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The ACLU released new documents obtained from the Defense Department detailing abuse at US facilities in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantánamo Bay. Confirming the existence of a secret “Special Access Program” involving a special ops unit, Task Force 6-26
German agents "gave us direct support. They gave us information for targeting," NDR television quoted a former U.S. military official as saying
Arizona Rep. John Shadegg entered the race for House majority leader Friday, saying he would offer real, substantive ethics reforms in the wake of Republican scandals.
I reported the other day that your cell phone records are on sale online for anyone to buy, without your permission. Well, this morning AMERICAblog bought former presidential candidate, and former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO (SACEUR), General We
The Interior Department yesterday agreed to open about 400,000 acres on Alaska's North Slope for exploratory oil drilling, an area that previously had been off limits because of concerns about the impact on wildlife.
“Nominees Now... Resolve Not To Let The People Know What They Think About The Important Issues”...
Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, is threatening to "sue any station" that runs a new television ad that links him to one of the worst congressional corruption scandals ever. The two public interest groups that joined forces this week to run the ads
NEW YORK - Forget the ongoing privacy debate over U.S. government spying on telephone conversations--soon you may not have the right to tell cops to wait until you open your door.
Private groups are offering big cash prizes to anyone who can solve a range of daunting problems.
Picture this: Swarms of one-legged robots hopping across Mars like malformed chicks. They dart in and out of caves and crevices, grabbing soil samples and searching for signs of ancient microbes - and thus life.
The witness, Tina Polich, was instructed to "lay low" during the hearing by county officials and her employer, Election Systems and Software Incorporated, who did not want her to testify about the possibility that the voting machines malfun
A new round of DNA tests that death penalty opponents believed might finally prove that an innocent man was executed in the US confirmed instead that Roger Keith Coleman was guilty when he went to the electric chair in 1992.
National Guard soldiers who were ordered to protect possible targets after the Sept. 11 attacks sued the federal government, seeking tens of millions of dollars in expenses they were never reimbursed. Told: "If you don't like the arrangement
A TV ad linking Rep. Tom DeLay to disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff was set to hit the airwaves in the Houston area, when lawyers for his campaign told local stations that the ad contained falsehoods and threatened court action.
Scandal over lobbyist Jack Abramoff may claim a casualty in Ralph Reed, a former presidential-campaign adviser who once headed one of the largest Christian activist groups, and is trying to become Georgia's next lieutenant governor
Israel has suspended contact with evangelist Pat Robertson for suggesting Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's stroke was divine punishment for withdrawing from the Gaza Strip.
Diebold paid as much as $275,000 to Abramoff's firm, Greenberg Traurig for lobbying work, The BRAD BLOG has now found additional details that begin to shed new light on Representative Ney's personal connections to Diebold lobbyists.
Maj. Gen. Geoffrey D. Miller, a central figure in the U.S. detainee-abuse scandal, invoked his right not to incriminate himself in court-martial proceedings against 2 soldiers accused of using dogs to intimidate captives at the Abu Ghraib prison in I
According to New Orleans' Times-Picayune, the residents — enraged by the plan's call to allow the city to seize properties under eminent domain statutes in order to buy out homeowners in areas that are not likely to return — sent a simple mes
"I understand people's concerns about government eavesdropping," Bush said in response to a question about the program during a citizens' forum in Louisville. "I share their concerns as well." Even so, he added, the progra
Rove was offered a plea deal in December and that Luskin had twice met with Fitzgerald during that time to discuss Rove's legal status. Rove turned down the plea deal, which would likely have required him to provide Fitzgerald with information ag
Amnesty International has released accounts alleging new prisoner torture and abuse in Guantanamo Bay and Kandahar, Afghanistan alleges numerous instances of physical and psychological abuse by U.S. personnel and Pakistani authorities. Read his full,
The CIA kept 23 people in a secret prison in Romania and maintained similar facilities in Bulgaria, Ukraine, Macedonia and Kosovo, according to allegations contained in a leaked Swiss intelligence report.
Young Canadian Omar Khadr, who was detained in Afghanistan when he was only 15 for allegedly killing a US soldier in July 2002, and Yemeni national Ali Hamza Ahmad al-Bahlul, a suspected al-Qaeda propaganda specialist, are expected to face preliminar
Two New Hampshire state representatives faced off during House committee hearings on a bill that would lower the drinking age for people in the military.
The women, members of a coalition of about seven groups that call themselves "the Granny Peace Brigade," said they wanted to enlist in the military to replace grandchildren who had been sent to Iraq. "I'm willing to inconvenience m
The National Security Agency has been spying on a Baltimore anti-war group, going so far as to document the inflating of protesters' balloons, and intended to deploy units trained to detect weapons of mass destruction
Passengers at Paddington Station in west London will be invited to pass through the scanner before they board the Heathrow Express non-stop train service to the British capital's main airport.
William Butler said he does not go to strip clubs. He finds them depressing, filled by men purchasing companionship through dollar bills. That said, Butler brought his Mercedes to an abrupt stop to sign a petition that might protect the clubs from ne
Rep. John Shadegg (R-AZ) is positioning himself as a compromise, reform candidate in the battle over the House majority leader job. Some GOP say that neither Blunt nor Boehner represents the breath of fresh air needed by Congress amid DeLay's leg
