Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid gave the following speech on the senate floor last night: "In the last 24 hours, 10 of our brave soldiers have been killed in far off Iraq. On such a night, you would think Cheney would give a speech that honors the fallen and those still fighting by laying out a strategy for success. Instead we have the Vice President of the United States playing politics like he’s in the middle of a presidential campaign."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/111705A.shtml

A bipartisan group of senators told congressional leaders Thursday they will try to block reauthorization of the Patriot Act to protest the elimination of Senate-pushed protections against "unnecessary and intrusive government surveillance'' in a House-Senate compromise.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5422150,00.html


From Information Clearing House

Judith Miller, the mousy Bush Administration propaganda mouthpiece forced to retire from The New York Times last week, is hardly an anomaly. American journalism is contaminated by widespread institutional corruption.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11043.htm

Editor withheld information on leak from Bush official to avoid subpoena.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10071449/


From Information Clearing House



Full Text of Bob Woodward's Statement:

On Monday, November 14, I testified under oath in a sworn deposition to Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald for more than two hours about small portions of interviews I conducted with three current or former Bush administration officials that relate to the investigation of the public disclosure of the identity of undercover CIA officer Valerie Plame.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11041.htm



National Security Adviser was Woodward's source, attorneys say:

National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley was the senior administration official who told Washington Post Assistant Managing Editor Bob Woodward that Valerie Plame Wilson was a CIA officer.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11042.htm

The commission aims to both frame and fuel a society-wide discussion of whether, or not, the administration of George W. Bush is guilty of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other high crimes.

http://www.bushcommission.org/overall_plan.htm


From Information Clearing House

The former US commander of Abu Ghraib prison says that she was held up unfairly as a scapegoat by "male warriors", but the real blame for the abuse scandal rests with military leaders and the White House.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/FACAF766-CD1A-473B-88F4-1E9F60AAB609.htm


From Information Clearing House

"Stop-Loss is a very ugly lie," she said. "They drafted my son so he could go over there and get blown up."

http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/7210522p-7122975c.html


From Information Clearing House

In one of the most intellectually incoherent major speeches ever delivered by a minor President, George W. Bush last week blamed "some Democrats and anti-war critics" for changing their minds about the war in Iraq and now saying they were deceived.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/col/story/366489p-311821c.html


From Information Clearing House

An influential House Democrat called the Iraq campaign "a flawed policy wrapped in illusion" today as he called for the immediate withdrawal of United States troops. "Our military is suffering, the future of our country is at risk."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11052.htm

It Is Time To Bring Them Home

All of Iraq must know that Iraq is free. Free from United States occupation.

By Rep. John Murtha

The war in Iraq is not going as advertised. It is a flawed policy wrapped in illusion. The American public is way ahead of us. The United States and coalition troops have done all they can in Iraq, but it is time for a change in direction. Our military is suffering. The future of our country is at risk. We can not continue on the present course. It is evident that continued military action in Iraq is not in the best interest of the United States of America, the Iraqi people or the Persian Gulf Region.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11053.htm