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Month April 2009

Obama’s 101st day marked by protest

Sometimes the best camera is the camera you have. So it was today when we stumbled upon the 100 Days Campaign’s civil disobedience in front of the White House with only our iPhone. Reportedly 60 people were arrested (this reporter witnessed what he can most precisely say was many or several tens of people, so [...]

An ugly morning in DC

Click through to view the set at Flickr, with captions. Also see these photos by Jake Cunningham, some of which more closely show demonstrators being pushed into the police car by police. The sun is hitting DC hard this morning. It’s going to be another hot one. Another day of protests against the World Bank [...]

Rumsfeld paved the way for torture

I’m looking at a copy of the Senate Armed Services Committee report entitled “Inquiry Into the Treatment Of Detainees In U.S. Custody, November 20, 2008 (Released, April 22, 2009). I’ve read some passages near the end about Captain Donovan’s protests within the chain of command, it seems, against the justifications and just of certain tactics. [...]