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feinstein: cia actions a stain on values
Bookmarked 584 weeks ago sen dianne feinstein speaks on the senate floor about major findings in the cia039s bush-era interrogation program |
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intel chair on transferred gitmo detainees
Bookmarked 584 weeks ago house intel chair mike rogers on whether the president039s decision to transfer six gitmo detainees to uruguay is a good idea |
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secret bowe bergdahl report made public
Bookmarked 611 weeks ago brian todd reports on what wikileaks cables say about bergdahl039s disappearance and the five guantanamo bay detainees |
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gitmo hunger strike passes 100-day mark
Bookmarked 665 weeks ago as the hunger strike of detainees at the u-s-run guantanamo bay prison reaches it039s a-hundred-and-first day rights activists are raising awareness about the inmates039 rapidly-deteriorating health conditions the u-s government039s response to the strike has been to force-feed the prisoners through two-foot tubes that run from their nostrils to their stomachs the inhumane practice is causing a major concern for manycaptain jason wright is representing two gitmo detainees one of whom has been held indefinitely for over 11 years without charge and has lost around 50 pounds since beginning the hunger strike more than 100 days ago the infamous prison is still open because the average american public sees the detainees there as terrorists but according to former chief prosecutor of the guantanamo military commissions colonel morris davis a new trend is beginning to form a recent petition launched by davis has garnered over two-hundred-thousand signatures diane wilson is one such american who says the us government is committing egregious human rights violations in her name wilson has been on a hunger strike for 17 days now in solidarity with gitmo detainees each detainee costs us taxpayers around nine-hundred-thousand dollars per year over half of the prison039s population has been cleared by the government for release protests in solidarity with gimo hunger strikers have been and will continue to take place activists are trying to build momentum in raising awareness of the american public about the worsening health conditions of the prisoners there they hope it will increase political pressure on u-s president barack obama to honor his promise to close the guantanamo bay prison http:wwwpresstvirdetail20130517303962gitmo-hunger-strike-passes-100day-mark |
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gitmo hunger strike briefing reaches us congress
Bookmarked 666 weeks ago at a packed briefing on capitol hill gitmo attorneys pleaded to congress on behalf of starving detainees at guantanamo bay to shut down the prison and free the dozens of men cleared for releasespeakers included rights activists religious clergy and bush administration officials who condemned the past and current treatment of prisoners particularly those being force fed additional concerns were raised about detainee treatment indefinite detention and the eroding moral standing of the united states in the international community although congress has the power to close guantanamo it has thus far kept it running and all signs point to its continued operation therefore attention is turning away from capitol hill and being focused on the president to fulfill his promise and shut down the notorious prison last week president barack obama renewed the pledge he made 5 years ago to close guantanamo but years of similar statements from the president without any action have left many skeptical the briefing is the first to take place since obama039s pledge in hopes that it will put pressure on him to act on his words and congress to participate in greater dialogue and oversight on the prison039s operations http:wwwpresstvirdetail20130511302854gitmo-hunger-strike-briefing-reaches-us-congress |
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indefinite detentions at guantanamo must stop - ex-us ambassador to mexico
Bookmarked 667 weeks ago guantanamo prisoners are presumed guilty even though the us cannot prove it ex-congressman james jones told rt pressing for an end of the indefinite detentions in the notorious jail gripped by a hunger strikeguantanamo america039s infamous prison camp at the us naval base in cuba has been under new media scrutiny since february as the hunger strike within the detention facility has been spreading while the officials have admitted that one hundred of the 166 detainees have joined the action their lawyers talk of at least 130 of those being involvedwhat started as a protest against heavy-handed searches has grown into an action against indefinite detentions over half of detainees have been cleared for release but cannot leave due to various administrative obstacles and fear to die in the prisonthe weakened state of the inmates has already led to the authorities force-feeding them through nasal tubes -- a practice which was condemned by the un039s human rights office as a form of torturethe co-chair of the task force constitution project former member of the congress and ambassador to mexico james jones sat with rt to discuss the guantanamo issue he believes indefinite detentions should be stopped and that in the prison the us acts against own declared principles of justicehttp:rtcomop-edgeindefinite-detentions-guantanamo-ambassador-825 |
