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Top Ten Proposals on Obama's Website
Friday, 29 May 2009, 2:49 pm | David Swanson
You might want to hurry because the open government is about to close. Participation in the "Brainstorming" phase 1 of President Obama's online Open Government Initiative only lasts from May 21st to May 28th. To find it, go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/open ... More >>
Obama's Open Forum Opens Possibilities
Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 11:32 am | David Swanson
Candidate Obama asked for our opinions through a website. Our top demand was that he keep his promise to vote against immunity for telecoms that spied illegally. He ignored us, promised to do better as president, and hasn't. More >>
David Swanson: Dear Corporate Media
Monday, 18 May 2009, 11:48 am | David Swanson
Now that you're beginning to talk about the fact that our country tortured people in order to elicit war rationales, can we talk for a minute? I'd like to point a few things out that you can verify without spending a dime on investigative reporting. ... More >>
It's National Nancy Off the Table Day
Friday, 8 May 2009, 3:01 pm | David Swanson
That's right, children, it's national Nancy Day, honoring the occasion on May 7, 2006 , when Nancy Pelosi first allowed Tim Russert to badger her into agreeing that she wouldn't permit the impeachment of Saint George or Father Dick, not even if they ... More >>
David Swanson: Torture Is Foreplay for War
Tuesday, 28 April 2009, 9:55 am | David Swanson
When did recent U.S. torture begin on a major scale? When September 11, 2001, provided a weak excuse to attack Iraq, an excuse that would need some bolstering. When did Bybee send the CIA a recipe for torturing Abu Zubaydah? A week after the Downing ... More >>
The International Criminal Court & A Rogue Empire
Tuesday, 28 April 2009, 9:41 am | David Swanson
One of the best books published in Canada last year is one of the best books published in the United States thus far this year: " The Sun Climbs Slow: The International Criminal Court and the Struggle for Justice ," by Erna Paris . More >>
David Swanson: Response to Elizabeth de la Vega
Thursday, 23 April 2009, 11:19 am | David Swanson
There are lots of supposed reasons not to appoint a special prosecutor. The first set of such supposed reasons to come from someone intelligent and well-informed with good intentions has come from Elizabeth de la Vega. Here is a response. More >>
Up Is Down: The Military Budget
Thursday, 9 April 2009, 2:06 pm | David Swanson
The largest military budget in the history of the world is being increased. Certain weapons are being cut back, others expanded. But the overall budget is going UP. However, you don't need me to tell you that. You've learned it from these fine news ... More >>
Listen To Francis Boyle
Wednesday, 8 April 2009, 11:05 am | David Swanson
As evidence of Bush and Cheney's crimes is slowly pried loose from President Obama's fingers, it's easy to forget just how long ago numerous articulate voices were identifying and denouncing those crimes, none more so that Francis Boyle, who told Bill O'Reilly ... More >>
Truth, Crimes, Commissions, and Hope
Friday, 3 April 2009, 12:37 pm | David Swanson
Good news is being taken as bad. Vermont constituents of Senator Patrick Leahy report that he's finding very little support for his proposed truth and reconciliation commission from Republicans or Democrats in the Senate. Numerous people have taken this as bad ... More >>
Guess Who Wants to Appoint a Special Prosecutor
Wednesday, 4 March 2009, 11:09 am | David Swanson
142 Organizations Agree With Leading Senators and Congress Members: The Crimes of Bush, Cheney, and Other Top Officials Must Be Prosecuted Statement on Prosecution of Former High Officials We urge Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a non-partisan ... More >>
The Problem With Truth & Reconciliation
Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 12:34 pm | David Swanson
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy has now joined House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers in proposing some sort of "truth and reconciliation" commission for the crimes of Bush and Cheney, as if Bush and Cheney have multiplied ... More >>
David Swanson: Will War Ever End?
Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 12:33 pm | David Swanson
I wrote recently about the "possibility" of outgrowing the use of war. Today I got a book in the mail that makes a strong argument intended as a tool for ending war. The book is called "Will War Ever End: A Soldier's Vision of Peace for the 21st Century" ... More >>
David Swanson: Building a Bush Memorial
Tuesday, 10 February 2009, 10:45 am | David Swanson
A letter to the editor in my local newspaper, the Charlottesville Daily Progress, has persuaded me to rethink the truly remarkable accomplishments of President George W. Bush and inspired me to join the movement to erect a Bush Memorial on the National ... More >>
Abandoning Torture But What About War?
Monday, 9 February 2009, 11:23 am | David Swanson
If we can move beyond torture, do we not have a responsibility also to think for a moment about the obvious fact that torture is not the cruelest thing we do? Torture offends us, in part, because the torturer is not at risk, but neither are most pilots ... More >>
David Swanson: Impeach Bybee
Sunday, 1 February 2009, 8:12 pm | David Swanson
I'm fairly sure that the step that would most strongly deter future crimes by high officials in Washington would be criminal prosecution and incarceration of Bush and Cheney. At the federal level, that means asking the attorney general to appoint an ... More >>
Swanson: Holding Rove in Inherent Contempt
Wednesday, 28 January 2009, 9:01 am | David Swanson
The world may learn next week what inherent contempt means. (It's not just a feeling in your gut.) John Conyers just subpoenaed Karl Rove to appear February 2nd, and nobody seems terribly confident he'll show. Jason Leopold just reported on what might ... More >>
David Swanson: Dangerous Executive Orders
Monday, 26 January 2009, 9:38 am | David Swanson
The Center for Constitutional Rights has expressed concern that President Obama's executive order banning torture may contain a loophole. But no president has any right to declare torture legal or illegal, with or without loopholes. And if we accept ... More >>
David Swanson: Liveblogging Holder Hearing
Thursday, 22 January 2009, 1:48 pm | David Swanson
9:29 I'm watching on C-Span. I see signs held up reading "Restore Justice," "Rule of Law." C-Span is predicting only questions about Clinton pardons, and predicting another hearing tomorrow with other witnesses. Of course, I'm hoping for senators ... More >>
War Crimes Times; Newseum, Urges Bush Prosecution
Friday, 16 January 2009, 4:32 pm | David Swanson
At 11:30 AM, Saturday, January 17th, at the Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, D.C., activists will surprise and delight tourists as they distribute the Inaugural Issue of a 12-page tabloid called "War Crimes Times," and display a huge banner saying, ... More >>
