is whistleblowing ever justified?

But that sort of judgment is not likely in the world of politics and government — slowly, over time, as in the case of Pentagon Papers it seems likely that most Americans have come to believe that the military analyst Daniel Ellsberg did the right thing in sharing the documents with the..

energy imperialism

It also ignores the fact that the majority of Americans have opposed the most egregious example of Pentagon's oil protection racket, Iraq war, for the majority of the time since the invasion of that country.. ..

women march on the pentagon – consortiumnews

By the protestors who set out from, Stopping U.S military Syria and Yemen and closing U.S military bases around the world were among the voiced Pentagon City and marched to the seat of American military power along one-mile route.. With Pentagon in the background, the protestors..

deals offered to halt terror

But no one has been charged directly with helping plan or carry out the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. . And some Muslims and Arab-Americans have been unwilling to aid the investigation because of what they say are overly aggressive tactics that have unfairly targeted..

trials of 9/11 suspects to be held in new york

House Republican John Boehner of Ohio said the possibility that the accused terrorists could be found not guilty due to some technicality just blocks from Ground Zero should give every American pause.. Pentagon and Justice Department officials said that even in the unlikely case of..

u.s. stalwart in objection to `flawed' global court

The main U.S. objection is that the treaty would grant an independent prosecutor power to conduct what Rubin calls ``politically motivated or ill-considered or unjustified prosecutions'' against Americans. The Pentagon fears this would put U.S. soldiers at risk of prosecution at a time when..

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