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William Fisher on the coming Supreme Court review of the Military
Commissions Act and the contested use of "state secrets privilege";
Libby is guilty, Cheney is still awaiting a judgment; attacks on
Shiite pilgrims continue; Camillo Mac Bica on the moral and civic
responsibility of counter recruitment; US plan to develop a new
hydrogen bomb could spark production of new nuclear weapons by other
countries; David Rovics on the battle for Ungdomshuset; a nationwide
effort is underway in statehouses to censor professors; and more ...
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t r u t h o u t | 03.07

William Fisher | New Tests for the Supreme Court
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030707J.shtml
William Fisher writes: "Two of the Bush administration's signature
issues may soon face further challenges in the US Supreme Court. In
one case, the high court will be asked to review lower court decisions
upholding the constitutionality of the Military Commissions Act. In
the other, lawyers may contest the government's use of the 'state
secrets privilege' in a case involving the practice of 'extraordinary
rendition.'"

Questions About Cheney Remain
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030707K.shtml
With Tuesday's verdict on Mr. Libby - guilty on four of five counts,
including perjury and obstruction of justice - the vice president has
been diminished. "The trial has been death by 1,000 cuts for Cheney,"
said Scott Reed, a Republican strategist. "It's hurt him inside the
administration. It's hurt him with the Congress, and it's hurt his
stature around the world because it has shown a lot of the inner
workings of the White House. It peeled the bark right off the way they
operate."

Attacks on Iraqi Shiite Pilgrims Continue
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030707L.shtml
Attacks on Shiite pilgrims showed no sign of easing Wednesday, with at
least 11 people killed by bombs and gunfire as they streamed toward a
Muslim shrine ahead of a weekend holiday. The targeted violence came a
day after two suicide bombers exploded themselves among pilgrims
lining up at a checkpoint, killing at least 120 people and wounding
about 190.

Camillo Mac Bica | On the Duty to Counter Recruitment
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030707M.shtml
Camillo Mac Bica begins: "Counter recruitment is a strategy for
bringing attention to deceptive recruitment practices and to the
immorality and illegality of the war in Iraq. Its ultimate goal is to
discourage enlistment into the military, primarily through counseling
and educating prospective recruits, and by denying recruiters access
to our schools and to our children."

Experts Warn New US Weapon Could Jumpstart Nuclear Arms Race
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030707N.shtml
Last Friday, the Department of Energy announced it was seeking to
develop a new hydrogen bomb that would replace the existing W76
warhead now deployed on submarine-launched ballistic missiles.
Analysts say the Bush administration's plan would undermine
international efforts to control the spread of nuclear arms and would
provide justification to those countries currently suspected of trying
to build such weapons.

David Rovics | The Battle for Ungdomshuset
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030707O.shtml
"Danish anti-terror police landed at dawn, unannounced, and certainly
uninvited, using helicopters, construction equipment, and lots of tear
gas to overcome resistance from the handful of youth who have for some
time now been keeping a 24-hour watch over Ungdomshuset ('Youth House'
in English)," writes David Rovics.... "The elements of the autonomous
movement that made Ungdomshuset the center of its community will not
disappear, with or without the house. The same fight for common space
against corporate greed, the struggle between the forces of capital
and the forces of liberation, will continue in different forms, in
Copenhagen and around the world."

Censoring Our Educators
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030707P.shtml
A nationwide effort is underway in statehouses to censor professors.
David Horowitz, a right-wing political pundit who penned the "Academic
Bill of Rights" as a guideline to intellectual freedom for students,
is leading the movement and driving a number of legislative bills that
would prevent instructors from voicing potentially controversial
opinions. Free Exchange on Campus says, "Censoring what can and cannot
be taught and discussed in the classroom, as the misleadingly titled
'Academic Bill of Rights' and so-called 'intellectual diversity'
proposals attempt to do, curbs campus debate and limits learning."

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