At VICE news, Jason Leopold reports on CIA’s investigation of Senate investigators who found “Panetta review” documents, triggering constitutional crisis… Continue reading PBC News & Comment: CIA is Above the Law, Beyond the Reach of Senate Oversight
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While governments and media giants pay lip service to free expression, France arrests 54 dissidents, NY Times refuses to run cartoon….. Continue reading PBC News & Comment: On Freedom of Expression, Actions Speak Louder than Words
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Former Guantanamo guard tells Vice’s Jason Leopold that 3 prisoners “were murdered” at nearby CIA black site June 9, 2006… Continue reading PBC News & Comment: Former Guantanamo Guard Joseph Hickman Tells More About 3 Prisoner “Suicides” in 2006
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[audio https://www.peterbcollins.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Acosta.mp3]Curtis Acosta is a gifted teacher whose Latino studies program was banned by an Arizona state law, which is being challenged in federal court. He was in San Francisco for oral arguments before the US Court of Appeal for the 9th Circuit, and in this conversation, he provides the history of the case. We also hear part of the argument presented by esteemed law professor Erwin Chemerinsky. Continue reading Former Tucson Teacher Curtis Acosta Describes Appeals Hearing on Arizona Law that Banned Minority Studies
High-level, calculated leak from “Justice Department” late last Friday exposes internal fight over charging David Petraeus with leaking classified info….. Continue reading PBC News & Comment: Will “Justice Dept.” Pursue Charges Against Gen. Betrayus for Leaks to Mistress?
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French gendarmes kill 5 to end terrorist episode, and power-hungry, bloodthirsty leaders leap at chances to exploit it……. Continue reading PBC News & Comment: Power-hungry, Bloodthirsty Leaders Angle to Exploit Terrorist Attack in France
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[audio https://www.peterbcollins.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Buttar.mp3]Shahid Buttar, attorney, activist, and executive director of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee, makes the provocative argument that Obama’s proposal to equip all cops with body cameras won’t solve the problems of police violence. Continue reading Activist Shahid Buttar Argues that Body Cams Won’t End Police Violence
As France reels from terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo, Britain considers monitoring toddlers for terrorist tendencies, just like “Minority Report” Continue reading PBC News & Comment: As France Responds to Terrorist Attack, Britain Considers Pre-Crime Monitoring….of Toddlers!
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Satire of Islam faces brutal assault as 3 masked gunman kill 12 at “Charlie Hebdo” newspaper in Paris today…. Continue reading PBC News & Comment: Satire of Islam in the Crosshairs of Gunmen in Paris
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Mass surveillance (and prosecutions of journalists) is causing journalists to self-censor, reports Michigan Prof. Juan Cole from PEN worldwide survey… Continue reading PBC News & Comment: New Survey Shows Journalists Are Chilled by Surveillance
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