CODEPINK Interview with FBI Whistleblower Coleen Rowley: Accountability, Bradley Manning, Thomas Drake & Taking Action! By Nancy Mancias Coleen Rowley is a former FBI agent and whistleblower. In 2002, she was awarded TIME “Person of the Year” along with two other female whistleblowers. Why is it important to hold our elected officials accountable? There can’t [...]
War Criminal John Ashcroft By Nancy Mancias “The Bush Administration rejects torture.” – John Ashcroft Former Attorney General John Ashcroft rewrote laws and created policies that gave new powers to the executive branch and reduced the authority of the judiciary and Congress. He and the Department of Justice ushered in the Patriot Act through the [...]
America is a friend to the people of Iraq. Our demands are directed only at the regime that enslaves them and threatens us. When these demands are met, the first and greatest benefit will come to Iraqi men, women and children. -George W. Bush
“The war against terrorism is a new kind of war. In my judgment, this new paradigm renders obsolete Geneva’s strict limitations on questioning of enemy prisoners and renders quaint some of its provisions.” –Alberto Gonzales, memo to Pres. Bush, Jan. 2002 During his time as U.S. Attorney General under President George Bush, Alberto Gonzales along [...]
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