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protesters urge us president to shut gitmo down
Bookmarked 667 weeks ago it039s day number 90 for a hunger strike at guantanamo bay prisonaccording to the u-s military at least 100 detainees there are refusing to eat and are being kept alive through nasogastric intubation: in other words quotforce-feeding through a nose tubequot diane wilson is an activist who039s highlighting the increasingly dire situation for the 166 detainees at america039s infamous prison in cuba nicknamed quotgitmoquot she039s on day 5 of her hunger strike that she039s doing in solidarity with the dozens of prisoners there she039s on a diet of salt water and potassium members of activist groups have been hunger striking on rotation in 24 hour periods and an online movement has been growing with thousands pledging support each week groups such as codepink and witness against torture have been holding protests and vigils at the white house on a constant basis they say their activism is being recognized by the congress and the white house and that the obama administration is feeling the pressure leaders of the activist groups say they are experiencing a jump in interest from people who are still learning about the health crisis of detainees at gitmo but the dozens of prisoners incarcerated without adjudication aren039t only restricted to guantanamo ali elghannam stood alongside with protesters to appeal for the release of his brother an egyptian national locked inside a swiss prison without trial since 2007 he was arrested under the guise of the quotwar on terrorquot like the men at gitmo us president barack obama has reaffirmed his pledge to close guantanamo bay prison but has so far been unsuccessful from his first term attempts activists say they will continue to keep the pressure on the president until he keeps his promise colin campbell press tv washingtonhttp:wwwpresstvirdetail20130506302030protesters-urge-us-president-to-shut-gitmo-down |
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obama that i used to know - gotye 039somebody that i used to know039 parody
Bookmarked 706 weeks ago we could have been so much more than just friends with healthcare benefits obama that i used to know -- gotye 039somebody that i used to know039 parodyour spoof of: http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=8uvnt4wvigy please subscribe to our channel: http:wwwyoutubecomjustnewproductionshttp:wwwfacebookcomjustnewproductionshttp:wwwtwittercomjustnewguyshttp:wwwjustnewproductionscomcreditsa film by justnew productionscreated ampamp produced by justin monticello ampamp ryan newbroughdirected by justin monticellowritten by ryan newbrough ampamp justin monticellocast: gabi conti http:twittercomgmconti ampamp justin monticellocinematography by dannel escallonbody art by ali rae madam araemadamgmailcomedited by rachel eisengart reisengartyahoocom ampamp justin monticellotrack by kailynn westvocals by matthew bohrer http:matthewbohrernet ampamp gabi contioriginal music by gotyespecial thanks to katie fitzgerald mark hadley amit samuel and barack obama 03908lyricsnow and then i think of that election day novemberwhen you won i felt so happy i could diechugged a fifth paraded in the streetand i thanked god that palin wasn039t veepit felt like change and it039s a hope i still rememberyou can get addicted to a certain kind of messagelike this is change we can believe in yes we canbut college ended had to pay my rentat least you039re the first gay presidentbut the change i got was that i moved in with my motherbecause you won and then you cut me offnow your speeches never soar as high as unemploymentyou took obamacare so farbut you left me like a dog strapped on romney039s careven the shirt that was on my backis owned by china or being arbitraged by goldman sachsjust send in a predator drone039cause now you039re not obama that i used to knownow you039re not obama that i used to knownow i need obama that i used to knowsometimes i think that peace prize winners shouldn039t have a kill listbut you dumped bin laden in the sea so maybe it039s all goodsaid you039d rouse my economyyour big package didn039t stimulate mestill my american idol thoughwhen you sang quoti039m so in love with youquotobama that i used to knowbut you won and then you cut me offmade out like you039d close guantanamo and we got nothingrelocation shouldn039t be that hardjust strap the prisoners in on top of romney039s carno i don039t need you to legalizejust keep the feds away from folks like you when you were youngerthere039s nothing that you didn039t tokebut now that039s just obama that i used to knowobamathat i used to knowobamathat i used to knowobamathat i used to knowin 2012 i need obama that i used to know |
