Month December 2005

Hawaii sovereignty

The monarchy of Hawaii was overthrown in 1893 by armed thugs backed by the US government and commercial interests. Armed insurrection by a relatively small group of men, most of them American by birth or heritage, succeeded in wresting control…

Who’s on first. A clueless CIA

CIA’s bungled Italy job Sloppy use of cell phones, other missteps help police unravel cleric’s 2003 abduction. The trick is known to just about every two-bit crook in the cellular age: If you don’t want the cops to know where…

FBI follows tribe’s money trail

 The Mashpee gave tens of thousands to lobbyist Jack Abramoff and California Rep. Pombo. The Mashpee Wampanoags, famed for greeting the Pilgrims at Plymouth, will be named a nationally recognized tribe — a designation they sought for 30 years so…

US radiation snooping of Muslims

 The Council for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim rights organisation in the United States, has described the revelation that Muslim gatherings and homes around Washington have been electronically "sniffed" for radiation as "disturbing." In a statement on Friday, CAIR…