PENTAGON.

  • Democracy Now! July 29, 2002

    SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE PREPARES TO HOLD HEARINGS ON IRAQ THIS WEEK |Top US generals and members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff say Iraqi President Saddam Hussein poses no immediate threat. But as more than 20,000 US marines are readied for deployment in the Gulf by mid-October, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee prepares to…

  • Democracy Now! Ju;y 03, 2002

    INTERVIEW WITH AN ANONYMOUS JUROR IN THE ORIGINAL ABNER LOUIMA CONSPIRACY TRIAL/CLAIMS THAT A US GUNSHIP ATTACKED AN AFGHAN WEDDING PARTY |Was Officer Charles Schwarz in the bathroom when Justin Volpe assaulted Abner Louima? Today we replay excerpts of an exclusive interview with an anonymous juror in the original Abner Louima conspiracy trial as the…

  • Democracy Now! October 20, 1998

    A Day Without the Pentagon |(50 Minutes) A Day Without the Pentagon We hear the voices of peace activists who ralleid yesteday at the Pentagon against US military intervention and defense spending, in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the War Resisters League. GUEST: Daniel Elsberg, Former high-level Pentagon official, turned over thousands of pages…

  • Democracy Now! July 30, 1997

    Campaign Finance Abuses; Colombia; Landmines |(14 Minutes) Campaign Finance Abuse Report on yesterday’s Campaign Finance Hearings. TAPE OF: Hearings. FBI agent Jerry Campane, Dick Durbin (D-IL), Bob Smith (R-NH), Yue Chu and Xiping Wang. (19 Minutes) Colombia Right-wing paramilitary group forced a human rights commission, to leave a region of northwest Colombia under threat of…

  • Democracy Now! August 14, 1997

    Chemical Weapons Incineration; NY Torture; US Policy and Africa |(14 Minutes) Chemical Weapons Incineration The Pentagon is preparing to dispose of 60 million pounds of lethal chemical weapons. Army engineers want to burn the chemicals and have been testing incinerator tech. at a prototype facility at Johnston Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. GUEST: Graig Williams,…

  • Democracy Now! November 11, 1998

    Latest on Iraq-Nwe Gulf War Veterans Legislation; Gulf War Veterans Roundtable; LA Progressive Organizations |(14 Minutes) Latest on Iraq-New Golf War Veterans Legislation As the US beats its war drums on Baghdad, Gulf War veterans beat on gevernment doors for health benefits, and speak out against a US military strike on Iraq. GUEST: Eric Gustafson,…

  • Campaign Finance Hearings; Pentagon Hearings; TWA – One Year Later

    (16 Minutes) Campaign Finance Hearings:Senate Committe investigating finance abuses focused again on Democratic fundraiser John Huang. TAPE OF: Susan Collins (R-ME), , Max Cleland, (D-GA), Robert Torricelli, (D-NJ) GUEST: Sandy Hume, Political Reporter for Capitol Hill (19 minutes) Pentagon Chief President Clinton and Defense Secretary William Cohen nominated Army General Hugh Shelton for the post…

  • Pretense vs. reality / Daniel Sheehan ; produced by the Christic Institute.

    Talk by Christic Institute attorney Daniel Sheehan on United States defense spending, and its influence upon United States foreign policy. |r.1. U.S. militarism ; Pentagon refusal to retool ; Global Reach and Global Power ; Corporate warfare and the Third World ; Democratic party complacency toward SDI ; the CIA spying for Corporations ; the…