The End Times Agenda
By Bill Berkowitz
Courted by Israeli government officials, closely associated to neoconservatives in and out of government, and one of the most powerful political factions in the Republican Party, the Christian Right stridently champions further U.S. military intervention in the Middle East. Read full story.
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Right Web Profile: Gary Bauer
Former presidential candidate Bauer has been instrumental in forging ties between conservative pro-Israel groups and the evangelical Christian Right.
The Politics of Fear
By Tom Barry
New government reports about purported threats to the United States seem to have come at a very convenient time—just before an election. With a party and an administration in power whose political security rests on their boasts of being the only guarantors of national security, the pumping up of fear and the inflation of threats are electoral strategies. Read full story.
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Right Web Profile: Fred Fleitz
A career CIA operative and former aide to John Bolton, Fleitz was the principal author of a recent House report alleging that Iran is much closer to building a bomb than intelligence agencies believe.
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Scrapping the Geneva Conventions
By Jim Lobe
According to human rights groups, new legislation adopted last week by Congress governing the treatment and trial of suspects in the “global war on terror” violates not only international law, but also the U.S. Constitution. Read full story.
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