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Guantanamo witness testifies on courtroom eavesdropping allegations
FT. MEADE, Md. -- Top officials at the terror detainee prison at the U.S. Naval Base on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, began testifying in a pretrial hearing Tuesday about courtroom security and allegations that the CIA or other U.S. intelligence officials are...
Tags: Prisons, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Judges, Witnesses, Congressional Medal of Honor Heroes
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How Obama is wielding executive power in 2nd term
WASHINGTON (AP) — This is what "Forward" looks like. Fast forward, even. President Barack Obama's campaign slogan is springing to life in a surge of executive directives and agency rule-making that touch many of the affairs of government. They are...
Tags: Pakistan, Barack Obama, Washington, DC, Parties and Movements, Republican Party
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Obituary: Derek Lee Tharp
Derek Lee Tharp 1974-2013 PERRYVILLE — Derek Lee Tharp, 38, of Danville, died Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, in Danville. Born Dec. 24, 1974, in Boyle County, he was a son of Marilyn Tharp of Junction City and Dudley Tharp of Georgia. Derek was a...
Tags: Iraq, Iraq War (2003-2011), Eastern Kentucky University, U.S. Air Force
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Guantanamo defendant lashes out at tribunal
FT. MEADE, Md. -- An alleged top Al Qaeda lieutenant charged with four other defendants in the Sept. 11 conspiracy angrily lashed out Monday against the military tribunal system, saying the process had zapped any desire for “us to come to court&...
Tags: Court Preliminary, Services and Shopping, Video Supplies and Services, Judges, Photography and Video
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Former CIA officer sentenced to 30 months in prison for info leak
WASHINGTON – A former CIA officer was sentenced Friday to 30 months in federal prison for disclosing classified information to journalists in a case that underscored the Obama administration’s harsh crackdown on national security leaks. John...
Tags: Pakistan, Terrorism, Government, Central Intelligence Agency, George W. Bush
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Afghanistan Taliban appears to be softening stance
KABUL, Afghanistan — Recent pronouncements by the Taliban have raised the possibility that the insurgents may be softening their stance on what a future without U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan might look like. But even among those who...
Tags: Pakistan, Government, Justice and Rights, Elections, Human Rights
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A permanent war on terror
When it comes to homeland security, we've been seduced for more than a decade by a "preemptive" mandate that directs us to catch terrorists before they strike next. Where law enforcement once investigated crimes to determine who was responsible and how...
Tags: Laws, Terrorism, Barack Obama, FBI, Justice and Rights
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Pictures in the News | January 9, 2013
FrameworkWednesday's Pictures in the News begins in Washington DC, where a protestor in an orange prison jump suit and black hood on his head protests against holding detainees at the military prison in Guantanamo Bay during a demonstration in front of the US... -
Russians draft 'Guantanamo list' to sanction U.S. officials
MOSCOW -- Russia has prepared the “Guantanamo list” of U.S. officials who will be denied entry visas, officials in Moscow said Friday, the latest apparent retaliation for a U.S. law imposing sanctions on Russians over the death of an...
Tags: Judges, Barack Obama, Interior Policy, Moscow (Russia), Social Issues
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Liberals Nip at Obama as He Battles Republicans
You can already hear the rumbling in the distance -- a train of noisy liberal Democrats barreling straight for the White House. They should arrive just in time for President Barack Obama’s second inauguration. The president already has his hands...
Tags: Barack Obama, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Elections, 2012 Democratic National Convention, U.S. Senate
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Senate expected to back Cardin human rights measure despite White House concerns
— Legislation by Sen. Ben Cardin to pressure Russia on human rights abuses is expected to win approval in Congress Thursday despite concerns that it will hurt already tenuous U.S. relations with the Kremlin. The proposal — which requires the...
Tags: Benjamin L. Cardin, Barack Obama, Government, Georgetown, Justice and Rights
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Gloucester County hires Scott Varner as IT director
Gloucester County has gone in-house to hire its director of Information Technology, with long-time employee Scott Varner being selected for the job. Varner was appointed as the director of the department in an announcement on Friday by County...Tags: Science and Technology, Technology
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