Americans don't expect 100% safety from illness, car crashes, or even shark attacks. But our obsession with 100% safety from terrorism is fueling the military-industrial complex.
Hersh cited ties between U.S. Military’s Joint Special Operations Command and a secretive Catholic order called the Knights of Malta, and now he's under attack.
Jon Stewart's Million Moderate March draws a false equivalence between right-wing propagandists, and people on the left who rightly lashed out against Bush.
Our struggle for accountability is a struggle that takes us right to the top, to the “decider” and his gang of criminals. We can no longer afford political timidity.
According to Paul, Cheney "had his eight years and he’s caused a lot of trouble for our country and he perpetuated a war in Iraq that was unnecessary and wrong-headed."
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. October 22, 2009.
"What Vice President Cheney calls 'dithering, President Obama calls his solemn responsibility to the men and women in uniform and the American public,'" Gibbs said.
Like torture victims groomed for show trials throughout the centuries, Fouad al-Rabiah made up false stories under torture in the hopes of one day leaving Guantanamo.
David Swanson, Seven Stories Press. September 9, 2009.
In his new book, Daybreak, Swanson warns that Cheney radically transformed the role of the vice president into an unaccountable, dangerous seat of power.
