Author: soj

[From the diaries by susanhu. Most important issue of our nation’s history, imho.] The “unitary executive” theory, that the President has nearly absolute authority as Commander-in-Chief in “wartime”...

With all the current news about lobbyist Jack Abramoff, I wanted to take the time to do some in-depth research about the lobbying industry. In the investigation of two recent stories that I wrote, I came across the firm Akin,...

It just never ends, this case of Jose Padilla, does it?Direct from yesterday’s Miami Herald: After the U.S. military invaded Afghanistan to oust its Taliban rulers, authorities found a locker full of applications to join...

After 2006 began with a dispute over natural gas between Ukraine and Russia, most Western governments (and allies in the corporate media) have begun once again to denounce Russia, calling it “authoritarian”,...

Promoted from the diaries by Steven D. A couple of days ago, I wrote a piece on American intelligence agencies, a brief run-down of all the different organizations and what role they played. In the course of doing the research...