U.S. and the World
As Egypt Investigates Mubarak Regime Corruption, the Trail Leads Back to the U.S.
With a $10 million investment from the United States, the government of Egypt managed to lose $90 billion in potential revenues, thanks to high-level corruption by those connected to former dictator Hosni Mubarak.
In the early 1990s, the U.S. ... read more
Justice Dept. Set to Seize Assets of African Dictator’s Son
Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, the son of Equatorial Guinea’s dictator, may soon lose $70 million in assets he holds in the United States.
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a preliminary notice in California that it may be intending to s... read more
Gaddafi Reported Captured and Possibly Killed
Muammar al-Gaddafi, the dictator of Libya for the last 42 years, has been reported captured by rebels in the city of Sirte. Conflicting versions claim that he was either wounded or killed. Gaddafi seized power in the North African nation of Libya ... read more
Third U.S. Citizen Killed by Obama’s Yemen Drone Strikes was a 16-Year-Old Boy
The United States has now killed three of its citizens in Yemen in the past month as a result of unmanned aerial strikes carried out by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Following the deaths in late September of Anwar al-Awlaki, the U.S.-... read more
Rush Limbaugh Urges Support for African Terrorist Group
Rush Limbaugh has gained popularity for his provocative rants, but on Friday he went over the edge, defending a vicious African rebel group whose leader, Joseph Kony, has been charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The Lord’s Res... read more
Oil Tanker Sunk by Japanese after Pearl Harbor Still an Environmental Threat to California
About two weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, an American oil tanker set out from Port San Luis, California, bound for a refinery in Canada with fresh crude. The SS Montebello got as far as the central coast of California w... read more
Hilary Swank and Jean-Claude Van Damme Celebrate Birthday of Chechen Warlord
Ramzan Kadyrov, the strongman of Chechnya, enjoyed quite a birthday celebration last week that included singers, renowned musicians and Hollywood film stars Hilary Swank and Jean-Claude Van Damme.
Human rights organizations publicly chastized ... read more
How to Search WikiLeaks’ State Dept. Cables
Exploring WikiLeaks’ more than 250,000 confidential State Department cables has been made easier by a group of European computer experts. Cablesearch is a new search engine created by the European Center of Computer Assisted Reporting. The “Google... read more
Troop Pullout from Afghanistan? Not for CIA and Special Operations
The U.S. pullout from Afghanistan within the next few years will by no means include all American soldiers, or the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
By 2014, the Obama administration plans to withdraw most of the military’s large-scale comb... read more
House Republicans Want to Criminalize Support for Legal Drug Use by Americans Abroad
Republican Lamar Smith of Texas wants to outlaw the use of—or even just the planning of use of—drugs by Americans even if the activity occurs in another country where it’s legal.
U.S. prosecutors could bring conspiracy charges against anyone... read more
Honduras Has World’s Worst Murder Rate
Mexico’s crackdown on drug cartels has pushed more organized crime into Central America, turning Honduras and other countries into killing zones.
According to a new report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Honduras has the w... read more
Pakistani Doctor Who Helped U.S. Kill Bin Laden Faces Treason Charge
Dr. Shakil Afridi, the Pakistani doctor who aided the U.S. effort to locate Osama bin Laden, faces the possibility of being tried for treason by Pakistan’s government.
A special panel charged with investigating the U.S. raid in May that kill... read more
Obama Administration Urged to Stop Funding Child Soldiers
For the second year in a row, the Obama administration has decided to override U.S. law and allow military assistance to foreign governments that use child soldiers.
The Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 prohibits the U.S. government fro... read more
U.S. Offers $10 Million Reward for Accused Iraqi Terrorist Leader
Al-Qaeda’s top leader in Iraq now has a $10 million bounty on his head, thanks to the U.S. government.
Dr. Ibrahim ‘Awwad Ibrahim ‘Ali (aka Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi al-Husseini al-Qurshi, aka Abu Du’a) is the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq,... read more
FDA Inspects Only 2% of Imported Food
Food imports into the United States are far outpacing the ability of the federal government to inspect shipments, leaving the nation vulnerable to outbreaks of food-borne illness.
A decade ago, the U.S. imported six million shipments of food... read more
Boosting the Economy by Attracting Rich Foreign Consumers
With solutions for a quick domestic turnaround unavailable, Washington policymakers are focusing attention on expanding the number of wealthy foreign tourists who visit the United States and spend their money over the next 10 years.
The enti... read more