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 the PEW Research Center. Is Obama a Christian? A growing number of Americans say he is not. What is Obama’s religion? March 2008 Christian. 47% Muslim 12% Don’t know 36% Other answers 5% August 2010 Christian 34% Muslim 18% Don’t know 43% Other answers 4% Among conservative Republicans, 34% say Obama is Muslim. 60% [...]

The non-partisan GAO has just released its comprehensive list of all reports, testimony, correspondence, and other publications issued during the previous month, grouped according to subject categories. Any of these can be read online or, if you prefer, you can obtain hard copies free of charge. Information on how to obtain printed copies is available [...]

SO FORGET MONEY

Make of this what you will. The complete report, naming names and facts and figures may be found by CLICKING HERE. This report IS NOT CLASSIFIED and, like most government documents can be distributed at will. United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 May 4, 2010 The Honorable Joseph I. Lieberman Chairman The Honorable [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Mr. Obama does not like the “historic” health care bill he shepherded in and inflicted on the American people. At least, he does not like it for himself. He boasted that it will affect every American family but the new health care law exempts the president from having to participate in it. It also exempts [...]

Whether you are a Republican, a Democrat, an Independent, a left-leaner or a right-leaner, or a down-the-middle conservative, you are getting and expressing just one side of the coin. You need to subscribe to www.wsws.org to widen your perspective. Read it at least once each week. Without permission, I take the liberty of presenting its [...]

I have a friend who, whenever she learns of the latest invasion of our privacies whether by police or high ranking government, says, “Well, I have nothing to hide.” Perhaps this explains why she does not worry over voyeurs peeking through her window while she showers. Perhaps potential voyeurs worry about what they will see [...]

I am bored out of my mind with the subject of health care but just in case you aren’t, here are some pieces that once upon a time I would have said, “These are interesting.” 1 The Latest Same Old Obama Care Bill 2. On Health Care, Do it. 3. Dems Can’t Give Up on [...]

Howard Zinn (1922-2009), the Liberal’s Liberal wrote in a piece that appeared posthumously in The Nation, January 13, 2010: People ought to begin to understand that Obama is going to be a mediocre president – which means, in our time, a dangerous president.

How do you organize your values? What moves you more, injustices or suffering? When you learned about the ways in which Bernie Madoff drove people to total bankruptcy, what did you feel more, sorrow and sympathy for his victims for fury and hatred for Bernie? Are you bothered more about our lousy health care system [...]

From Amnesty International Dear Sidney, Late last night – on the eve of the date President Obama promised to restore justice to a busted Guantanamo detention system – a Justice Department-led task force released its outrageous recommendation to continue holding nearly 50 Guantanamo detainees indefinitely.1 We’re stunned that the Department of Justice would act in [...]

Many liberals who committed themselves to Obama are hanging tough. They say, that given how tough the job is, he has had a very good year and will be even better in years 2 through 4. We at WatchingPolitics are not convinced he did have a good year. Nor is Ralph Nader. Here is a [...]

Barack Obama laid out his plans for Afghanistan the other night before the assembled cadets of West Point, and it was broadcast throughout America. Its essence was (1) to commit another 30,000 troops, (2) to abandon the deadline of January 22, 2010 as the departure date he set while he was campaigning, and (3) to [...]

It is almost useless to criticize President Obama because he has descended from incompetent analysis of the Afghanistan situation into conscious fraud. He made frequent references to our NATO allies in his speech the other night in which he committed another 30,000 soldiers to that worthless piece of Middle East rock. He knows fully well [...]

When Obama won the election and spared us from McSchmuck and Palin, I declared to one and all that his greatest accomplishment was now behind him. I am glad he won but continually gives us pause for thought. Over the last 6 months, he has bashed us with a series of bad decisions that he [...]

Obama continues edging closer and closer to the Bush goal of ending transparency in government activities and the adoption of maniacal superpower. Here is the latest from today’s NY Times: “The Obama administration is in danger of turning President George W. Bush’s cover-up of abuses committed in the name of fighting terrorism into President Barack [...]

The two fundamental principles of law are as follows: 1. Morality dictates law; law does not dictate morality. 2. The scope of law is unrestricted. These principles supersede such principles as: 3. The presumption of innocence 4. The right to a trial before one’s peers. 5. The right to see and dispute the alleged evidence [...]

Even worse than the fact that Obama has filled high level posts with Bush cronies is his continuation of some of the worst of the Bush policies. Let us consider the Al-Haramain crime. I have written about this before. Please check via the search box. The Al-Haramain Foundation of Oregon was secretly spied on without [...]

Nothing gets more coverage in the newspapers and on TV than the health care insurance debates – and nothing is explained more poorly. Here is what it may be all about. No guarantees. 1. In the House, there are proposals for employers to contribute to the cost of coverage for some or all of their [...]

This is a very brief excerpt from David Cole’s article, “The Torture Memos: The Case Against the Lawyers” that will appear on newstands and in the NY Review of Books, on October 8 but which is previewed simply by a CLICK HERE. As President Obama began his vacation on Martha’s Vineyard, his administration released a [...]