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Obama Inching Towards Bush View Ending Habeas Corpus
After months of reviewing the cases of Guantánamo detainees, the Obama administration has reached the same conclusions as the Bush White House: Forget the courts (both military and civilian), forget Congress, and just keep suspected terrorists loc... read more
Withdrawing From Iraqi Cities, but Not Really
As with almost any agreement, there’s always the fine print. Iraqis making plans to celebrate the “victory” of American troops pulling out of their cities by June 30 might want to check out certain, little-noticed exceptions to the Status of Force... read more
Forgotten Victims of the Central Park Jogger Rape Case
On June 28 New Yorkers will participate in the five-mile “Hope and Possibility” run, an event inspired by the recovery of Trisha Meili, a young woman who was raped and brutally assaulted in Central Park on April 19, 1989. In 2004, Meili finally we... read more
Newly Released Documents Show Saudi Ruling Family Support for Al-Qaeda
Even if a lawsuit by families of those who died during the September 11, 2001, attacks is not successful in court, the effort may result in shedding light on long-alleged connections between al-Qaeda and the Saudi royal family.
Lawyers represe... read more
Iran Government Arresting Journalists
At least 24 journalists and bloggers have been arrested in Iran since the contested presidential election on June 12, bringing the total to 33 locked up in prison, according to Reporters Without Borders. The media watchdog group, which calls Iran ... read more
Iran Leaders Admit Votes Exceeded Voters in 50 Cities
Government officials in Iran ordered security forces on Monday to crackdown on demonstrators protesting results from the presidential election two weeks ago—even though the country’s top election panel admitted considerable irregularities were fou... read more
Goldman Sachs Plans Record Bonuses
Goldman Sachs has managed to double dip its way through the U.S. government’s efforts to help Wall Street and the national economy rebound from the financial crisis that struck last year. Not only has Goldman Sachs received federal bailout funds (... read more
First Woman to Command Air Force Tactical Squadron
Lt. Col. Deanna Violette became the first woman to assume command of a fighter squadron in the U.S. Air Force on Thursday, taking control of the 13th Air Support Operations Squadron at Fort Carson, CO. Violette is a product of the military’s decis... read more
EPA Declares First-Ever Public Health Emergency
The small town of Libby, Montana, home to one of the worst cases of asbestos contamination in the country, has prompted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to declare its first-ever public health emergency. Coming under the Comprehensive Envi... read more
Supreme Court, 5-4, Rejects Constitutional Right to DNA Testing
Although its ruling rejected any constitutional right to DNA testing by prisoners, a U.S. Supreme Court decision on Thursday is not expected to drastically affect efforts by inmates across the country to challenge their convictions through genetic... read more
Did McChrystal Distort His Involvement in Torture?
When the new commander of the war in Afghanistan, Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, testified before Congress last week, he gave lawmakers the impression that he was not a supporter of the torture methods employed by the military against insurgents in ... read more
Bush Administration Allowed Chinese to Abuse Anti-Communist Guantánamo Prisoners
It turns out that the United States wasn’t the only government conducting interrogations of detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. With the permission of the Bush administration, representatives of the People’s Republic of China were allowed in 2002 t... read more
Obama to Keep White House Visitor List Secret…Just Like Bush
President Barack Obama’s definition of “transparency” apparently doesn’t include revealing the names of business representatives and other individuals who visit the White House. Despite his pledge to make government more open to the public, the Ob... read more
Sorting Through the Facts in the Iranian Election
Every year I write an article for Parade magazine about The World’s Worst Dictators, and every year I rank Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei among the 10 worst. Clearly, I am rooting for the current Iranian regime to fall and be replaced by a democrat... read more
Ron Paul’s “Audit the Fed” Bill to be Debated in the House
A plan to open up the Federal Reserve to congressional audits received enough support in the House of Representatives this week to guarantee that it will receive a full hearing by lawmakers. Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) has been the driving force b... read more
Obama Approves Pacific Northwest Trail
A footpath running from Washington state to Montana will soon become part of the National Trails System, devised by President Lyndon Johnson forty years ago to allow Americans to hike from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The new Pacific Northwest Nat... read more