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Salon.com has obtained files and other electronic documents from an internal Army investigation into the Abu Ghraib prisoner-abuse scandal. Includes more than 1,000 photographs, videos and supporting documents from the Army's probe, may represent
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales brushed aside requests that he remove himself from the investigation of Jack Abramoff and the lobbyist's ties to Bush administration officials and members of Congress. Gonzales said the inquiry is being run by ca
Russia's top military chief warned the US against launching a military strike against Iran and a top diplomat voiced hope that close cooperation with China could help resolve the Tehran nuclear crisis. With tension mounting over Iran's nuclea
Federal investigators are targeting the Democratic congressman for allegedly demanding cash and other favors for himself and relatives, in exchange for using his congressional clout to arrange African business deals. A former aide recently
The US human spaceflight program is "strained to the limit," NASA's chief said, warning against any long gap between the end of the shuttle era and the first flight of a planned new spaceship. "The US risks both a real and a percei
The Army’s first and only battlefield laser system is back. In 2003, the Army sent ZEUS, a Humvee armed with a 10kw solid-state laser, to Afghanistan, to blast mines and other explosives left over from years of war. Now ZEUS is in Iraq as part of a 3
The Bush administration is defending approval of a $6.8 billion sale that gives a company in the United Arab Emirates control over operations at six major American ports. "We wouldn't turn the border patrol or the customs service over to a f
Back in the 1980s, airline pilots were told they must have been seeing things when they reported flashes of light shooting up toward space atop thunderstorms. But in recent years, scientists have photographed the mysterious flashes and
A federal judge dealt a setback to the Bush administration on its warrantless surveillance program, ordering them to release documents about the highly classified effort within 20 days or compile a list of what it is withholding.
UN atomic watchdog chief ElBaradei has warned in quiet diplomacy that it will be hard to strike a compromise on Iran's nuclear program without letting it do small-scale enrichment work—something the West firmly rejects, diplomats told AFP.
A Greek hiker found a 6,500-year-old gold pendant in a field and handed it over to authorities. The flat, roughly ring-shaped prehistoric pendant probably had religious significance. Only three such gold artifacts have been discovered
The Senate pushed the Patriot Act a step closer to renewal, overwhelmingly rejecting an effort to block it. "We still have not addressed some of the most significant problems with the Patriot Act," Feingold said. At the White House, spokesm
Former XM Satellite Radio board director Pierce Roberts has broadcast his view of the radio service loud and clear: a crisis is looming if the company does not rein in expenditures. His warnings about a "significant chance of a crisis on the hor
A Nigerian helicopter gunship opened fire on 8 barges allegedly used by smugglers to transport stolen crude oil from the creeks of the delta to tanker ships waiting offshore. Shell defended the use of its airfield to launch air strikes in the restive
Personal space travel has become a far more feasible business proposition. An adventure that will be costly for the foreseeable future and far from risk-free. Even at price tags in the range of $150,000 per trip, there are already waiting lists of ea
"This magnificent scheme seems the perfect system for obtaining perpetual wealth for the country ...The one problem, however, is that such a system destroys the character of the counterfeiting nation’s people."
The United Nations is demanding the immediate closing of America's Guantanamo Bay detention center. The UN is also calling for the prosecution of officers and politicians "up to the highest level" who are accused of torturing detainees,
The Iraq war was a gift for al-Qaeda, providing them with training against American troops in urban environments. The consequences of creating such a theatre for terrorists to hone their skills will haunt us over the next 20 to 30 years by taking the
The US should launch a major covert information campaign to promote the nation's image in the Middle East and sow division among radical Muslim groups. The US should rely on "proxies" for military action in the Middle East, if force is
Mistakes in U.S. Middle East policy have made America less safe and aided the militant group Hamas's victory in Palestinian elections, Democratic and Republican lawmakers told Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday.
The Department of Justice has told the US Supreme Court that inmates held at Guantanamo Bay cannot challenge their detention by relying on the Constitution because "the Constitution does not guarantee aliens held abroad a right to habeas corpus.
As Washington's dependence on African oil intensifies, some analysts predict the region will increasingly play host to confrontations between U.S. forces deployed there and various insurgent groups, predominantly Islamic extremists.
In 1984, the Rex-84 readiness exercise program was conducted by 34 federal departments and agencies,... which was conducted alongside another drill, "Night Train 84," also tested military readiness to round up and detain citizens in case
Calls for Paper Ballots, Decries Lack of Security, 1000% Increase in Maintenance Cost for Diebold Voting System! In Letter to Election Board, Guv of Diebold's Model State Declares He 'No Longer Has Confidence in Their Ability to Conduct Fair
Despite reports of growing tensions and even occasional clashes between Islamists and nationalists, the predominantly Sunni insurgency in Iraq appears increasingly united and confident of victory. "Over time, the insurgency appears to have becom
... provide an additional $75 million in emergency funding to step up pressure on the government, including expanding radio and television broadcasts into Iran and promoting internal opposition to the rule of religious leaders.
Thousands of lobbyists were unable to file their disclosure reports electronically as required by a new congressional system. Unable to use the new filing method, they were forced to print out their reports and mail or fax them with a cover letter ex
Attorney General Gonzales has not turned over emails that incriminate Vice President Cheney, his aides, and other White House officials in unmasking Plame Wilson's identity. Cheney was interviewed by prosecutors and testified that neither he nor
Last week US defence chiefs unveiled their plan for battling global Islamist extremism. They envisage a conflict fought in dozens of countries and for decades to come. We look in detail at this seismic shift in strategic thinking, and what it will me
Ali Mohaqeq Nasab seems to thrive on controversy. Just a month after being released from prison, he is back at the very activity that landed him in trouble in the first place: editing his Women's Rights magazine.
