a thousand miles

making my way downtown
walking fast
faces passed
and im home bound

staring blankly ahead
just making my way
making my way
through the crowd

and i need you
and i miss you
and now i wonder....
if i could fall

into the sky
do you think time
would pass me by
cause you know id walk

a thousand miles
if i could
just see you
tonight

its always times like these
when i think of you
and i wonder
if you ever

think of me
cause everythings so wrong
and i dont belong
living in your

precious memories
cause i need you
and i miss you
and now i wonder....

if i could fall
into the sky
do you think time
would pass me by

cause you know id walk
a thousand miles
if i could
just see you

tonight
and i, i
dont want to let you know
i, i

drown in your memory
i, i
dont want to let this go
i, i

dont....
making my way downtown
walking fast
faces passed

and im home bound
staring blankly ahead
just making my way
making my way

through the crowd
and i still need you
and i still miss you
and now i wonder....

if i could fall
into the sky
do you think time
would pass us by

cause you know id walk
a thousand miles
if i could
just see you...

if i could fall
into the sky
do you think time
would pass me by

cause you know id walk
a thousand miles
if i could
just see you

if i could
just hold you
tonight

when the children cry

Little child

Dry your crying eyes

How can I explain

The fear you feel inside

'cause you were born

Into this evil world

Where man is killing man

and no one knows just why
What have we become

Just look what we have done

All that we destroyed

You must build again


When the children cry

Let them know we tried

'cause when the children sing

Then thee new world begins


Little child

You must show the way

To a better day

For all the young

'cause you were born

For the world to see

That we all can live

In light and peace


No more presidents

And all the wars will end

One united world under God


When the children cry

Let them know we tried

'cause when the children sing

Then the new world begins


What have we become

Just look what we have done

All that we destroyed

You must build again


No more presidents

And all the wars will end

One united world under God


When the children cry

Let them know we tried

'cause when the children fight

Let them know it ain't right

When the children break

Let them know we're awake

'cause when the children sing

The new world begins

Iraq War Logs, 2004-2009

Summary 

22nd October 2010 5:00 PM EST WikiLeaks released the largest classified military leak in history. The 391,832 reports ('The Iraq War Logs'), document the war and occupation in Iraq, from 1st January 2004 to 31st December 2009 (except for the months of May 2004 and March 2009) as told by soldiers in the United States Army. Each is a 'SIGACT' or Significant Action in the war. They detail events as seen and heard by the US military troops on the ground in Iraq and are the first real glimpse into the secret history of the war that the United States government has been privy to throughout. 
The reports detail 109,032 deaths in Iraq, comprised of 66,081 'civilians'; 23,984 'enemy' (those labeled as insurgents); 15,196 'host nation' (Iraqi government forces) and 3,771 'friendly' (coalition forces). The majority of the deaths (66,000, over 60%) of these are civilian deaths.That is 31 civilians dying every day during the six year period. For comparison, the 'Afghan War Diaries', previously released by WikiLeaks, covering the same period, detail the deaths of some 20,000 people. Iraq during the same period, was five times as lethal with equivalent population size.

 

CIA Red Cell Memorandum on United States "exporting terrorism"

Summary 

This CIA "Red Cell" report from February 2, 2010, looks at what will happen if it is internationally understood that the United States is an exporter of terrorism; 'Contrary to common belief, the American export of terrorism or terrorists is not a recent phenomenon, nor has it been associated only with Islamic radicals or people of Middle Eastern, African or South Asian ethnic origin. This dynamic belies the American belief that our free, open and integrated multicultural society lessens the allure of radicalism and terrorism for US citizens.' The report looks at a number cases of US exported terrorism, including attacks by US based or financed Jewish, Muslim and Irish-nationalism terrorists. It concludes that foreign perceptions of the US as an "Exporter of Terrorism" together with US double standards in international law, may lead to noncooperation in renditions (including the arrest of CIA officers) and the decision to not share terrorism related intelligence with the United States.

