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The U.S. Navy will try to lift some of the burden off U.S. Army troops in Iraq this year by increasing the number of sailors inside that country and taking on duties soldiers have been doing, according to the Navy's top sailor. Designed to ease t
What nobody talked about was spying programs like data mining browser and search engine usage, surveillance of peace and anti-war groups, data mining emails, using "total information awareness" type databases, data mining domestic phone cal
Guards have begun strapping recalcitrant detainees into "restraint chairs," sometimes for hours a day, to feed them through tubes and prevent them from deliberately vomiting afterward. Detainees who refuse to eat have also been placed in is
In the same breath, the President openly acknowledged that he has ordered the government to spy on Americans, on American soil, without the warrants required by law. The President admitted that he has deprived Americans of one of their most basic fre
U.S. lawmakers have reached agreement with the White House on legislation to renew the anti-terrorism law known as the Patriot Act.
Yahoo Inc. provided evidence to Chinese authorities that led to the imprisonment of an Internet writer, its second such case. A spokeswoman for Yahoo said the company was looking into the matter. "As in most jurisdictions, governments are not
A White House aide who was once chief of staff to House Majority Leader John Boehner helped plan a 1996 trip to the Northern Mariana Islands that was organized by fallen lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Barry Jackson, now chief deputy to Karl Rove, accepted a
CAIRO, Egypt - The first tomb to be discovered in the Valley of the Kings since King Tut's in 1922 contains five sarcophagi with mummies, breaking the nearly centurylong belief that there's nothing more to find in the valley where some of Egy
Twice in the past 4 years, a top Justice Department lawyer warned the presiding judge of a secret surveillance court that information overheard in President Bush's eavesdropping program may have been improperly used to obtain wiretap warrants in
John Boehner (R-OH), elected House Majority Leader last week, is renting his Capitol Hill apartment from a veteran lobbyist whose clients have direct stakes in legislation Boehner has cowritten/overseen http://crooksandliars.com/2006/02/08.html#a7073
"The guy saw me in almost a dozen settings, and joked with me about a bunch of things, including details of my kids. Perhaps he has forgotten everything, who knows," Abramoff wrote in an e-mail to Kim Eisler, national editor for the Washing
Lawyers for a 44-year-old naturalized American citizen have been pressing a federal district judge to intervene in their client's case, saying that he had been arrested and held in Iraq for more than a year without being charged or given access t
School principal Margaret Seibel says this year’s trip for Taft kindergarteners had to be canceled due to homeland security concerns. Access to the NASA Visitor Center is restricted to US citizens. All others might be terrorists. No tourists fro
Democratic and Republican lawmakers called for stronger congressional oversight of President Bush's domestic spying program, despite a new White House gesture of openness toward Congress.
The director of the CIA has launched a major internal probe into media leaks about covert operations. Porter Goss blamed "a very small number of people" for leaks about secret CIA operations that "do damage to the credibility of the ag
The 141 programs that President Bush proposed to eliminate or cut in his 2007 budget, with potential savings in millions.
The U.S. government wants an Iraqi court to prosecute an American citizen who is being held in Iraq on suspicion that he is a senior operative of al-Zarqawi. Once served in the Minnesota National Guard, held since late 2004 as an enemy combatant. No
Cindy Sheehan, the anti- Iraq war activist whose son was killed in the conflict there, put an end to speculation that she would launch a long-shot bid to become a U.S. senator from California.
A suspected nerve agent forced the evacuation of a US Senate office building late on Wednesday until tests concluded the vapor that set off the alarm was harmless. Some 200 people, including several senators, were quarantined for 3 hours in a nearby
Mexico issued a complaint against an American-owned hotel that—under pressure from the US government—expelled a group of Cuban businessmen meeting US energy executives, saying the company violated US investment and trade protection laws
China rejected a Pentagon report that singled out Beijing as the major power most likely to challenge Washington's military supremacy and said it posed no threat to the outside world.
The flags also block the view of an huge electronic sign set up at the U.S. mission in Havana, on the 5th floor, that has angered communist officials by displaying streaming news and human rights messages. [This is funny as hell!]
War is hell in any era and a study looking back at the health of US Civil War veterans released shows it is hardest on the youngest and those who witness the most carnage.
Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq, has been actively considering a campaign after criticizing Feinstein for refusing to call for an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.
Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco warned state lawmakers that corruption could no longer be tolerated as the area rebuilds from the Hurricane Katrina disaster and vowed to "play hardball" with Washington over oil and gas revenues.
We were warned: Liberalisation of drink laws would fuel disorder The sober truth: Serious violent crime has fallen 21% - and is down by twice that in some towns - while there are 14% fewer woundings
WASHINGTON -- Armed men in Mexican military uniforms have illegally crossed into the United States to provide cover for drug smugglers, and have fired upon U.S. Border Patrol agents on several occasions, a congressional panel was told Tuesday.
President Bush changed his schedule at the last minute to attend Coretta Scott King's funeral. It might have been a mistake. Not only was he overshadowed by the Bill and Hillary show, but he sat squirming on the dais.
Staff members of the offices of US Senators, using Senate-linked IP addresses, have been editing Wikipedia, a free online encyclopedia that allows any of its users to edit its content. They have removed negative facts about Senators from the articles
Apple on Tuesday introduced a 1GB version of its iPod nano that sells for £109 (inc VAT). The new model is being offered alongside its 2GB and 4GB siblings, which cost £139 and £179. Apple also cut prices on its entry-level iPod Shuffle, making them
