Torture Was Used to Try to Link Saddam With 9/11
Why, then, the relentless waterboarding of these two men? It turns out that high Bush officials put heavy pressure on Pentagon interrogators to get Mohammed and Zubaydah to say there was a link between Saddam Hussein and the 9/11 hijackers, in order to justify President Bush’s illegal and unnecessary invasion of Iraq in 2003. That link was never established.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
mpaa uses trade secrets to kick public out of RealDVD case
At MPAA request, judge kicks public out of RealDVD court
“[The judge] implied that we should have filed a motion preemptively,” EFF’s Corynne McSherry said. “If that’s true, the public shouldn’t have to go to court to make the courtroom stay open…Presumably the plaintiffs had known for months that they were planning to close this hearing. This is not the right way to do it.”
CNET News contacted the MPAA in advance and asked if the group would attempt to close the courtroom on Friday; the MPAA replied earlier this week it would not seek to do so.
Friday, April 24, 2009
interesting, GHGs obstructing ozone layer repair
Ozone Layer Faces Bumpy Return to Health
That is the conclusion of a new study, which found that greenhouse gasses are interfering with ozone's rebound in complicated ways. The study predicts a patchy future for the ozone layer, with some sections becoming even thicker than they were before bans on ozone-damaging chemicals kicked in. Other sections, meanwhile, may remain sparse.
That is the conclusion of a new study, which found that greenhouse gasses are interfering with ozone's rebound in complicated ways. The study predicts a patchy future for the ozone layer, with some sections becoming even thicker than they were before bans on ozone-damaging chemicals kicked in. Other sections, meanwhile, may remain sparse.
first rydberg molecure created
World first for strange molecule
A molecule that until now existed only in theory has finally been made.
Known as a Rydberg molecule, it is formed through an elusive and extremely weak chemical bond between two atoms.
A molecule that until now existed only in theory has finally been made.
Known as a Rydberg molecule, it is formed through an elusive and extremely weak chemical bond between two atoms.
rove and fox say that torture prevented another 9/11
The "torture prevented a west coast 9/11" lie
First of all, the background: No, Karl Rove, Marc Thiessen, and Fox News are not telling the truth when they claim that U.S. torture techniques prevented a 'west coast 9/11.'
First of all, the background: No, Karl Rove, Marc Thiessen, and Fox News are not telling the truth when they claim that U.S. torture techniques prevented a 'west coast 9/11.'
Rove et al. claim that after CIA waterboarding, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed gave authorities information used to foil a plot to hijack an airplane with a shoe bomb and fly it into the tallest building in Los Angeles, the Library Tower (now known as the U.S. Bank Building).
obama letting civil liberties fall by the wayside
Obama Legal Team Wants Defendants' Rights Limited
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is asking the Supreme Court to overrule long-standing law that stops police from initiating questions unless a defendant's lawyer is present, another stark example of the White House seeking to limit rather than expand rights.
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is asking the Supreme Court to overrule long-standing law that stops police from initiating questions unless a defendant's lawyer is present, another stark example of the White House seeking to limit rather than expand rights.
if only it were possible in the US
Clean coal push marks reversal of UK energy policy
Decision not to allow any new coal-powered plants to be built in Britain without carbon capture represents a major victory for the new Department for Energy and Climate Change and green pressure groups
Decision not to allow any new coal-powered plants to be built in Britain without carbon capture represents a major victory for the new Department for Energy and Climate Change and green pressure groups
administration sticking to its pro-IP guns
Biden to MPAA: you'll like Obama's pick for copyright czar
The MPAA hosted its latest DC lobbying event, featuring a dinner at which Vice President Biden promised the group that it will like the person Obama will eventually pick for the administration's chief copyright policy position.
The MPAA hosted its latest DC lobbying event, featuring a dinner at which Vice President Biden promised the group that it will like the person Obama will eventually pick for the administration's chief copyright policy position.
time warner... ugghhhhhh
Time Warner Cable Backlash Continues
Here’s the part that really surprised me. Several times, members of the committee asked bill sponsors Rep Ty Harrell (Wake) and Rep Thom Tillis (Mecklenburg) for clarification. The lawmakers turned to a Time Warner staff member and an attorney who represents the industry to speak on their behalf. You read that right. The sponsors, elected by their communities, had to ask a Time Warner rep to clarify what their own bill said.
Here’s the part that really surprised me. Several times, members of the committee asked bill sponsors Rep Ty Harrell (Wake) and Rep Thom Tillis (Mecklenburg) for clarification. The lawmakers turned to a Time Warner staff member and an attorney who represents the industry to speak on their behalf. You read that right. The sponsors, elected by their communities, had to ask a Time Warner rep to clarify what their own bill said.
pig flu causes school closure in mexico?
Mexico Shuts Schools Amid Deadly Flu Outbreak
MEXICO CITY — Mexican officials, scrambling to control a swine flu outbreak that has killed at least 16 people and possibly dozens more in recent weeks, shuttered schools from kindergarten to university for millions of young people in and around the capital on Friday and urged people with flu symptoms to stay home from work.
MEXICO CITY — Mexican officials, scrambling to control a swine flu outbreak that has killed at least 16 people and possibly dozens more in recent weeks, shuttered schools from kindergarten to university for millions of young people in and around the capital on Friday and urged people with flu symptoms to stay home from work.
we've got our eye on you, BoA
Bank of America execs’ Porsche sale draws criticism
Fresh from paying $21 billion in cash for LaSalle Bank in Chicago, Lewis and Price turned their sights to another prized property: a 2007 Porsche 911 turbo coupe Lewis had bought a year earlier. Registration records filed with the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles show that Price, Lewis’ right-hand man and his fourth CFO since 2004, took ownership of the $100,000-plus car from Lewis in mid-November 2007.
Fresh from paying $21 billion in cash for LaSalle Bank in Chicago, Lewis and Price turned their sights to another prized property: a 2007 Porsche 911 turbo coupe Lewis had bought a year earlier. Registration records filed with the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles show that Price, Lewis’ right-hand man and his fourth CFO since 2004, took ownership of the $100,000-plus car from Lewis in mid-November 2007.
dems aren't the only ones who want to blame canada for 9/11
McCain Repeats False Claim That Sept. 11 Hijackers Entered U.S. From Canada
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., makes the dubious claim that Sept. 11 hijackers entered the United States through Canada -- just days after Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano came under fire for saying the same thing.
psh, what's another $2bil?
Treasury Lends $2B More to General Motors
The Treasury said that the payment was made to GM on Wednesday and provides working capital to the company.
The Treasury said that the payment was made to GM on Wednesday and provides working capital to the company.
could vitamin-D deficiency be linked to autism?
What If Vitamin D Deficiency Is a Cause of Autism?
A few researchers are turning their attention to the sunshine vitamin as a culprit, prompted by the experience of immigrants that have moved from their equatorial country to two northern latitude locations
A few researchers are turning their attention to the sunshine vitamin as a culprit, prompted by the experience of immigrants that have moved from their equatorial country to two northern latitude locations
RealDVD goes to court
RealNetworks' RealDVD DVD Ripper Goes to Court
Hollywood's leading studios and RealNetworks will square off in a San Francisco district court on Friday, as a judge attempts to determine whether RealNetworks violated the terms of the licensing agreement covering the digital-rights-management protocols used by DVDs.
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