Cuba accused the U.S. government of violating international anti-terrorism treaties by allowing Luis Posada Carriles, a man Havana accuses of violent acts against the island, to walk free of all charges after an immigration indictment against him was
A Mexican physician from Nogales performed plastic surgery to remove drug traffickers' fingerprints to help them avoid arrest, according to a federal indictment announced Friday.
Jose L. Covarrubias surgically removed the fingerprints of co-de
Senators who raised millions of dollars in campaign donations from pharmaceutical interests secured industry-friendly changes to a landmark drug-safety bill, according to public records and interviews.
Truck bombs exploded on three important bridges near Baghdad, killing 26 people and damaging two of the spans in an apparent attempt by insurgents to paralyze road links to the Iraqi capital.
By the numbers, divorce just isn't what it used to be.
Despite the common notion that America remains plagued by a divorce epidemic, the national per capita divorce rate has declined steadily since its peak in 1981 and is now at its lowest lev
The future of the U.S. Census — the data set used by governments and corporations to violate your privacy — is in doubt, according to participants on last night’s panel “Censuses and Surveys: Still Useful for the Common Good?” Public distrust in the
There are a plurality of reasons why I support Ron Paul and oppose the rest of the candidates. I couldn't possibly enumerate them all in this one commentary. However, I will begin by pointing out a few of the reasons why Ron Paul appeals to me.
It is important to keep in mind the difference between a Democracy and a Republic, as dissimilar forms of government. These two forms of government: Democracy and Republic, are not only dissimilar but antithetical, reflecting the sharp contrast betwe
No less than ten Republican hopefuls in the 2008 White House race participated in the first national GOP debate last Thursday, May 3. Even before the 90-minute debate had concluded, media pundits were declaring that former Massachusetts Governor Mitt
Portraits of Congressman Ron Paul, Republican of Texas, invariably descend into cliché – he is "Dr. No," he’s against subsidies even for his own district, he’s a libertarian Don Quixote – but, then again, clichés are what the conventional w
Gen. William Odom discusses the “worst strategic disaster in American history,” the war in Iraq: the view of most generals that the war is wrong, the failure of the politicians to see the consequences of their actions, the centrality of the neoconser
With repeated deployments to
Iraq and
Afghanistan leaving state National Guards without nearly half of their required equipment, some governors are loudly questioning whether they will be able to handle the next hurricane, wildfire or terrorist att
A 48-year-old Chestnut Street man was arrested early this morning for wiretapping for allegedly recording police while they were investigating him for driving while intoxicated (I guess the cops had something to hide...).
Larken Rose
Many liberals argue that, while there really are nasty tyrants around the world, Republican politicians like war only because it preserves their interests or gives them power in other ways. Meanwhile, many conservatives believe that Demo
While Cuba can't try Posada, who walks free in the US after being cleared of immigration fraud charges by a judge, a federal court in New Jersey just might. A grand jury is meeting to decide whether to indict Posada on charges of financing a terr
[That would be a first.] Friedman acknowledges that there were mistakes made in the early days of Couric's broadcast, chief among them the emphasis on softer news and features rather than the harder news that traditionally marked the broadcast
The Pentagon charged Salim Ahmed Hamdan, the Guantanamo prisoner whose lawsuit derailed the Bush administration's original terror trial plan, with conspiracy and material support for terrorism.
Thinking in 20th century terms can kill America in the 21st century. We must face this new century with new thinking. We can't sustain another 100 million more people. Or, better yet, why should we? It's not working in China or India.
How much damage can Mother Nature take? How many malls, housing sprawls and parking lots can she handle? What consequences await as we add 100 million Americans in 33 years?
It's also worth noting that in the Ft. Dix plot we find, once again, the conspicuous involvement of an FBI "informant," described as a veteran of the Egyptian military; in fact, the FBI plant actually seems to have suggested the attack.
An interview with Nasir Abas, and Indonesian, who was a top commander in Jemaah Islamiyah, al-Qaeda's franchise operation in Southeast Asia. He has switched sides,and is working with the authorities, and offers insight on how to fight terrorists
First, it's worth noting that today's success was due to intellience gathering and law-enforcement efforts -- the very techniques the Bush White House has consistently riduculed as ineffective in counterterrorism
The media only focused on the photos. They missed the fact that the abuse was systematic and that the worst things were not even shown in the pictures. That's what my book is about: what happened beyond the frame of the Abu Ghraib photos.
US intelligence recently undertook a "significant" covert action with notifying Congress, as required by law, the House Intelligence Committee disclosed in a new report on the 2008 intelligence authorization bill.
A former warlord who for a time had been on the CIA payroll was sworn in Friday as mayor of Mogadishu and announced a plan to pacify this turbulent African capital within 3 months by requiring resident to turn in their guns.
A former warlord who for a time had been on the CIA payroll was sworn in Friday as mayor of Mogadishu and announced a plan to pacify this turbulent African capital within 3 months by requiring resident to turn in their guns.
Al-Qaida has re-established itself in large part in the last year, according to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, despite the US-led "global war on terror." "We know that al-Qaida has re-established itself the Federally Adminstered Terr