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A series of letters have been allegedly written by Leading Seaman Faye Turney while in Iranian custody and released by the Iranian government. There is no independent evidence that the letters are genuine - or whether they were written willingly. RELEASED FRIDAY 30 MARCH To British People I am writing to you as a British service person who has been sent to Iraq, sacrificed due to the intervening policies of the Bush and Blair governments. We were arrested after entering Iranian waters by the Iranian forces. For this, I am deeply sorry. I understand that this has caused even more...

WASHINGTON, March 23, 2007 – After hearing the allegations against them, one detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, claimed ignorance of his alleged role in two U.S. embassy bombings, and another, accused of financing terrorist attacks in Southeast Asia, said nothing. The Defense Department today released the transcripts of the combat status review tribunal hearings for Ahmed Khalafan Ghailani and Mohamed Farik bin Amin Zubair. The tribunals, held at the Guantanamo detention facility, were administrative hearings to determine only if the detainees could be designated enemy combatants. In his March 17 hearing, Ghailani was accused of purchasing and supplying TNT,...

In a commentary on Nixon’s declaration that he has made progress in ending the war and particularly in ending American involvement in the war, visiting American actress Jane Fonda said Monday morning: ((Recorded voice of a woman with an American accent – FBIS)) As the elections in the United States are drawing near, Richard Nixon is using the most cynical and criminal kinds of lies and trickery to fool the American opinion and world opinion into believing that he is trying to end the war in Indochina. How can he be ending the war when he is killing more people...

Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge James C. Emerson today ordered the release of more than 2,500 pages of transcribed testimony given over several months this year to the grand jury that indicted San Jose's mayor on six criminal felony counts. Fifty-five pages of the transcripts were sealed, including the testimony of Mayor Ron Gonzales and his chief aide, Joe Guerra. The release of the transcripts represents the latest chapter in a yearlong scandal that has roiled San Jose City Hall during a mayoral election year. The issue has generated two major investigations, an unprecedented censure of the mayor by...

WASHINGTON, April 3, 2006 – The Defense Department today released hundreds' more pages of unredacted detainee hearing transcripts taken at the U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, facility, a senior Pentagon official said here today. DoD spokesman Bryan Whitman told reporters the newly released documents included 2,000 pages of detainee administrative review board transcripts and about 600 pages of defense counsel submissions. On March 3, DoD previously released about 5,000 pages of unredacted transcripts of combatant status review tribunal and administrative review board hearings conducted at the Guantanamo Bay detainee facility. These documents were released in response to a New...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2006 – The Defense Department is preparing to release detainee hearing transcripts containing the names of persons held at the detainee facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a senior Pentagon official said here yesterday. A New York federal district judge recently ruled in favor of an Associated Press lawsuit that sought the release of some uncensored transcripts taken from detainee hearings at Guantanamo, according to press reports. The department will abide by the judge's ruling, DoD spokesman Bryan Whitman told Pentagon reporters. The U.S. Justice Department declined to appeal the judge's ruling, which requires DoD to provide the...

Transcript for Part I: Question from audience: You mentioned a little bit ago, ‘Why did it take a bunch of Arabs to do what you all should have done a long time ago,’ that’s my question. And as a white man standing here in your midst from a fairly liberal/conservative/middle of the road background—and I tell people I’m so far left I’m coming up on the rigt—and I’d like you to respond to, why shouldn’t we do something and how could we move so they don’t see us coming? Churchill: I’m gonna repeat that, tell me if I got that...

Alan Keyes on the Steve Malzberg Show (WABC, New York) August 15, 2004 This Week with George Stephanopoulos (ABC) Alan Keyes & Barack Obama August 15, 2004 Alan Keyes on Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer (CNN) August 15, 2004

Eagle - In emotional arguments today, the lawyer for Kobe Bryant's accuser said the woman and her family felt betrayed by the people she trusted most - the judges presiding over the sex-assault case and the district attorney's office. The lawyer, John Clune, said at a pre-trial hearing today that this lack of faith in the system had previously caused the now-20-year-old woman to consider whether she should go forward with the case. The woman claims that the basketball star raped her on June 30, 2003, in his Edwards hotel room. Bryant has pleaded not guilty and alleges the woman...

