Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran: Will Israel really attack Iran within a year?: After interviewing dozens of Israeli, American and Arab officials, Jeffrey Goldberg of the Atlantic Magazine concludes Israel may not even ask for a U.S. 'green light' to attack Iran nuclear sites.
US Embassy Cables: : U.S. tried to stop Spain's torture probe: — It was three months into Barack Obama's presidency, and the administration -- under pressure to do something about alleged abuses in Bush-era interrogation policies -- turned to a Florida senator to deliver a sensitive message to Spain:
US Embassy Cables: : Panama leader denies he sought phone taps on political rival.: A leaked US diplomatic cable from August 22, 2009, quotes Barbara Stephenson, the then US ambassador to Panama, as saying the newly elected conservative president asked for help with wiretaps soon after he took office on July 1.
US Embassy cables sheds light on U.S.-Mexican relations: The backdrop to the WikiLeaks cables was a U.S. Defense Department report about eight months before, saying the U.S. military might have to intervene in the war on the cartels.
US Embassy Cables: DEA reach goes global, and beyond drugs: The US Drug Enforcement Administration has grown into a global intelligence organization whose reach extends far beyond international drug trafficking, The New York Times reported.
NYTimes Editorial: Banks and WikiLeaks: The whistle-blowing Web site WikiLeaks has not been convicted of a crime. A bank’s ability to block payments to a legal entity raises a troubling prospect. A handful of big banks could potentially bar any organization they disliked from the payments system, essentially cutting them off from the world economy.
Ukraine arrests ex-foreign minister: Yuri Lutsenko detained on corruption charges is latest case of probes against members of former administration.
The economic outrage of 2010: Cowardly leaders failed to help working people -- and coddled the rich
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