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Brennan upholds censorship of Senate torture report

Brennan upholds censorship of Senate torture report

4 February 2014
The Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, on 29 January 2014, of CIA director John Brennan led to heated exchanges with Democratic senators.
The latter called for the Committee to declassify the 6 300-word report from 2012 on the use of torture during the Bush Jr. administration . Voltaire Network has already informed it’s readers about the most shocking aspects highlighted in the report: the use of torture to condition individuals, the generalisation of the practice to over 80 000 (...)

Citizens’ arrest

The trial of the man who tried to arrest George W. Bush

by Joshua Blakeney

The trial of the man who tried to arrest George W. Bush

Lethbridge (Canada) | 22 May 2010
On March 17, 2009, Mohawk activist Splitting the Sky (STS) attempted a citizens’ arrest on George W. Bush in Calgary (Canada), his first foreign visit as a private citizen without diplomatic immunity. Brutally arrested for his action, STS earned his "day in court" in March 2010 to highlight the hypocrisy of the Canadian Government for allowing Bush into Canada, in breach of its own laws. STS is a compelling example of the duty of citizens to act when our governments and their agents are derelict in their own duty. Former U.S. Attorney-General Ramsey Clark plans to be in Calgary for the June 7 sentencing of STS. Joshua Blakeney believes that Clark’s presence, as well as international public opinion, will mount pressure on the Canadian judiciary who failed to issue an arrest warrant for Bush and who now must decide the fate of (...)

United States: the empire of barbarism

The secret behind Guantánamo

by Thierry Meyssan

The secret behind Guantánamo

20 May 2010
You think that you are informed about what happened at Guantánamo and you are astonished that President Obama is reluctant to close this torture centre. You’re wrong. You are not aware of the underlying purpose of this "facility" and why it is vital for the current administration.
Thierry Meyssan reveals the horrifying facts in this article first written in November 2009. Subsequent developments have proven him right: plans to close Guantánamo have been put on hold indefinitely.

# 5 News Story selected by Project Censored in 2009

Seizing War Protesters’ Assets

by Matthew Rothschild, Michel Chossudovsky

Seizing War Protesters' Assets

9 May 2010
George W. Bush signed more laws and executive orders trampling civil rights and liberties than any president in US history. The two examined below, specifically crafted to stifle and criminalize protests both at home and abroad against U.S. policies in Iraq and Lebanon, fly in the face of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which protects against abuse of government authority. These unconstitutional retaliatory measures, which have been glossed over by the mainstream media, remain in full force under the Obama Administration.

Spain’s Judge Garzón faces suspension —after opening Bush-era war crimes probe

Spain's Judge Garzón faces suspension —after opening Bush-era war crimes probe

28 February 2010
Authorities in Spain have launched proceedings to suspend the notorious investigating magistrate Baltasar Garzón. The ostensible reason for the move is his investigation into the fate of 114,000 people who disappeared during the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath. The public prosecutor’s office says Garzón had no authority to conduct the investigation because of a 1977 amnesty law. But Garzón says the disappearances must be considered crimes against humanity, and therefore not covered by any (...)

#1 News Story selected by Project Censored in 2009

Over One Million Iraqi Deaths Caused by US Occupation

by Dahr Jamail , Michael Schwartz, Joshua Holland, Luke Baker, Maki al-Nazzal

Over One Million Iraqi Deaths Caused by US Occupation

21 February 2010
Reproduced below is the first of the 25 investigations selected by Project Censured in 2009. It is based on research by Michael Schwartz, posted on Voltaire Network in 2007, which was continued by other associated researchers. Several official sources have validated the studies conducted by the ORB pollsters and The Lancet demographers, thus certifying that the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Iraq has caused the death of over one million civilians. Whereas this information was disseminated by the media in countries which officially opposed the war, it was suppressed in those which endorsed the military operation. This is yet another example of how media conglomerates fall into line with the predominant interests of the countries they are in.

