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Not only are America's prisons and jails largely failing the 13.5 million adults who pass through them each year, but the American public is also failing the prisons and jails, a bipartisan study group concluded in a report released Wednesday.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060906O.shtml

The Case of the Missing $21 Billion
http://counterpunch.org/lindorff06072006.html



Army has to turn over Halliburton docs

A U.S. district court judge has ordered the Army to release 14 documents, including six emails, dealing with the Halliburton oil contract in Iraq.

http://tinyurl.com/m3b2o


From Information Clearing House

On a voice vote, the House defense appropriations subcommittee passed a $427 billion measure for the Pentagon budget year that begins Oct. 1, including operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,100181,00.html


From Information Clearing House

The poll, found that 59 percent of adults say the United States made a mistake in going to war in Iraq - the highest level yet in AP-Ipsos polling.

http://tinyurl.com/hy39x


From Information Clearing House