The US system must stop putting roadblocks in the path of due process in this case,” continued Hortaut, speaking a few hours after the opening session during remarks at a Congress panel entitled “Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Symbol of the Fight Against the Death Penalty.” . Another panel presenter,..…

A special intelligence unit was set up within the Defense Department before the war to sift through information and, reportedly, glean the most alarming kernels -- those, in particular, that conformed with the horror stories being passed along by Ahmad Chalabi, head of the Iraqi National Congress. . ..…

Congress could institute this clarification and authorization when it renews the Patriot Act. . The public should remember that the British detention of Colonial Americans without explanation was a central reason for the 1776 revolution, which finds expression in the Declaration of..…

However, if despite Thursday’s vote in the British Parliament and the increased opposition in Congress to war without the authorization of Congress, the President decides to order an attack on Syria, we urge you to act in accordance with your solemn oath to support and defend the..…

Obama also encountered political resistance in both the British Parliament and U.S. Congress, but hawks in the U.S. State Department were itching for a new war. . ..…

When the US Congress declared war on Britain on June 18, 1812, the British were dismayed and bewildered, for at that moment they were desperately trying to head off a war they did not want. . ..…