Reports circulating in Washington suggest that President Barack Obama may try to revive the military commission system for prosecuting Guantnamo detainees, which Obama himself criticized during the administration of his predecessor, former President George W.
Bush.
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http://www.pubrecord.org/law/876-obama-in-reversal-of-campaign-pledge-may-use-military-commissions.html
Whatever motivated the prosecution of two AIPAC officials, unfair oppression of that group in the U.S. wasn't it.
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http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/05/02/goldberg/index.html
Derrick Donchak, 19, and Brandon Piekarsky, 17, were acquitted of numerous charges, including murder, aggravated assault, ethnic intimidation; but the all-white jury believed they were guilty of "simple assault".
These teens basically got drunk, baited Luis Ramirez into a fight using racial epithets, and bashed his skull in utilizing blunt force.
Check it out here:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/02/pa.immigrant.beating/
How primitive and uncivilized must a country be to allow its leading officials to inflict torture with no accountability?
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http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/05/03/torture/index.html
The 10 highest-paid CEOs for 2008 at Standard & Poor's 500 companies based on calculations by The Associated Press.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/02/highestpaid-ceos-for-2008_n_195183.html
Sen.
Arlen Specter's switch to the Democratic Party is prompting his campaign donors large and small to demand their money back, including several Republican senators whose political action committees gave tens of thousands of dollars to the Pennsylvania lawmaker.
Link source:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/30/donors-demand-refund-from-specter/
These are the 911 calls received during the photo-op of a Boeing 747 flying over New York City.
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http://www.entertonement.com/clips/bznrblzpsg--911-Calls-From-NYC-Plane-Photo-Op
