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Mercs spread special ops methods to corporations and (eventually) our enemies

Summary:  This article discusses a possible side-effect of the US government creating large numbers of highly skilled mercs, based on people the government itself trained. For centuries — since the end of the thirty Years War in 1648 — the major western nations have strove to eliminate the scourge of mercenaries.  During the Bush Jr Administration much of that …

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Another step towards fascism: “Silencing the Lawyers”

Worth reading in full:  “Silencing the Lawyers“, Scott Horton, blog of Harper’s, 23 May 2010 — Excerpt: A total of 779 prisoners have been held in Guantánamo in connection with the war on terror. Five hundred seventy-nine were released, most by the Bush Administration, a quiet recognition of errors made in the decisions to detain …

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An expert speaks to us about torture

Excerpt from an Interview with Malcolm Nance (an Arabic-speaking counterterrorism expert and a combat veteran with 28 years of operational experience in the Middle East), by Scott Horton, blog of Harper’s, 30 April 2010: Question #5: You previously served as a master instructor in the SERE program, in which pilots were prepared, among other things, to …

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Today’s example of American foreign policy weirdness (about our allies)

As usual on the FM website, we look at the actual words — not the spin overlaid on them by media doctors.  Here are the first few volleys in this game, followed by a brief analysis. (1)  The initial outrage Remarks on April 1 by Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan, spoke to employees of the state election commission.  This was …

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