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By Tom Engelhardt

We have turned much of the rest of the planet into what can only be considered an American free-fire zone.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31312.htm



The dumbing down of America will accelerate

By Linh Dinh

The dumbing down of America will only accelerate as this cornered and bankrupt country becomes ever more vicious to its citizens and foreigners alike.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31318.htm



Colonized by Corporations

By Chris Hedges

In Robert E. Gamer s book ''The Developing Nations'' is a chapter called ''Why Men Do Not Revolt.'' In it Gamer notes that although the oppressed often do revolt, the object of their hostility is misplaced. They vent their fury on a political puppet, someone who masks colonial power, a despised racial or ethnic group or an apostate within their own political class.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31320.htm



Five Facts That Put America to Shame

By Paul Buchheit

The golden door on the Statue of Liberty seems to have an invisible hand holding it shut.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31321.htm



The National Security State Wins (Again)

By William J. Astore

That candidate is guaranteed to be the one clear winner of election 2012: the US military and our ever-surging national security state.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31329.htm



Desperate Times Demand Revolutionary Measures

By Peter Phillips

Do we understand that habeas corpus is no longer a legal protection in the US or that the US president can torture and kill American citizens, let along anyone in the world?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31335.htm

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Five Reasons Drone Assassinations Are Illegal
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/15-1

Can one do good by doing bad?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/16-1

Top Obama Officials, Secretive Process Create 'Assassination List'
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/05/22-2

Obama Personally Oversees 'Secret Kill List'
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/05/29

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Krauthammer On Drones Flying In US: ''Stop It Here, Stop It Now''
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/10599.html

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Torture and the innocent

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger

05/17/12

One of the main arguments made by pro-torture Americans is that the information acquired by torture can lead to important information that can save the lives of innocent people. Their argument is a classic example of the old maxim, 'The end justifies the means.' But even if we were to accept that utilitarian argument for torture, doesn t it necessarily involve an important assumption?

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2012-05-17.asp



An oracle of tyranny

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Bruce Fein

02/22/13

Krauthammer is unable to cite any provision in the Constitution or laws of the United States that crowns the president with the authority to decide unilaterally who is an 'enemy' to be exterminated. Proffering no definition of that term, Krauthammer champions authority in the president to designate any person he wishes as an 'enemy' with no review by Congress, the judiciary, or the American people...

http://fff.org/explore-freedom/article/an-oracle-of-tyranny/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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The Secret Kill List
http://lewrockwell.com/napolitano/napolitano56.1.html



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