Fmr. UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter Warns Against “Politically Motivated Hype” on Iran Nuke Program

Democracy Now! September 30, 2009 Fmr. UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter Warns Against “Politically Motivated Hype” on Iran Nuke Program Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter joins us to discuss what he calls “politically motivated hype” over Iran’s nuclear program. The Obama administration has warned of sanctions unless Iran allows inspections of a newly disclosed [...]

Rep. Schakowsky Denies Lesbian Spy Charges + CIA Vet: FBI Whistleblower Sibel Edmonds ‘Very Credible’

by Brad Friedman The Brad Blog Sept 28, 2009 Schakowsky Publicly Denies Affair With Turkish Agent as ‘Total Fantasy,’ ‘Totally Made Up’ The Chicago News Bench blog cornered Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) at a Health Care Townhall event over the weekend, to ask her about former FBI translator turned whistleblower Sibel Edmonds’ allegation, as published [...]

President Obama: Give Peace a Meeting by Cindy Sheehan

by Cindy Sheehan Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Blog Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Sept. 30 2009 President Obama, I know that you are only fulfilling your campaign promises to increase the violence in Afghanistan and Pakistan and I notice that not a significant amount of troops have been withdrawn from Iraq. However, even with [...]

A Truly Shocking Guantánamo Story: Judge Confirms That An Innocent Man Was Tortured To Make False Confessions by Andy Worthington

submitted on Buzzflash: by Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.andyworthington.co.uk 30 Sept. 2009 In four years of researching and writing about Guantánamo, I have become used to uncovering shocking information, but for sheer cynicism, I am struggling to think of anything that compares to the revelations contained in the unclassified ruling in the habeas [...]

Wrestling With Politics by Guadamour

by Guadamour Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Guadamour’s blog post Sept. 27, 2009 Sept. 30, 2009 Jesse Ventura, the former governor of Minnesota is a phenomenon unique to America politics, someone outside of the political arena who uses his renown to secure a political position of power. In Don’t Start The Revolution Without Me, (Skyhorse Publishing [...]