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| Bush Admin Vets on why detainees were taken to Gitmo in the first place | |
| Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/28/Behind_the_Scenes_Executive_Response_to_911 Douglas Feith and Timothy Flanigan, both former members of the Bush administration, explain why the decision was made to transport detainees from Afghanistan to Guantanamo, including the role of evading the writ of habeas corpus. ----- On September 11, 2001, George W. Bush was faced with a crisis that created new demands on the Executive Branch not seen in our time. In an unprecedented panel, veterans of the Bush administration describe how the executive branch functioned on that day and in the days immediately succeeding it, led by ABC correspondent Ann Compton, one of only two journalists on Air Force One throughout September 11. Participants include Andrew Card, Michael Chertoff, Timothy E. Flanigan, Douglas Feith and Ari Fleischer. - National Constitution Center Douglas J. Feith served as the Under-Secretary of Defense for Policy for United States President George W. Bush from July 2001 until he resigned from his position effective August 8, 2005. Feith's official responsibilities included the formulation of defense planning guidance and forces policy, United States Department of Defense (DoD) relations with foreign countries, and the DoD's role in U.S. Government inter-agency policymaking. Timothy E. Flanigan, Deputy White House Counsel, 2000-2002, an attorney at the heart of the question of authority, including the authority to shoot down a commercial airliner. Flanigan was connected by secure video to the rest of the President's legal team inside the White House Situation Room. | |
| Date: 2009-06-04 23:44:25 - Added by: KMC | |
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| GRITtv: Eric Massa: The Single Payer Moment | |
| Watch Full Shows: http://grittv.org Grit TV with Laura Flanders brings participatory democracy onto your computer screen and into your living room, bridging the gap between audience and advocates. Live @ Noon: http://grittv.org | |
| Date: 2009-06-04 03:49:50 - Added by: KMC | |
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| DN! Tiller Killing: (12) Reverse Longstanding Passivity on Anti-Abortion Extremists | |
| Tiller Killing Spurs Renewed Calls for US to Reverse Longstanding Passivity on Anti-Abortion Extremists To many critics, the murder of Dr. George Tiller, the eighth abortion provider to be killed since 1977, highlights the US governments refusal to take seriously the threat of domestic right-wing, anti-abortion extremists. We speak to author and journalist Frederick Clarkson, who has written extensively on anti-abortion violence, and Chip Berlet, senior analyst at Political Research Associates and coauthor of Right-Wing Populism in America: Too Close for Comfort. | |
| Date: 2009-06-04 03:41:38 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Headzup: Dick Cheney Passes The Torch To Daughter Liz | |
| http://headzup.tv After being asked about the possibility of her running for public office, Dick Cheney passes the evil torch to his daughter Liz by giving her the key to his dungeon. Read more about it here-- http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/03/dick-wants-liz-in-office/ Download daily Catch and Release Comedyâ„¢ political cartoons to your mobile phone or iPod at http://www.headzup.tv | |
| Date: 2009-06-04 03:39:11 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Brian Williams Ask President Obama About Gay Marriage | |
| NBC's Brian Williams Ask President Obama About Gay Marriage - 06/03/09 | |
| Date: 2009-06-04 03:37:42 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Internet gains momentum in Lebanon elections | |
| Conventional campaigning strategies usually involves spending millions of dollars, but at a much lower cost the internet is increasinly becoming an influential tool for people running for office. with Lebanon's presidential elections underway, never more so has Facebook and YouTube played a larger and decisive role in Lebanese political affairs. Al Jazeera's Rula Amin reports from Beirut where traditional election campaigning could be under threat. | |
| Date: 2009-06-04 03:23:16 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Tiananmen crackdown 20 years on - 04 June 09 | |
| The Tiananmen Square democracy protests in 1989 were unprecedented in Chinese history. In interviews with three former protest leaders, Al Jazeera looks back at what sparked the protests and how they were brought to a crushing end. | |
| Date: 2009-06-04 03:21:54 - Added by: KMC | |
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| New photos show rape of detainees by US soldiers | |
| Just as President Barack Obama's Middle East tour is starting, a scandal is brewing regarding photos of detainees being abused in Iraqi jails. The American Civil Liberties Union is pushing for a federal court appeal on the Obama administration's decision not to release the pictures which, some reports claim, show sexually explicit acts, including rape. | |
| Date: 2009-06-03 09:45:26 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Corporations on Trial - Courtroom Intifada | |
| Continuing People & Power's series of films into how some of the world's biggest corporations are facing trial, Juliana Ruhfus travels to the West Bank village of Bilin. Villagers and protesters are taking their longstanding campaign against Israel's seperation wall to the courts. Helped by an Israeli legal maverick have now a filed a case against the international construction companies who are building the settlements. They claim they have violated international human rights law by building on occupied land. | |
| Date: 2009-06-03 09:45:25 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Political unity needed for Iraqs economic resurrection | |
| Russia has good economic prospects in Iraq, as its image hasnt been compromised by the war as have those of the US and UK, says analyst Andrey Okhotkin. | |
| Date: 2009-06-03 09:43:20 - Added by: KMC | |
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