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Obama's license to kill by drone
If you really want Washington's chattering classes to pay attention to something, an old saying goes, leak it to the media. Whoever leaked the Justice Department's 16-page confidential "white paper" memo on the use of armed drones to NBC News sparked...Tags: U.S. Congress, John O. Brennan, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Al-Qaeda
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Drones on the dais
WASHINGTON -- Is the position of God subject to the confirmation process? Does the Lord Almighty require the advice and consent of the Senate? These are no longer abstract questions. John Brennan may not be divine, but he plays God often as...
Tags: Justice System, Politics, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Washington, DC, Dianne Feinstein
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Wrong on drone hits
WASHINGTON -- If George W. Bush had told us that the "war on terror" gave him the right to execute an American citizen overseas with a missile fired from a drone aircraft, without due process or judicial review, I'd have gone ballistic. It makes no...
Tags: Justice System, George W. Bush, Crime, Law and Justice, Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Department of Justice
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A license to kill Americans: no judge, no jury
Have you heard? George W. Bush and Dick Cheney are up to their old tricks. It wasn't so long ago that they cited congressional authorization for the war on terror, passed by Congress one week after September 11, 2001, to justify their use of rendition,...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Justice System, Politics, George W. Bush, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Quinn bids to end 'say-to-play' primary voting
"Let's pass a long overdue law to allow voters to participate in primary elections without having to publicly declare their party affiliation." — Gov. Pat Quinn in his State of the State address As you probably know, to participate in a...
Tags: Political Fundraising, Primaries, Politics, Pat Quinn, Matthew Harrison
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Senators use hearing to air CIA controversies
WASHINGTON - The confirmation hearing Thursday of John Brennan to be CIA director reopened scrutiny of a wide range of controversies that have dogged the country for more than a decade, ranging from the Obama administration's embrace of targeted...Tags: Politics, Carl Levin, Leon Panetta, Washington, DC, Central Intelligence Agency
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This weekend: Cowboys vs. Redskins; ‘Call the Midwife’; ‘Back to the Beginning’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelFootball will be the most-watched programming during the final weekend of 2012. But there are offerings for fans of British drama, biblical history, Harry Potter and love stories. The highlights: 1. The weekend's biggest program is likely to be NBC's ... -
Suspect in Ft. Hood Shootings Can Keep Beard For Now
Los Angeles TimesEL PASO, Texas -- The military judge supervising the trial of accused Ft. Hood shooter Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was removed from the case Monday, with the military's highest appeals court ruling that his "duel of wills" with Hasan over the defendant'...Tags: Punishment, Shootings, Prosecution, Separation of Church and State, Religion and Belief
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Putting Benghazi in context
My initial impression of the murderous attack on our consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was probably similar to yours. A horrific incident. A security failure. Another example of radical Islamic overreaction to the most tepid of incidents — in this case,...Tags: Political Fundraising, Politics, Libya, Religion and Belief, Hillary Clinton
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FBI: 4 California men charged in alleged terror plot
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four Southern California men have been charged with plotting to kill Americans and destroy U.S. targets overseas by joining al-Qaida and the Taliban in Afghanistan, federal officials said Monday. The defendants, including a...
Tags: Justice System, Separation of Church and State, Mexico, Religion and Belief, FBI
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San Diego Man Linked to Federal Reserve Bomb Plotter
WPIXNEW YORK -- Terror suspect Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ashan Nafis remains behind bars accused of plotting to bomb the Federal Reserve Branch in Manhattan. But in a new development, the FBI has arrested and searched the San Diego apartment of 36-year-old...Tags: Prosecution, Central Bank, Gold and Precious Material, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Colleges and Universities
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The secret wars
Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger and the other leaders of Congress' intelligence committees this week issued a strong, bi-partisan statement of condemnation for recent leaks of classified information about America's clandestine operations abroad, including...Tags: Politics, Lewis Libby, Weaponry, Armed Conflicts, Central Intelligence Agency
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Feb 8, 2013
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Dec 28, 2012
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Dec 4, 2012
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Nov 4, 2012
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Nov 20, 2012
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Oct 19, 2012
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Jun 13, 2012
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