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John Lennon, Bradley Manning, Mordechai Vanunu, Sonia and Shimon Peres and Human Rights

Whistleblowers viewed as criminals...

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - In an interview John Lennon gave three days before Mark David Chapman murdered him, John said:

Does Egypt Matter to the US Public? You Better Believe it Does!

So far we have given Egypt about 70 billion dollars to cover for Israel. We attempted to purchase with our money, security for Israel, and Mubarak has proven himself a loyal puppet and has maintained a false peace...

(JAMESTOWN, R.I.) - Most Americans are not focused on the unfolding events in the Middle East because they see them as irrelevant to the US and their own personal lives.

Liberating the American People

American policy seems to be a total mess -- unless one is willing to openly admit that there is a clear coherent thread running through American foreign policy: it simply serves Israel’s interests.

(LONDON) - In his latest Newsweek article Stephen Kinzer wonders who America is betting on to counter the popular rising forces in the Middle East:

“The same friends it has been betting on for decades” he answers.

Update from the Muslim Brotherhood

The Muslim Brotherhood is Egypt’s largest opposition.

(CAIRO) - Egyptians have taken to the streets demanding an end to the 30-year rule of President Hosni Mubarak and protesting economic hardship and rampant corruption.

Demonstrations in Tunisia brought down the regime of Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, and this inspired tens of thousands of Egyptians to stage a countrywide "Day of Rage" that started on January 25.

The United States of America Violates International Bioweapons Treaty

FIRST, THEY CAME FOR BRADLEY MANNING

(LOS ANGELES) - While the country responds with growing alarm over torture policies first instigated against prisoners in Guantánamo, policies which now appear to be levied against at least one American citizen, Bradley Manning, another policy violation has been overlooked by the guardians of our freedom.

The U.S. press has been mum, at least up until now, on the violation of the Biological Weapons Convention by none other than the United States government.

Experts Say No Room for Nuclear, Coal in a `Clean Energy Standard`

So-Called “Clean Energy Standard” Highlighted in Obama State of the Union Speech, But Huge Health, Environmental Costs Associated With Nuclear, Coal.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - If Congress and the White House intend to move forward with a “clean energy standard” (CES), it will be a huge contradiction to include nuclear reactors and coal-fired power plants, according to three experts.

In the wake of President Obama’s State of the Union address embracing CES, the experts pointed to a long list of unresolved waste, water and proliferation risks associated with nuclear power, and unresolved problems with commercially untested “carbon capture & storage” (CCS) for coal-fired power production.

Response from The White House RE: Mordechai Vanunu Via The New York Times

"Our problems stem from our acceptance of this filthy, rotten system.” - Dorothy Day

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - When President Obama took office, this activist reporter began phoning, faxing and emailing him and Secretary of State Clinton seeking a statement regarding the fact that Israel continues to deny the Nuclear Whistle Blower Mordechai Vanunu the right to leave the state ever since he emerged from a tomb sized windowless cell in April 2004.

This came after 18 years in jail for telling the world the truth and providing the photographic proof that Israel had manufactured upwards of 200 nuclear warheads in the Dimona's seven-story underground nuclear facility.

Rogue America, the Quiet Mutiny

How privatization, religion and Constitutional abuses have created a 'shadow' state.

(CINCINNATI) - A little over 2 weeks ago, John Wheeler III, former Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force, a man whose Washington resume put him in contact with presidents, was found in the back of a garbage truck.

Two week later, there is no police investigation, no cause of death, no questions from the press, just silence, deafening silence.

Leopard Crew Abducted

Although ships operated by Shipcraft, the Leopard's Danish operator, routinely carry nuclear items, this vessel is not believed to have any onboard.

(NAIROBI. Kenya) - The crew members of a Danish weapons ship boarded but not hijacked by pirates in the Indian Ocean have been kidnapped, TradeWinds revealed.

In what represents a major departure from Somali pirates' usual modus operandi, the six seafarers have been snatched and moved to a seized Taiwanese fishing vessel which is operating as a mothership.

To Jon and Colbert: From Activist Reporter Looking for a District to Serve

Let's fix this country...

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - Generations of children grew up watching Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite and many dreamed of growing up and being them. My dream was to grow up and be Brenda Starr, the redheaded ace investigative journalist of the Sunday Comics.

Edward R. Murrow turned public opinion against the extremism and fear mongering of Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.