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The NSA's Internet site has been placing files on visitors' computers that can track their Web surfing activity despite strict federal rules banning most of them. These files, known as ``cookies,'' disappeared after a privacy activist
Federal applications for a special U.S. court to authorize secret surveillance rose sharply after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and the panel required changes to the requests at a even greater rate, government documents show.
The Shi'ite religious bloc leading Iraq's parliamentary elections held talks yesterday with Kurdish leaders about who should get the top 12 government jobs, as thousands of Sunni Arabs and secular Shi'ites protested what they say was a ta
A state representative who pleaded guilty to impaired driving has been sentenced to perform 48 hours of community service and serve a year of probation. Garfield left the scene of a auto accident and was found slumped over the steering wheel of his
Prosecutors denied any attempt to avoid the Supreme Court and said they had narrowed the charges against Padilla because elaborating on the original allegations would compromise intelligence "sources or methods. There is nothing remotely siniste
Images of models wearing masks to look like Queen Elizabeth, President George W. Bush, and Jacques Chirac having sex were removed from electronic billboards in Vienna
There were accusations by Governor Richardson (D-NM) that the NSA was monitoring his telephone calls at the request of John Bolton, then Under-Secretary of State for arms control and international security. A later article listed a chain of allegatio
Everything's fine. Nothing to worry about. These aren't the droids you're looking for. That was the message in regards to the newly exposed concerns about ES&S voting machines in California revealed by a secret letter from California'
A provision of the "No Child Left Behind" act stipulates any school receiving federal funds must give the military information on high school juniors and seniors, and notify parents that they can make a request to to prevent recruiters from
A college student spent 3 weeks in jail after a field test said she was carrying drugs. She filed a lawsuit.
New York Police Department Deputy Commissioner for Public Information, Paul Browne, described the ties between the NYPD and the the CIA as "an excellent relationship"
The city of San Francisco and the National Rifle Association reached a deal Wednesday under which city officials will delay enforcement of part of a voter-approved handgun ban.
Newly released video tape shows what the NYTimes describes as "the robust presence of disguised officers" since the Republican National Convention in August 2004. We speak with the NY Police Department, I-Witness video, and The NY Times.
Wireless networks may be convenient to set up, but wired ethernet has always been faster. Now a new generation of Wi-Fi products is challenging ethernet's superiority for high-bandwidth apps.
A suburban Kansas City man is appealing a ticket he received for homemade yard signs opposing the war in Iraq. The ACLU of Kansas and Western Missouri is helping David Quinly appeal the citation in Johnson County District Court. Quinly sought the ACL
Open-source software isn't a new phenomenon. In recent years businesses warmed to the promise of low-cost, openly available software. In fact, open-source programs have become so popular, they now pose a legitimate threat to the established softw
Nazir Ahmed appears calm and unrepentant as he recounts how he slit the throats of his three young daughters and their 25-year old stepsister to salvage his family's "honor" — a crime that shocked Pakistan.
Greek and British intelligence agents may be called to appear before a Greek court to answer a lawsuit alleging 28 Pakistanis were kidnapped and tortured in Greece after the July bombings in London.
Brazil's state-owned oil company, Petrobras, says it has discovered a huge new offshore oil field off the coast of Rio de Janeiro state.
PHILIP Ruddock is treating the controversial national identity card as the "the next cab off the rank" for the Howard Government's security agenda following the passage of its tough anti-terrorism laws.
Defence lawyers in several terrorism cases in the US are planning to appeal against the convictions of their clients on the ground that evidence may have been garnered from illegal wiretapping by a federal government surveillance agency.
The CIA's controversial "rendition" program to have terror suspects captured and questioned on foreign soil was launched under US president Bill Clinton, a former US counterterrorism agent told a German newspaper.
The week after the historic parliamentary elections of Dec. 15 saw business as usual in the Iraq insurgency. The rates at which US troops were killed and wounded and Iraqi security forces killed all dropped slightly, but the insurgents might be geari
Defense lawyers in some of the country's biggest terrorism cases say they plan to bring legal challenges to determine whether the NSA used illegal wiretaps against several dozen Muslim men tied to Al Qaeda.
Senator Clinton's support for the war in Iraq has outraged many liberal activists who are warning of retribution, including a primary challenge to her re-election campaign, but they are struggling to bring meaningful pressure to bear on a politic
AN ALLEGED British spy named by a Greek newspaper as taking part in the alleged torture of terror suspects in Athens has reportedly been recalled to London to be questioned about the reported arrest of 28 Pakistani-born men over the 7/7 bombings.
Several Chinese companies involved in selling missile goods and chemical-arms materials to Iran have been hit with U.S. sanctions, Bush administration officials said
Kurdish leaders have inserted more than 10,000 of their militia members into the Iraqi army to lay the groundwork to swarm south, seize the oil-rich city of Kirkuk and possibly half of Mosul, Iraq's third-largest city, and secure the borders of a
The U.S. government reportedly plans to spend $500 million over five years to make the Sahara Desert a vast new front in its war on terrorism.
AN inmate in a Baghdad prison grabbed a rifle from a guard today and opened fire, killing up to 20 people.
