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Britain is to send 900 more troops to Afghanistan to fight the resurgent Taliban who have unleashed a wave of bombings, ambushes and raids in a recovery the international community failed to predict. Taliban violence has intensified this year to i
At least 30 states have passed laws or taken other steps this year to crack down on illegal immigrants, often making it harder for undocumented workers to find jobs or receive public services.
Two months after 9/11, President Bush announced a bold and controversial initiative. Under his power as commander in chief, he created a streamlined process in the military justice system to try members of Al Qaeda for war crimes.
[Not Kerry?] Cutler is among a group of Vietnam vets informally advising the Navy as it reconstitutes river patrols. The Navy wants to extend its reach into the shallow brown waters of deltas and rivers, often the frontline in the war against terrori
Nine Palestinians were killed as Israel pounded Gaza with deadly air strikes and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert defended the massive military offensive in the face of international criticism.
The Bush administration asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the National Security Agency's domestic eavesdropping program, arguing that defending the 4-year-old wiretapping program would risk national security.
Gamblers who prefer their laptops to blackjack tables won't like what Congress is doing. On Tuesday, the House plans to vote on a bill that would ban credit cards for paying online bets and could padlock gambling Web sites. The legislation wou
A federal judge in Washington ruled that the unprecedented FBI raid on Rep. William J. Jefferson's Capitol Hill office was constitutional, saying the government "demonstrated a compelling need to conduct the search" in the ongoing publi
A federal judge on Monday began hearing a groundbreaking trial that could signal whether thousands of people whose homes were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina can receive payouts for losses their insurance companies claim were caused by flooding.
Two hundred thirty years ago yesterday, fifty-six individuals signed a document pledging their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to establish individual liberty on planet earth. In the document these courageous individuals stated the philosophy upon
The FBI has drafted sweeping legislation that would require Internet service providers to create wiretapping hubs for police surveillance and force makers of networking gear to build in backdoors for eavesdropping, CNET News.com has learned.
With only 303 voting delegates, it was also notably uncrowded; by most people's memories this was the smallest LP convention since the mid-1970s. Yet this off-year (i.e., non-presidential nominating) convention packed a dramatic surprise...
Reflexiones Libertarias
Mi cabalgata por vida, siempre se ha distinguido por la frecuencia con que tomo rutas equivocadas puesto que, ha sido pincelada por la frase de Bernard Shaw: “Una vida cuajada de errores, es más útil y honorable que otra desperdiciada al no hacer nad
Could a Republican-controlled Congress, pass a bill to protect the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance from court challenges? No problem, especially if proposed during the patriotic season leading up to the Fourth of July, Republ
Prosecutors and investigators building a bribery case against Rep. William Jefferson have been unable to examine the documents and computer files seized in a search of the lawmaker's Capitol Hill office. Placed off limits by President Bush for 4
Advocates who say black Americans should be compensated for slavery and its Jim Crow aftermath are quietly chalking up victories and gaining momentum. Fueled by the work of scholars and lawyers, their campaign has morphed in recent years from a fr
After observing mountain gorillas in Uganda for nearly a year, scientists believe they have discovered why the animals eat decayed wood and lick tree stumps, behaviors that have puzzled primate researchers for decades. The answer: for the sodium.
The FBI has drafted sweeping legislation that would require Internet service providers to create wiretapping hubs for police surveillance and force makers of networking gear to build in backdoors for eavesdropping.
Begging the question, ‘Why did we just hear about this yesterday?’, ABC’s blog, The Blotter reports that the alleged ringleader Assem Hammoud, a.k.a. Amir Andalousi, has been in captivity for nearly three months:
The FBI has drafted sweeping legislation that would require Internet service providers to create wiretapping hubs for police surveillance and force makers of networking gear to build in backdoors for eavesdropping, CNET News.com has learned. FBI A
Recent headlines from Iraq are ugly: Marines charged with murdering civilians.... If these atrocities are carefully investigated, the likely deficiency may be sufficient command leadership and discipline. A recent book "Tiger Force" is a do
In the darkness of night, the two Army privates made a vow: Whoever survived their Vietnam tours would tell investigators about the actions of a platoon known as Tiger Force. As the Tigers were leaving a hamlet in 1967, the two soldiers saw the li
David Bowker vividly remembers the first time he heard the phrase. A lawyer in the State Department, Bowker was part of a Bush administration "working group" assembled in the panicked aftermath of the September 11 attacks. Its task: figurin
In a sharply worded letter to President Bush, an important Congressional ally charged that the administration violated the law by failing to inform Congress of some secret intelligence programs and risked losing Republican support on national securit
The man who led America's hunt for Osama bin Laden has said the CIA was wrong to disband the only unit devoted entirely to the terrorist leader's pursuit - just at a time when al-Qaida is reasserting its influence over global jihad. Shutti
Four more soldiers have been charged with the rape and murder of a young Iraqi woman and her family, the most explosive of the five war crimes investigations currently under way in Iraq. A fifth soldier was charged with dereliction of duty for fai
Former Clinton administration officials Ashton Carter and William Perry argue that the most effective way to curb the threat from Pyongyang is to destroy its missiles at their test sites.
Led by fast-growing China and India, Asia is going nuclear in a big way to feed its ravenous appetite for energy. The strains of economic growth are already showing. Energy shortages have forced Chinese factories to scale back production, and farm
There are few things more important to members of Congress than control over how the government spends money. Getting re-elected is one of those things. That may explain why lawmakers seem to be doing the bare minimum this year on the budget. It**
Gov. Jon S. Corzine signed a $30 billion compromise spending plan to formally end a state budget impasse that spurred a weeklong government shutdown and shuttered Atlantic City's 12 casinos. The governor signed an executive order clearing the way
