The complaint alleged that targeted assassinations by the federal government are unconstitutional. “A program that authorizes killing U.S. citizens, without judicial oversight, due process or disclosed standards is unconstitutional, unlawful and un-American,” ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero said in a statement announcing the filing of the case. The group, along with the Center for Constitutional [...]

From KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY of DPRK(Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) Japan Urged to Make Apology for Its Past Crimes Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) — A spokesman for the Central Committee of the Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea made public a statement on Sunday on the occasion of the lapse of a centenary [...]

The following is the COMPLETE text of Dr. Singh’s address to the nation of India. If you can even find an extended excerpt of this in the NY Times or any other American newspaper, I’ll spit out my delicious Cadbury chocolate bar and never eat one again. It is reprinted from the Deccan Chronicle. “Dear [...]

The followng is reprinted from CommonDreams.org. My question, after reading this, is this: Must it not be true that every member of what Professor Michael Green calls the “Predatory overclass” is an atheist? Professor Green makes it clear that the awfulness of it all is not a mere accidental coalescence of many thoughtless raids on [...]

Yup, the American way. Self-acclaimed greatest country in the world. Here is a fine example of American injustice at work. This article is reprinted from the NY Review of Books. Written by David Cole. On Monday, June 14, the Supreme Court declined to hear Maher Arar’s case, conclusively shutting the door on the Canadian citizen’s [...]

While watchingpolitics.com is sympathetic to the Israeli cause, it takes no particular position about the “flottilla” incident. It welcomes any submission from any reader who wishes to present an alternative point of view. The following article by the former Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar was published in the British newspaper ‘The Times of London’ [...]

You can’t keep a good army down. Go, Marines! Reporting from Camp Pendleton and Washington ? On a stretch of clean, white Southern California beach, thousands of young Marines this month charged forward from the sea, leaping from helicopters and landing craft, echoing the exercises conducted decades before when Marines trained for Iwo Jima and [...]

The NY Times weighs in with an unenlightening editorial. Israel’s government has decided to tough out the criticism of its attack this week on a six-ship flotilla trying to run the Gaza blockade. The story, and the anger, aren’t going away…..Israel’s charges that its commandos were attacked and shot at by some of the ship’s [...]

A flotilla here, a flotilla there. Good guys and bad guys. Why don’t you decide? HELSINKI PRINCIPLES ON THE LAW OF MARITIME NEUTRALITY 5.1.2(3) Merchant ships flying the flag of a neutral State may be attacked if they are believed on reasonable grounds to be carrying contraband or breaching a blockade, and after prior warning [...]

The following is a very brief excerpt from A MAJOR PUBLICATION contained within The National Security Archive. The whole of it is well worth reading but is terribly long and you should probably skim through it. Here is the LINK to the document. Here is the excerpt: PRISONER ABUSE: PATTERNS FROM THE PAST National Security [...]

The Obama Administration is committed to three principals: good ends justify any old means; presumption of innocence is a damn nuisance when you know in your heart of hearts you are imprisoning bad guys; the right to speedy trials applies only when it is not an inconvenience. These three principals converge nicely in the case [...]

This report just in from a U.S. Army colonel. Subject: Russian Navy captures Somalian pirates. http://true-turtle.livejournal.com/85315.html This is part of the videotape showing the Russian Navy commandos on the Somalian pirate ship. You may remember that the pirates captured a Russian oil tanker. The EuroUnion navy that patrols these waters could not interfere because there [...]

The Supreme Court just ruled that teenagers may not be locked up for life WITHOUT CHANCE OF PAROLE if they haven’t killed anyone. Unsurprisingly, there were four dissenters – you know who they are – Alito, Roberts, Scalia and Thomas. In 2005, Kennedy said for a majority that people under 18 are less responsible for [...]

This is an excerpt with slight editing of a letter appearing in the NY Review of Books by David Cole on April 8, 2010. “US officials strip suspects naked, deprive them of sleep for up to eleven days straight, hit them, slam them into walls, force them into painful stress positions, and waterboard them. These [...]

Juarez, Mexico, a city bordering on Texas, is the murder capital of the world. Ironically, El Paso, Texas, practically a sister town, is the 2nd safest city in the USA. Still, the lure of exotica brings many Texans to Juarez on a daily basis. Presumably, although they risk life and limb, the attractions of the [...]

We, the undersigned, have traveled to Israel over the years with The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs [JINSA] The dissemination of hatred and support of terrorism by violent extremists in the name of Islam, whether state or non-state actors, must be addressed as a threat to global peace. We brought with us our decades [...]

Khaleej Times…………………………….Iranian President Ahmadinejad flouted any more UN sanctions on his nuclear program as illegal, insisting he will not submit to any such pressure based on the US and Britain “lying” about the evidence. The Iranian leader, wrapping up two days of talks with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, lambasted the Western allies for pressing for [...]

37,000 persons in 26 nations were asked whether access to the internet should be a fundamental right of all people. 50% said they strongly agree and 29% said they agree somewhat. This 79% agreement in the world is slighter higher than in the U.S. which is only 76% positive. 9% disagree somewhat and 6% strongly [...]

MISSION STATEMENT – The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an independent US Government agency responsible for providing national security intelligence to senior US policymakers. HISTORY OF THE CIA – President Truman recognized the need for a postwar, centralized intelligence organization. To make a fully functional intelligence office, Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947 [...]

Barack Hussein Obama has already authorized unmanned drone attacks in areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan where the risk of killing civilians is very high. In fact, killings have occurred, occasionally followed by apologies but sometimes not. The attacks are not even by our military forces but by the CIA, which has no authority to conduct [...]

If all you do to judge significance of issues is to count heads of people impacted, then the denial of ex-federal prisoners to vote seems as nothing compared to the just passed legislation on health care. But if serious injustices and deprivation of the elementary rights of citizens is your cup of tea, then the [...]

It is much overrated but, finally, after 400 days of fighting, Congress passed a bill overhauling health care insurance. In the beginning, Republicans objected to an option that would allow people under the usual age for medicare to purchase into the system. The Democrats gave that up. Some Democrats (led by Dennis Kucinich) wanted a [...]

As it does in most issues, Nation magazine once again attacks Israel as the bad guy in its dealings with Arab states. Here is a link to its latest diatribe. Here is my response posted to The Nation today. To The Nation: Mr. Dreyfuss is right to call attention to the fact that too often [...]

USA Today – After announcing plans to leave the House of Representatives, Florida Democrat Robert Wexler went on to spend more than $340,000 of his campaign funds on staff bonuses, airline tickets and other expenses. If you think that is bad, consider what genteel idiot Sheila Krumholt of the non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics has [...]