Daily Briefing—26th July 2010

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Evening Briefing–22rd July 2010

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Evening Briefing—29th June 2010

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‘Dozens’ of American Citizens Maybe Targeted for Assassination by Obama Administration

Glenn Greenwald was on “The Dylan Ratigan Show” at MSNBC discussing the Obama Administration’s extension of the previous administration’s extrajudicial assassination program to include citizens of the U.S. (h/t: Scott Horton – 3:28):

Evening Briefing—17th June 2010

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Report: DIA Quietly Reviving & Renaming ‘Disestablished’ Domestic Datamining, Surveillance Unit

The Pentagon’s new intelligence unit’s purpose could raise the valid question of how far the U.S. is moving toward militarized domestic databasing, but its resemblance to a ‘disestablished’ program used to spy on peace activists can reasonably confirm the program was never halted.

Report: U.S. Intel Knows Pak Authorities Have Mullah Omar ‘Captured’

In March, U.S. military intelligence was alerted that the alleged Taliban leader and bin Laden ally was in the captivity of the Pakistan government, Brad Thor reports. The truth probably depends on how you define the government of Pakistan.

Waco and the New Brown Scare

Anthony Gregory on the real meanings of Waco and Oklahoma City on their anniversaries and the partisan fearmongering to create loyalty and submission to the ruling class because, of course, no matter who you vote for, the government wins and humanity loses.

[pictured: children murdered by the U.S. government during the Waco Massacre]

Weekend Briefing—27th-28th March 2010

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Charles Johnson: ‘The Revolution Will Be Made Of People: Anarchy, Direct Action and Free Market Social Justice’ (Video)

via Charles “Rad Geek” Johnson’s blog: Freedom is not a conservative idea. It is not a prop for corporate power and the political-economic statist quo. Libertarianism is, in fact, a revolutionary doctrine, which would undermine and overthrow every form of state coercion and authoritarian control. If we want liberty in our lifetimes, the realities of our politics need to live up to the promise our principles—we should be radicals, not reformists; anarchists, not smaller-governmentalists; defenders of real freed markets and private property, not apologists for corporate capitalism, halfway privatization or existing concentrations of wealth. Libertarianism should be a people’s movement and a liberation movement, and we should take our cues not from what’s politically polite, but from what works for a revolutionary people-power movement. Here’s how:

Part One (10:00):

Immigration Law Should Not Be Tolerated

‘Comprehensive immigration reform’ is disgusting in its tolerance for such evil.

Obama Supports DNA Database of ‘Presumed Innocents’

President Barack Obama recently expressed support for DNA sampling within the criminal procedure upon arrest by local, state and federal authorities.

Arizona’s War on Immigrants

Eric Ruder explains what the Department of Homeland Security’s move against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will mean for immigrants.

Homeland Security Sees Deplorable N.Y.C. Immigrant Jail as ‘A Good Model’

The Varick Street Detention Center has an ‘immigrant jail’ holding 250 people kidnapped by the government—100 of whom, held without charges, have petitioned they endure grossly inhuman conditions and slave labor—shines a  brighter light on the illegitimacy of immigration law.

Obama Allows Pentagon to Block Release of Torture Photos

A.C.L.U.: “We are disappointed that the president has signed a law giving the Defense Department the authority to hide evidence of its own misconduct, and we hope the defense secretary will not take advantage of that authority by suppressing photos related to the abuse of prisoners.”