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Cheney alleged source of new “American” torture policies.
Retired U.S. Army Col. Larry Wilkerson, who served as former Secretary of State Colin Powell’s chief of staff,

“There’s no question in my mind where the philosophical guidance and the flexibility in order to do so originated — in the vice president of the United States’ office,” he said. “His implementer in this case was (Defense Secretary) Donald Rumsfeld and the Defense Department.”

Is Bush Lying about his Lies?

The buck stops in the Oval Office. If the president was not deliberately lying to the American people, he nonetheless presided over what was in effect and in truth a massive deception. He would be much wiser to admit his mistake and assume responsibility, but it is apparently not in his character to do so.

Moreover at least three-fifths of the American people now believe that he did in fact deceive them. The question arises as to whether he and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld are also deceiving us on the certainty of victory in Iraq. Granting for the sake of an argument that we must train a functioning Iraq army, why will no one in the administration predict how long that will take? Why after several years of that effort is there only one fully capable Iraqi unit (of 750 men)?

Media Matters: Fox News has Woolsey and Perle debate Iraq, it’s a fake debate because they’re both members of the Defense Policy Board.

But Media Matters missed the boat, because the more damning fact is that they’re both members of PNAC. That’s what Fox “News” is selling…? A debate between two PNAC members is “Fair and Balanced” ? Oh My God. It’s unbelievable that anyone buys that crap…. to end the war, everyone should buy the Highjacking Catastrophe DVD (which exposes PNAC) for their Fox News watching friends and family.

Martial Law: Congressman Ron Paul on the Alex Jones Show

“They [Bush, Cheney] are putting their back up against the wall and saying, if need be we’re going to have martial law.”

“We’ve heard all these statements by the President, by the administration, why they need more militarism at the federal government to keep people in check so nobody knows how this will turn out but I do know that the only thing we can do about it is try to alert the American people to what’s going on so they can be prepared.”

Katrina: Authorities bar Red Cross from NOLA; Blackwater gets carte blanche

Armed with assault rifles, contractors from private security firm Blackwater are patrolling the black-water-flooded streets of New Orleans.

Meanwhile, unnarmed Red Cross workers toting food and medicine have been unable to enter the city for days.

with some great reader comments:

Why do the police in New Orleans clear the city of the last remaining residents? Why can’t these residents stay in their homes if they are able to stay? And why do the authorities do this with guns?

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Since it would seem the goal of this project is to demolish the city… then give Halliburton billions to rebuild it for corporations and whites only… People need to realize that this is the biggest LOOTING operation since the fall of Baghdad - and the looters are NOT the poor blacks.

Blackwater Mercenaries Deploy in New Orleans
Heavily armed paramilitary mercenaries from the Blackwater private security firm, infamous for their work in Iraq, are openly patrolling the streets of New Orleans. Some of the mercenaries say they have been “deputized” by the Louisiana governor; indeed some are wearing gold Louisiana state law enforcement badges on their chests and Blackwater photo identification cards on their arms. They say they are on contract with the Department of Homeland Security and have been given the authority to use lethal force.

Blackwater goons coming to your home town
As our illegitimate president and his cronies keep telling us, it is only a matter of time before a terrorist nuke takes out an American city. If this happens (and we are told repeatedly it is not a matter of if but when), the Bush administration, FEMA, the Ministry of Homeland Security, and the Pentagon will be ready, having field tested their “response” in New Orleans. Expect Blackwater goons, experienced in killing “insurgents” in South Africa and Iraq, to enter your house—by way of kicking in the front door or pitching a stun grenade through the living room window—and confiscate your weapons and haul you off to a FEMA concentration camp.

To all those that say: “IT can happen here” Wake the *** up! We used to have a law against military use on US soil. That’s now gone, and even worse than trigger-happy troops from Iraq breaking down doors- private ’security’ guards, with M-16s, paid for with US tax dollars, accountable to NOBODY. That’s why they use private firms- because there is no Congressional oversight.

Mercenaries guard homes of the rich in New Orleans

Hundreds of mercenaries have descended on New Orleans to guard the property of the city’s millionaires from looters.The heavily armed men, employed by private military companies including Blackwater and ISI, are part of the militarisation of a city

America’s Devolution: armed mercenaries hired by the elite patrol the rich neighborhoods while cops force poor people from their homes at gunpoint.