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Jul 07 2008
AT&T Whistleblower Urges Against Telecom Immunity
By MWC NEWS   

The Senate is expected to vote on a controversial measure to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act tomorrow. The legislation would rewrite the nation’s surveillance laws and authorize the National Security Agency’s secret program of warrantless wiretapping.

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Tags:  Mark Klein Bush Spy Program AT&T Whistleblower Telecom Immunity
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Jul 03 2008
Groundbreaking Climate Change Lawsuit
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Groundbreaking Lawsuit Accuses Big Oil of Conspiracy to Deceive Public About Climate Change

Attorney Stephen Susman helped file a groundbreaking lawsuit earlier this year on behalf of 400 Inupiat villagers in the Alaskan town of Kivalina who are being forced to relocate because of flooding caused by global warming. The suit accuses twenty oil, gas and electric companies, including ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, ConocoPhillips and Peabody, of being responsible for emitting millions of tons of greenhouse gases causing the Arctic ice to melt.

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Tags:  Stephen Susman ExxonMobil Chevron BP ConocoPhillips Peabody Climate Change Lawsuit
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Jul 01 2008
Hersh: Covert Operations Against Iran
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Hersh: Congress Agreed to Bush Request to Fund Major Escalation in Secret Operations Against Iran

Congressional leaders agreed to a request from President Bush last year to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran aimed at destabilizing Iran’s leadership. This according to a new article by veteran investigative journalist Seymour Hersh in the New Yorker magazine.

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Tags:  US Congressional Seymour Hersh Covert Operations Iran
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Jun 25 2008
Court Rewards Exxon for Valdez Spill
By Greg Palast   

Twenty years after Exxon Valdez slimed over one thousand miles of Alaskan beaches, the company has yet to pay the $5 billion in punitive damages awarded by the jury. And now they won't have to. The Supreme Court today cut Exxon's liability by 90% to half a billion. It's so cheap, it's like a permit to spill.

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Tags:  Greg Palast Alaskan beaches Valdez Spill
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Jun 19 2008
Taguba Accuses Bush Admin of War Crimes
By MWC NEWS   

On Tuesday, the Senate Armed Services Committee held an eight-hour hearing that exposed the role of top Bush administration officials in authorizing the use of harsh interrogation techniques. Meanwhile, Retired Major General Antonio Taguba, the Army general who first investigated the abuse at Abu Ghraib, has accused the Bush administration of committing war crimes. “The commander in chief and those under him authorized a systematic regime of torture,” Taguba said.

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Tags:  Maj. Gen. Taguba Congressional Hearings Bush Admin War Crimes
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