History Commons Projects, Update on April 30, 2008

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The main additions this week were in the project dealing with 9/11 and the two timelines about Iraq.
The main focus in the 9/11 Timeline this week was al-Qaeda in Spain and the group of informers and surveillance targets that carried out the 2004 Madrid train bombings. Dedicated chapters have been set up to cover both the bombings and al-Qaeda’s Spanish network in general, and yet more will be added about this next week. Other objects of interest include al-Qaeda leader and MI5 informer Abu Qatada, the 9/11 Commission’s very cursory interest in NSA material, and media coverage after the attacks.
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The Prisoner Abuse Timeline has published additional material about cabinet-level approval of harsh treatment and mind-altering drugs.
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The Occupation of Iraq Timeline looks at how the media has covered the war and how this has altered the public’s perceptions.
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The Invasion of Iraq Timeline also looks at the media, this time during the build-up to war.
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New entries in the Watergate Timeline look at notorious informant Deep Throat, the failure of a House committee to investigate campaign banking law violations by Nixon, and a break-in following the shooting of third party candidate George Wallace.
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There are additional entries about telecom immunity and the FBI’s CALEA wiretapping system in the Loss of Civil Liberties Timeline.
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Five hundred entries that previously lacked headlines have been given them, making it easier for readers to sort through what is in the timelines.
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