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Report: Fighting in Iraq, Leaving Homeland Unguarded
According to a new Government Accountability report, funding for Operation Noble Eagle, which involves operations in defense of the homeland, has dropped precipitously from $27.9 billion in 2002 to $89.3 million in 2007.
The reason: “largely because of the completion of repairs to the Pentagon and upgrades in security at military installations that were onetime costs, [...]
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KSM Follows Moussaoui Strategy: Talk About Torture & God
On his first day before the Guantanamo military commission, 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed seems to be following the lead of convicted terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui by repeatedly invoking God and refusing to asnwer questions.
Asked if he agrees to his legal representation, KSM launched into a religious chant, “God is all sufficient… Glory be to god [...]
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Mukasey Attacks Critics of “Half-Baked” Terrorism Prosecutions
Earlier today, Attorney General Michael Mukasey gave a speech on terrorism prosecutions at the 2008 D.C. Circuit Judicial Conference in Farmington, PA.
Click Here to Read Mukasey’s Speech at the 2008 D.C. Circuit Judicial Conference
In addition to asserting that the Guantanamo military commissions where 9/11 conspirators will face charges tomorrow are in the “best traditions of [...]
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Video of the Day: DOJ IG Says Ashcroft Questioned Use of Torture
Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine testified today before the Senate Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight, describing how his investigation revealed then-Attorney General Ashcroft raised concerns about the effectiveness of torture as an interogation method.
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Gitmo Torture Hearing: 20th Hijacker Forced to Look at Porn, Chinese Agents Allowed to Interrogate Uighurs
Tomorrow, 9/11 conspirators Khalid Sheik Mohammed, Ramzi bin al Shibh, Ammar al Baluchi, Waleed Bin Attash and Mustafa al Hawsawi will be formally arraigned in a military commission at Guantanamo Bay.
This morning, the interrogation of some of their co-conspirators was discussed at the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s hearing into DOJ Inspector General Glenn Fine’s recent report [...]
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The Fighter Jet’s $7B Weight-Loss Program
Today, the Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing to get to the bottom of a recent GAO analysis that 95 major weapons programs had cost overruns totalling $295 billion.
Among the examples: the Marine version of the Joint Strike Fighter (F-35) which is supposed to take off vertically and take off from short runways. According [...]
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Rockefeller Slams Hayden’s Comments That Al Qaeda “On the Run”
This afternoon, Senator Jay Rockefeller sent a scathing letter to CIA director Michael Hayden, stating that comments he gave the Washington Post about al-Qaeda being “on the run” were contrary to what Hayden had told the Senate Intelligence Committee:
Here’s the letter:
May 30, 2008
The Honorable Michael V. Hayden
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear Director Hayden:
If today’s article [...]
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The Wake-Up Call: John McCain Has a Cold… But You’re Not Supposed to Know That
EXCLUSIVE: McCain Has a Cold But His Aides Are Keeping It Under Wraps to Avoid Speculation About His Health, Sources Tell Muckraked
Clinton Trying to Unseat Delegates in Collin County, Texas
Hotline: In Fundraising Appeal, McCain Slams Obama for Chairing “Important” Subcmte That Has Afghanistan Oversight Responsibilities, But Failing to Hold “One Hearing”
McClellan Only Got $75,000 Advance [...]
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Video of the Day: Former Navy Official Pleads Guilty to Making Threats
Former U.S. Navy officer Declan O’Shea, who has admitted making hundreds of threatening phone calls to President Bush and a number of bomb hoaxes which caused security alerts in California, pled guilty today in an Irish court. O’Shea currently lives in Ireland. Thirteen FBI agents and U.S. Navy personnel came to the court hearing in [...]
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Mukasey on Waterboarding: Need to “Push” to “Limits of the Law”
In describing the post-9/11 mindset at the Department of Justice, which included the promotion of such methods as waterboarding during interrogations and domestic surveillance via wiretapping, Attorney General Michael Mukasey stressed the need to be “more aggressive” and “to push to the limits of the law” during a speech at Boston College Law School’s graduation [...]
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