Dennis Kucinich and Glenn Greenwald: Assassinating Americans + Corporate Money + Moonlighting CIA Operatives

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Democracy Now!
Feb. 9, 2010

Obama Administration: US Forces Can Assassinate Americans Believed to Be Involved in Terrorist Activity

The Obama administration has acknowledged it’s continuing a Bush-era policy authorizing the killing of US citizens abroad. The confirmation came from Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair in congressional testimony last week. Blair said, “Being a US citizen will not spare an American from getting assassinated by military or intelligence operatives overseas if the individual is working with terrorists and planning to attack fellow Americans.” We speak to Rep. Dennis Kucinich and blogger and attorney Glenn Greenwald.

via Obama Administration: US Forces Can Assassinate Americans Believed to Be Involved in Terrorist Activity

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Rep. Dennis Kucinich v. Glenn Greenwald on the Supreme Court’s Landmark Campaign Finance Ruling on Corporate Money

A new poll has found nearly two-thirds of respondents oppose the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Citizens United to allow corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money to elect and defeat candidates. Rep. Dennis Kucinich and Glenn Greenwald offer differing opinions on the controversial ruling. [includes rush transcript]

via Rep. Dennis Kucinich v. Glenn Greenwald on the Supreme Court’s Landmark Campaign Finance Ruling on Corporate Money.

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Eamon Javers on the Secret World of Corporate Espionage and Moonlighting CIA Operatives

The CIA is under fire following the news it’s allowing active-duty operatives to work for private companies on the side. The previously undisclosed “moonlighting” has granted wealthy private entities such as financial firms and hedge funds access to top-level intelligence officials. It’s said to be viewed internally as a means to prevent agency defections to the private sector. A CIA spokesperson said “moonlighting” operatives are required to submit detailed information on their outside employment. But few details have been revealed, including how long the policy has been in place and how many operatives have taken part. We speak to Eamon Javers, author of the new book Broker, Trader, Lawyer, Spy: The Secret World of Corporate Espionage.

Eamon Javers, author of the new book, Broker, Trader, Lawyer, Spy: The Secret World of Corporate Espionage. He is a reporter for Politico, where he covers the White House and the economy.

via Eamon Javers on the Secret World of Corporate Espionage and Moonlighting CIA Operatives.

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David Price: “The CIA Is Welcoming Itself Back onto American University Campuses”

In the latest edition of Counterpunch Magazine, the anthropologist David Price reveals the U.S. intelligence community has established academic outposts at twenty-two U.S. universities over the past four years. Government agencies including the CIA, FBI, National Security Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency, and Homeland Security, have helped found “Intelligence Community Centers for Academic Excellence”, or I.C.C.A.E.s—pronounced “Icky.” The ICCAEs aim to create a “systematic long-term program at universities and colleges to recruit and hire eligible talent for [Intelligence Community] agencies and components” and “increase the [intelligence recruiting] pipeline of students.”

via David Price: “The CIA Is Welcoming Itself Back onto American University Campuses”.

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Dennis Kucinich Challenges Potential Extrajudicial Killing of Americans + US Government killing Americans abroad, OK?

Dennis Kucinich: Every occupation fuels an insurgency

Supreme Court’s Gift to Corporations: The U.S. Military by Cameron Salisbury

The 28th Amendment – Donna Edwards Introduces Constitutional Amendment to Undo SCOTUS Ruling

Ron Paul on the CIA’s Assassination Policy + Audit The Fed!

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