June 2009 Archives

CNN interview on CNN's Late Edition on 6/29/2008 with Seymour Hersh. The interview discusses the Bush administration's inventions and activities in Iran. Link to the YouTube video. (5:01)

This is a 5/24/2007 report by Brian Ross aired on ABC Now on the approval of $400 million CIA operations in Iran. The aim of the funding was to destabilize the government and thry to determine (and undermine) Iran's Nuclear plans. Link to YouTube video.(5:34)

The Case Against Shell: 'The Hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa Showed the True Cost of Oil' (8:33)

n May 2009, multinational oil giant Shell will stand trial in United States federal court to answer to charges that it conspired in human rights abuses including murder in Nigeria in the 1990s. This mini-documentary tells the story of the rise of an inspiring and nonviolent movement for human rights and environmental justice, and the lengths Shell was willing to go to stop it. For more information, visit: The Case Against Shell

Torturing Democracy. Documentary detailing the implementation and use of torture under the George Bush Administration. 2009.

This is an excellent recent source site that pulls together official documentation, interviews, and the video. The documentary (in three parts) is in the extended entry.

Bill Moyers Journal. Shown 6/05/2009. Jeremy Scahill on Obama and Private Contractors (17:56)

Transcript in the extended entry