Saturday, January 31, 2009
Twenty-five people at the heart of the meltdown
In the second part of a week-long series looking behind the slump, Julia Finch picks out the individuals who have led us into the current crisis
BBC documentary takes on Obama's plans for American health care system
Why An Asshole Is Always In Charge
Ex-child soldier is first witness at intn'l court - Yahoo! News
A former Congolese child soldier told a landmark international war crimes trial Wednesday that armed troops plucked him off the street on his way home from school and sent him to a military camp. News, Headlines and Latest Stories on Yahoo! News
Quoting Napoleon, judge okays holding Taliban cook at Gitmo
Officials: Army suicides at 3-decade high - Yahoo! News
Suicides among Army troops soared again last year and are at a nearly three-decade high
Police hired actors to rob bank
Police chiefs in China have been slammed for hiring actors to rob a bank as a training exercise - without telling anyone else.
PBS: NSA could have prevented 9/11 hijackings
Three candidates slain ahead of Iraq polls - Yahoo! News
Gunmen killed three Iraqi election candidates in separate incidents on Thursday, two days before Iraq holds provincial polls
FBI: Burgeoning gangs behind up to 80% of U.S. crime
Criminal gangs in the USA have swelled to an estimated 1 million members responsible for up to 80% of crimes in communities across the nation
Turncoat kept up espionage for Russia from jail
Saddam-Qaeda Conspiracy Theorist Surfaces Writing Iraq Reports For The Pentagon
Exxon notches $45.22 billion record profit
Days before leaving office, Bush's lawyer told Rove not to turn over any documents
Former commander of attacked US war ship slams Obama over Guantanamo
Response comes after military judge rules against halting detainee's arraignment despite order to delay proceedings
Bush officials authorized torture of US citizen, lawyers say
Local Police Want Right to Jam Wireless Signals - washingtonpost.com
As President Obama's motorcade rolled down Pennsylvania Avenue on Inauguration Day, federal authorities deployed a closely held law enforcement tool
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Anti-terror law invoked for unruly behavior
Many of the more than 200 people convicted under airline anti-terrorism provisions of the 2001 USA Patriot Act engaged only in profanity or drunken behavior
Nazi angel of death Josef Mengele 'created twin town in Brazil'
The Nazi doctor Joseph Mengele is responsible for the astonishing number of twins in a Brazilian town, according to a new book by an Argentine historian.
Whistleblower: NSA spied on 'everyone,' targeted journalists
Hamas executes suspected Fatah traitors in Gaza
Army: Negligence caused soldier's electrocution - Yahoo! News
An Army investigation calls the electrocution death of a U.S. soldier in Iraq "negligent homicide" caused by military contractor KBR Inc. and two of its supervisors
Child porn charges are dismissed
Judge ruled police search not legally justified
Guantanamo Case Files in Disarray - washingtonpost.com
Obama's plans to expeditiously determine the fates of about 245 terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and quickly close the military prison there were set back last week...
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Civil Liberties Examiner: Galveston police haven't apologized for beating 12-year-old girl
Galveston police haven't apologized for beating 12-year-old girl by local Civil Liberties Examiner expert, J.D. Tuccille.
Special report: 'I was still holding my grandson's hand - the rest was gone' | World news | The Guardian
Clancy Chassay reports on how mounting civilian casualties in Afghanistan are aiding the Taliban's recruitment
The Raw Story | Ex-gitmo guard who saw 'torture' calls co-workers 'psychotic'
Frank Rich: America needed a titan in the White House, not a narcissist | Comment is free | The Observer
Frank Rich: George Bush's presidency is being forgotten by the public already, even though he is still here
Op-Ed Columnist - Eight Years of Madoffs - NYTimes.com
While our new president indeed must move on and address the urgent crises that cannot wait, Bush administration malfeasance can’t be merely forgotten or finessed.
Man accused of selling daughter for cash, beer - Criminal weirdness- msnbc.com
Police have arrested a Greenfield man for allegedly arranging to sell his 14-year-old daughter into marriage in exchange for $16,000, 100 cases of beer and several cases of meat.
ABC News: Parents Consider Legal Action After Autistic Girl, 8, Arrested at School
The mother of an 8-year-old autistic girl says she is considering legal action after her daughter was arrested and handcuffed following an incident at school.
1 Out Of 100 Americans Is Being Stalked, Survey Reveals 3.4 Million Have Identified Themselves As Victims, Many For 5 Or More Years - CBS News
An estimated 3.4 million Americans identified themselves as victims of stalking during a one-year span, according to federal crime experts who released the largest-ever survey of the aggravating and often terrifying phenomenon.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
Intelligence Court Rules Wiretapping Power Legal - NYTimes.com
The ruling validated the president’s power to wiretap international phone calls without a court order.
Oakland to fire 11 cops in search warrant case
The Raw Story | Is Army covering up friendly fire deaths?
The Raw Story | Never mind calls for probes, Frist says 'Bush saved 10 million lives'
The Raw Story | ACLU: 'Secret courts' conceal fraud by military contractors
Kevin Grandia | Coal lobby PR firm memo boasts about manipulating Democrats and Republicans
The Raw Story | Shocking: Offshore tax havens of the US corporate elite
The Raw Story | Bush-appointed U.S. attorneys refuse to leave Justice Dept.
Dispatches from the Culture Wars: Supremes to Hear Case of Strip-Searched Student
The Supreme Court Friday granted certiorari to a school district in the case of a 13 year old girl who was strip-searched by school officials looking for contraband ibuprofen. The school has a zero-tolerance policy on all medication, whether over-the-counter...
Reuters AlertNet - Russian lawyer's murder shocks rights activists
AlertNet provides news, information and analysis for everyone interested in emergency relief. AlertNet is run by Reuters Foundation.
Friday, January 16, 2009
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