Mark Crispin Miller

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News From Underground: A Professor of Media Ecology in the Department of Culture and Communication at NYU, News From Underground is an extension of Miller's belief that academics are obligated to educate whenever possible.

10:40am May 21st, 2009Obama opposes Joe & Valerie Wilson’s plea for SCOTUS appeal

No doubt he regards it as “more finger-pointing.”

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Obama admin. opposes Joe and Valerie Wilson’s request for Supreme Court appeal in suit against Cheney, Rove, Libby and Armitage

Submitted by crew on 20 May 2009 - 4:15pm. Dick Cheney Joe and Valerie Wilson Obama administration

CREW learned today that the Obama administration is...


7:26am May 21st, 2009Testimony, overlooked, CLEARS Don Siegelman: “There was no bribe”

Testimony Overlooked? Former Head of Siegelman’s Transition Team clears Siegelman: “There was no bribe”
by KatieSF

Alabama Republican Elmer Harris, the former head of Siegelman’s transition team and former CEO of Alabama Power, says in a recent interview with 60 Minutes’ Scott Pelley that former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman didn&#821...


6:11am May 20th, 2009Let’s hear it for the Crusades

Below is my exchange with Tman, who took strong exception to Jeff Sharlet’s “Jesus Killed
Muhammad” (although he seems not to have read it). My post about Jeff’s article, and Tman’s comment, then my reply, are available


6:09am May 20th, 2009One quibble–but important!–re: Andrew Krieg’s piece on Don Siegelman

Here’s an important corrective, by Ken Anderson, to one little slip in Andrew Krieg’s
fine article on the railroading of Don Siegelman.

(For two good essays on the theft of Siegelman’s re-election in ‘02, including a statistical
analysis of the vote-theft, see James Gundlach’s and Larisa Alexandrovna’s pieces in
Loser Take All: Electi...


1:18pm May 19th, 2009Cheney talks like a made man, hints former WH lawyer

Former White House lawyer: Cheney dares US to indict him
By Raw Story — May 19, 2009

http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/05/19/cheney-dares-us/
Vice President Cheney is daring the Obama administration to indict him for authorizing torture and it’s time to call him out on his bluff, ...


1:10pm May 19th, 2009AP’s shorter version of press conference on disbarment


12:35pm May 19th, 2009Press conference on disbarment of the torture lawyers


9:06am May 19th, 2009Dump Siegelman’s prosecutors–and investigate the judge!

As noted earlier, the federal prosecutors–Eric Holder’s prosecutors–now want to
shove Don Siegelman back into a prison cell not merely for the seven years that they wanted
for him–an inordinate sentence to begin with–but for twenty (20).

Meanwhile, there is now a wealth of evidence that nails Mark Fuller, the Alabama judge who
has tormented...


9:02am May 19th, 2009Have you called the White House for Don Siegelman?

From: MARILYN NOYES:

I called the White House this afternoon to advocate for removal of Leura Canary from her US attorney post and to ask for our administration to pressure Mark Fuller to recuse himself from being the judge in Don Siegelman’s re-sentencing. Of course we are really aiming to get Don exonerated and not go back to court or prison at all, but I think it’s impor...


11:50am May 18th, 2009Rumsfeld’s unit blamed for Afghan deaths

Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens For Legitimate Government
17 May 2009
http://www.legitgov.org/


Rumsfeld’s renegade unit blamed for Afghan deaths –Special Forces group implicate...

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Testimony, overlooked, CLEARS Don Siegelman: “There was no bribe”

Testimony Overlooked? Former Head of Siegelman’s Transition Team clears Siegelman: “Ther...
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Obama opposes Joe & Valerie Wilson’s plea for SCOTUS appeal

No doubt he regards it as “more finger-pointing.” MCM Obama admin. opposes Joe and Val...
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Let’s hear it for the Crusades

Below is my exchange with Tman, who took strong exception to Jeff Sharlet’s “Jesus Kille...
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One quibble–but important!–re: Andrew Krieg’s piece on Don Siegelman

Here’s an important corrective, by Ken Anderson, to one little slip in Andrew Krieg’s
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“Obama Can’t Turn the Page on Bush” (Frank Rich)

Obama Can’t Turn the Page on Bush
By FRANK RICH
Published: May 16, 2009 TO paraphr...
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Two on Gen. McChrystal

Cheney’s Chief Assassin Is Now Obama’s Commander in Afghanistan
By James Petras, A...
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DISBAR the torture lawyers!

