This Week in Accountability, August 7, 2011 While speaking at the Aspen Security Forum, the former Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair called for an end to U.S. drone strikes. He also mentioned that the U.S. over spends billions on security and intelligence. Blair was confirmed in early January 2009 as Director of National Intelligence [...]
Just when Wikileaks revealed ten more deaths of innocent Iraqis at the hands of Blackwater mercenaries, the wife of Blackwater CEO Erik Prince was busy trying to convict peace activists for trespassing. On Tuesday, October 26 in the Fairfax County Courthouse, Joanna Prince took CODEPINK cofounder Medea Benjamin to trial. On the witness stand, [...]
By Nancy Mancias “I interned with the Bush administration for six months. I saw a lot of things I didn’t agree with — homosexual groups being invited in, the budget agreement, the Clean Air Act, those kind of bills. I think the administration has been indifferent to a lot of conservative concerns.” - 22-year old [...]
Sunday, August 7, 2011
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