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Iraq's government has been quietly bringing back into service Saddam-era intelligence agents who have experience spying on Iranians. Most Saddam-era intelligence agents fled after the U.S.-led invasion. Were the primary means of repressing the po
Shortly after German-born Murat Kurnaz arrived at Camp Delta, intelligence reports show the plan was to let him go. What happened [four years later]?
The Pentagon has decided to let ECs, or enemy combatants, do it too -- phone home. The Department of Defense has approved a policy to let some of the 275 war-on-terror detainees [the worst of the worst] speak by phone with family.
A U.S. study shows increasing evidence that the high rates of illness among Persian Gulf War veterans can be explained by pesticide and nerve agent exposure. The study analyzed evidence regarding the class of chemicals acetylcholinesterase inhibitors
Nathaniel Sheetz, 23, a Penn State graduate student in industrial engineering, often carries a handgun. And he can: He has a permit to carry a concealed weapon. The moment he steps on campus, however, the permit is no good. Like most other U.S. unive
The family of a middle school student who was given detention for wearing a T-shirt bearing the image of a gun has filed a federal freedom of speech lawsuit against the school district. Wearing a T-shirt to honor his uncle, a U.S. Army soldier fighti
The rush towards biofuels is threatening world food production and the lives of billions of people, the Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser said, putting himself at odds with ministers committing Britain to large increases in the use of biofuels
The Bush administration has launched a preliminary legal inquiry that could land Venezuela on the U.S. list of nations that support terrorism, following reports of close Venezuelan links with Colombian rebels [cuz gas can't cost enough]
An exhaustive review of more than 600,000 Iraqi documents captured after the US invasion found no evidence that Saddam Hussein's regime had any operational links with Osama bin Laden's al Qaida terrorist network. The Pentagon-sponsored study
Carlyle Group as it nears total collapse and is facing insolvency - Larry Silverstone’s withdrawal of over $14 billion from the embattled groups coffers - see the loss to New York States already troubled massive pension fund of over $10 billion.
Britain wants students to pledge allegiance to Queen Elizabeth, similar to how Americans say the pledge to the U.S. flag. A pledge to the monarch, to be said at a "coming of age" ceremony when teens graduate the equivalent of high school
In continued defiance of the White House, House Democratic leaders are readying a proposal that would reject giving legal protection to the phone companies that helped in the National Security Agency’s program of wiretapping without warrants.
In putting together my new book, So Wrong for So Long, on Iraq and the media, I revisited the good, the bad, and the ugly in war coverage from the run-up to the invasion through the five years of controversy that followed. Even though I monitored th
March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Let's face it: The Federal Reserve must be scared to death as it watches the financial system unravel.
The Pentagon announced Adm. William J. Fallon, the top American commander in the Middle East whose views on Iran and other issues have seemed to put him at odds with the Bush administration, is retiring early.
Last week, Esquire magazine portrayed him as being opposed to President Bush's Iran policy. It described Fallon as a lone voice against taking military action to stop the Iranian nuclear program.
The panic actions by the Fed to inject liquidity will not work. $200 billion may sound like a lot of money, but when you compare it with the size of the markets that are melting down — there are $11 trillion in U.S. mortgages outstanding — it’s a dro
With global coordination from the ECB, Bank of England, and the Bank of Canada, the Fed is desperately trying to pump liquidity into the markets. While the short covering rally will suggest euphoria, the regulators have raised the stakes this morning
What’s most shocking about the California state appellate court ruling that says parents that homeschool their children must have teaching credentials is the wording that goes with the decision.
Psychophant is a hard rock band from Phoenix, AZ whose members are active Ron Paul Revolutionaries. Its influences include Queensryche, Judas Priest, Dream Theater, and Van Halen.
With the cost of gasoline, food products, and health care increasing at faster rates the current inflationary depression is beginning to show signs of full development. Like the deflationary depression of the 1930’s there will, no doubt, be many ind
Legislators, so-called, are concerned that the inexpensive and easy-to-obtain plant could become the next marijuana. Eight states have already placed restrictions on salvia, and 16 others are considering a ban or have previously.
Federal Court Judge Reggie B. Walton is charging Locy with contempt of court for not revealing a source who supplied her with information for a story about the Feds' investigation into anthrax attacks back in 2001. Contempt wouldn't be so bad
Reflexiones Libertarias
América Latina es un continente cuya historia no podría haber sido escrita ni por un genio de la nebulosidad como el gran Federico Fellini. Es la región de las malas ideas y peores prácticas, el semillero de tiranetes militares y civiles que la han e
Leading theology scholars examine the role of Jesus Christ in the Islamic tradition, revealing the two faiths have more in common than is generally realised. Muslims share the Christian belief in the Virgin Birth, Christ's status as the Messiah a
Every month, a wail of bagpipes reverberates through a plaza in downtown Mexico City, causing startled passersby to stop and stare. Then, from behind the bullet-scarred walls of an old fortress, a platoon of Mexican bagpipers emerges through the gate
The Federal Reserve, struggling to contain a crisis of confidence in credit markets, plans to lend up to $200 billion in exchange for mortgage-backed securities. The Fed coordinated the effort with central banks in Europe and Canada, which plan to in
This great article by William Grigg speaks about the recent veto by Bush on the bill forbidding torture. But the interesting part of this piece is the story of Hanns-Joachim Scharff, the German Luftwaffe's "master interrogator".
