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What do you want the world to talk about?

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Government Operations:

AgainstAmerica

Forum for all people concerned discussing American imperialism, culture and injustice on the rest of the world

http://www.againstamerica.com

Almanac of Policy Issues: Government Reform

Background information and links on government reform issues, including campaign finance reform, term limits, devolution, government performance (GPRA), and regulatory reform.

http://www.policyalmanac.org/government/index.shtml

Graand

Free Classified Ads Portal

www.graand.com

America for Sale?

Site charges that "America and its laws are for sale to the highest bidder." Police, county, state, and government abuse stories and discussion.

http://members.tripod.com/usa_rights/

America's Survival, Inc.

Mission is to expose and educate the American people about the influence of global institutions, including an International Criminal Court, on their lives. Run by Cliff Kincaid.

http://www.usasurvival.org/

Argus

A resource dedicated to exposing corruption, civil rights violations, genocide, and other forms of political oppression around the world, by providing reviewed links to useful sources on abusive and dangerous authority.

http://www.promethea.org/argus/

Better Government Association

Originally founded 75 years ago to fight the pernicious influence of Chicago's Capone mob. Today continues to investigate waste, fraud and corruption in politics and government.

http://www.bettergov.org

Big Brother

Argues that government control has increased at the expense of individual liberties in the US and the world at large.

http://www.shire.net/big.brother/

Center for Governmental Studies

Non-profit, non-partisan organization that studies and helps implement innovative approaches to improving social problems and the processes of self-government in the areas of political reform, media and civic participation, and sustainable communities.

http://www.cgs.org/

Center for Public Integrity

Nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization in Washington, DC, that concentrates on ethics and public service issues.

http://www.publicintegrity.org/

Center for Reform

Dedicated to educating and assisting the public in constructive citizenship, with a strong anti-government bent. Site features newsletters, reports, and essays on current issues.

http://www.uscfr.com/

CIA Testing LSD on Citizens

Stansfield Turner's testimony at 1977 Senate Hearing on the subject of this agency using Lysergic Acid on unwitting subjects.

http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/history/e1950/mkultra/Hearing05.htm

Common Cause

Citizens' lobbying group with 250,000 members nationwide devoted to making government more accountable and ethical at the national, state and local level. Widely regarded as the leading organization working for campaign finance reform.

http://www.commoncause.org

Congressional Accountability Project

Ralph Nader organization working against corruption in the US Congress by pushing for ethics violation investigations, increased transparency and other reforms.

http://www.congressproject.org

The F.B.I (Fumbling Bumbling Idiots)

Alleges that the FBI has been responsible for a "vast array of criminal actions, incompetence and arrogance that has leaked from nearly every department."

http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Parliament/2191/FBI.htm

Federation of American Scientists

Topics covered include arms sales monitoring, biological weapons, cyberstrategy, intelligence reform, military analysis, monitoring emerging diseases, nuclear weapons, secrecy and government, and space policy. Also has links to various Washington-based working groups.

http://www.fas.org/

Going Postal: An Inside Look at the USPS

A story of four years of hell as a US Post Office letter carrier.

http://www.angelfire.com/amiga/carluccienterprises/

The Memory Hole

Includes documents released under the US Freedom of Information Act that reveal government activities rarely reported by the mainstream media.

http://thememoryhole.org/

Ombudsmen To Promote Government Integrity

Non-profit tax deductible organization devoted to correcting corruption in government through educating the public and investigative work.

http://www.ombudsmen.org/

Opensecrets.org

The web site of the Center for Responsive Politics, a non-partisan, non-profit U.S. research group which tracks money in politics and its effect on elections and public policy. Aimed at creating a more educated voter, an involved citizenry, and a more responsive government.

http://www.opensecrets.org/

Prime-Time Propaganda

The Clinton Administration has admitted to paying the television networks to give the government editorial control of television shows. Not a joke.

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/01/13/drugs/index.html

The Problems of Not Having a TV in the UK.

An example of how people who do not have televisions are treated by the British Television Licensing Authority.

http://www.marmalade.net/lime/

Project on Government Oversight

A non-partisan non-profit government watchdog whose mission is to investigate, expose, and remedy abuses of power, mismanagement, and government subservience to special interests by the federal government.

http://www.pogo.org/

Public Governance and Management, OECD

Topics include regulatory reform, public sector budgeting and management, sustainable development, citizen participation in policymaking, and fighting corruption.

http://www.oecd.org/governance/

Surveillance Enabling

Salon article supporting the view that U.S. agencies share with international policing community, what activists to watch out for, even when only misdemeanors occurred.