Here’s a way to get some justice at long last. Since it seems unlikely that John Yoo et al. wi...
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The brief on Donald Rumsfeld

Bush loyalists have got it in for Rumsfeld–and they’ve now let him have it with both bar...
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Have you called the White House for Don Siegelman?

From: MARILYN NOYES: I called the White House this afternoon to advocate for removal of Leura Canary...
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Rumsfeld’s unit blamed for Afghan deaths

Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens For Legitimate Government
17 May 2009
http://...
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Dump Siegelman’s prosecutors–and investigate the judge!

As noted earlier, the federal prosecutors–Eric Holder’s prosecutors–now want to
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Press conference on disbarment of the torture lawyers

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AP’s shorter version of press conference on disbarment

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Cheney talks like a made man, hints former WH lawyer

Former White House lawyer: Cheney dares US to indict him
By Raw Story — May 19, 2009
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Which US torture program has now stopped?

A friend writes: Dear Mark, I suppose I will not be the only one to point out that Wilkerson today ...
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Dems gut climate bill; Holder promises new ASA’s; & more from Brad

House Democrats Gut Climate Bill in ‘Compromise’
And the Repubs haven’t even...
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Did NSA bureaucrats force Obama’s shift on torture photos? (John Dean)

Was It the National Security Bureaucrats Who Forced Obama to Hold on to the Torture Photos?
By...
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Obama names GE anti-Superfund attorney to head DoJ enviro section

This appointment is pure Bush. (See also http://www.opednews.com/articles/Obama-Picks-a-Clarence-Tho-...
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CLG needs your help

CLG’s daily digests are indispensable. MCM Dear Readers, CLG needs your help, so that we can c...
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Obama takes single-payer off the table

Obama says single-payer health care not practical http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5...
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Full appeals court refuses to hear Siegelman case

Full appeals court declines to hear Siegelman case
Associated Press - May 15, 2009 11:14 AM ET...
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Prosecutors to question Rove on US Attorney firings

Prosecutors to Question Rove on U.S. Attorney Firings By Carrie Johnson
Washington Post Staff ...
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Don Siegelman: Tell Obama to clean out the DoJ!

Dear Supporter,

Email President Obama and urge him to clean house by getting rid of ...
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The truth about Cheney, from Lawrence B. Wilkerson

Many startling revelations here; and let us also note that Wilkerson, a Republican, regards his
...
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The torture continues at Gitmo

Little Known Military Thug Squad Still Brutalizing Prisoners at Gitmo Under Obama
By Jeremy Sc...
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Single-payer IS plenty “practical” for Congress and Obama, among others

From Paul Schrade: Mark, You report [actually, AP reports--MCM] that congressional leaders say singl...
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Obama DoJ maintains its cover-up of BushCo’s crimes

Here’s an excellent overview of the Obama DoJ’s appalling failure to make anyone
a...
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Insider trading by SEC lawyers??

FBI Probes Possible Insider Trading by SEC Lawyers
by Marcy Gordon WASHINGTON (AP) — Fed...
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Bush and Perry did it, too–but only Siegelman got nailed for it

Two more reasons to demand some change from Pres. Obama, and some justice from his DoJ: First, as Ro...
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Horrific persecution of Iraqi gays

The “death squads and militia groups” behind these murders “appear to have the bac...
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Obama mulls indefinite detention

Obama Considers Detaining Terror Suspects Indefinitely
By EVAN PEREZ WASHINGTON — The Ob...