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Morning headlines brought to you by Carolyn Kay MakeThemAccountable.com Top StoryOfficers: Ex-CIA chief Tenet a 'failed' leader
(CNN) -- In a letter written Saturday to former CIA Director George Tenet, six former CIA officers described their former boss as "the Alberto Gonzales of the intelligence community," and called his book "an admission of failed leadership." The writers said Tenet has "a moral obligation" to return the Medal of Freedom he received from President Bush. They also called on him to give more than half the royalties he gets from book, "At the Center of the Storm," to U.S. soldiers wounded in Iraq and families of the dead. The Illustrated Daily Scribble
The WorldSuicide car bomb kills 4 in Baghdad
BAGHDAD - A suicide car bomber struck an Iraqi checkpoint in a predominantly Sunni area in the capital Monday, killing four people and wounding 10, police said.
Uneasy Alliance Is Taming One Insurgent Bastion
RAMADI, Iraq — Anbar Province, long the lawless heartland of the tenacious Sunni Arab resistance, is undergoing a surprising transformation. Violence is ebbing in many areas, shops and schools are reopening, police forces are growing and the insurgency appears to be in retreat… Many Sunni tribal leaders, once openly hostile to the American presence, have formed a united front with American and Iraqi government forces against Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia. With the tribal leaders’ encouragement, thousands of local residents have joined the police force.
If it’s true, it’s a vindication of those of us who have said negotiation is the way to promote peace. But we’ve been lied to before. —Caro
Hamas leader threatens renewed violence
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - The supreme leader of Hamas threatened violence if an international aid embargo isn't lifted and demanded in an interview published Monday that Israel release top Palestinian leaders in return for a captured soldier.
To slow spread of radical Islam, Saudi Arabia woos detainees
Alarmed to find that detainees are emerging from the Guantanamo Bay prison camp and other U.S. detention centers more devoted than ever to radical Islam, Saudi Arabia is offering counseling, financial aid and even matchmaking to pull young militants away from terrorism.
Iran to Attend Regional Talks on Iraq Violence
The stage is set for the first cabinet-level meeting between Iran and the U.S. since the end of 2004.
Report says Australian business benefits from helping Asia's poor
SYDNEY (AFP) - A report commissioned by some of Australia's leading companies argues there is a strong business case for private enterprise here to help alleviate poverty in the Asia-Pacific region. The NationRice will not comply with House subpoena
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made it clear Sunday that she does not plan to comply with a subpoena that the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee authorized this week.
US Democrats raise prospect of Bush's impeachment over Iraq
A top US congressional Democrat has raised the possibility of George W. Bush's impeachment in a bid to force the president to accept a compromise that would place conditions on continued US military involvement in Iraq. Representative John Murtha, who chairs the House Subcommittee on Defense and is close to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, made the comment Sunday in response to repeated threats by the president to veto legislation that calls for withdrawal of US troops from Iraq by the end of next March.
Retired gen.: Bush should sign Iraq bill
President Bush should sign legislation starting the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq on Oct. 1, retired Army Lt. Gen. William Odom said Saturday. "I hope the president seizes this moment for a basic change in course and signs the bill Congress has sent him," Odom said, delivering the Democrats' weekly radio address… The general accused Bush of squandering U.S. lives and helping Iran and al-Qaida when he invaded Iraq.
4 GIs Killed, 103 This Month In Iraq
The military says four more American soldiers have been killed in Iraq violence during the weekend, pushing the U.S. death toll for April over 100. Also, a U.S. government report warns Iraqis won't be able to take over reconstruction any time soon.
House panel invites former CIA chief to testify
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of a U.S. House of Representatives investigative committee on Friday invited former CIA Director George Tenet to testify about prewar claims that Iraq sought weapons of mass destruction.
Rebuilt Iraq Projects Found Crumbling
In a troubling sign for the American-financed rebuilding program in Iraq, inspectors for a federal oversight agency have found that in a sampling of eight projects that the United States had declared successes, seven were no longer operating as designed because of plumbing and electrical failures, lack of proper maintenance, apparent looting and expensive equipment that lay idle. MediaPermanent link to MTA daily media news
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The Future of Media
1. Apple will polish low-budget content… 2. Local broadcast TV will come to the cell phone… 3. HD Radio will get real… Your radio will learn what you like to listen to and feed you that content. There will be content tied to positional information such as GPS systems and in-car navigation. There will be graphics, links to Web content and probably most important of all, coupons. Discounts will be fed on the fly to listeners as they approach, say, a McDonalds.
