The Fundamentals of US Surveillance: What Edward Snowden Never Told Us?
By Janet Phelan Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden’s revelations rocked the world. According to his detailed reports, the US had launched massive spying programs…
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Recent Studies Show Assisted Suicide on the Rise
By Janet Phelan The assisted suicide fever is sweeping the globe. Country after country has been considering AS legislation, and a number of nations have…
US Water Systems May Be Used for a WMD Attack
By Janet Phelan The National BioWatch Stakeholders’ Conference will be taking place this Fall and you can bet your booties that the four day symposium…
Genuflecting Towards Tyranny
By Janet Phelan The US Congress took another step towards tyranny and away from legal and Constitutionally guaranteed protections this past week, when the House…
North Korea Blasts U.S. for Germ Warfare Program
By Janet Phelan The government of North Korea has leveled accusations that the U.S. is involved in germ warfare research and intends to deploy bacteriological…
The United States Celebrates Independence Day — a Time for Re-evaluation
By Janet Phelan The fourth of July. This is the day for Americans to go down to the beach with a picnic basket loaded up…
“Just Say Anything!” – The US Responds to the UN Review of its Human Rights Record
By Janet Phelan The US has a history of making inaccurate statements to international bodies in order to advance its global agenda. One need only…
Former FBI Anthrax Investigator Files Lawsuit Claiming Retaliation
By Janet Phelan Retaliation. It is becoming a rather consistent sub-text in growing numbers of reports coming in concerning US policies—domestic as well as international….
The Biological Weapons Convention Turns 40—Are we any safer?
By Janet Phelan This year, the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) celebrated its 40th birthday in Geneva, at the Palais Nacions. Amidst speeches and backslapping within…
USA: Is Adult Protective Services Protecting Abusers?
By Janet Phelan When the Elder Justice Initiative was recently funded by Congress for $4 million for the fiscal year 2015 — at a mere…
California Goes Dark
By Janet Phelan “We had better share our bewilderments. By hiding them from each other we should not hide them from ourselves.” — C.S. Lewis…
Drowning in Garbage — Some Creative Solutions
Janet Phelan Activist Post Along with generally unstable governments and economic woes, the developing world has another, somewhat insidious problem: plastic pollution. International corporations, seeking…
South Africa’s ”Dr. Death” Again Evades Sentencing
Janet Phelan Activist Post In a last minute strategic move by counsel, Dr. Wouter Basson’s sentencing by the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA)…
Action Alert: Support Investigative Reporter at Geneva Human Rights Convention 2015
Janet Phelan Activist Post In 2010, for the first time in history, the United States agreed to submit to a review of its human rights…