British military bases in Iraq have been "blotted" out from Google Earth maps at the request of the Government to hinder terrorist attacks, it can be revealed.
Sensitive installations such as the Trident nuclear submarine pens in Faslane
Our troops and our military are now in deep trouble. Many of our soldiers and Marines are now pulling their third or fourth combat tours. Those tours are being extended beyond the normal 12 months and the troops' time at home for family and train
With Iraq in chaos and the Persian Gulf worried about a possible confrontation with Iran, Rice and President Bush are trying to limit the damage. Their focus is shifting from Iraq to the rest of the region for the first time since the U.S. invasion i
The British foreign secretary admitted Friday that her government was aware of a secret CIA prison network before President Bush acknowledged its existence in September.
Since the lies "Scooter" Libby is alleged to have told – and the circumstances of their telling – are unlikely to become an issue at trial, it is perhaps worthwhile explicating them a bit.
Congress could pass a law making a nuclear attack on a non-nuclear nation in the absence of Congressional authorization illegal. In so doing, Congress would effectively be preventing Bush from launching any attack against Iran without its authorizati
Neither President Bush nor Vice President Cheney have cited any US intelligence assessments to support their fateful decision to send 21,500 more troops to Iraq. Why no intelligence justification this time around? Because there is none.
Rob Gray, a key strategist in Romney’s successful 2002 gubernatorial race, was named McCain’s New England senior adviser yesterday. Romney responded by hiring entrenched GOP operative Charlie Manning to his public relations team.
Party politics played a role in decisions over whether to take federal control of Louisiana and other areas affected by Hurricane Katrina, former FEMA director Michael Brown said. [whiney, incompetent boob does a heck of a job]
A former militia man convicted of tax evasion prepared for a government siege at his fortress-like home [government press release], but U.S. marshals gave no indication they were planning to confront him.
Swedish bank Nordea has told ZDNet UK that it has been stung for between seven and eight million Swedish krona--up to $1.1 million--in what security company McAfee is describing as the "biggest ever" online bank heist.
Analysts and experts agree that Beijing is trying to challenge American supremacy in the space but also say that Washington has limited choices to react to the development which has sent shock waves through China's neighbours including Japan.
United States Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton announced on her Web site Saturday morning that she was taking the first formal step to seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008.
Last year, 28 meter maids were assaulted, up from 17 the prior year. Incidents last year included meter maids being punched by angry ticket recipients, verbal threats, and being spat upon by passersby. Meter maids have been given conflict-avoidance t
Of course, socialism will not fix the root cause of skyrocketing medical costs. It will simply hide the costs, and, in economic terms, make Americans even more insensitive to medical expenses, thus driving up demand for care.
This city's police chief defends his department's use of Tasers, even though the stun guns have yet to reduce the rate of suspects shot, wounded and killed by officers, a newspaper reported.
Salt Lake City police on Friday fired a Taser at a bank robbery suspect. It was the wrong man. But officers plan to arrest him anyway. They say he was being belligerent and threatening to officers.
It caused U.S., British and Japanese officials to express concern that China may now be capable of targeting foreign spy satellites and risking a space arms race.
The case highlights the ongoing national debate over when police should use Tasers to shock people into submission, especially when a person is not suspected in a crime and has not physically resisted an officer.
The steadily rising Iraq war price tag will reach about $8.4 billion a month this year, Pentagon spokesmen said, as heavy replacement costs for lost, destroyed and aging equipment mount.
The new rules, the toughest changes since Watergate, still leave lots of room for special interests to curry favor and lawmakers to raise big dollars. The rules, which differ between the Senate and House, are aimed at some of the most attention-grabb
A beetle with scales as pale as a ghost could help engineers come up with super-thin, paper-white paints, new research shows.
The long, flat overlapping scales that cover the head, body and legs of the white Cyphochilus beetle, a common sugar
Somark Innovations announced biocompatible RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) ink, which can be used to tattoo cattle and laboratory rats and can be read through animal hair. It might even be used on humans eventually.
U.S. intelligence chief John Negroponte cited the Bush administration's recently disbanded domestic spying program as a critically important post-September 11 change in intelligence practices.
U.S. contingency planning for military action against Iran's nuclear program goes beyond limited strikes and would effectively unleash a war against the country, a former U.S. intelligence analyst said.
A Las Vegas doctor has been implanting stem cells harvested from placentas into patients with multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy and other diseases in violation of federal law, according to a warning letter released by health officials
It's a dirty little secret that the porn industry serves as something of an oracle when it comes to predicting which technologies eventually make their way into the marketplace and which ones don't.
Space scientists are evaluating use of Moon-based instruments to study the Earth. Lunar situated sensors at an Earth Observatory could yield distinctive observations of our home world, its vegetation, polar caps, as well as monitor Sun/Earth interact