Truthout roundup 9/25

Election Deception on College Campuses in Swing States
http://www.truthout.org/092508J
Greg Gordon, McClatchy Newspapers: "Colorado Democrats accused a Republican county clerk Wednesday of falsely informing Colorado College that students from outside the state could not register to vote if their parents claimed them as a dependent on their tax returns."

Bush Aides Linked to Talks on Interrogations
http://www.truthout.org/092508K
Mark Mazzetti, The New York Times: "Senior White House officials played a central role in deliberations in the spring of 2002 about whether the Central Intelligence Agency could legally use harsh interrogation techniques while questioning an operative of Al Qaeda, Abu Zubaydah, according to newly released documents."

Bailout Could Deepen Crisis, CBO Chief Says
http://www.truthout.org/092508L
Frank Ahrens, The Washington Post: "The director of the Congressional Budget Office said yesterday that the proposed Wall Street bailout could actually worsen the current financial crisis. During testimony before the House Budget Committee, Peter R. Orszag - Congress's top bookkeeper - said the bailout could expose the way companies are stowing toxic assets on their books, leading to greater problems."

Western Lawyers Say Iraq Discarded Due Process in Saddam Trial
http://www.truthout.org/092508M
John F. Burns, International Herald Tribune: "Nearly two years after an Iraqi court sentenced Saddam Hussein to death, new disclosures by Western lawyers who helped guide the court have given fresh ammunition to critics who contend that he was railroaded to the gallows by vengeful officials in Iraq's new government."

Robert Scheer A Fox to Protect the Henhouse?
http://www.truthout.org/092508N
Robert Scheer, Truthdig.com: "Does it really matter which party is in charge when it comes to bailing out the Wall Street hustlers whose shenanigans have bankrupted so many ordinary folks? Not if the Democrats roll over and cede power to the former head of Goldman Sachs, the investment bank at the center of our economic meltdown. What arrogance for Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson‚ who the year before President Bush appointed him treasury secretary was paid $16.4 million for heading the company that did as much as any to engineer this financial travesty‚ to now insist we must blindly trust him to solve the problem."