A genuine political sea change?
(In a comment from one of Glenn Greenwald’s readers:) I'm watching Moyers' Journal, and Jon Stewart is the guest, with Josh Marshall from TPM to follow. It's caused me to reflect on the fairly recent past, and I am getting an almost cellular sense that something very profound is beginning to bud… An undeniable intellectual and social confluence is rapidly gaining momentum and solidarity. This solidarity is amazingly organic, not hierarchical -- its only guide is the sixth sense of skepticism, outrage, and, yes, reason. It transcends party. It is oceanic, atmospheric. An intellectual, moral, societal, and psychological gestalt as ancient as humanity itself, kept underfoot by a long winter, but indelibly germinating once again with the thaw.
Click through to read this entire post, which may give you some hope for a better and more sane future. —Caro
You can watch online Bill Moyers’ Jon Stewart interview and also that with Josh Marshall. The video of the entire special, “Buying The War” is also available now.
Bill Moyers Rocks, But...
"...could he have interviewed at least one woman or person of color for his much-lauded documentary Buying the War that aired on PBS?" It’s hard to believe that Moyers and the other producers didn’t realize that they were talking only to white men for their nearly 90-minute documentary.
Michael Ware On The Surge
Michael Ware joined Anderson Cooper on Thursday night's "AC 360" to discuss the surge in Iraq. Ware had just returned to the United States after being embedded with US forces in Iraq and was clearly disturbed by what he was hearing from General Patraeus and politicians, pointing out the vast differences between the "almost delusional nature of the debate that's underway" in our country and the realities he witnessed on the ground.
Click the title to watch the video. —Caro
Senator Feingold Corrects John Roberts’ Misinformation
On April 15th CNN's John Roberts falsely implied on "Late Edition" that the proposed Feingold-Reid bill would “cut off the funds in the middle of a war” for “troops in the field.” In response, Senator Feingold sent Roberts a letter correcting the record and appeared on "American Morning" yesterday to confront him about his misleading characterization.
It is absolutely wonderful to see Democrats standing up for themselves. Click through to watch the American Morning video. —Caro
Washington Post Scrapes Bottom Of Barrel To Find People Who Think War Isn't "Lost"
The other day, an editor of The Washington Post's outlook section sent out an email soliciting opinions from a variety of experts on the question of whether Harry Reid was right in saying that the Iraq War was "lost." They promised to publish replies on the Op-ed page today. Well, the piece is now up, and guess what? The Post article publishes the names of only three people who answer the question with an outright "No." Technology & ScienceVonage: Away from the Edge, for Now
The Web-calling service provider can seek subscribers until its appeal hearing on the patent infringement case brought against it by Verizon
New toys read brain waves
Engineers at NeuroSky Inc. have big plans for brain wave-reading toys and video games. They say the simple Darth Vader game — a relatively crude biofeedback device cloaked in gimmicky garb — portends the coming of more sophisticated devices that could revolutionize the way people play.
Study: School Culture Affects Student Violence
Along with personality and peer relationships, a school’s culture also influences whether a child resolves an issue peacefully or goes off the deep end and resorts to violence, a new study finds… Though it's no magic solution , the research could help ensure and direct intervention in middle schools where students need it most, the scientists say.
Memory loss caused by brain damage is reversible: study
PARIS (AFP) - Degenerative brain diseases, including Alzheimers, could one day be treated with drugs that can reverse distressing loss of memory, according to a study released Sunday. EnvironmentTop scientists eye masterplan on climate change
The world's leading climate change experts gathered in Bangkok on Monday to thrash out a masterplan on limiting the worst impacts of global warming, but amid deep divisions over how to go about it.
On the Road, Hope for a Zero-Pollution Car
Scientists and engineers are searching for ways to reduce the cost and improve the practicality of hydrogen-powered vehicles.
Indonesia's Aceh, Papua Pledge To Protect Forests
Governors from three Indonesian provinces which are home to most of the country's rainforests pledged on Thursday to conserve them as part of efforts to mitigate the impact of climate change.
Indian project shows solar power affordable - U.N.
OSLO (Reuters) - A solar power project in India supplying electricity to 100,000 people will be widened to other developing nations after showing that clean energy can be cheaper than fossil fuels, a U.N. report said on Sunday. For more headlines, visit MakeThemAccountable.com. |
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