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 [...]
Saturday, July 16, 2011
This Week in Accountability, July 16, 2011 Former Guantanamo Navy photographer Elisah Dawkins who served in Iraq is facing deportation to the Bahamas and federal prosecution for lying on his U.S. passport application. Dawkins attended high school in Miami, went to nursing school and joined the Navy. While stationed at Guantanamo, he photographed the everyday [...]
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Yesterday President Obama held the first Twitter Town Hall at the White House where he fielded questions about jobs, the budget, taxes, and education with Tweeters all over the nation. The event was streamed live on the White House page. While a valiant effort at direct interaction through a fast growing medium, it unfortunately resonated with his usual lack of accountability and transparency about critical issues and Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey just let him get away with it. [...]
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Written by CODEPINK Maine Coordinator Lisa Savage Sometimes we activists ask ourselves: how many times do we need to contact our elected representatives to let them know how we feel about out of control spending on the military? When we call their offices, are they even listening? The staffers who answer their office phones are [...]
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) quoted from the mayors’ resolution Calling On Congress to Redirect Military Spending to Domestic Priorities during House debate of the annual defense spending bill. She noted that the people of the United States, and our mayors, are calling for a swift withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan and bring the war dollars [...]
Friday, June 10, 2011
Personally, I think all federal budget debates are connected. Specifically, the Republicans want to slash spending for domestic priorities – that feels to me like the second half of the statement “Bring Our War $$ Home.” Our platform is not simply cut the military budget: we want money re-appropriated to human needs. Regardless of your [...]
Sunday, August 7, 2011
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