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Obama administration uses Blackwater in drone killings

by Tom Eley

Obama administration uses Blackwater in drone killings

23 August 2009
According to a recent report by the New York Times, the Obama administration has retained the services of the notorious Blackwater guards to carry out drone attacks in Afghanistan, denoting no substantive distinction from the Bush administration’s use of Blackwater - now operating under the banner of Xe Services LLC - to carry out ’targeted assassinations’ in Iraq. With the number of military contractors in Afghanistan far exceeding the U.S. soldiers on the ground [*], what has so far been revealed regarding Washington’s arrangements with Blackwater and its more than a dozen affiliate companies might be just the beginning.

Obama Calls for Probe into 2001 Massacre of at Least 2,000 Suspected Taliban POWs by US-Backed Afghan Warlord (Video)

Obama Calls for Probe into 2001 Massacre of at Least 2,000 Suspected Taliban POWs by US-Backed Afghan Warlord (Video)

15 July 2009
President Obama’s comments follow initial statements from other officials in his administration Friday who said the Department of Defense and the FBI had no jurisdiction over the mass killing by a US-backed warlord, General Abdul Rashid Dostum.
A Pentagon spokesman told the Associated Press, “There is no indication that US military forces were there, or involved, or had any knowledge of this, so there was not a full investigation conducted because there was no evidence that there was (...)

Cheney receives exceptional protection

Cheney receives exceptional protection

12 July 2009
In an unprecedented move, US President Barack Obama has reportedly extended former Vice President Dick Cheney’s Secret Service Protection.
According to Huffington Post, Obama has extended Cheney’s Secret Service protection before time runs out for the special safety measures meant to protect the former vice president.
The move comes in the wake of last week’s measure in which security authorities in Dallas, Texas decided to cut back on former President George W. Bush’s protection amid (...)

Rice: Nazis were less of a threat to the U.S. than al Qaeda; SCOTUS wouldn’t let us try detainees (Video)

Rice: Nazis were less of a threat to the U.S. than al Qaeda; SCOTUS wouldn't let us try detainees (Video)

2 May 2009
Speaking with a group of Stanford students Monday, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice declared that al Qaeda is a greater threat to the United States than Nazi Germany was because Germany “never attacked the homeland of the United States.” In a defensive exchange with a student, she also insisted that the Bush administration had always wanted to hold trials for detainees, but the Supreme Court wouldn’t let them:
RICE: Now, the ICRC [International Committee of the Red Cross] also had (...)

Karl Rove case witness killed in plane crash, sisters want answers

Karl Rove case witness killed in plane crash, sisters want answers

2 May 2009
Karl Rove on the eve of 2004 presidential elections
Web guru was potential witness in Ohio 2004 voting fraud case
Shannon Connell of Madison says her brother Michael rarely talked about work. She knew he ran an Ohio company called New Media Communications that set up websites for Republicans including former President George H.W. Bush and Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. But it wasn’t until after he died last December, when the small plane he was piloting crashed, that she learned via the Internet (...)

Spanish judge to hear torture case against six Bush officials

Spanish judge to hear torture case against six Bush officials

31 March 2009
Judge Baltasar Garzón
Legal moves may force Obama’s government into starting a new inquiry into abuses at Guantánamo Bay and Abu Ghraib.
by Julian Borger and Dale Fuchs
The Observer
Criminal proceedings have begun in Spain against six senior officials in the Bush administration for the use of torture against detainees in Guantánamo Bay. Baltasar Garzón, the counter-terrorism judge whose prosecution of General Augusto Pinochet led to his arrest in Britain in 1998, has referred the case to (...)

Investigative Reporter Seymour Hersh Describes ’Executive Assassination Ring’

Cheney Assassination Squads (see video)

by Eric Black

Cheney Assassination Squads (see video)

New York (USA) | 25 March 2009
MSNBC reported that Seymour Hersh has uncovered evidence that Vice President Cheney operated secret assassination squads out of the White House by using military personnel without the knowledge of the CIA. Keith Olbermann, host of MSNBC Countdown discussed the report with Jonathan Alter. Alter said that details will curl your hair. Congressman Dennis Kucinich has already requested an investigation into this "executive assassination ring".

Time for accountability

Should George W. Bush Be Arrested in Calgary, Alberta, To Be Tried For International Crimes?

by Anthony J. Hall

Should George W. Bush Be Arrested in Calgary, Alberta, To Be Tried For International Crimes?

