Rumsfeld Misled Congress Over Abu Ghraib

Seymour Hersh was spoke on Democracy Now! regarding his recent scoop revealing Rumsfeld’s knowledge of Abu Ghraib abuses.
You can view the interview, listen to it, or read the transcript here.
Below is an excerpt of the interview by Amy Goodman:
AMY GOODMAN: It’s good to have you with us. First of all, how did you end up [...]

Hamas’ Victory in Gaza

Below is an excerpt from a post by Charles Levinson, at Conflict Blotter:
I just got back from a couple hours of reporting at Abbas’ presidential compound and Mohammad Dahlan’s house. Dahlan’s house was utterly trashed. It was the most thorough looting I have ever seen.
By the time we got there all the furniture, including the [...]

News in Brief: 19 June 2007

A brief list of news for the day:
The Earth today stands in imminent peril and nothing short of a planetary rescue will save it from the environmental cataclysm of dangerous climate change. Those are not the words of eco-warriors but the considered opinion of a group of eminent scientists writing in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. [...]