I am in need of a good source for transcripts of speeches and statements made by John Kerry (preferably on his national defense policies). A more general source of transcripts would also be appreciated. Thank you.

Last night on the Larry King show, King interviewed Bob Woodword and Prince BANDAR BIN SULTAN, SAUDI AMBASSADOR TO U.S. In that interview, King asked Prince Bandar about lowering the price of oil before the election. The following is a diredt quote from the transcript. "KING: Let me get in one more thing, Prince Bandar. BIN SULTAN: Yes, sir. KING: The story that Mr. Woodward has about the promise to lower the oil prices by the election. Your government has denied has. WOODWARD: That's not my story. What I say in the book is that the Saudis, and maybe you...

  Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act President George W. Bush signed the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban into law on November 5, 2003. Currently the constitutionality of this law is being challenged in three federal district courts. Check below for the latest transcripts out of the courtrooms in New York, Nebraska, and California. Please note the transcription may contain transcription errors. New YorkDay 1Day 2Day 3Day 4Day 5Day 6 NebraskaDay 1Day 2Day 3Day 4Day 5Day 6 CaliforniaDay 1Day 2Day 3Day 4Day 5 Transcript Highlights4/2/044/6/04Testimony & Letters to Congress: Letter to President Bush on the Signing of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban, Bishop...

<p>LONDON — Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, al Qaeda's purported operations chief, has told U.S. interrogators that the group had been planning attacks on the Library Tower in Los Angeles and the Sears Tower in Chicago on the heels of the September 11, 2001, terror strikes.</p>

9-11 transcripts illustrate bravery, fatal mistakes By JOEL LEYDEN Digging crews worked constantly for months after the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001. (Photo: Joel Leyden) For some it was reliving a nightmare, for others closure, but for most the release of the September 11 transcripts provided glimpses of bravery and fatal mistakes. The transcripts were created from tapes of Port Authority emergency calls and radio transmissions that day and released Thursday after The New York Times won a court order for their release. The documents illustrate the utter disorientation, shock, disbelief and human courage produced...

Tony Blair's speech to the US Congress Friday July 18, 2003 "Thank you. Mr Speaker and Mr Vice President, honorable members of Congress, I'm deeply touched by that warm and generous welcome. That's more than I deserve and more than I'm used to, quite frankly. And let me begin by thanking you most sincerely for voting to award me the Congressional Gold Medal. But you, like me, know who the real heroes are: those brave service men and women, yours and ours, who fought the war and risk their lives still. And our tribute to them should be measured in...

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much. Thank you, all. President Sorensen and Governor Sanford; members of the South Carolina congressional delegation and state officials; members of faculty, trustees, the families, distinguished guests. And members of the Class of 2003. (Applause.) Thank you for the warm welcome to this great state and to this fine university. I'm honored to be with you on graduation day as you all become proud alumni of the University of South Carolina. I work every day with a distinguished graduate of USC -- I brought him along this afternoon: White House Chief of Staff, Andrew...

<p>WASHINGTON (AP) - Pushing an anti-communist crusade that riveted America a half century ago, Joseph McCarthy manipulated his Senate hearings by calling witnesses he could intimidate and ignoring those likely to oppose him, newly released transcripts show.</p> <p>Among the roughly 400 witnesses covered in transcripts of closed door meetings, made public Monday by the Senate, are composer Aaron Copland, New York Times journalist James Reston and Eslanda Goode Robeson, the wife of blacklisted singer-actor Paul Robeson. Some 4,000 pages of newly released documents also show that McCarthy was convinced that many writers, government officials and secretaries had access to classified information.</p>

Radio Free Republic is seeking volunteers to transcribe the excellent interviews done at CPAC by The Shrew and The Glaswegian. These interviews provide insights into the current thinking of the leaders of the conservative movement, and we'd like to make them available in written form after they're broadcast. There are 46 interviews, ranging in length from 5 to 42 minutes (1.7MB to 14.7MB files). I was able to transcribe The Shrew's 23-minute talk with David Horowitz in about 4 hours, to give you an idea of the effort involved. If you haven't done this before, the procedure is straightforward --...