GAO, Pentagon's IG Investigate "Pentagon Pundits"

I suspect the GAO is dragging the Pentagon IG, kicking and screaming, to investigate the propaganda program the Pentagon launched in their media psyop to promote the Iraq invasion.

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How telecoms are attempting to buy amnesty from Congress

Lobbyist disclosure forms and campaign contribution records illuminate the sleazy process by which our key laws are written.

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Bush Power Grab Since 911 - Democratic Underground

Unitary Executive theory is ahistorical and undemocratic.

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Center For Media and Democracy: Sheldon Rampton @ Google

Cops with rifles to hit streets this summer: More, Bigger Guns For Peace

Metropolitan PD officials said yesterday patrol officers will be issued assault rifles by the summer, after policies on their use are released this month. The Wash Times reported Wednesday that the department is arming the officers with the rifles as part of a national trend to protect them from criminals with increasingly powerful weapons.

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White House denies Army radio report on plan to attack Iran

Army Radio had quoted a top official in Jerusalem claiming that a senior member in the entourage of President Bush, who concluded a trip to Israel last week, had said in a closed meeting here that Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney were of the opinion that military action against Iran was called for.

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Tom Ricks's* Inbox [Please note correct possessive form]

A sad epilogue to an Inbox from January.

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