Archive for the ‘repression’ Category

Hoover had plan for mass arrests

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

WASHINGTON - Former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover had a plan to suspend the rules against illegal detention and arrest up to 12,000 Americans he suspected of being disloyal, according to a newly declassified document.Read the full story

Bush administration releases report on terror threat: A new pretext for militarism and repression

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

A new National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), a report that synthesizes the findings of Washington’s 16 separate spy agencies, warns that the US faces a “heightened threat environment” for terrorist attacks. The Bush administration’s release of the report strongly suggests that the US government is seeking to justify new military interventions ...