Elliot Cohen on Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines http://www.truthdig.com/about/staff/3164/ Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2009 2009-05-05T20:38:09+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif Truthdig logo Taking a Page From the Bush Playbook http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090505_taking_a_page_from_the_bush_playbook/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090505_taking_a_page_from_the_bush_playbook/ defense secretary, due process, gitmo, guantanamo bay, habeas corpus, military commissions act, obama, robert gates, torture, unlawful enemy combatant, Obama in office

The Obama administration is now considering reinstating the Military Commissions Act after a four-month suspension, in contradiction to the president’s promise to end military tribunals for detainees and to close down Gitmo. 

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]]> 2009-05-05T20:38:09+00:00 Hell to Pay http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20081030_hell_to_pay/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20081030_hell_to_pay/ bush, clinton, democracy, economy, election, elliot cohen, iran, iraq, mccain, media, military, neoconservatives, obama, pnac, policy, surveillance, war,

Sen. John McCain’s ideological ties to the Bush-Cheney administration have mostly passed beneath the radar of the mainstream media, but if McCain loses the presidential race to Barack Obama, his neoconservative legacy could erupt into the open with a force that should not be underestimated.

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]]> 2008-10-30T23:33:00+00:00 John McCain’s Chilling Project for America http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080612_john_mccains_chilling_project_for_america/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080612_john_mccains_chilling_project_for_america/ afghanistan, bush, campaign, democracy, economy, government, intelligence, internet, iran, iraq, mccain, media, military, neoconservatives, nsa, pnac, politics, rumsfeld, war, John McCain

John McCain has long been a major player in a radical militaristic group driven by an ideology of global expansionism and dominance attained through perpetual, pre-emptive, unilateral, multiple wars. Over its two terms, the George W. Bush administration has planted the seeds for this geopolitical master plan, and now appears to be counting on the McCain administration, if one comes to power, to nurture it.

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]]> 2008-06-12T22:53:00+00:00 The End of Privacy http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080124_the_end_of_privacy/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080124_the_end_of_privacy/ cohen, constitution, democracy, government, intelligence, internet, media, privacy, rights, security, surveillance, terrorism, It’s not enough for George W. Bush’s government to eavesdrop on phone calls, monitor financial transactions and sneak a peek at other people’s e-mails. Now the administration says it needs to monitor all Internet activity in the United States. That means you and everything you do online.

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]]> 2008-01-25T07:52:00+00:00 America Is Watching You http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20071030_america_is_watching_you/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20071030_america_is_watching_you/ cohen, democracy, government, immunity, intelligence, internet, law, media, nsa, phone, privacy, security, spy, surveillance, telecommunications, terrorism, uncle sam

The “Last Days of Democracy” author warns that Congress is about to aid the Bush administration with its Orwellian plans by granting retroactive immunity to the telecommunications giants for helping the government spy on Americans.

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