Chris Floyd | The Deeper Evil Behind the Detainee Bill
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/100206A.shtml
Chris Floyd writes: "It was a dark hour indeed on Thursday when the United
States Senate voted to end the constitutional republic and transform the
country into a 'Leader-State,' giving the president and his agents the power
to capture, torture and imprison forever anyone - American citizens
included - whom they arbitrarily decide is an 'enemy combatant.' This also
includes those who merely give 'terrorism' some kind of 'support,' defined
so vaguely that many experts say it could encompass legal advice, innocent
gifts to charities or even political opposition to US government policy
within its draconian strictures."
William Fisher | Let's Hear It for the "Mavericks!"
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/100206B.shtml
William Fisher writes: "Ever since the Supreme Court ruled in Hamdan v.
Rumsfeld that the president of the United States is not a king, our media
has been obsessed with the 'rebellion' of three 'maverick' Republican
senators who said they refused to accept the White House version of a new
law governing how we treat and detain alleged terrorists. So what happened?
On Thursday, September 28, 2006, the 'mavericks' caved."
Battle for Control of Congress Tightens
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/100206D.shtml
As Congress adjourned for a final five-week campaign blitz, polls show
voters are unhappy with the direction of the country, dissatisfied with the
Republican-led Congress, and more likely to favor Democrats in their local
House races. In the past week, Democrats turned public attention back to the
unpopular war in Iraq and put the White House on the defensive in a heated
debate over a National Intelligence Estimate that said the conflict had
fueled Islamic extremism.
VERY GOOD ARTICLE HERE:
Robert Harris | Pirates of the Mediterranean
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/100206G.shtml
Robert Harris compares the pirates who attacked Rome's port at Ostia in 66
BC to al-Qaeda. The pirates, loosely organized, were able to spread a
disproportionate amount of fear among citizens who had believed themselves
immune from attack.