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/09/29/surveillance/

The Taxpayer Assets Project

Founded by Ralph Nader in 1988 to monitor the management and sale of government property.

http://www.tap.org/

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse

Uses the Freedom of Information Act to acquire data and trends information on the enforcement activities of the federal government including the FBI, IRS, Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Drug Enforcement Administration.

http://trac.syr.edu/index.html

Transparency International

A non-governmental organisation dedicated to increasing government accountability and curbing corruption.

http://www.transparency.org/

The True Size of Government

Article discusses the actual size of the United States Federal workforce.

http://govexec.com/features/0199/0199s1.htm

USDOJ and Government Watch

Breaking news and issues on constitutional abuse by the US Department of Justice, INS and other government agencies.

http://www.dojgov.net

Why Were Government Propaganda Experts Working On News At CNN?

Reports in the Dutch newspaper Trouw and France's Intelligence Newsletter have revealed that several officers from the US Army's 4th Psychological Operations (PSYOPS) Group at Ft. Bragg worked in the news division at CNN's Atlanta headquarters last year, starting in the final days of the Kosovo War... A senior US official described OPD as a "vast psychological warfare operation of the kind the military conducts to influence a population in enemy territory." (March 27, 2000)

http://www.fair.org/activism/cnn-psyops.html

Deadly rockslide hits Cairo homes

At least 20 people have died after a rockslide destroys homes in a shanty town in the Egyptian capital, emergency services say.

news.bbc.co.uk

Man questioned over baby's murder

A 24-year-old man is arrested and is being questioned about the murder of a 14-week-old baby boy.

news.bbc.co.uk

Teenager dies in flooding crash

A 17-year-old dies when a vehicle overturns in a flooded river after one of the wettest 48 hours on record.

news.bbc.co.uk

Wanted - plumber to protect Antarctic pipes

The British Antarctic Survey is advertising for a plumber to maintain one of the world's most remote research stations.

news.bbc.co.uk

Live text - World Cup qualifiers

Northern Ireland face Slovakia after Wales win and Scotland lose their opening World Cup qualifiers.

news.bbc.co.uk

Bhutto's widower wins presidency

Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, wins a sweeping victory in Pakistan's presidential election.

news.bbc.co.uk

England struck by flash flooding

Heavy rain causes flash floods across the Midlands and northern England, with more than 100 warnings in place.

news.bbc.co.uk

Mother's shock over mansion murders

The mother of a man thought to have killed his family and torched his mansion before killing himself tells of her shock.

news.bbc.co.uk

What do you want to talk about?

What do you want the world to talk about?

news.bbc.co.uk

In pictures

Paralympic Games opens in Beijing

news.bbc.co.uk

Scots fans turned away from game

Hundreds of football fans are refused entry to the stadium for Scotland's World Cup qualifier against Macedonia.

news.bbc.co.uk

Rock goes east

Wembley plays host to Poland's hottest music acts

news.bbc.co.uk

Live text - Nadal v Murray

World number one Rafael Nadal faces Britain's Andy Murray in the semi-finals of the US Open.

news.bbc.co.uk

Climate change

Green Party's first leader takes aim at Westminster

news.bbc.co.uk

Week in pictures

Striking images from around the world this week

news.bbc.co.uk

Wrestle mania

Mickey Rourke wows Venice with latest movie

news.bbc.co.uk

Key US lenders to face new curbs

US officials plan to put troubled mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae under strict federal control, media say.

news.bbc.co.uk

Good day Darling?

How will the TUC welcome the chancellor?

news.bbc.co.uk

Dazzling show opens Paralympics

Chinese President Hu Jintao officially opens the Paralympic Games in Beijing at a stunning ceremony in the Bird's Nest stadium.

news.bbc.co.uk

Heat on Brown over cost of energy

The prime minister is accused of letting households "plunge into fuel poverty" by not acting to address rising energy prices.

news.bbc.co.uk

Glasgow limbers up for Euro dance

Millions of people in 23 countries are expected to watch the Eurovision Dance Contest in Glasgow.

news.bbc.co.uk

Pressure for windfall tax mounts

The TUC renews its demands for windfall tax on energy company profits, as pressure mounts on the government to help the poor.

news.bbc.co.uk

Greens coming of age, says Lucas

New Green leader Caroline Lucas says she wants to raise the party's profile in non-environmental areas.

news.bbc.co.uk

Madeleine search cost £1m

Kate and Gerry McCann reveal they have spent more than £1m trying to find their daughter Madeleine.

news.bbc.co.uk

US stars unite for cancer charity in historic telethon

US celebrity cancer survivors including actors Christina Applegate and Patrick Swayze take part in a live charity telethon.

news.bbc.co.uk