This Week on Left Turn with Cecily Friday

Dr. Francesca Grifo joins me on the program this evening. She is a Senior Scientist and Director of the Scientific Integrity Program for the Union of Concerned Scientists, a nonprofit partnership of scientists and citizens combining rigorous scientific analysis, innovative policy development and effective citizen advocacy to achieve practical environmental solutions. We will be discussing the impact of Bush administration policies in the fields of science and technology. Join us for the discussion at 7:00 PM CST Wednesday

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At a Scientific Gathering, U.S. Policies Are Lamented

David Baltimore, the Nobel Prize-winning biologist and president of the California Institute of Technology, is used to the Bush administration misrepresenting scientific findings to support its policy aims, he told an audience of fellow researchers Saturday. Each time it happens, he said, "I shrug and say, 'What do you expect?' "

Latest Bush Scandal-White House Insiders Involved in U.S. Port Deal

WASHINGTON - The Dubai firm that won Bush administration backing to run six U.S. ports has at least two ties to the White House.

Christians waking up to Neocon nightmares

A coalition of American churches sharply denounced the U.S.-led war in Iraq on Saturday, accusing Washington of "raining down terror" and apologizing to other nations for "the violence, degradation and poverty our nation has sown."

This Week on Left Turn with Cecily Friday

Joe Conason joins me on the program this evening. He is a national correspondent for The New York Observer, a columnist for Salon.com, and the investigative editor for The American Prospect magazine. His latest book is “The Raw Deal: How the Bush Republicans plan to destroy Social Security and the Legacy of the New Deal” Tune in for the discussion Wednesday evening at 7PM CST.

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Intel Pros Say Bush is Lying About Foiling 2002 LA Terror Attack

Outraged intelligence professionals say President Bush is cheapening and politicizing their work with claims that the U.S. foiled a planned terrorist attack

Playing the Fear Card

For crass political reasons—namely to advance his position on the National Security Agency spying story—the president chose to use a speech to the National Guard Association to disclose details of a 2002 “shoe bomb” plot to blow up the U.S. Bank Tower, the tallest building in Los Angeles.

Many Guantanamo prisoners never saw battle -report

MIAMI, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The majority of prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay naval base are not accused of committing hostile acts against the United States or its allies, and only a small percentage were captured by U.S. forces, a review of government documents has found.

Only 8 percent were characterized in the government documents as al Qaeda fighters

GOP senator calls spying reasons ‘unrealistic’

WASHINGTON - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ explanations so far for the Bush administration’s failure to obtain warrants for its domestic surveillance program are “strained” and “unrealistic,” the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman said Sunday

This Week on Left Turn with Cecily Friday

Joining me this week on the show is Shane Kadidal, an attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights. We'll be discussing the latest on the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings regarding the Bush administrations use of warrantless wiretapping. Join us for the discussion this Wednesday at 7:00 PM CST

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Are We Living in a Police State?

"When your American freedom dies, what do you think will happen to the rest of the world?"

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Former U.S. official admits to kickbacks in Iraq

WASHINGTON - A former U.S. occupation official in Iraq pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiring to steal more than $2 million and rigging bids on $8.6 million in reconstruction contracts.

Let's all call it what it is- War Profiteering

NEW BRITISH MEMO- Reveals Bush and Blair planned to invade Iraq regardless of evidence

A memo of a two-hour meeting between Bush and Blair at the White House on January 31 2003 - nearly two months before the invasion - reveals that Mr Bush made it clear the US intended to invade whether or not there was a second UN resolution and even if UN inspectors found no evidence of a banned Iraqi weapons programme.