(Sorry for the recent outage. The technical problems have been fixed. --DB)

9/1/08 -

• Bush Extends 9/11 National Emergency Yet Again
  --Global Research (Bush is reassuming special emergency powers for the seventh consecutive year, just as predicted. See "Special Emergency Powers of Executive Order 12656". --DB)
  
  
• Video: Fabled Enemies
  --Infowars (I do not agree with everything in this film, but it is certainly worth a watch. Some of the subject matter has been covered on this very site. --DB)
  
  
• NY Times confirms US involvement in Nuclear Black Market
  --Let Sibel Edmonds Speak (Also see "NY Times does it again: More 'Judy Miller' tapdancing III". --DB)
  
  
• Big Business Means Big Fun for Congress Members at RNC
  --ABC News
  
  
• Video: Protesters, journalists roughed up by riot police at RNC
  --Democracy Now! (Also see "Over 300 Protesters, Bystanders, Medics and Media Arrested," "Police Corner Demonstrators, Make Arrests at RNC" and "Police arrest 200 in march on GOP convention". --DB)
  
  
• Video: RNC Activists Face Terrorism Charges
  --Democracy Now!
  
  
• U.S. Spied on Iraqi Leaders, Book Says
  --The Washington Post (Also see "Fury in Iraq as Bob Woodwood claims US spied on Nouri al-Maliki". --DB)
  
  
• Leaked US-Iraq Agreement Leaves Open Possibility of Permanent Presence
  --Truth Out
  
  
• PMOI tied to al-Qaida, Iraqi official says
  --UPI (Al-Qaida? Considering the PMOI, also known as the MKO, is a U.S. proxy, this should raise questions about what "al-Qaida in Iraq" really is. --DB)
  
  
• Mexican Press Reports on CIA-Linked Cocaine Plane
  --El Universal (More here. Rough translations. Daniel Hopsicker has been on this for some time. --DB)
  
  
• Ex-Blackwater trainer arrested in connection with cocaine seizure worth $3 million
  --The Virginian-Pilot
  
  
• Blackwater sets its sights on e-learning businesses
  --The Virginian-Pilot
  
  
• Cheney colleague admits bribery in Halliburton oil deals
  --The Independent (Also see "Federal bribery investigation goes beyond single case in Nigeria". --DB)
  
  
• US: Canada's Tar Sands Lobbyists Focus on Democrats
  --Inter Press Service
  
  
• Vice President Cheney arrives in Azerbaijan
  --The Associated Press
  
  
• Cheney slams Russia over war against Georgia
  --The Associated Press (Also see "US flagship reaches Georgian port held by Russia". --DB)
  
  
• U.S. plans to give Georgia $1 billion in aid
  --Reuters
  
  
• What is DynCorp doing in Haiti?
  --Haiti Action
  
  
• EU court overturns asset freeze of Saudi suspect
  --The Associated Press (Where is the rest of the story? --DB)
  
  
• Al-Arian released after 5 years to await 2nd trial
  --The Associated Press
  
  
• Fuel Prices Wiping Out Farmers
  --ABC 7 (Also see "The High Cost of Farming". --DB)
  
  
• Survey reveals huge food cost rise
  --The Press Association
  
  
• Loss of Manhattan-sized Arctic ice shelf is 'sign of things to come'
  --The Times

8/28/08 - 8/31/08

• Blackwater Preps for Hurricane Gustav
  --The Associated Press
  
  
• 5 arrested, dozens detained in pre-RNC raids
  --San Francisco Chronicle (Also see "Federal government involved in preemptive raids on RNC protesters". --DB)
  
  
• Audio: Luke Ryland on nuclear network, Sibel Edmonds
  --Antiwar Radio (Also see "More 'Judy Miller' Tapdancing Part II". --DB)
  
  
• Libby's lawyers tied to destruction of nuke smuggling records?
  --Wayne Madsen Report
  
  
• Bush Seeks to Affirm a Continuing War on Terror
  --The New York Times
  
  
• Secret Spying Court Stays Secret, Rejects ACLU Plea Again
  --Wired
  
  
• Military Sending Foreign Fighters to Home Nations
  --The New York Times
  
  
• Agreement on U.S. withdrawal from Iraq said to be in peril as Maliki ousts negotiators
  --The Los Angeles Times
  
  
• KBR, Partner in Iraq Contract Sued in Human Trafficking Case
  --The Washington Post
  
  
• Why Kosovo Wasn’t Worth It
  --Newsweek
  
  
• Russia may cut off oil flow to the West
  --The Telegraph
  
  
• As Food Becomes The New Oil, Russia Plans To Seize Control
  --Newsweek
  
  
• "Water Mafias" Put Stranglehold on Public Water Supply
  --National Geographic
  
  
• Melting Arctic Becomes an Island for First Time, Entering "Death Spiral"
  --The Independent (Also see "Arctic Ice On Verge Of Another All-time Low" and "Arctic ice melting and not coming back: scientist" . --DB)

