Crime
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Fed announces formal enforcement actions against 10 big banks to address a pattern of misconduct and negligence (Federal Reserve Bank)
Apr. 13, 2011 (FederalReserve.gov) -- The Federal Reserve Board Wednesday announced formal enforcement actions requiring 10 banking organizations to address a pattern of misconduct and negligence ...
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The Real Housewives of Wall Street: Look Who's Cashing In On the Bailout (Matt Taibbi)
Why is the Federal Reserve forking over $220 million in bailout money to the wives of two Morgan Stanley bigwigs? Apr. 12, 2011 (Rolling Stone) -- America has two national budgets, one official, one ...
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A Militarized Economy Cannot Balance the Budget (John Perkins)
"Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative. Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose.” --Gen. Dwight D. ...
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‘Matter of Policy’: Gaza War and Goldstone’s Moral Collapse (Ramzy Baroud)
Justice Richard Goldstone Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust April 14, 2011 -- Shocking is not a sufficient term to describe Justice Richard Goldstone’s decision to recant parts of the 2009 report on ...
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Military Tribunal May Keep 9/11 Motives Hidden (Ray McGovern)
Apr. 6, 2011 (CommonDreams.org) -- The Obama administration’s decision to use a military tribunal rather than a federal criminal court to try alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four ...
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The Capitalist Follies (David Glenn Cox)
David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust Mar. 28, 2011 -- There are days in this world when the events overwhelm us. Forces of nature batter us and remind us of how frail our lives and our societies ...
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US Army 'Kill Team' in Afghanistan Posed for Photos of Murdered Civilians (Jon Boone)
Commanders brace for backlash of anti-US sentiment that could be more damaging than after the Abu Ghraib scandal Mar. 21, 2011 (The Guardian) -- Commanders in Afghanistan are bracing themselves for ...
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Secretive Plan For a Global Currency (Ellen Brown)
"The Tower of Basel," Bank For International Settlements headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. Mar. 17, 2011 (Global Research) -- The following is an excerpt of a chapter by Ellen Brown from the new ...
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Obama Makes Indefinite Detention and Military Commissions His Own (Dafna Linzer)
A group of detainees kneeling during morning prayer in their camp at the U.S. military prison for "enemy combatants" in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (AFP/John Moore) Mar. 8, 2011 (ProPublica) -- President ...
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From Buccaneers to Profiteers: On the Origin of Corporations (David Korten)
Mar. 8, 2011 (YES! Magazine) -- Like many Americans, I grew up believing that conservative values were about local control and personal responsibility for family, community, and nature. It seemed ...
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Obama's Guantánamo Policy: Legally and Morally Corrupt (Karen Greenberg)
A US flag waves within the razorwire-lined compound of Camp Delta prison at Guantánamo Bay in 2006. (Photograph: Brennan Linsley/Pool/Reuters) The White House insists it's making the best of a bad ...
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