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Former CIA Official Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Gets Slap on Wrist By Using Blackmail of Government Secrets
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Kyle Foggo, fraud, contract steering, Wilkes, government secrets, justice, injustice, military contracts )

RC
- 1723 days ago - washingtonpost.com
The CIA'S former 3rd-ranked administrator Kyle Foggo pleaded guilty to 1 count of wife fraud & had 27 other charges against him dismissed in the US Federal Court in Alexandria, Virginia. Read the story to find out how he got away with a 3 year sentence.
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The First Amendment and Native Americans: Does It Apply to Them?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: First Amendment, Native Americans, Forst Service, injustice, Ninth Circuit )

RC
- 1760 days ago - grassrootsnetroots.org
Apparently not, accodrding to the Ninth Circuit court. Read this infuriating account of how some Native Americans were denied protection of sacred land in favor of - SKIING!
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CIA Has 7,000 Documents Relating to Rendition, Detention, Torture Programs, Filing Shows
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: human rights, CIA, torture, injustice, cover-up, lies )

Elisa
- 1882 days ago - rawstory.com
The Central Intelligence Agency has acknowledged having 7,000 pages of documents pertaining to President George W. Bush's secret rendition and detention programs, according to three international
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Torturers in the White House
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: human rights, injustice, torture )

Elisa
- 1883 days ago - progressive.org
Why is this not bigger news? Remember when the nation was brought to a virtual standstill over Bill Clinton's affair with a White House intern?
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Sami Al-Haj: The Banned Torture Pictures of a Journalist in GuantáNamo
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: torture, injustice )

Eleanor
- 1893 days ago - andyworthington.co.uk
Sami al-Haj is a journalist, but one unlike any other. For over six years, since December 15, 2001, when he was seized by Pakistani soldiers on the Afghan border, while on assignment as a cameraman for the Qatar-based broadcaster al-Jazeera, he has....
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MOVE 9 Parole: Was Officer Ramp Killed By Police Gunfire?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: MOVE, racism, frame-up, injustice )


- 1928 days ago - opednews.com
Veteran Philadelphia journalist Linn Washington Jr. reported from the scene on August 8, 1978. In this exclusive interview, Washington cites several sources in the police department who told him that Officer James Ramp was actually shot by police gunfire,
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The Sociopaths in Our Criminal Justice System
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Injustice, judicial corruption, "legal" pathology )


- 1935 days ago - hispanicvista.com
Over 4,000 "three strikes law" inmates are serving 25 years to life for non-violent, non-serious offenses. Minorities are given life sentences at the rate of 13 to 1 over whites. Our criminal justice system is flawed, seriously flawed.
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The Costs of Crime War Myths
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: injustice, bad laws )


- 1943 days ago - opednews.com
Sen. Biden said he recognized now that the bill was based on myth. Much of it hyped by the daily press, which in turn fed the National phobia about drugs, and pushed politicians to support more and more draconian methods of repression.
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Guantanamo as a Symbol
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: bush, bushadministration, Guantanamo, injustice, oppression, torture, usa, war, iraq, lies, ethics, crime )

Madalena
- 1978 days ago - uruknet.de
Indeed, Guantanamo is a dark spot in US history and shall go down in world history as a symbol of injustice and oppression. And it will continue to be a jarring reminder of the inhumanity, the torture, and the extreme violence associated with the Bush adm
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Cheney: No Justice for Jamie Jones
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Injustice, Feminism, Oppression, War, Government )

Cecelia
- 1979 days ago - truthout.org
Why can't Jamie Leigh Jones, who says she was raped in Iraq by her coworkers at Haliburton's KBR, sue her former employer for damages? Ask Dick Cheney.
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US Army Clears Abu Ghraib Officer
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Abu Ghraib, torture, injustice, scandal )

Zahra
- 1985 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The only US army officer to be charged over the Iraq jail abuse scandal has been cleared of any wrongdoing by the US military authorities.
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Cape Fear (Crooked Lawyers in America)
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: injustice, lawyers, religion, punishment )

Stanley
- 2085 days ago - care2.com
The 1991 film Cape Fear is one that I can fully empathize with. For two long decades (i.e. 20 years) I have had to confront with lawyers, who lie through their teeth.
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With the Stroke of a Pen!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, freedoms, Jena6, Genarlowwilson, injustice )

Stanley
- 2097 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
My goal is 7000 signatures. I hope Care2 members empathize with the outrageous injustice of the Jena 6 and Genarlow Wilson. Injustice could happen to any child, same as it did with the Duke Lacrosse players.
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