Lethbridge (Canada) | 9 March 2009
While the ICC decision to issue an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity is a welcome development, it is hardly the only situation where it should be applied. Some see it as a double standard promoted by the ICC in the choice of its targets for prosecution. According to Prof. Anthony J. Hall, there is already enough documented evidence to indict George Bush and underlings for analogous crimes in the context of the government orchestrated 9/11 events. On March 17, 2009 George Bush will cross an international boundary as a private citizen for the first time without diplomatic immunity. How the Canadian authorities will respond remains to be seen.

by Gabriele Zamparini

Shoes for all!

28 December 2008
How many more shoes would be called for? The Iraqi journalist’s shoe-throwing at George W. Bush was, rightly so, unanimously applauded. Yet, this article points to the hypocrisy and complicity of other actors in the ineffable Iraqi tragedy. The list is quite startling.

George Bush will play all he’s got

The resignation of Admiral Fallon will provoke renewed fighting in Iraq

by Thierry Meyssan

The resignation of Admiral Fallon will provoke renewed fighting in Iraq

Beirut (Lebanon) | 15 March 2008
Contrary to what has been written so far in the mainstream media, Admiral William Fallon was not removed because he was opposing President Bush on an attack against Iran. He resigned on his own initiative after the agreement he had negotiated and concluded with Tehran, Moscow and Peking was sabotaged by the White House. This decision by the Bush administration will provoke renewed fighting in Iraq and exposes gravely the GI’s to a new Resistance this time supported without restraints from the outside.

The Neoconservative Agenda to Sacrifice the Fifth Fleet – The New Pearl Harbor

by Michael Salla

The Neoconservative Agenda to Sacrifice the Fifth Fleet – The New Pearl Harbor

19 November 2007
The U.S. plans for an attack on Iran envision to sacrifice the Fifth Fleet in order to justify a nuclear retaliation. This is not a hypothetical scenario, but a real option being discussed within the U.S. Joint Chief of Staff cabinet. According to our sources, admiral William Fallon made clear that if such an order was given, he would refuse to follow it and would hand in his resignation along with the entire Centcom headquarter’s. So far only the Navy and Army’s superior officers’ resistance has prevented the neoconservatives and the Air Force to launch the operations.

U.S. Presidential Executive Order 13441

by George W. Bush

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 1 August 2007
Blocking Property of Persons Undermining the Sovereignty of Lebanon or Its Democratic Processes and Institutions
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)(IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)(NEA), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,
I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, determine (...)

U.S. Presidential Executive Order 13438

by George W. Bush

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 17 July 2007
Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)(IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)(NEA), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,
I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, find that, due to the unusual (...)

Brzezinski confirms U.S. can organise attacks in own territory

Brzezinski confirms U.S. can organise attacks in own territory

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 20 February 2007
With the exception of Washington Note and Financial Times, the mainstream media decided not to report Zbigniew Brzezinski’s comments that shatter the United Stator ruling class. Auditioned on February 1st, 2007 by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, the former National Security Adviser read a statement the terms of which had been carefully chosen.
He indicated that : " a plausible scenario for a military collision with Iran involves Iraqi failure to meet the benchmarks, followed by (...)

"New" official video

The Pentagon magic plane, part 2

by Pierre-Henri Bunel

The Pentagon magic plane, part 2

Paris (France) | 19 May 2006
At the request of the neo-conservative association Judicial Watch, the US Department of Defence released the full version of the September 11th, 2001 attacks on Pentagon. The neo-conservative press is delighted at this broadcasting, which supposedly contradicts conclusively our analyses. In fact, the video does not contain any additional element in comparison with the images already broadcast in 2002, and where it is still impossible to see a Boeing 757-200. This sequence confirms, on the contrary, the analysis of the former artillery officer Pierre - Henri Bunel published by Thierry Meyssan in his book Pentagate, and that we reprint here today.

Bush’s worldview fails to see that in the Middle East, power politics is the key.

by Madeleine K. Albright

Bush's worldview fails to see that in the Middle East, power politics is the key.

