[MCM] Obama and Bush/Cheney's DoJ

2009-01-02 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Two items on Bush/Cheney's DoJ. The first tells us that Obama will be "smart and cautious" in dealing with the regime's US Attorney's. That is, he will not sack the lot of them, or most of them, as Janet Reno did in 1993. The second, more substantial piece concerns the "legacy of lawlessness" a

[MCM] Another brutal year for liberty: Glenn Greenwald

2009-01-02 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/01/01/civil_liberties/print.html Another brutal year for liberty The good news i

[MCM] Marylanders watched by State Police

2009-01-02 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Time for the General Assembly to act on state police surveillance of political dissidents Daily Record Editorial Advisory Board December 29, 2008 http://www.mddailyrecord.com/article.cfm?category=2&page=5&id=151193&type=Daily The revelations about the Maryland State Police's activities surveil

[MCM] Where to VOTE for a Special Prosecutor

2009-01-02 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
From Chris Jonsson: After signing in, I found the question to vote on at this web site: http://change.gov/page/content/openforquestions_20081217_private_url Chris From Mark Crispin Miller: This should get blasted everywhere

[MCM] Gaza foretells war against Iran, exults John Bolton

2009-01-02 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens For Legitimate Government 31 Dec 2008 http://www.legitgov.org/ All items are here: http://www.legitgov.org/#breaking_news Bolton:

[MCM] Gonzales is a victim, says Gonzales

2009-01-02 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Alberto Gonzales Considers Himself a 'Casualty of the War on Terror' By Steve Benen, Washington Monthly Posted on December 31, 2008, Printed on January 1, 2009 http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/http://www.washingtonmonthly

[MCM] Where are the protests by American gentiles?

2009-01-02 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
CounterPUNCH Weekend Edition January 2 - 4, 2009 Are All Americans Guilty? Whatever Happened to Western Morality? By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts01022009.html On the last day of the old year in CounterPunch, two Israelis, Jeff Halper who heads the Israeli peace move

[MCM] What eyewitnesses are saying about Gaza

2009-01-02 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
From: annas_peacework_palest...@yahoogroups.com: Please, everyone, stop what you're doing. This is not just any report from Palestine, but the worst in my lifetime, the worst in 40 years. At this moment, Israel is raining bombs down on Gaza, an enclosed tiny area that is home to 1.5 million men,