Archive for January 25th, 2007
Resolution urges U.S. to withdraw from a North American union
Daily Herald | Jan. 24, 2007
By NATHAN JOHNSON
A House committee unanimously passed a joint resolution Tuesday that urges the president and Congress to withdraw from the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America. The resolution, sponsored by Rep. Stephen Sandstrom, R-Orem, now moves to the House floor for a vote.
The SPP, while not an institution, [...]
Election staff convicted in recount rig
AP | Jan. 24, 2007
By M.R. KROPKO
CLEVELAND — Two election workers were convicted Wednesday of rigging a recount of the 2004 presidential election to avoid a more thorough review in Ohio’s most populous county.
Jacqueline Maiden, elections coordinator of the Cuyahoga County Elections Board, and ballot manager Kathleen Dreamer each were convicted of a felony count [...]
The Empire Turns Its Guns on the Citizenry
Paul Craig Roberts | Jan. 24, 2007
In recent years American police forces have called out SWAT teams 40,000 or
more times annually. Last year did you read in your newspaper or hear on TV
news of 110 hostage or terrorist events each day? No. What then were the
SWAT teams doing? They were serving routine warrants to people [...]
Huge majority say civil liberty curbs a ‘price worth paying’ to fight terror
Research finds most support compulsory ID cards, with phone tapping, curfews and tagging for suspects
London Guardian | Jan. 24, 2007
By John Carvel and Lucy Ward
An overwhelming majority of people in Britain are willing to surrender civil liberties to help tackle the threat of terrorism, the nation’s leading social research institute will disclose today.
The survey found [...]
The Rockefeller File
