04-26-11: WikiLeaking on GITMO (Plus: 'Human' Rights for Mother Nature)

Goodbye Color-Code Threat Alerts, But Hello Defense Cuts Presidential Policy: Does It Make the Grade?, James Carafano, PhD The administration's less disastrous policies are based on George W. Bush initiatives. Apart from a decision to scrap color-coded terror alerts, its original policies have mostly flopped. * VIDEOS * TODAY'S HOT PICKS * 1. Former Presidential Adviser Van Jones Helping to Push 'Human' Rights for Mother Nature 2. Video: ACLU Forces U.S. School District to Change Policy on Standing During Pledge 3. Kansas Requires Proof of Citizenship, Photo ID at Voting Booths 4. Video: 35 Years Ago, Rick Monday Made the Greatest Play in Baseball History By Saving the U.S. Flag 5. Video: White House Laughs, Mocks Question About Not Giving Easter Statement 6. Video: Herman Cain (R): "We Need To Go From An Entitlement Society To An Empowerment Society" 7. Video: Inflation Explained 8. Video: Doctors Say Gabrielle Giffords' (D)Trip to Florida For Shuttle Launch May Help Recovery 9. Video: Children Used in March Against Florida Immigration Reforms 10. "Neutral" Wikipedia Editors. Every wonder what they look like? Marxism Redux Herbert London One American academic claims capitalism has a dismal future, and is responsible for creating "ecological challenges." Is this true? Are there any better alternatives to capitalism? U.S. Officials Suspected Al-Jazeera Ties to Al-Qaeda Cliff Kincaid Al-Jazeera maintains that many Guantanamo detainees were innocent. According to WikiLeaks files, an Al-Jazeera cameraman who was detained there is an Al-Qaeda operative. WikiLeaking on GITMO James Carafano, PhD WikiLeaks has released U.S. diplomats' classified documents to the press again, this time focusing on Guantanamo detainees. The records were drafts, so were they reliable? A Turkish Flotilla - In Reverse Leslie Sacks Turkey is planning to back a large Gaza-bound, anti-Israeli flotilla this year. But would it be prepared to mount a flotilla for the ethnic minorities that it oppresses and has killed? The Case Against Omar Ahmad Steve Emerson Omar Ahmad co-founded the Council of American Islamic Relations. Some members of this group were convicted for supporting terrorism. Why was Omar Ahmad never placed on trial? Vin's Notes on Islamism: Part Nine Documenting Islamist incursions around the globe. Vin Ienco A U.K. man is jailed for burning a Koran, while bombs, protests, killings, and denial of freedom continue around the world. Islam marches on... Reforming the Village War: The Afghanistan Conflict David Katz Unless Washington adopts a new and imaginative strategy that will separate the Taliban from the Pashtun tribes, the U.S. footprint in Afghanistan is bound to disappear with no lasting legacy. Today's Hot Topics We choose, you peruse. 1. WikiLeaks: Guantánamo Bay terrorists radicalized in London to attack Western targets (TELEGRAPH) 2. Health Law Won't Get High-Court Review...Yet (WSJ) 3. British firm offered spy software to Egypt (WT) 4. Paper: Leaked Documents Describe Al-Qaeda Plots Against West Coast, Brooklyn Bridge & Cargo Planes (NYT) 5. 4 More Men Charged in 2008 Mumbai Terror Attack (AP) 6. Age of America nears end - Commentary: China's economy will surpass the U.S. in 2016 (MARKETWATCH) 7. How the White House Sees Situation in Syria as Different than Libya (FOX) 8. Pew poll of Egypt: 54% want to end treaty with Israel, 79% view U.S. unfavorably 9. White House fails to issue Easter proclamation (DAILY CALLER) 10. Barbour: Not Running for President (FOX) Radical Muslims, Environmentalists, and the Green Jihad A Special Report from the AIM Center for Investigative Journalism Mark Musser The color of Islam is often seen as green, but when Muslims attempt to portray their religion as ecologically "green", are they jumping on a bandwagon, or are their motives more sinister? Blockade-busting Voyage against Israel Planned by Islamists, Leftists Jim Kouri, CPP A repeat run of the failed flotilla to Gaza is now being planned for this year. The ultimate aim of these publicity stunts is not to help Palestinians but to delegitimize Israel. Muslim Brotherhood Wants Sharia Law in Egypt Still using Israel as a scapegoat. The Global Muslim Brotherhood Daily Report A former Hamas commander calls Jews "despicable" and "corrupt," American Islamic group links up with an organization closely tied to an anti-Semite, and in Egypt, more anti-Semitism... Click here to sign up for FSM's e-mail updates!