William Fisher: Those Pesky Activist Judges
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
This column is for those of you who despair about "activist" judges becoming the Bush Administration's echo chamber and look to Congress to solve the...
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US setback over rendition 'poster child'
Asia Times (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
A federal appeals court in New York last week decided to rehear a lawsuit filed by Maher Arar, a Syrian-born Canadian who was detained in 2002 and flown to Jordan and Syria, where he was held for 10 months and allegedly tortured. As it has done in the past, Washington may invoke the "state secrets privilege" to avoid political embarrassment. - William Fisher (Aug 19, '08)
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THOSE PESKY ACTIVIST JUDGES
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO BILL FISHER (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
By William Fisher This column is for those of you who despair about "activist" judges becoming the Bush Administration's echo chamber and look to Congress to solve the nation's problems. Here are a few things you might want to think about: Since Dubya launched our "global war on terror," it was not Congress but the Courts that handed the president his most stinging defeats. And it was...
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POLITICS-US: One-Fifth of Iraq Funding Paid to Contractors
Global Geopolitics News (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Global Geopolitics – Global News Blog - IPS Thursday, August 14, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. William Fisher NEW YORK, Aug 14 (IPS) - As a new report forecasts that the 190,000 private contractors in Iraq and neighbouring countries will cost U.S. taxpayers more than 100 billion dollars by the end of [...]
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POLITICS-US: One-Fifth of Iraq Funding Paid to Contractors
Global News Blog (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Global Geopolitics – Global News Blog - IPS Thursday, August 14, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. William Fisher NEW YORK, Aug 14 (IPS) - As a new report forecasts that the 190,000 private contractors in Iraq and neighbouring countries will cost U.S. taxpayers more than 100 billion dollars by the end of [...]
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OUTSOURCING SECURITY
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO BILL FISHER (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
By William Fisher As a new report forecasts that the 190,000 private contractors in Iraq and neighboring countries will cost U.S. taxpayers more than $100 billion by the end of 2008, an under-the-radar Florida court case suggests that President George W. Bush – a staunch contractor supporter -- is preparing to throw security firms such as Blackwater under the political bus. In the Florida...
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