For their investigate reporting in the CIA rendition case. I.e. the Egyptian citizens that were extradited in late 2001, handed over to the CIA and later subject of torture in Egypt despite official promises to the contrary.
News Documentary TV4, Stockholm, Sweden "The Broken Promise" 2005 EDWARD R. MURROW REGIONAL AWARD WINNERS
Continue Reading March 31st, 2005 Björn Hallberg
Global Policy Forum. Like reported earlier ("Barbarians in Babylon"), many of the archaeological sites in Iraq have been considerably damaged by US recklessness.
The overall situation in Iraq is overwhelmingly a human tragedy but that does not exempt the U.S. authorities, who set up Camp Babylon, from the consequences of what The Guardian called an act [...]
Continue Reading March 31st, 2005 Björn Hallberg
Via Defense Tech. While I believe this has been in the news before I am kind of surprised how easy some people are letting it slip. Could it be because leasing the sub is not as trivial and uncontroversial as it may seem at first glance?
If the US Navy really wants to go to all [...]
Continue Reading March 28th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
In the latest turn of events, the "Independent" Inquiry Committee, has reportedly found nothing to incriminate Kofi Annan himself but fortunately for his opponents they have managed to dig up some dirt on his son, Kojo. What does this tell us? Either he was in the loop or he was not. If the former turns [...]
Continue Reading March 28th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
CNET News.com - According to the March 10 document, political Web sites would be regulated by default unless they were password-protected and read by fewer than 500 people in a 30-day period. Many of those Web sites would have been required to post government-mandated notices or risk violating campaign finance laws.
Many Web sites that endorse [...]
Continue Reading March 25th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
Via Michael Moore. Time has a transcript of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s speech at the Family Research Council, Washington last Friday. Rated R for strong partisanship, agitation, fretting.
One can only hope this man is not entirely representative for the American right. Except for totally exploiting the Schiavo case, DeLay also turns to religious [...]
Continue Reading March 24th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
Via Agonist. Yes, the not so eloquent or talented Mr. Rumsfeld is out stirring up trouble again. This time in Venezuela. Yes indeed. The same place where the Bush administration tried to incite a coup in 2002. And to answer Rumsfeld’s question, I think they are going to use those weapons to defend themselves against [...]
Continue Reading March 24th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
In the latest twist in the bizarre story of former world chess champion Bobby Fischer, Japan finally agreed to allow Fischer to get on a plane for Iceland. The country has granted him a passport and citizenship, but Japan had previously refused to let him go anywhere but back to the US where Fischer faced [...]
Continue Reading March 24th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
Via Agonist. Not so surprising perhaps, the reporting from Iraq by embedded and other sources was everything but fair and balanced. Not even more mainstream forms of media was free of bias. Self-censorship occurred due to audience reaction to graphic content. One-third of news outlets surveyed published material online that was not in print or [...]
Continue Reading March 23rd, 2005 Björn Hallberg
The Swedish Justitie-Ombudsman clamped down on the security police (Säpo) and their handling of the extradition of two Egyptian citizens in December of 2001. The now infamous beginning of the much criticized CIA rendition flights.
Melin accuses Säpo of "marked passivity" towards the Americans and says the Americans were given "free rein to act as [...]
Continue Reading March 23rd, 2005 Björn Hallberg
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