The courtroom provided a telling introduction. I had recently arrived as British ambassador in Uzbekistan's old Silk Road capital of Tashkent, where I was watching the trail of a 22-year old-dissident named Iskander Khuderbegainov.
Colorado media outlets are roundly criticizing an effort by DEA officials to spend taxpayers' dollars and use paid staff time to campaign against Amendment 44, "the Alcohol-Marijuana Equalization Initiative." Correspondences from DEA o
Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson's anti-war protest speech (released before event) in Washington Square, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 30, 2006 in response to President Bush's war support arrival in Utah.
An Army investigator has recommended that 4 soldiers accused of murder in a raid in Iraq should face the death penalty. Lt. Col. James Daniel concluded the slayings were premeditated and warranted the death sentence based on evidence he heard at an A
George W. Bush today rejected the idea that Iraq had descended into civil war despite bloody sectarian fighting in Baghdad and a grim Pentagon report that found the violence was spreading.
The aggressive new campaign by the administration of President George W. Bush to depict U.S. foes in the Middle East as "fascists" and its domestic critics as "appeasers" owes a great deal to steadily intensifying efforts by the r
Under Bush's watch, the American Democratic Republic has disappeared into a police state where the American government spies at will on its own citizens, detains citizens without basic Constitutional protections and ignores the Bill of Rights as
HB 2076 - The (weapon) storage shall be readily accessible on entry into the establishment or event and allow for the immediate retrieval of the weapon on exit from the establishment or event.
That seat belt ticket – the only blemish on her driving record – would result in a harrowing three-day stay in a crowded holding tank at the Dallas County Jail last week without a chance to see a lawyer, bail bondsman or judge.
Arizona elections have a very spotty record when it comes to integrity and accuracy. Arizona Secretary of State, Jan Brewer, has blocked every attempt to reform our very questionable election counting and verification processes.
"I fully stand behind our optical scan equipment. It all comes down to faith and trust in your election officers." - Jan Brewer Arizona Secretary of State
“This is the only safe place in all of Iraq,” said Mr. Abdul Rahman, himself a Sunni Arab, as children scampered around him. “There’s terrorism elsewhere and the presence of the Americans.”
Welcome to the Trent “Ball Park” Franks “Save a Congressman Campaign Fundraiser” letter. I am asking for your help in raising enough funds to return Congressman Franks back to Washington for two more years.
President Vicente Fox refused to deliver his state-of-the nation report to Congress, after leftist lawmakers seized control of the stage. It was the first time a Mexican leader hasn't given the annual address.
Europe is stepping up efforts to explore the use of eye scans and other biometric technology to screen airline passengers who volunteer for background security checks.
The goal is to see whether airport security can be enhanced and congestion ease
Standing in an empty Miami warehouse on May 24 with a man he believed had ties to Osama bin Laden, a dejected Narseal Batiste talked of the setbacks to their terrorist plot and then uttered the words that helped put him in a federal prison cell.
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State Supreme Court determines that the public has no right to information about law enforcement personnel involved in disciplinary cases. Shut down public access to information about officers who come before civil service commissions, civilian revie
[Nuke Canada!] Calling Canada a potential conduit for bioterrorism, pests and disease, the U.S. government is boosting its northern border inspection muscle -- and making Canadian air travellers and commercial shippers foot the bill.
The global nuclear monitoring agency deepened suspicions about Iran’s nuclear program, reporting that inspectors had discovered new traces of highly enriched uranium at an Iranian facility.
[Just in time for 9/11.] In the face of polls which suggest that many Americans are skeptical about the government's official version of what happened on September 11, 2001, a federal agency has released a "rebuttal" to some prevalent *
The Transportation Department’s inspector general urged the Federal Aviation Administration to consider disciplinary action against two executives who failed to correct false information provided to the independent commission that investigated the Se
An enduring mystery of the C.I.A. leak case has been solved in recent days, but with a new twist: Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the prosecutor, knew the identity of the leaker from his very first day in the special counsel’s chair, but kept the inquiry open
[Still a few weeks before the election.] The al-Qaeda terror camps are gone from Afghanistan, but the enigma of Osama bin Laden still hangs over these lawless borderlands where tens of thousands of U.S. and Pakistani troops have spent nearly five yea
[What missiles?] The US successfully carried out a flight test of ground- based missile defense system, shooting down a warhead over the Pacific Ocean and saying it now has a "good chance" to intercept long- range North Korean missiles.
UN nuclear inspectors have found no "concrete proof" that Iran's nuclear program is of a military nature, a senior official close to the UN nuclear agency said. "Inspectors have not uncovered any concrete proof that Iran's nucl
[What the media won't say.] Iran has welcomed the report by the International Atomic Energy Agency as evidence of its cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asafi "a large part of the report shows I