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obama that i used to know - gotye 039somebody that i used to know039 parody
Bookmarked 706 weeks ago we could have been so much more than just friends with healthcare benefits obama that i used to know -- gotye 039somebody that i used to know039 parodyour spoof of: http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=8uvnt4wvigy please subscribe to our channel: http:wwwyoutubecomjustnewproductionshttp:wwwfacebookcomjustnewproductionshttp:wwwtwittercomjustnewguyshttp:wwwjustnewproductionscomcreditsa film by justnew productionscreated ampamp produced by justin monticello ampamp ryan newbroughdirected by justin monticellowritten by ryan newbrough ampamp justin monticellocast: gabi conti http:twittercomgmconti ampamp justin monticellocinematography by dannel escallonbody art by ali rae madam araemadamgmailcomedited by rachel eisengart reisengartgmailcom ampamp justin monticellotrack by kailynn westvocals by matthew bohrer http:matthewbohrernet ampamp gabi contioriginal music by gotyespecial thanks to katie fitzgerald mark hadley amit samuel and barack obama 03908lyricsnow and then i think of that election day novemberwhen you won i felt so happy i could diechugged a fifth paraded in the streetand i thanked god that palin wasn039t veepit felt like change and it039s a hope i still rememberyou can get addicted to a certain kind of messagelike this is change we can believe in yes we canbut college ended had to pay my rentat least you039re the first gay presidentbut the change i got was that i moved in with my motherbecause you won and then you cut me offnow your speeches never soar as high as unemploymentyou took obamacare so farbut you left me like a dog strapped on romney039s careven the shirt that was on my backis owned by china or being arbitraged by goldman sachsjust send in a predator drone039cause now you039re not obama that i used to knownow you039re not obama that i used to knownow i need obama that i used to knowsometimes i think that peace prize winners shouldn039t have a kill listbut you dumped bin laden in the sea so maybe it039s all goodsaid you039d rouse my economyyour big package didn039t stimulate mestill my american idol thoughwhen you sang quoti039m so in love with youquotobama that i used to knowbut you won and then you cut me offmade out like you039d close guantanamo and we got nothingrelocation shouldn039t be that hardjust strap the prisoners in on top of romney039s carno i don039t need you to legalizejust keep the feds away from folks like you when you were youngerthere039s nothing that you didn039t tokebut now that039s just obama that i used to knowobamathat i used to knowobamathat i used to knowobamathat i used to knowin 2012 i need obama that i used to know |
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obama that i used to know - gotye 039somebody that i used to know039 parody
Bookmarked 706 weeks ago we could have been so much more than just friends with healthcare benefits obama that i used to know -- gotye 039somebody that i used to know039 parodyour spoof of: http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=8uvnt4wvigy please subscribe to our channel: http:wwwyoutubecomjustnewproductionshttp:wwwfacebookcomjustnewproductionshttp:wwwtwittercomjustnewguyshttp:wwwjustnewproductionscomcreditsa film by justnew productionscreated ampamp produced by justin monticello ampamp ryan newbroughdirected by justin monticellowritten by ryan newbrough ampamp justin monticellocast: gabi conti http:twittercomgmconti ampamp justin monticellocinematography by dannel escallonbody art by ali rae madam araemadamgmailcomedited by rachel eisengart reisengartgmailcom ampamp justin monticellotrack by kailynn westvocals by matthew bohrer http:matthewbohrernet ampamp gabi contioriginal music by gotyespecial thanks to katie fitzgerald mark hadley amit samuel and barack obama 03908lyricsnow and then i think of that election day novemberwhen you won i felt so happy i could diechugged a fifth paraded in the streetand i thanked god that palin wasn039t veepit felt like change and it039s a hope i still rememberyou can get addicted to a certain kind of messagelike this is change we can believe in yes we canbut college ended had to pay my rentat least you039re the first gay presidentbut the change i got was that i moved in with my motherbecause you won and then you cut me offnow your speeches never soar as high as unemploymentyou took obamacare so farbut you left me like a dog strapped on romney039s careven the shirt that was on my backis owned by china or being arbitraged by goldman sachsjust send in a predator drone039cause now you039re not obama that i used to knownow you039re not obama that i used to knownow i need obama that i used to knowsometimes i think that peace prize winners shouldn039t have a kill listbut you dumped bin laden in the sea so maybe it039s all goodsaid you039d rouse my economyyour big package didn039t stimulate mestill my american idol thoughwhen you sang quoti039m so in love with youquotobama that i used to knowbut you won and then you cut me offmade out like you039d close guantanamo and we got nothingrelocation shouldn039t be that hardjust strap the prisoners in on top of romney039s carno i don039t need you to legalizejust keep the feds away from folks like you when you were youngerthere039s nothing that you didn039t tokebut now that039s just obama that i used to knowobamathat i used to knowobamathat i used to knowobamathat i used to knowin 2012 i need obama that i used to know |