8/24/08 - 8/27/08

• Video: Detention Camp Built for DNC Protesters
  --CBS 4 via YouTube
  
  
• Video: Denver Police Arrest 91, Fire Pepper Spray & Pepper Balls at Protesters
  --Democracy Now! (Also see "Video: Massive Security Operation Mobilized for DNC" and "ABC Reporter Arrested in Denver Taking Pictures of Senators, Big Donors". --DB)
  
  
• Secret site keeps eyes on Denver
  --Denver Post (Also see "DHS to use controversial centers during political conventions". --DB)
  
  
• The Influence Game in Denver: What Are They Hiding?
  --ABC News
  
  
• Private contractors hold quarter of US intel jobs
  --The Associated Press
  
  
• U.S. increases spending on contractors in Iraq
  --USA Today
  
  
• Blackwater-linked firm to train Canadian troops
  --The Toronto Star
  
  
• Homeland Security Comes to Vermont
  --The Washington Post
  
  
• Military Remains in New Orleans Three Years After Hurricane
  --The New York Times
  
  
• State Department Advising Corporations How to Protect Against Peace Activists and "Eco-Terrorists"
  --Counterpunch
  
  
• State police still holding records on spying, ACLU says
  --Maryland Gazette
  
  
• In Nuclear Net’s Undoing, a Web of Shadowy Deals
  --The New York Times (Good in-depth story, but many questions are left unanswered. See "NY Times does it again: More 'Judy Miller' tapdancing". --DB)
  
  
• Cartel Figure Charges DEA with "Selective Prosecution"
  --Mad Cow Morning News
  
  
• Russia threatens military response to US missiles
  --The Associated Press (Also see "Georgia begs the West for help as Russia recognises rebel regions,""US, Russia anchor military ships in Georgian ports," "Russia hits out at West over Georgia tensions," and "Kosovo Precedent Prevails". --DB)
  
  
• Analyst warns of looming global climate wars
  --Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  
  
• Arctic sea ice drops to 2nd lowest level on record
  --The Associated Press
  
  
• Melting Arctic Holds Global Warming Time Bomb
  --Discovery Channel
  
  
• Warning on voting machines reveals oversight failure
  --McClatchy
  
  
• A Smooth Florida Election? Not Quite
  --CBS
  
  
• Cities Debate Privatizing Public Infrastructure
  --The New York Times
  
  
• Texas students that skip school to be tracked by satellite
  --The Associated Press
  
  
• Tropical Storm Gustav Threatens U.S. Energy Infrastructure
  --Wired
  
  
• U.S. and Global Economies Slipping in Unison
  --The New York Times
  
  
• Oil prices threaten Latin American economies
  --The Los Angeles Times
  
  
• Looming Energy Crisis In Mexico Stirs Debate
  --National Public Radio
  
  
• Truckers across Japan protest high fuel prices
  --The Associated Press (Also see "Anti-food, fuel price hikes protests set for Manilla," "Lorry drivers strike in Karachi freezes business in Pakistan" and "Diesel gives truckers a break, but for how long?". --DB)
  
  
• Local food banks feel increase in food prices, needy families
  --Jaskson Hole Star Tribune (Also see "As Food Costs Rise, So Do School Lunch Price". --DB)
  
  
• Problem bank list keeps growing
  --CNN
  
  
• Mortgage fraud soars in first quarter, report says
  --The Associated Press
  
  
• Agribusinesses to collaborate on corn residue ethanol
  --The Chicago Tribune (As previously noted, this residue is not waste. It keeps the topsoil fertile. Start using it for fuel, and some of the country's most valuable farmland may be destroyed. --DB)
  
  
• Gas prices concern booming hay industry
  --ABC 7
  
  
• U.S. wind power strangled by antiquated power grid
  --The New York Times

8/20/08 - 8/23/08

• Richard Perle continues criminal enterprise, MSM still silent
  --Let Sibel Edmonds Speak
  
  
• New evidence links Saudi bank to al-Qaeda, say Cozen lawyers
  --Philadelphia Inquirer
  
  
• COINTELPRO 2.0: Mukasey Loosens Guidelines on Domestic Spying
  --Dissident Voice
  
  
• Journalists and bloggers under assault by Bush Gestapo
  --Online Journal (Also see "NSA continues surveillance of journalists". --DB)
  
  
• New Guidelines Would Give F.B.I. Broader Powers
  --The New York Times
  
  
• Citizens' U.S. Border Crossings Tracked
  --The Washington Post
  
  
• Training facilities for Blackwater straddle N.C. counties
  --The Virginian-Pilot
  
  
• Homeland Security Agencies Protect Political Conventions
  --Imperial Valley News
  
  
• Dogs of War: Blackwater as Wal-Mart
  --Across the Aisle
  
  
• PR Push for Iraq War Preceded Intelligence Findings
  --National Security Archive
  