Caracas (Venezuela) | 7 April 2006
The Bush administration’s newly unveiled National Security Strategy might well be subtitled "The Irony of Iran." Three years after the invasion of Iraq and the invention of the phrase "axis of evil," the administration now highlights the threat posed by Iran - whose radical government has been vastly strengthened by the invasion of Iraq. This is more tragedy than strategy, and it reflects the Manichean approach this administration has taken to the world.

After all, it is just a movie…

by Voltaire Network

24 January 2006
The entertainment, television or movie industries feature political symbols that can support or denounce the actions of a government. In this case, they then turn into an adversary for those who are in power, whose impact has to be minimized. Over the past months, we have seen several movies of political nature that portray elements criticizing the activities of the Bush Administration. The neo-conservative and Zionist circles have mobilized to discredit them.

A President, A Soccer Star and the Dreams of Millions

by Federico Fuentes

A President, A Soccer Star and the Dreams of Millions

Caracas (Venezuela) | 14 November 2005
Even before he got to Mar de Plata, known as the “happy city” by Argentines, US President George Bush knew his time was going to be anything but happy at the Summit of the Americas meeting. He arrived with more than 2000 US agents, and a plan to use one puppet president to avoid stirring another president. Instead, he was forced to leave with his tail between his legs.

Jimmy Carter says Albert Gore was elected president of the United States in 2000

Jimmy Carter says Albert Gore was elected president of the United States in 2000

3 October 2005
On September 20, 2005, when the former president of the United States Jimmy Carter spoke at the University of Washington, he stated, while answering a question made by a student, that he felt that Albert Gore had won the votes of presidential elections of the year 2000 at the federal level as well as in the state of Florida. Carter referred to the wrong functioning of institutions and the partisan decision of the Supreme Court.
This comment was made almost five years after the events. (...)

Is the World Under the Dominance of US Superpower?

Is the World Under the Dominance of US Superpower?

23 September 2005
The analysis made in our publications about international affairs focus on the role played by the United States. Would this approach be justified or are we just overestimating the importance of “America”? Actually, Washington has the necessary capacity to impose a new world order, but it is far from acting according to its national interests. What it defends is a transnational economic system.

Colin Powell regrets his accusations against Iraq

by Ossama Lotfy

Paris (France) | 16 September 2005
In an important interview granted to ABC, General Colin Powell publicly confessed that his speech delivered at the UN, in which he had denounced the presence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq was regrettable and that it “would put a stain on his file”. The former Secretary of State acknowledged that his report to the Security Council was only intended to give credit to the accusations from the administration and that the intelligence services had not “worked properly”.
He also added that (...)

“There is no longer an order in the world”

by George Soros

30 June 2005
I think Europe is closer to chaos than the United States. I do not make long term statements; I am Keynesian. In the long run, we will die, that was what he used to say. Anyway, in a short run, the United States has built a strong State. A group of radicals or extremists have taken control of the country. They did it first with the Republican Party, thus hampering the American democracy. The extremists confiscated the Congress and presidency, and now they are confiscating justice, thus (...)

UN: Bush Wants to Rush John Bolton’s Nomination

24 June 2005
The Senate of the United States has once again rejected the nomination of John Bolton as US Ambassador to the United Nations. While the Republicans multiply their initiatives against international institutions and count on Bolton to bring the United Nations down to pieces, the Democrats, on the other hand, try to preserve international law and oppose his nomination.
However, President George W. Bush cannot wait long. In order to avoid this opposition he could take advantage of the Congress (...)

The Militarization of Space: U.S. military madness

Robert Joseph, a diplomat for the stars war

Robert Joseph, a diplomat for the stars war

23 June 2005
Robert G. Joseph became known when he implemented the withdrawal of the United States from the Non Proliferation Treaty. As Undersecretary of State for Arms Control, he will probably devote himself to beefing up American military superiority, preventing small countries from arming themselves and forcing the other powers to limit their own arsenals, while militarizing the outer space. In order to put an end to the existing imbalance, Russia has proposed the disarmament of space and, considering the proposal may be rejected, is getting ready to create a weapon capable of neutralizing the satellites surrounding the Earth orbit.

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