Yale pharmacology chair Joseph Schlessinger suppressed site exposing sexual, financial misconduct, 14 Sep 2009 Summary

he body of Annie Le, formally a pretty Yale pharmacology graduate student was discovered stuffed into pharmacology lab wall cavity last week. Coincidently, last month, before the discovery of the body, WikiLeaks recieved information on a censorship case involving Yale's pharmacology chair, Dr. Joseph Schlessinger.
Dr. Schlessinger, who has not been declared a suspect in the case, although his management of fratenization policies may come under fire, had been sued by his former secretary for sexual harrassment and is alleged to be a notorious womanizer. He had also been successfully sued by the Weitzman Institute for Science in 2006, for misappropriation of research worth $900M dollars in roylties.
Earlier this year or last year, undisclosed individuals, possibly the aggreived parties, registered "josephschlessinger.com", where they placed the court records, transcripts, and links to news articles, all woven together in a morally indignant tone that questioned how Dr. Schlessinger had ever been appointed chair at Yale in the first place.
Rather than suing for libel, which may have been a difficult case to sustain, as most allegations were based on the public record, Dr. Schlessinger took a case to the WIPO, or World Intellectual Property Organization, where he claimed that he owned the commonlaw rights to "josephschlessinger.com".
Although the 1st Amendment has historically been viewed as giving special protection to criticism, in July 2009, WIPO ordered that control of the name be handed over to Dr. Schlessinger.
The attached file is a PDF containing detail that was present on josephschlessinger.com, together with a description of the WIPO case and other matters relating to public posturing by Dr. Schlessinger and his critics.

 

CIA logbook of Congressional member torture briefings, 2009

This document lists the dates the CIA states it briefed selected members of Congress about the CIA's interrogation methods— including torture techniques such as waterboarding. The document was prepared by the CIA and appears to represent political payback to senior Democratic Party figures such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. 
Marked For Official Use Only, it was sent to the Select Committee on Intelligence Oversight on May 5, 2009. 
The chart lays behind the May 9, 2009 story in the New York Times titled List Says Top Democrats Were Briefed on Interrogations. 
The chart covers some 40 Congressional briefings, right up to 2009. 
Acronyms used: 

• EIT - Enhanced Interrogation Techniques
• HPSCI - House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
• SSCI- Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
• DCIA - Director, Central Intelligence Agency
• IG - Inspector General
• DOJ - Department of Justice
• NSC - National Security Council
• OLC - Office of Legal Council (Department of Justice)

See also CIA logbook of Congressional member torture briefings, cover sheet, 2009.

United Nations Sexual Assault/Harassment Reports on Wikileaks

By Shelley Walden (Whistleblower Typepad)[1] 
The website Wikileaks recently posted numerous confidential UN Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) investigative reports. Certain reports demonstrate how OIOS investigated sexual assault/harassment allegations made by those within and outside the United Nations, including: 

• Allegations made by female employees in the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo of sexual exploitation/rape by a staff member who threatened their continuing employment. OIOS did not fully investigate this case or make a judicial referral due to a lack of corroborating evidence.
• Sexual harassment and abuse of employees of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). OIOS found insufficient evidence to support the sexual harassment allegations. OIOS then attempted to identify the individual who had leaked the harassment allegations to the British, U.S. and Ethiopian governments. OIOS recommended that the suspected leakers be disciplined and that the Office of Legal Affairs consider initiating a civil suit against a former employee for “damage” caused by this leak.
• Allegations of sexual harassment by an employee of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). The case was initially investigated by two people at UNRWA who had no “formal investigative training” and found no harassment. OIOS subsequently investigated and found that the evidence tended to support the allegations of sexual harassment but not of workplace harassment. Because the harasser had retired, he was not disciplined.
• 217 allegations of abuse of girls and women by peacekeepers in Eastern Congo against 39 peacekeepers. Of these, only one allegation of sexual exploitation and abuse against an individual peacekeeper was substantiated. It is not clear what disciplinary measures, if any, were taken.

It should be noted that in most of these cases there were multiple complainants, a circumstance that lends substantial credence to the allegations. But even in cases where there were numerous complainants, OIOS rarely found proof of wrongdoing. Even more disturbingly, in the few instances in which OIOS did substantiate sexual assault allegations, it appears that disciplinary measures may not have been taken. This suggests that sexual assailants in the UN can attack with impunity. To address this situation, the UN should reform OIOS (as suggested in two recent studies) and the UN formal justice system and refer prosecution of assault perpetrators to the relevant national authorities for criminal prosecution.