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Obama Rewards Big Campaign Fundraisers with Ambassadorships
While time will tell just how much “change” Barack Obama brings to the ways of Washington, one money-driven tradition is still very much staying the course under the new president. Just as his predecessors have done, Obama is rewarding big-time fu... read more
Gen. Taguba Says Abuse Photos Show Rape of Women and Men
“These pictures show torture, abuse, rape and every indecency,” says former U.S. Army Major General Antonio Taguba, in reference to the thousands of detainee photos that President Barack Obama has refused to release. In an interview with the Daily... read more
Supreme Court Overturns 23-Year-Old Law Prohibiting Interrogations without a Lawyer Present
Law enforcement officers can continue interrogating accused criminals even after they have requested legal counsel, now that the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned a landmark ruling from the mid-1980s. In a ruling on Tuesday (Montejo v. Louisiana),... read more
Would the CIA Lie to Congress? Of Course!
If the matter of Nancy Pelosi vs. the CIA was a court case, and the Central Intelligence Agency has to testify on its own behalf, it would have a serious credibility issue, stemming from its history of lying to Congress. The current House Speaker ... read more
Al-Qaeda Terrorists in U.S. Prisons? They’re Already Here
If President Barack Obama is really intent on closing down Guantanamo Bay and overcoming fierce congressional opposition to housing these detainees on U.S. soil, he should repeat three simple words at every opportunity: They’re already here. Someh... read more
First Ever Civilian Jury Conviction of U.S. Soldier for War Crime
Despite the brutality of his crime and lack of remorse, former Army private Steven D. Green avoided receiving the death penalty for raping and murdering a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and killing members of her family in 2006. The first soldier to be co... read more
Army Fights Stigma of Seeking Help for Emotional Problems
Following the fatal shooting of five U.S. service members at a counseling center in Baghdad earlier this month, the need to encourage more soldiers to seek mental care has taken on new urgency. However, a military culture that values strength and ... read more
Obama Justice Department Sides with Cheney in Valerie Plame Case
One day before President Barack Obama and former Vice-President Dick Cheney gave dueling speeches criticizing each other’s national security policies, the Obama administration supported Cheney in a lawsuit filed against him by former CIA agent Val... read more
Judge Rules Some Detainees Can be Held Forever without Charge
Lost among the news on Wednesday of the Senate’s rejection of President Barack Obama’s plan to close down the prison at Guantánamo Bay was a federal court ruling that said the government can continue to hold certain terrorism suspects indefinitely... read more
Pakistan Fighting Leads to World’s Worst Refugee Crisis in 15 Years
Not since the 1994 genocide in Rwanda has there been a such a large-scale humanitarian crisis as the one currently growing in Pakistan. As a result of the massive offensive that Pakistan’s military has launched to root out the Taliban in the Swat ... read more
9 Job Seekers for Every Available Job
The unemployment rate, the statistic most commonly used by government and media to tell how the economy is doing, does not indicate just how bad things really are in the United States. That’s because the unemployment rate, calculated each month by... read more
Misleading Story of the Month: Majority of Americans “Pro-Life”
When Gallup released a poll last week showing a majority of Americans considered themselves pro-life (51%-42%), opponents of abortion used the data to show that President Barack Obama’s liberal policies had galvanized Americans into moving away fr... read more
States and Counties with the Most…
The U.S. Census Bureau last week announced some of the latest demographic changes among states and counties with respect to ethnic composition, age and gender. According to new statistics, more counties continued to become “majority-minority”—mean... read more
Would Releasing the Detainee Abuse Photos Really Endanger U.S. Troops?
The reason President Obama and his supporters gave for refusing to comply with a court order to release 44 photos of the abuse of detainees is that the photos would inflame anti-American sentiment and endanger U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. ... read more
GOP Attacks Supreme Court Nominee…Whoever It Is
Regardless of whom Obama nominates to succeed soon-to-retire Justice David H. Souter, Republicans have already stockpiled ammunition against possible nominees. According to Gary Marx, executive director of the conservative Judicial Confirmation Ne... read more
What’s In the Photos Obama Won’t Release?
Whether it’s because of the potential ramifications for U.S. soldiers overseas or for his important upcoming speech to the Muslim world in Cairo on June 4, President Barack Obama is now refusing to release photos of detainees captured in disturbin... read more