Snowden blows whistle on Obama’s spy apparatus
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the avalanche of crude, brutal, illegal, unconstitutional, racist and even geno cidal measures that today define the daily ruling-class policies and practices of a declining social order. The presi dent’s speech was prompted by recent revelations that one or more of his spy agencies had wiretapped the home, of fice, and cell phones of some 20 Asso ciated Press reporters and previously, their counterparts at The New York Times.
Economic crisis — 6 Tony Savino / Socialist Action (Left) Edward Snowden.
The “humble” and posturing presi dent also suggested that he and his successors might be restricted a tad in utilizing the present “kill list” to mur der suspected terrorists, and that ways might even be found to limit torture and indefinite detention with regard to the hunger-strikers at the imperial U.S. mil itary base in Guantanamo, Cuba. These prisoners have been held for years without charges, access to attorneys, or any other form of due process—and of ten have been subjected to torture.
Obama discussed only his short list of possible government transgressions, while promising to ask their very per petrators, as if he himself was guiltless, to investigate themselves! Virtually absent from the president’s discourse were references to the vast array of bla tant violations of fundamental rights that any “democratic” society would take for granted.
(continued on page 8, in “Prison authorities try to silence Mumia”)
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