The Iraq casualties reflected on this map are names released by the Pentagon as of June 29, 2005. It doesn't include 37 soldiers whose hometowns were in other "non-continental states", US territories and, in one case, a different countr
A bill sponsored by Rep. Hunter calls for sensitive facilities, such as ports and power plants, to be owned by Americans. Rep. Collins said national security agencies need a bigger voice in the process now led by the
Treasury Department.
"The only people who want us in Iraq are Iran and al-Qaeda," US Rep. John Murtha (R-PA) said on CBS's "Face the Nation." A top-level commander "said China wants us there also. Why? Because we're depleting our troop
He had kept a famous music store open in Baghdad until last summer, when conditions made purveying Western CDs too dangerous. To support his young and growing family, Allan Enwiya turned to interpreting for American reporters, a job that he had dabbl
Since Bush has been falling in the polls, and is no longer concerned with being re-elected, Karl Rove has suggested Republican legislators in uncertain districts put some distance between themselves and unpopular Bush policies they supported.
Tens of thousands of people have been held "arbitrarily" in Iraq since March 2003, creating a situation that is ripe for abuse. Most of those held were neither charged nor faced trial and had no basic right to challenge their detention.
The agency entrusted with protecting the US homeland is having difficulty safeguarding its own headquarters, say private security guards at the complex. When an envelope with suspicious powder was opened last fall at Homeland Security Dept. headquart
George Barisich, president of the United Commercial Fisherman's Association, has been selling anti-FEMA T-shirts since last fall, a reflection of his frustration with the federal government's response to the storm that left him homeless and u
A stunning investigation of bribery and corruption in Congress has spread to the CIA. The CIA Inspector General has opened an investigation into the spy agency's executive director, Kyle "Dusty" Foggo, and his connections to 2 defense c
She's fought her case all the way to the US Supreme Court. It was the very same day that the façade cracked on the front of the building and a chunk of marble—just above an allegorical statue representing "Order" and just below the word
The Intelligence Committee is structured so that the majority is unable to dominate the Committee’s operation and agenda, and the minority has much greater powers than it does on any other Senate Committee. Republicans are threatening to radically ch
Former FEMA director Brown: "They’ve got to keep me out there as a scapegoat. If they get rid of Chertoff, they have no new scapegoat. Then it goes to the White House." Now with the President’s apparent silence as Brown informs him of pendi
The government logs show that Qahtani "was threatened with dogs, placed in extreme and debilitating isolation for three months prior to the period the interrogation log covers, and subjected to unlawful 'aggressive' interrogation tactics
"It's going to be tough to argue that Iran and North Korea should be denied nuclear technology while India – which has failed to even join the Nonproliferation Treaty – is given the same technology on a silver platter," said Worl
They were told that the amount [of money] they had sent in was much larger than their normal monthly payment. And if the increase hits a certain percentage higher than that normal payment, Homeland Security has to be notified. And the money doesn
On Thursday (03-02-2006) evening, approximately 1000 Americans gathered in Hollywood to view producer Aaron Russo's compelling new feature film on the ongoing battle for freedom inside America.
Ever since search ads took flight, advertisers have been in a quandary. How do they determine whether the people clicking on their ads are real customers or fraudsters looking to game the system?
The March 14 local elections are the first test for new voter-identification requirements that voters imposed on themselves in 2004 with their passage of Proposition 200. That means when residents trek to the polls, they'll have to do more than r
Sheriff's deputies had arrested more than 50 people on suspicion of conspiring with a human smuggler, to illegally enter the US. Last year another case of human smuggling got a lot of attention. It also involved the sheriff and his new best frien
Despite the 6th Amendment's guarantee of public trials, nearly all records are being kept secret for more than 5,000 defendants who completed their journey through the federal courts. Instances of such secrecy more than doubled from 2003 to 2005.
Pakistani army helicopters pounded mountains near the Afghan border on Sunday after nearly 50 people were killed in clashes with pro-Taliban militants in response to President Bush meeting with President Musharraf in the capital
Hindu priests who look after the memorial of Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi conducted a purification ceremony at the shrine after a visit from President Bush. But it wasn't the president who offended them, it was the sniffer-dogs who
Al Qaeda's deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri called on Muslims to attack the West in an audio tape posted on the Internet on Saturday, urging similar strikes as those against New York, London and Madrid in recent years.
The Bush administration, seeking to limit leaks of classified information, has targeted journalists and their government sources. Include several FBI probes, a polygraph investigation inside the CIA and reporters threatened with prosecution under es
The combined votes of opposition factions is enough to force a probe into the role of German spies in Iraq in which officials would have to testify under oath. Such an inquiry would bringing further unwelcome attention for the BND foreign intelligen
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley and other high-ranking officials were involved in steering the contract toward a Pennsylvania company whose senior partners included a recently retired four-star Air Force general. $25 million higher t
Aaron Russo, the accomplished Hollywood producer/director is touring with screenings with his new documentary, "America ... from Freedom to Facism," a feature film about the IRS, Federal Reserve and the New World Order.