There are some good ones in here this year alright. Some highlights below.

#1 No Habeas Corpus for “Any Person”

The oldest human right defined in the history of English-speaking civilization is the right to challenge governmental power of arrest and detention through the use of habeas corpus laws, considered to be the most critical parts of the Magna Carta which was signed by King John in 1215.

Talk about rolling back the years.

#5 Human Traffic Builds US Embassy in Iraq

Video testimony related to this which went almost completely unreported.

#16 No Hard Evidence Connecting Bin Laden to 9/11

Rex Tomb, Chief of Investigative Publicity for the FBI responded, “The reason why 9/11 is not mentioned on Osama bin Laden’s Most Wanted page is because the FBI has no hard evidence connecting bin Laden to 9/11.” Tomb continued, “Bin Laden has not been formally charged in connection to 9/11.” Asked to explain the process, Tomb responded, “The FBI gathers evidence. Once evidence is gathered, it is turned over to the Department of Justice. The Department of Justice then decides whether it has enough evidence to present to a federal grand jury. In the case of the 1998 United States Embassies being bombed, bin Laden has been formally indicted and charged by a grand jury. He has not been formally indicted and charged in connection with 9/11 because the FBI has no hard evidence connecting bin Laden to 9/11.”

It would be a shame to have to go and put all that effort in to build a new bogeyman, and since this one ain’t broke …

Can’t say they aren’t working on a substitute though.

# 24 Media Misquotes Threat From Iran’s President

In May of 2006 President Ahmadinejad published an open letter to President Bush clearly asking for peace and the mutual respect of human rights. He warns that Western media, through contrived and deceptive information, has intensified the climate of fear that leads to attacks on innocent peoples. The letter was not reported in the US news media.

All 25 are here. 

*edited to add picture