Kennedy Family Gets Say on Ted's FBI File Release

April 14, 2010
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This approach could be used in regard to the Martin Luther King Jr. Records Act file releases on Dr. King Family Gets A Say on FBI Kennedy File Courtesy given to protect kin’s rights before release By Bryan Bender, Globe Staff  |  April 12, 2010 WASHINGTON — Edward M. Kennedy’s family will be given a…

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Kissinger Blocked Warning Against Assassination of Letelier

April 11, 2010
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Cable ties Kissinger to Chile controversy By PETE YOST Associated Press Writer Apr 10, 8:21 PM EDT WASHINGTON (AP) — As secretary of state, Henry Kissinger canceled a U.S. warning against carrying out international political assassinations that was to have gone to Chile and two neighboring nations just days before a former ambassador was killed…

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Is the CIA Assassination Order of a US Citizen Legal?

April 9, 2010
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Is the CIA Assassination Order of a US Citizen Legal? Democracy Now! April 8, 2010 US officials have confirmed a Yemen-based Muslim cleric has become the first US citizen added to a CIA list of targets for capture or killing. Anwar al-Awlaki is a US-born cleric accused of having ties to the failed Christmas Day…

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White House approves assassination of cleric linked to Christmas bomb plot

April 8, 2010
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Using the Authorization of Use of Military Force passed in 2001, as well as ongoing Executive Orders renewing a declaration of a State of Emergency, the Executive Branches of both the Bush and Obama administrations have continued to escalate violations of Constitutional principles, domestic and international laws. Now targeted “enemies” will be assassinated based on…

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Martin Luther King national memorial on pace for 2011 debut

April 5, 2010
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Martin Luther King national memorial on pace for 2011 debut By Melanie Eversley, USA TODAY Forty-two years after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, a memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring his legacy is a year and a half from completion. Rica Orszag, spokesperson for The Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial…

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Did this 1967 anti-war speech get Dr. King killed?

April 3, 2010
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Tavis Smiley and others who knew King at the time explore the significance of his Riverside Church address against the Vietnam War on April 4, 1967 in this PBD special, just aired http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/reports/episode-two.html Here is the audio and text of the actual speech in full: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkatimetobreaksilence.htm

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RFK Autopsy Photos and Report Hidden in FBI Secret File Room

March 31, 2010
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An FBI Memorandum dated October 25, 1968 has recently been released regarding their intention to prevent public access to autopsy photographs and a neuropathology report from the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in Los Angeles on June 6, 1968. All copies are to be collected and secured following the trial of Sirhan Sirhan in December,…

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FBI Releases Most Secret Files – New RFK Material?

March 31, 2010
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FBI Releases Most Secret Files – New RFK Material?

Note: New materials on assassination of Robert F. Kennedy? FBI Releases Files Kept in Room Filled with Secrets Wednesday, March 31, 2010 After concealing highly-secretive investigations for more than 60 years, the FBI has released a small volume of documents from its little known “special file room” in Washington, DC. The room, created by former…

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MLK: A Call to Conscience, Tavis Smiley to air show on Dr. King on PBS

March 29, 2010
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MLK: A Call to Conscience, Tavis Smiley to air show on Dr. King on PBS

AMY GOODMAN: On Wednesday night, PBS will air Tavis Smiley’s special MLK: A Call to Conscience. http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/29/as_obama_visits_afghanistan_tavis_smiley Democracy Now! March 29, 2010 As Obama Visits Afghanistan, Tavis Smiley on Rev. Martin Luther King and His Opposition to the Vietnam War As the President renews his commitment to expand the American military presence in Afghanistan, we…

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Killer of Malcolm X Granted Parole

March 20, 2010
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Killer of Malcolm X Granted Parole New York Times March 19, 2010, 3:03 pm By ANDY NEWMAN AND JOHN ELIGON After being turned down for parole 16 times, Malcolm X’s only confessed assassin is about to gain his freedom. Thomas Hagan has been held since moments after shots rang out in the Audubon Ballroom in…

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Oversight Hearings on JFK Assassination Records Act, Future Legislation for Release of Historic Records

March 19, 2010
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COPA members are currently visiting Congressional members and Committee Staff members to lobby for oversight hearings on the JFK Assassination Records Collection Act. Here are our talking points. We are also promoting passage of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Records Act about to be introduced by Rep. John Lewis (GA) and Senator John Kerry…

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An Imperialist Comedy – Charlie Wilson's War

March 11, 2010
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Another example of Tom Hanks’ version of “history” by noted analyst Chalmers Johnson – John Judge Tomgram: Chalmers Johnson, An Imperialist Comedy Posted by Tom Engelhardt at 4:41pm, January 6, 2008. Open Steve Coll’s aptly titled book, Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September…

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