creating a shadow government if the nations capital were decapitated by a terrorist attack or other calamity. The move was made in the closing weeks of the administration of President Bush, and the Obama administration had left the plan essentially intact. Under the revamped structure, the White House Military Office will play a more central role in setting up a temporary government, performing duties previously handled by civilians at other agencies, including FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Critics of the plan say the move was part of the Bush administrations broader efforts to enhance the power of the White House and that the new structure places too much power in the hands of too few people inside the White House. | |
| Date: 28 July 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 792 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 4.5 | |
| Cyber tsar may turn screws on Internet freedom | |
| A Cyber Tsar is good thing for providing security for US governmental websites, but substantial oversight on Internet in his hands may lead to increased government surveillance, says cyber crime expert Berin Szoka. | |
| Date: 28 July 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 763 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 5 | |
| Once More Into Iraq: Collective Journalism | |
| Three soldiers perspectives on war. | |
| Date: 27 July 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 717 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 5 | |
| Day Labor in Portland | |
| As every corner of America sees an influx of Latino immigrants, day laborers are becoming a fact of life in many American cities. Portland, Oregon, has taken a controversial step to incorporate undocumented workers into the economy, by building a day labor center, where workers can go to find jobs, causing an uproar in some segments of the economy. In this pod, VC2 producers Wide Awake Productions follow several day laborers, to uncover what they're lives are really like, while talking to opponents of the center. | |
| Date: 27 July 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 771 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 | |
| Keith Olbermann: Republicans On Run From Obama Birther Questions | |
| MSNBC's Keith Olbermann: Republicans On Run From | |
| Date: 27 July 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 766 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 | |
| Imprisoned Native American Activist Leonard Peltier Parole Hearing Today | |
| Parole Hearing to Be Held Tuesday for Imprisoned Native American Activist Leonard Peltier The sixty-four-year-old activist has been in prison for thirty-three years and is now being held at the Lewisburg prison in Pennsylvania. Peltier was convicted of killing two FBI agents during a shootout on South Dakotas Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in 1975. At his last hearing, the Parole Commission originally denied Peltier parole in 1993 based on their finding that he participated in the premeditated and cold blooded execution of those two officers. However, the Parole Commission has since said it recognizes that the prosecution has conceded the lack of any direct evidence that [Peltier] personally participated in the executions of the two FBI agents. Peltier has long maintained his innocence and is widely considered a political prisoner who was not granted a fair trial. | |
| Date: 27 July 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 778 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 3 | |
| Jack Kingston (R-GA) Claims No Second Opinions Under Dem Health Plan | |
| more at cspan.org July 27, 2009 | |
| Date: 27 July 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 710 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 | |
| Cattle-rustling returns in US amid recession | |
| Stealing cattle was once an offence punished in the United States by hanging. Amid the economic downturn, farmers are struggling with a new generation of cattle rustlers and some argue tough punishment should be brought back. Al Jazeera's Sebastian Walker reports from the state of Missouri. | |
| Date: 27 July 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 810 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 3 | |