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...internal memo from the World Bank said to be authored by Summers is leaked to the Economist. The memo, which advocates dumping toxic waste into third world countries, draws fire from environmentalist groups and politicians in Washington...
...debate over Social Security reform got nasty last week when this ad from conservative lobbying group USA Next appeared on the American Spectator website. Blogs such as DAILY KOS and TALKING POINTS MEMO (TPM) challenged the implication that the AARP, which opposes Bush's privatization plan, is antitroop and pro--gay marriage. The ad was removed hours later, but TPM continues to ask whether USA Next, whose assault on the AARP is run in part by the people who created last year's Swift Boat ads, is connected to the Administration. USA Next denies...
...Lorand Matory, professor of anthropology and of African and African American studies, even mentioned the controversial memo Summers signed while chief economist at the World Bank...
...memo suggested moving pollution-producing industries from developed nations to what he called “under-polluted” third-world countries...
...section about the Saudi for redaction, stamping it SECRET. The account, they advised the Pentagon, revealed interrogation methods and techniques that were classified. The Pentagon wrote back that if the Guantnamo officials could not cite solid legal grounds for censoring the material, the document would be cleared. The memo from the Pentagon noted that the authors' lawyer had previously sued the Defense Department successfully over a manuscript that contained classified information and might do so again. The section was cleared for publication with very few changes. But last month the nine pages at issue were leaked, apparently by someone...