[Nettime-bold] Fw: Debate grows over using torture

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>   o Afghan opposition claim victories
>   o American Taliban detainee celebrates 30th birthday
>   o Taliban girds for expected invasion force
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>   o Americans turn to guns following terror
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>   o States weigh rejection of Microsoft settlement
>   o Drugmakers decry political patent attacks
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> Debate grows over using torture
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> International Herald Tribune
>    Growing numbers of pundits are openly discussing allowing U.S. 
>    law enforcement to use torture against suspects. That has 
>    critics worrying that perhaps a barrier to the mistreatment 
>    of the accused is in danger of falling. (11/06/01)
> http://www.free-market.net/rd/572080741.html
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> Green activist prevented from boarding flight
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> Bangor Daily News
>    Green Party activist Nancy Oden was prevented from boarding her 
>    Bangor-to-Chicago flight. She says she was singled out for 
>    belonging to a dissident, anti-war political party. Airport 
>    officials say that she was "uncooperative," but also admit that 
>    she was singled out. (11/03/01)
> http://www.free-market.net/rd/572120742.html
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> Feds won't say how many detained suspects remain in custody
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> Yahoo! News/AP
>    The White House insists that most of the more than 1,000 people 
>    arrested on unrelated criminal charges by investigators probing 
>    the terrorist attacks have been released. Independent 
>    confirmation is impossible, and officials won't say how many 
>    people remain in custody. (11/06/01)
> http://www.free-market.net/rd/543951476.html
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> Broad investigative powers prompt concern
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> Contra Costa Times
>    With the passage of a sweeping new federal law that allows
>    secret searches and broad police discretion, people worry 
>    whether officials have acquired too much power. "It's 
>    legitimate to worry about governments," says one activist. 
>    "Governments have killed more people in this century than 
>    anyone." (11/06/01)
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> Police lifting restraints in pursuit of terrorists
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> NCPA
>    Across the country, police departments are lifting long-standing 
>    restraints on conducting intelligence operations against private 
>    organizations. While the new powers come in the name of the war 
>    on terrorism, critics worry that the police themselves may prove 
>    to be a threat. (11/05/01)
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> Afghan opposition claim victories
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> Fox News/AP
>    Afghan opposition forces claimed the capture of several 
>    villages near the strategic northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif. 
>    The announcements came after U.S. warplanes cleared the way 
>    with intensive bombing. (11/06/01)
> http://www.free-market.net/rd/532530905.html
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> American Taliban detainee celebrates 30th birthday
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> Newsday.com
>    Dayna Curry celebrated her 30th birthday -- which also marked 
>    her 93rd day in an Afghanistan jail, along with seven other 
>    foreigners accused of preaching Christianity. Her mother, 
>    Nancy Cassell of Thompson's Station, TN, said she had sent 
>    a package with a cake and candles for Curry to the two-story 
>    prison in Kabul where she is held. (11/05/01)
> http://www.free-market.net/rd/266495441.html
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> Taliban girds for expected invasion force
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> Christian Science Monitor
>    With its ranks swelled by the arrival of volunteers from
>    Pakistan, Afghanistan's ruling Taliban appears to be digging 
>    in around Kabul. (11/06/01)
> http://www.free-market.net/rd/539691278.html
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> American women shed role as 'doves'
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> Christian Science Monitor
>    For the first time in recent history, the gender gap in support 
>    for military spending and actions has evaporated. Overall, 86 
>    percent of Americans, regardless of gender, support the war in 
>    Afghanistan. (11/06/01)
> http://www.free-market.net/rd/537651186.html
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> Americans turn to guns following terror
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> Fox News
>    The economy may be in the doldrums, but one sector has been
>    booming since the terrorist attacks: firearms. Americans are 
>    looking to themselves for security and purchasing guns and 
>    applying for concealed carry permits in record numbers. 
>    (11/06/01)
> http://www.free-market.net/rd/528420706.html
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> The libertarian at the Department of the Interior
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> Washington Post
>    The Reason Foundation's Lynn Scarlett has made a place for
>    herself as assistant secretary for policy at the Department 
>    of the Interior. While she favors small, restrained government, 
>    she's in the odd position of coordinating many post-attack 
>    security efforts. (11/06/01)
> http://www.free-market.net/rd/561392629.html
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> Bi-partisan support in Congress for Microsoft settlement 
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> Americans for Technology Leadership
>    Members of Congress weigh in with their opinion on the
>    DOJ/Microsoft settlement. (11/05/01)
> http://www.free-market.net/rd/57358143.html
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> 
> States weigh rejection of Microsoft settlement
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> Washington Post
>    Several states involved in the Microsoft antitrust case are
>    threatening to reject a settlement between the Department of 
>    Justice and the company unless the company agrees to major new 
>    restrictions. Other states are poised to abandon the case and 
>    endorse the settlement. (11/06/01)
> http://www.free-market.net/rd/552541978.html
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> 
> Drugmakers decry political patent attacks
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> National Post
>    At world trade talks in Qatar, drug industry executives warned 
>    of a "slippery slope" as developing countries and health 
>    activists stepped up a campaign to override patents on life-
>    saving drugs. (11/06/01)
> http://www.free-market.net/rd/577631246.html
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> Illinois high school uses lie detectors
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> Newsday/AP
>    Dunlap High School, in Illinois, has raised eyebrows with its 
>    use of a polygraph to determine if students violated a code of 
>    conduct by attending a party where alcohol was consumed. 
