Left Out (January 20, 2004)

September 11 Investigation

• Thomas Kean, Chairman of the 9/11 Commission, says the attacks could have been prevented. 9/11 Chair: Attack Was Preventable, CBS News
• Rice does not want to testify under oath. What is she afraid of? Condi and the 9/11 Commission, Time Magazine
• Two members of the "independent" commission testify on their roles in the lead-up to the 9/11 attacks. Henry Kissinger was the original chairman; 'nuff said. "2 on 9/11 Panel Are Questioned on Earlier Security Role." New York Times, January 15, 2004.

Iraq: A Fraud, A Fiasco, A Failure

• The lies about Iraq were as self-evident at the time as they are blatantly obvious now. Where is the outrage? "WMD in Iraq: Evidence and Implications"
• The war in Iraq only weakens our defenses against terrorism. "Bounding the Global War on Terrorism" by Jeffrey Record, U.S. Army War College
• The attack on Iraq was planned well in advance. PNAC Primer

Democracy in Iraq?

• To hell with Iraq, there's an election coming up. "Last Copter Out of Baghdad" by Rick Perlstein, Village Voice.

Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them

• Ron Suskind's book exposes the truth about who is running our country and how. "O'Neill Tells All, and It's Not Pretty", Joe Conason, New York Observer
• Cheney and Rumsfeld are running the country, Shrub goes along for the ride. "The Awful Truth" by Paul Krugman

Verified Electronic Voting

• New electronic voting machines have no audit trail ... so recounts are impossible and fraud is a serious threat. Verified Voting
• Is a paper trail the solution? Voter Verified Paper Ballots

Iowa Caucuses

• Voting results in Iowa. Des Moines Register

Pittsburgh's Distressed Economy

• "City Finally Wins 'Distressed' Status", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 30, 2003

Wilson/Plame Case

• Ashcroft recuses himself, naming Patrick Fitzgerald, US Attorney from Chicago, to head the investigation. Fitzgerald has a solid reputation as a prosecutor, but he is, after all, Ashcroft's employee. This violates the Justice Department's own guidelines stating that "... a special prosecutor shall be selected from outside of the US Government.". Where are the Democrats? You didn't expect a real investigation, did you? "Not So Special Counsel" by David Corn in The Nation.

Sources

• Truth Out
• Information Clearinghouse
• Tom Paine
• The Independent
• The Guardian

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