Top 10 stories media missed this year (not a LETTERMAN joke)

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Censored!
The top 10 big stories the US news media missed in the past year

BY AMANDA WITHERELL
Wednesday September 5, 2007
Project Censored's 15 missed-story runners up



>>Big local stories that never made mainstream headlines


>>The story behind a censored story that was killed by The Nation



There are a handful of freedoms that have almost always been a part of American democracy. Even when they didn't exactly apply to everyone or weren't always protected by the people in charge, a few simple but significant rights have been patently clear in the Constitution: You can't be nabbed by the cops and tossed behind bars without a reason. If you are imprisoned, you can't be incarcerated indefinitely; you have the right to a speedy trial with a judge and jury. When that court date rolls around, you'll be able to see the evidence against you.


The president can't suspend elections, spy without warrants, or dispatch federal troops to trump local cops or quell protests. Nor can the commander in chief commence a witch hunt, deem individuals "enemy combatants," or shunt them into special tribunals outside the purview of our 218-year-old judicial system.


Until now. This year's Project Censored presents a chilling portrait of a newly empowered executive branch signing away civil liberties for the sake of an endless and amorphous war on terror. And for the most part, the major news media weren't paying attention. ....

1. GOOD-BYE, HABEAS CORPUS

2. MARTIAL LAW: COMING TO A TOWN NEAR YOU

3. AFRICOM

4. SECRET TRADE AGREEMENTS

5. SHANGHAIED SLAVES CONSTRUCT US EMBASSY IN IRAQ

6. FALCON'S TALONS

7. BLACKWATER

8. KIA: THE NEOLIBERAL INVASION OF INDIA

9. THE PRIVATIZATION OF AMERICA'S INFRASTRUCTURE

10. VULTURE FUNDS: DEVOURING THE DESPERATE

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1. NSC & FCC in bed with the Telcos.

That one never gets talked about but it is the biggest enabler for the corrupt BushCo regime.