  
• Iraq condemns oil majors' "humanitarian" failure
  --Reuters
  
  
• Iraq seeks breakup of U.S.-funded Sunni fighters
  --The Los Angeles Times
  
  
• Baghdad moves to expel PMOI in six months
  --UPI
  
  
• US Army Human Terrain System in disarray
  --Online Journal
  
  
• The Eurasian Corridor: Pipeline Geopolitics and the New Cold War
  --Global Research (Also see "Missile defense backers now cite Russia threat," "Talk of Russia-Cuba ties viewed as warning to U.S," and "Moscow Likely to Recognize Breakaway Georgia Republics". --DB)
  
  
• The Veep’s Pipeline Push in Alaska
  --Newsweek
  
  
• Detroit pushes for a $50-billion bailout
  --The Los Angeles Times
  
  
• Wholesale prices rising at fastest pace since 1981
  --The Associated Press
  
  
• Price of Water Predicted to Rise 300% in Next 2-3 Years
  --Energy Tech Stocks
  
  
• Ohio Voting Machines Contained Programming Error That Dropped Votes
  --The Washington Post
  
  
• Olympics add to China's power crisis
  --The Telegraph (Also see "China warns on winter energy supply". --DB)
  
  
• New Orleans repeating deadly levee mistakes
  --The Associated Press
  
  
• Climate Change Making Southwest Hotter, Drier in Spring
  --Science Daily
  
  
• Californians wary of costs of going green: survey
  --Reuters
  
  
• Greenland glacier crack points to disintegration
  --The Australian
  
  
• Polar bears' long swims blamed on global warming
  --Edmonton Journal
  
  
• Climate Change Could Be Impetus For Wars, Other Conflicts, Expert Says
  --Science Daily
  
  
• Food, Fuel and Water Crises Converging
  --Inter Press Service
  
  
• Wasted food draining the world of water, experts say
  --Agence France Presse

8/16/08 - 8/19/08

• Sibel Edmonds Case: FBI files "formal complaint" with Sunday Times
  --Against All Enemies
  
  
• Bush Covered up Musharraf Ties with Qaeda, Khan
  --Inter Press Service
  
  
• More proof Israelis were shadowing 9/11 hijackers
  --Antiwar
  
  
• Cozen O'Connor dealt blow in 9/11 lawsuit
  --The Philadelphia Inquirer
  
  
• U.S. May Ease Police Spy Rules
  --The Washington Post
  
  
• Are state troopers spying on you?
  --People's Weekly World
  
  
• In Georgia, the hazards of proxy war
  --The Baltimore Sun
  
  
• Conflict in Georgia narrows oil options for West
  --The New York Times
  
  
• Iraq moves against some US-backed Sunni fighters
  --The Associated Press
  
  
• Iraqis buy billions in U.S. arms
  --USA Today
  
  
• The Secret Deal For Iraq's Oil
  --The Public Record
  
  
• Musharraf resigns after nine years in power
  --The Globe & Mail
  
  
• The Anthrax Files
  --The American Conservative
  
  
• Anti-Regulation Aide to Cheney Is Up for Energy Post
  --The Washington Post
  
  
• States Still Struggling With Voting Machines
  --ProPublica (Also see "Voting Machine Doubts Linger" and "Did Washington waste millions on faulty voting machines?". --DB)
  
  
• Mob lawyer turned Vegas mayor gets FBI support for mob museum
  --Las Vegas Sun
  
  
• Energy majors awash in money but not oil
  --The New York Times
  
  
• Venezuela sends less crude oil to the United States
  --Bloomberg
  
  
• Shell says no progress fixing Nigeria oil pipeline
  --Reuters
  
  
• U.S. Economy: Housing, Price Reports Raise Stagflation Danger
  --Bloomberg
  
  
• Food price rises push 14m to the brink of starvation
  --The Times
  
  
• Farmers feel impact of increasing costs
  --The Associated Press (Also see "Farm Expenditures at Record Highs". --DB)
  
  
• Gulf facing power shortage of unprecedented proportions
  --Arabian Business
  
  
• Transport costs could alter world trade
  --USA Today (Also see "Expensive Fuel Brings Change to Transportation Industry," "People Worldwide Search for Cheaper Transportation," "Oil Price Spike Drives Up Other Costs" and "After two weeks, Colombian truckers reach deal to end strike". --DB)
  
  
• Gulf 'dead zone' suffocating fish and livelihoods
  --CNN
  
  
• Birds can't keep up with climate change: study
  --Agence France Presse
  
  
• Human-Caused Winds Bring Drier, Warmer Springs To The Southwest
  --RedOrbit

8/11/08 - 8/15/08

• Saudi Arabia Granted Immunity From 9/11 Lawsuit
  --Philadelphia Inquirer
  
  
• Senate Report Scrutinizes the State Secrets Privilege
  --Secrecy News
  
  
• Neuroscience teaches spooks new tricks
  --New Scientist (Also see "Uncle Sam Wants Your Brain". --DB)
  
  
• Some Web Firms Say They Track Behavior Without Explicit Consent
  --The Washington Post
  
  
• FBI to get freer rein to look for terrorism suspects
  --McClatchy
  
  
• NYPD plan would track every vehicle into Manhattan
  --Newsday
  
  
• DIA Takes on Offensive Counter