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In a letter to blogger Michael Petrelis, PetrelisFiles.com, the section chief for the FBI’s records management division acknowledged in August 2005 that the bureau had located some 780 pages on the vice president. Petrelis then agreed to pay for all
In January Washingtonian national editor Kim Eisler was allowed to see the photos he reported on, but Abramoff would not release them for publication. Several of the pictures had hung prominently in Abramoff’s office and had been seen by many visitor
Google Inc. formally rejected the Justice Department's subpoena of data from the Web search leader, arguing the demand violated the privacy of users' Web searches and its own trade secrets. A motion by Attorney General Gonzales
The Justice Department and defense lawyers asked a federal judge Friday to delay the March sentencing of lobbyist Jack Abramoff in a Florida fraud case to allow him more time to cooperate in a broader government corruption investigation.
The US lags dangerously behind al Qaeda and other enemies in getting out information in the digital media age and must update its old-fashioned methods, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said. [Hear the cash register?]
Once again it is time to seek out what has often been cited as the most difficult of the five brightest naked-eye planets to see: Mercury. Mercury is visible about 45 minutes after sunset, very near to the horizon, a bit to the south of due west. Bu
Sen. Arlen Specter acknowledges inserting 13 provisions into spending bills that directed $48.7 million to clients of lobbyist Michael Herson of American Defense International. Herson is the husband of Specter aide Vicki Siegel Herson. A list of thos
"With respect, but with firmness, we demand they stop the meddling and the interfering in Venezuela's affairs," said Deputy Foreign Minister Mari Pili Hernandez. "We want respect for our country, we want respect for our sovereignty
Amid persistent warnings about China's growing military clout, the US military said it would hold one of its biggest naval exercises in the Asia Pacific. Involve 4 carrier strike groups, each with at least 3 warships, an attack submarine and a su
Documents show al-Qaeda leaders discussing strategy, facing challenges by subordinates, issuing guidelines listing minimum qualifications for terrorism training camp supervisors, ideology, tactics, potential operations or training,
Anyone who considers travel to remote parts of the globe or in a plane as a refuge from mobile phone calls should enjoy it while it lasts, because areas out of reach are set to get connected. A new generation of mobile networks is being built out of
Leaders of the party associated with Shiite Muslim cleric Sadr threatened to break from the dominant alliance if the UIA did not make more overtures to Sunni Arabs, restrain Shiite paramilitary groups and rule in a more collaborative style.
The chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence said that he may add language to the fiscal 2007 intelligence authorization bill to criminalize the leaking of a wider range of classified information than is now covered by law.
Dissent often carries a price in official Washington, especially in the war years of the Bush presidency. Since the Sept. 11 attacks, the number of insiders alleging wrongdoing in government has surged, as have reprisals against them.
Wireless broadband was a key theme at the mobile industry's biggest annual trade show, as one operator after another unveiled plans to roll out HSDPA, technology that offers Internet speeds at least 4X faster than the present 3G standard. "I
The Justice Department strongly discouraged the Senate Judiciary Committee from calling former Attorney General John Ashcroft and his deputy to testify about the NSA's domestic spying, invoking executive priviledge.
Internet calls appears to have the potential to make eavesdropping a thing of the past. The Internet calling service provides free voice calls and instant messaging between users. Unlike other Internet voice services, Skype calls are encrypted.
The F-14 "Tomcat", the fighter jet that soared into the national imagination in the movie Top Gun, has flown into the danger zone for the last time. The Navy announced that the last F-14 combat mission was completed Feb. 8, when a pa
About 200 people were believed killed and 1,500 others were missing in the central Philippines when a landslide buried an entire village, with only a few houses left standing after the side of a mountain collapsed. A sea of mud 6 yards deep.
A Pakistani Muslim cleric and his followers offered rewards amounting to over $1 million for anyone who killed Danish cartoonists who drew caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad that have enraged Muslims worldwide.
Citing a mountain of unpaid bills, the governments of Turkey and Saudi Arabia have shut off gasoline exports to Iraq. With options dwindling and Iraqis demanding fuel, Baghdad has begun to negotiate with its former arch-rival, Iran.
Consumer boycotts of Danish goods in Muslim countries in protest of the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad are costing Denmark's companies millions, and have raised fears of irreparable damage to trade ties.
Israeli lawmakers blasted a decision to build a museum of tolerance on the site of an ancient Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem, which has provoked anger among Arabs. "The initiators of the tolerance museum project could have shown a mini
The Senate Intelligence Committee decided today not to investigate President Bush's domestic surveillance program. "I believe that such an investigation is currently unwarranted and would be detrimental to this highly classified program,
A US judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Canadian citizen who was kidnapped by US authorities at a NY airport and rendered to Syria for interrogation, saying that the courts could not interfere with national security or foreign relations matters.
The Maryland Board of Elections allowed Diebold to operate its touch-screen voting machines during the state's 2002 gubernatorial election and the 2004 presidential primaries before they certified the machines in violation of state law,
Ms Rice initially asserted that “many more Iraqis” were now getting potable water and sewerage services. Under questioning from Rep. Kent Conrad she conceded that although “capacity” had increased, fewer Iraqis were actually receiving those services
On Wednesday night, Australia's SBS Dateline aired the following report containing new graphic images and videos of abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. The report, which contains full motion video documenting mistreatment of prisoners, is mo
"It is the Taj Mahal of forensic science; it is a beautiful place," said the New Orleans coroner. "But by the time we moved there we were finished with all the autopsies." After 10 weeks, the FEMA shut down a $17 million state-of-
A satellite study of the Greenland ice cap shows that it is melting far faster than scientists had feared - twice as much ice is going into the sea as it was five years ago. The implications for rising sea levels - and climate change - could be drama
