Archive for the 'Justice' Category

Former Accused Iraqi Agent Susan Lindauer, Secret Charges and The Patriot Act in Action

March 11, 2009

Former Accused Iraqi Agent
Susan Lindauer, Secret Charges and
The Patriot Act in Action

The Executioner and Justice – John Heartfield

Susan Lindauer Interviewed by Michael Collins

‘Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being [...]

Feds Drop Case Against Accused Iraqi Agent

January 17, 2009

Feds Drop Case Against Accused Iraqi Agent
“the Government has determined that continued prosecution of this case as to LINDAUER would not be in the interests of justice.”
Michael Collins
“Scoop” Independent News
(Jan. 16, Wash. DC) The Department of Justice entered a motion to drop all charges against Susan Lindauer yesterday morning, Jan. 15, 2009.  The [...]

From the People Who Brought Us Judith Miller and George Bush

June 25, 2008

From the People Who Brought Us
Judith Miller & George Bush

Former New York New York Times reporter, Judith Miller, who wrongly
claimed Iraq had weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and her president.
(Images left, right)
The New York Times “Covers” the Susan Lindauer Hearing

Michael Collins
“Scoop” Independent News
Washington, DC

The New York Times disgraced itself and betrayed the [...]

A Memorial for Habeas Corpus

May 27, 2008

A Memorial to Habeas Corpus

We celebrate Memorial Day to honor those who fought for the quest for civil rights and civil liberties for all. If that sounds idealistic, that’s what memorials are about.
When I wrote Polite Fascism Contracts the Right to Vote, I included an extended footnote which I’m sure few read. I decided to [...]

Election Fraud in Pennsylvania?

April 20, 2008

Election Fraud in Pennsylvania?

(Image Source – Diebold Variations)

They’ve got a Secret

Michael Collins
“Scoop” Independent News
Washington, D.C.
The Pennsylvania primary could lock up the Democratic nomination process once and for all. The campaign that Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean asked to be finished by July 1 could be over this Tuesday. Regardless of [...]

M. Collins: Forget the Torture Tapes

January 1, 2008

Caravaggio
Michael Collins
“Scoop” Independent News
Washington, D.C.
There’s a reflexive tendency to think the worst of the Bush-Cheney administration when scandals like the torture tapes emerge. This tendency is well justified.
This administration’s defining moment was the Iraq invasion. Over time, it caused death to 1.2 million civilians and the injuries of 1.1 million noncombatants. [...]

M.Collins: The Money Party (3)

November 17, 2007

Bansky
Big Lies that You Must Believe
Michael Collins
Scoop Independent News
Washington, D.C.
Because if you don’t, the whole scam may fall apart.
In the first two parts of this ongoing series on The Money Party, we discussed the fact that there is only one political party in the United States, The Money Party. [...]

Destruction of Evidence – Ohio’s 2004 Ballots

October 21, 2007

Letter from an Ohio Board of Elections (Holmes County) on missing 2004 ballots.
“Letters from the Edge” – Part 1
By Michael Collins
“Scoop” Independent News
Washington, D.C.
Overall this blatant destruction of evidence only reinforces the widespread belief that the 2004 election was stolen.
Bob Fitrakis and Harvey [...]

Judge Mukasey and the Rule of Law

September 22, 2007

Mukasey speaking at the Center for Law & Counterterrorism. 01/24/2007
Image & Video
Reining in the Lawless White House
Michael Collins
“Scoop” Independent News
Washington, D.C.
Attorney General nominee, Judge Michael B. Mukasey was under FBI protection for 11 years due to threats after presiding over major terrorist trials. Commenting on the FBI’s decision to end protection even though some safety [...]

George W. Bush, a Judiciary of One

September 15, 2007

Signing the 21st Century Nanotechnology R & D Act, all the better to
bug you. Signing statement issued. Objections 297 – 301. Image
Presidential Signing Statements

Michael Collins
“Scoop”Independent News
Washington, D.C.
The Bush-Cheney White House is responsible for the birth of a new constitutional doctrine. Bush has elevated himself to become a judiciary of one. [...]