Warrantless wiretapping, anyone????

jb Says:
This should have been exposed and thoroughly aired when it was happening. …

Remember this?

Revealed: US dirty tricks to win vote on Iraq war
Secret document details American plan to bug phones and emails of key Security Council members
Read the memo
The Observer, Sunday March 2 2003
The United States is conducting a secret ‘dirty tricks’ campaign against UN Security Council delegations in New York as part of its battle to win votes in favour of war against Iraq.

Details of the aggressive surveillance operation, which involves interception of the home and office telephones and the emails of UN delegates in New York, are revealed in a document leaked to The Observer. … (More)

Allegations surrounding the Dunblane massacre
In 2003, the Sunday Herald newspaper ran an article entitled “Should the Dunblane dossier be kept secret?”, a reference to documents relating to the Cullen Inquiry into the 1996 Dunblane massacre which are to remain classified for 100 years. In a discussion board on the newspaper’s website, anonymous contributors claimed that Robertson had signed a recommendation for a gun licence for Thomas Hamilton in his capacity as his MP. In fact, Robertson had never been the gunman’s MP, and the claims were totally unfounded. Robertson successfully sued the newspaper. The case became in important test case as to whether publishers can be held responsible for comments posted on their websites.[3][4]

Additionally, The Scotsman and the Mail on Sunday published allegations that Robertson had intervened to help Hamilton out of trouble after Hamilton was accused of showing ‘perverted behaviour’ towards boys at clubs he ran.

his stooge Hamilton was pimp collecting rentboys for High up Scottish pervert Judges

BUSH FOUND OUT AND BLACKMAILED BLAIR INTO WAR

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Robertson%2C_Baron_Robertson_of_Port_Ellen

look again at the 100-year ban placed on a police report on Thomas Hamilton

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2003/feb/14/ukguns.scotland

43 and the link 45

Poland was given free buses and work visas for the UK each pole was given £1600 ($3000) as a resettlement fee ( many who left and came back got 2 payments) Now half a million poles took all the jobs in every corner of the uk

Now most poles have gone back to Poland because wages went up 300% also the £ weakened against the Pole money by 25%

THIS IS WHAT POLAND GOT

Many nations received monetary and other incentives from the United States in return for sending troops to or otherwise supporting the Iraq war.[96] Critics of the Bush Administration such as Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, has said this approach smacks of “bribery”[97] Below is a partial list of some of the incentives offered to coalition members:

Turkey – Turkey was offered approximately $8.5 billion in loans in exchange for sending 10,000 peacekeeping troops in 2003. Even though the US did say the loans and the sending of troops to Iraq were not directly linked, it also said the loans are contingent upon “cooperation” on Iraq.[98]
Singapore – In May 2003 the Bush Administration signed a free trade agreement with Singapore, the first with an Asian country. In announcing the deal, President Bush hailed Singapore as “a strong partner in the war on terrorism and a member of the coalition on Iraq.” Asia Times columnist Jeffrey Robertson argued was a reward for Singapore’s support of the Iraq invasion.[99][100][101]
Australia: In 2004 the Bush Administration “fast tracked” a free trade agreement with Australia. The Sydney Morning Herald called the deal a “reward” for Australia’s contribution of troops to the Iraq invasion.[102][103]
Great Britain: As of 2006, the Independent reported that British companies have received at least £1.1bn contracts for reconstruction work in postwar Iraq.[104]
In addition to direct incentives, critics of the war have argued that the involvement of other members of the coalition was in response for indirect benefits, such as support for NATO membership or other military and financial aid. Indeed, almost all of the Eastern European nations involved in the Coalition have either recently joined or are in the process of joining the US-led NATO alliance (namely Bulgaria, Georgia, Albania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Romania and Slovakia).[105], the exceptions being Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic which joined NATO in 1999. Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet, for example, said on April 21 that Estonian troops had to remain in Iraq due to his country’s “important partnership” with the United States.[106]

At least one country, Georgia, is believed to have sent soldiers to Iraq as an act of repayment for the American training of security forces that could potentially be deployed to the break-away regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.[107] Indeed, Georgian troops that were sent to Iraq have all undergone these training programs.[108]

El Salvador’s President Antonio Saca has been accused of deploying troops in return for membership in the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA),[109] and as a member of the right-wing ARENA party that was supported heavily by the United States during the El Salvador Civil War, is certainly influenced by the United States.

Conversely, Greece’s non involvement (a poll indicated 90% against the Iraq Invasion), may have led to the US recognizing the Republic of Macedonia under its constitutional name.[110]

I’ve banned the MSM in my household at this point.

There may lie the seeds of our salvation. Personally, I have refused to subscribe to cable for years. I refuse to support entities which lie to me. As long as cable “news” is profitable, they have no reason to change.

If anyone has any ides for a grass roots movement to cancel cable, hit them in their wallets, I’m all ears.

sacopenapa Says:
The USA is alone in the world community. And if the
War Criminals in the WH and in the Pentagon do not face accountability, it will remain alone for centuries to come.

I must apologetically correct you. We have done this before and pretty much got away with it. Under reagan we had the Iran/Contra debacle that was treason and Ollie north is still giving speaches and until recently although we weren’t especaially loved around the world, we could travel fairly safely. Our military incursions in Lebanon, etc.

The world was more christain than we were and turned the other cheek.

If, and it’s a big if. If we change policies with other nations when we change presidents, maybe we will be ok again. I don’t see anyone being held accountable for this either…..do you?

Coalition of the Willing or Coalition of the Coerced? How the Bush Administration Influences Allies in its War on Iraq

Introduction:

Although Administration officials have said publicly that they will not attempt to bully nations into supporting their Iraq policy, there is ample precedent for the United States using coercion to garner support for its military actions overseas [...] Hence, the U.S. public should carefully scrutinize any claim by the Bush Administration that they have assembled a “coalition of the willing.” Almost all, by our count, join only through coercion, bullying, bribery, or the implied threat of U.S. action that would directly damage the interests of the country. This “coalition of the coerced” stands in direct conflict with democracy. In most nations, including those most closely allied to the United States, over 70 percent of the public opposes U.S. military action against Iraq.

http://www.tni.org/mil-docs/coalition.pdf