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DOWNING STREET DIRECTIVE
Monica Mehta, AlterNet
In the wake of newly uncovered British documents showing there was no postwar plan for Iraq, critics are launching a renewed offensive against the Bush administration and its justification for war.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/22220/

SOMETHING ROTTEN IN OHIO
Gore Vidal, The Nation
The disturbing truths about the last election in Ohio have been largely ignored by the press and the Congress.
http://www.alternet.org/story/22222/

CORPORATE VS. COMMUNITY INTERNET
The Progress Report
The gap is growing between those who have access to information technology, and those who don't. Now the battle to close the digital divide has spilled onto another front -- the fight for free municipal broadband services.
http://www.alternet.org/story/22216/

THE MAD COW COVER-UP BEGINS TO UNRAVEL
John Stauber, PR Watch
Last week, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture announced that an American cow tested positive for mad cow disease. Without major changes in the beef industry, it may be just the first of many.
http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/22217/

AFTER GUANTANAMO
Jim Rice, Sojourners
The chorus is right; Guantanamo should be closed. But closing ithe base is just the first step in getting the U.S. to practice what it preaches about human rights.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/22219/