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happy birthday george w bush
Bookmarked 710 weeks ago today is george w bush039s 66th birthday is today so we are taking so time to quotthankquot him for all of the things he gave us over the 8 years he was in office twitter: http:twittercomthealyonashowfacebook: http:wwwfacebookcomthealyonashow |
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unconstitutional ndaa provision blocked by federal judge
Bookmarked 717 weeks ago via the huffington post: quota day before congress weighs an amendment to end indefinite military detentions in the us a federal judge wednesday ruled the law that allows the practice unconstitutional saying the measure has quotchilling impact on first amendment rightsquot us district judge katherine forrest of new york039s eastern district found that a group of reporters and activists who brought the lawsuit had no way of knowing whether they could be subjected to it that makes it an unconstitutional infringement on the first amendment039s free speech right and the fifth amendment039s right to due process forrest said in a written opinion the lead plaintiffs -- pulitzer prize winner chris hedges of the nation institute and tangerine bolen who runs the website revolutiontruth -- argued that they conceivably could be grabbed under the law because they deal with sources that us authorities may deem to fall under the law section 1021 of the 2012 national defense authorization actquot the young turks host cenk uygur breaks it downread more from michael mcauliff: http:wwwhuffingtonpostcommichael-mcauliff |
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cheney loves obama039s foreign policy
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cia agent charged with espionage act by justice department
Bookmarked 734 weeks ago quotthe justice department yesterday charged a former cia agent john kiriakou with four felony counts for having allegedly disclosed classified information to reporters about the cia039s interrogation program included among those charges are two counts under the espionage act of 1917 based on the allegation that he disclosed information which he quothad reason to believe could be used to the injury of the united states and to the advantage of any foreign nationquot the young turks host cenk uygur breaks it downhttp:wwwsaloncom20120124rules_of_american_justice_a_tale_of_three_casessingletondoj says marijuana addictive dangerous: http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=g9irapkijowsubscribe to the young turks: http:bitlyewuu5ifind out how to watch the young turks on current by clicking here: http:wwwcurrentcomgettyt the largest online new show in the worldgoogle: http:wwwgplustotheyoungturksfacebook: http:wwwfacebookcomtytnationtwitter: http:twittercomtheyoungturks |
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chris hedges sues obama admin over indefinite detention of us citizens approved in ndaa
Bookmarked 735 weeks ago wwwdemocracynoworg - pulitzer prize-winning journalist chris hedges has filed suit against president obama and secretary of defense leon panetta to challenge the legality of the national defense authorization act which includes controversial provisions authorizing the military to jail anyone it considers a terrorism suspect anywhere in the world without charge or trial sections of the bill are written so broadly that critics say they could encompass journalists who report on terror-related issues such as hedges for supporting enemy forces quotit is clearly unconstitutionalquot hedges says of the bill quotit is a huge and egregious assault against our democracy it overturns over 200 years of law which has kept the military out of domestic policingquot we speak with hedges now a senior fellow at the nation institute and former new york times foreign correspondent who was part of a team of reporters that was awarded the pulitzer prize in 2002 for the paper039s coverage of global terrorism we are also joined by hedges039 attorney carl mayer who filed the litigation on his behalf in the us district court for the southern district of new yorkto watch the complete daily independent news hour read the transcript download the podcast and for additional coverage of the ndaa and civil liberties issues visit the democracy now news archives at http:wwwdemocracynoworgfollow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowlisten on soundcloud: http:wwwsoundcloudcomdemocracy-nowdaily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy now today visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt |
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