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Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger

07/19/11

Periodically it s important to sit back, reflect, and contemplate what kind of country America has become under the warfare state under which we have born and raised. It is really quite astonishing. When I was growing up, the last thing I would have ever imagined was that my government, through its military and paramilitary forces, would be engaged in torture...

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2011-07-19.asp



Creating a military state

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Andy Worthington

07/19/11

'Some issues,' the New York Times declared in an editorial on June 25, 'require an unwavering stand. Preserving the role of law enforcement agencies in stopping and punishing terrorists is one of them. This country is not and should never be a place where the military dispenses justice, other than to its own.' Fine words, indeed, although the Times itself has ... failed to thoroughly and repeatedly condemn efforts, first by George W. Bush, and then by the Obama administration, to hold military trials for the mixed bag of soldiers and terrorist suspects held at Guantanamo...

http://www.fff.org/comment/com1107n.asp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Sorry, Soldiers, I Don t Thank You For Your Service

By Laurence M. Vance

It is without question that Americans are in love with the military. Even worse, though, is that their love is unqualified, unconditional, unrelenting, and unending.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28627.htm

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The Torturer vs. Joan of Arc
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