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The Bush administration changed course and agreed to let a secret but independent panel of federal judges oversee the government's controversial domestic spying program. Officials say the secret court has already approved at least one request for
Before we set aside the topic of Iraq’s botched hangings, a reader reminds us to flash back to 1946, and the conclusion of the trials at Nuremberg, in which 11 high-ranking Nazi officers were ultimately condemned to death by hanging.
An Army officer cannot try to justify his refusal to report for duty in Iraq by questioning the legality of the war because that is a political issue, a military judge has ruled. [No defense sure makes the gov't. less embarrased.]
With Democrats in charge, perhaps no industry will find the new Congress less hospitable than the oil industry. That will be underscored Thursday when the House is expected to approve a bill that would repeal billions of dollars in oil industry ta
For 60 years, it has depicted how close the world is to nuclear disaster. Today, scientists will move its hands forward to show we are facing the gravest threat in at least 20 years.
Gunmen in Nigeria's oil region have attacked and killed 12 people including four local chiefs, police say. Two passengers who suffered gunshot wounds during the attack escaped from a boat that was carrying 14 passengers to Kula village in the
The Treasury Department reported to Congress that a data-collection program to give counterterrorism analysts routine access to as many as 500 million cross-border financial transactions a year could not be implemented until 2010. The department had
The idea of America according to the founders and to most Americans today is to mind one’s own business, make the best of what one has, and be the best one can be. One wonders then about the very un-American foreign policy being implemented by the A
Fascist Nation
Bush is launching one war after another in nations of the Middle East and Africa with little consequence or restraint, while he launches a similar war at home on our liberties with similar lack of consequence or restraint. What needs to be done?
Spain's National Court issued an international arrest warrant for three US soldiers on charges of causing the death of Spanish cameraman Jose Couso during the Iraq conflict in April 2003.
In a small — but, for Iranians, significant — goodwill gesture, the American wrestlers were exempted from having their fingerprints taken as they entered the country. Iran imposed the fingerprint requirement on Americans after the U.S. imposed a simi
The strategy is being portrayed as a significant change in direction. However, the "new" plan is almost identical to the current U.S. approach. The problem has been that U.S. troops and the Iraqi Security Forces have been able to "clea
'The most likely point at which petroleum becomes involved in this would be possibly Mahdi Army attacks on US military fuel convoys bringing fuel to US bases up north. That would be pretty serious, you can't run tanks and helicopter gunships
For Jonathan Hutto and David Rogers, life has become something of a surreal show. The 2 Navy men, comrades in arms, are waging a war against a war. Working from within, they and others have established AppealforRedress.org, a Web site that enables ac
There is almost no scientific evidence to back up the U.S. intelligence community's use of controversial interrogation techniques in the fight against terrorism, and experts believe some painful and coercive approaches could hinder the ability to
For 18 months now, the Bush administration has periodically raised the charge Iran is supplying anti-coalition forces in Iraq with arms, and then admitted they have no real evidence to support it. [Why would Shia provide arms to Sunnis?]
Last week, most of the media's and public's attention was focused on President Bush's announcement that he would be sending another 20,000-plus troops to Iraq – a move opposed by 70 percent of the American people.
The police dog ran into Rogers back yard where he was asleep. Kohn, Bonnalie and sheriff's deputy Quackenbush followed the dog and when they saw Rogers struggling with it, they beat Rogers down with blows from their knees, fists and flashlights.
58% of the American people believe the government manipulated intelligence in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, i.e., they believe government officials lied in order to drag us into war. They have been way ahead of the politicians, the "expert
In April of 2005, Jeremy Robbins was arrested attempting to traffic 2 tons of marijuana from Arizona to Tennessee. Indicted on federal drug conspiracy charges, Robbins was assessed a $1.1 million fine from Tennessee's Dept. of Revenue.
New legislation that will appear shortly before the Senate Judiciary Committee will make it significantly more difficult for public officials to escape indictment or conviction for corruption. In what may be a sign that the bill will have an easy
The Supreme Court bypassed an opportunity to revisit or limit its much-disputed 2005 ruling that upheld governmental power to use eminent domain to foster economic development.
6 foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council, along with Egypt and Jordan and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, “welcomed the commitment” of the US to stabilizing Iraq plan. [How much will it cost us?]
The way to come to grips with $1.2 trillion is to forget about the number itself and think instead about what you could buy with the money. [Or, you could give it back to the people it was stolen from.]
At the stroke of midnight on Dec. 31, something profound happened in the government secrecy system. With little fanfare, the paradigm of secrecy shifted. There is a dirty little secret about these secrets: They remain secreted away. You still can
A little-known, year-old amendment to the USA Patriot Act is allowing the Bush Administration to replace outgoing U.S. Attorneys with controversial appointments in a process that circumvents the usual approval process in the Senate, and three Democra
For evidence that digital information, once set free, cannot be controlled, consider the steamy video of Brazilian supermodel Daniela Cicarelli making out with her boyfriend on a Spanish beach and in the water just off shore.
Several travelers complained they had to kick loafers or heels off anyway, even after standing in a kiosk that reads their biometric information and uses radio waves to test for explosives and metal. The scanners are part of a new program.
They're back! More foam and fun from a couple of guys with too much time on their hnds. [video]
An MD-10 cargo jet equipped with Northrop Grumman's Guardian anti-missile system took off to start operational testing and evaluation of the laser system designed to defend against shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles during takeoffs and landing