>    Parents say they'll try to force a change in policy before 
>    filing a lawsuit. (11/06/01)
> http://www.free-market.net/rd/576331111.html
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> Sandinista loses Nicaraguan vote
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> Washington Post
>    In an election that was less close than expected, former
>    socialist dictator Daniel Ortega was defeated in his race for 
>    the presidency of Nicaragua. Businessman Enrique Bolanos, who 
>    favors free market policies and anti-corruption efforts, won 
>    by better than ten percent. (11/06/01)
> http://www.free-market.net/rd/557922320.html
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> Philadelphia schools to be privatized
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> Washington Post
>    The state of Pennsylvania will take control of Philadelphia's 
>    collapsing government schools within a month. Top education 
>    jobs will be privatized, and church, business and other 
>    community groups will assume daily operations of the city's 
>    worst schools. (11/06/01)
> http://www.free-market.net/rd/549551819.html
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> Wisconsin to file brief for school choice
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> The Pioneer Planet/AP
>    Wisconsin plans to file a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in 
>    support of Ohio's appeal of a ruling striking down that state's 
>    school choice program. "It's important for parents to have a 
>    choice about where to send their children to school," says 
>    Wisconsin's Gov. McCallum. (11/06/01)
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> Anti-technology activists attack New Hampshire grocer
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> GCN
>    Members of the fanatical anti-food technology group Northeast 
>    RAGE descended on a grocery store, and vandalized products by 
>    affixing stickers to merchandise. The stickers used common 
>    "poison" and "biohazard" images to smear cereal, potato chips, 
>    soup and other products. The incident was part of a "National 
>    Day of Labeling Action." (10/30/01)
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> Microsoft settlement: good for the economy, good for competitors
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> Tech Central Station
> by James K. Glassman
>    The stock market had perhaps the best read on the Microsoft
>    settlement. "[I]it was saying clearly that a settlement between 
>    Microsoft Corp. and the federal government was good for 
>    consumers, business and the economy. And, most of all, it was 
>    good for tech companies -- including Microsoft's competitors." 
>    (11/05/01)
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> ACT analysis of Microsoft/DOJ proposed settlement
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> Association for Competitive Technology
> by staff article
>    The Association for Competitive Technology provides this
>    "summary of the provisions of the [Microsoft/DOJ] settlement 
>    agreement and how Microsoft, competitors and consumers are 
>    affected." It is available in Adobe PDF. (11/05/01)
> http://www.free-market.net/rd/52547793.html
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> Government involvement would cost charities' heart and soul
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> Fox News/ifeminists.com
> by Wendy McElroy
>    "[T]he appearance of relief fundraising abuse has led to calls 
>    for further government control of private charities, putting 
>    private charities ... in danger of becoming more and more an 
>    arm of the government. If state control of philanthropy is 
>    tightened, a unique and valuable aspect of North American 
>    culture may fade away." (11/06/01)
> http://www.free-market.net/rd/530780798.html
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> Will anything happen in Marrakesh?
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> Competitive Enterprise Institute
> by staff
>    "New episodes of the long-running soap opera known as the Kyoto 
>    Protocol are being shot this week ... in Marrakesh, Morocco, 
>    as the United States was still refusing to appear in any new 
>    episodes." (11/02/01)
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> The Future of Freedom Foundation
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>    "Unfortunately, while many scholars understand the nature and 
>    benefits of the free market in general, they seem to lack 
>    a firm appreciation of pure free-market principles in the area 
>    of education." (09/01)
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> 'Multi-pollutant' bill would cost jobs and billions of dollars
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> The National Center for Public Policy Research
> by Gretchen Randall
>    "While the EPA says we have cleaned our air considerably, others 
>    want to impose more reductions in emissions that would harm the 
>    economy and lay off a million workers. President Bush is right 
>    to warn that he would veto a bill that would harm the coal 
>    industry and raise energy prices, as the economy is already weak." 
>    (11/05/01)
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> How not to improve public health
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> Mercatus Center 
> by Susan E. Dudley 
>    "Christie Todd Whitman announced that EPA would reaffirm the 
>    Clinton administration's standards requiring drastic reductions 
>    in the levels of arsenic in public drinking water." This 
>    politically expedient decision, says Dudley, could do more harm 
>    than good. (11/01)
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> In praise of (some) corporate lobbyists
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> The Cato Institute
> by Chris Edwards
>    Corporate lobbyists are trying to get Congress to eliminate
>    the Alternative Minimum Tax. This is one case, says Edwards, 
>    where Congress should listen to lobbyists. (11/05/01)
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> The tax cut we need now
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> ATR
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>    The writers push for a National Sales Tax Holiday for the
>    upcoming season, calling it "fair, temporary, and most
>    importantly, it will provide exactly the kind of immediate 
>    stimulus our shell-shocked economy needs now." (11/04/01)
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>    Uprising, is a rare example of the media "getting it right." The 
>    true story of armed resistance and self defense, JPFO notes, in 
>    the face of overwhelming odds by Eastern European Jews against 
>    the Nazis, is a textbook illustration of armed self defense -- 
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>    most Americans know or care little about, or the one right here 
>    in our own back yards -- or, I should say, in our own mailboxes 
>    -- that dominates the news." (11/05/01)
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>    bill in the Senate, by Richard Lugar, would institute a
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>    is the government itself." (11/05/01)
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>    expression has also been one of the least heralded: We now 
>    live in a world of ubiquitous and infinitely varied
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