Monthly Archives: April 2009

Filed at 7:02 a.m. ETLONDON (AP) -- A British jury has cleared three men of charges that they helped suicide bombers who killed 52...

Selma Milovanovic A CROATIAN man imprisoned by Serb forces during the early 1990s has told a Sydney court of hourly beatings and torture allegedly...

By AMIR SHAH KABUL—Thousands of police patrolled Afghanistan's capital Tuesday, a national holiday meant to celebrate the victory of guerrilla fighters over invading Soviet...

by BRETT BARROUQUERE,PADUCAH, Ky. (AP)Steven Dale Green, 23, of Midland, Texas, faces more than a dozen charges, including sexual assault and four counts of...

Center For Constitutional RightsLast week, President Obama released four torture authorization memos written by the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) under the Bush administration...

Those who are so inclined are invited to read and sign the letter below:     Dear Osama Bin Laden,We, the undersigned Americans, do sincerely apologize to you that...

Raw StoryNational Intelligence Director Dennis Blair said Monday that Rep. Jane Harman (D-Ca.) was not wiretapped by the National Security Agency, contrary to a...

RAW STORYA man imprisoned after Sept. 11, 2001, as a suspected terrorist was tortured in numerous secret CIA prisons before Bush administration memos allowing...

Agence France-PresseBAGHDAD (AFP) – Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said a US raid on Sunday in which a policeman and a woman were shot...

By Margaret Foster If a natatorium's pool is demolished, can it still be called a natatorium? That's the question Honolulu is grappling with as it...

By Jill SerjeantLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The hangar that housed the nuclear bomber Enola Gay and a 1960s Los Angeles hotel are two of...

Raw StoryThe Fox television network has refused to air President Barack Obama’s primetime press conference on Wednesday night, scheduled to mark the president’s 100th...

BY MICHAEL [email protected] Port Everglades will be bustling with activity Monday morning for the start of Fleet Week -- an annual event that brings...

Official sees pace remaining stable for yearsBy Chuck Crumbo COLUMBIA -- Shortly after the first Sept. 1, 2001, terrorist attack, S.C.-based Air Force units...

Rocklin CaliforniaWilliam Jessup University is pleased to announce a new, full tuition scholarship program aimed specifically at local veterans. Any veteran who has served...

AFPNorth Korea announced on Tuesday it would quit six-nation nuclear disarmament talks and restart its atomic weapons programme in protest at the UN's condemnation...

By RANDALL CHASE, Associated Press Writer Randall Chase, Associated Press Writer – Mon Apr 27, 5:36 pm ETDOVER, Del. – In the weeks since the Pentagon ended an...

By Jason LeopoldAccording to New Yorker reporter Jane Mayer, Helgerson concluded that some detainees were allegedly killed during interrogations. In an interview with Harper’s...

                Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Palmdale, Calif., is being awarded a $100,000,000 increment of a $399,898,219 cost plus fixed fee contract for phase three...

Schedule for Week of April 27, 2009  Tuesday, April 28 at 10 a.m. – 334 Cannon House Office Building **Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations...

by Bill PooveyThousands of veterans were at first shocked to learn they should get blood tests for HIV and hepatitis because three hospitals might...

by Jason Leopold    George W. Bush's Justice Department said subjecting a person to the near drowning of waterboarding was not a crime and didn't...

Miami Beach, FLA - Miami-based Veterans Retreat charity hosted wounded Iraq War veteran CPT Mark Brogan and his wife, Sunny, to five days of...

By Mike Griffith, Staff WriterLeft-wing blogs are aflame with numerous distortions and falsehoods about the CIA's waterboarding interrogations.  Most of those distortions and myths...

The full text of the Bybee "Torture Memo" is presented as a public service by TomJoad.org  http://ccrjustice.org/files/olc_08012002_bybee.pdf http://ccrjustice.org/files/olc_08012002_bybee.pdf http://ccrjustice.org/files/05-10-2005_bradbury_20pg_OLC%20torture%20memos.pdf http://ccrjustice.org/files/05-30-2005_bradbury_40pg_OLC%20torture%20memos.pdf The Bybee Torture Memo   The full...

GEO PakistanISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari said Monday that Pakistani intelligence believes Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is dead but acknowledged they had no...

Raw StoryA number of buildings in New York City were evacuated Monday morning after a trio of low-flying planes flew near the Statue of...

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans1. "Strong" Leadership Team Said To Have Been Assembled At VA.   2. Linkage Of Veterans And Extremist Groups Decried.   3. Swine...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – “As the State University of New Jersey, we want to make sure that we are ready to assist these men...

 By John Byrne “I’ve now formally asked the CIA to take steps to declassify those memos so we can lay them out there and...

By David Rivkin and Lee Casey (former Justice Department officials and delegates to the UN Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights)The...

Introduction by Mike Griffith, Staff WriterSome liberals continue to just outright lie about waterboarding and about the intel that was obtained from waterboarding.  Too...

By ROD NORDLANDSuadad N. Al-Salhy contributed reporting from Baghdad, and employees of The New York Times from Diwaniya, Baquba, Falluja, Kut, Mosul and Sulaimaniya.Published:...

By Mike Griffith, Staff Writer Israel tops all Middle Eastern countries in its respect for political rights, civil liberties, and freedom of the press, according to...

Poland's Krystian Zimerman, widely regarded as one of the finest pianists in the world, created a furor Sunday night in his debut at Walt...

By BOB TEDESCHIA FAR-REACHING network of private and public agencies serves homeless veterans in Connecticut, with group homes and caseworkers helping former military members...

APBULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. (AP) — An “eternal” flame at Bullhead City’s new veterans memorial park that lasted only until city officials received a $961...

NYT EditorialFar too often, military veterans find themselves desperately short of the information they need as they make the torturous quest for benefits within...

By LINDA SASLOWFINDING a job is hard enough these days, and even harder for returning military veterans. Now Thomas R. Suozzi, the Nassau County...

Op-Ed ContributorBy LAWRENCE M. WEINStanford, Calif.This question is key to determining how large an investment the Department of Veterans Affairs needs to make in...

Op-Ed ColumnistBy CHARLES M. BLOWPublished: April 17, 2009 The United States Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis issued a report last...

By Cate DotyEven as they watch their endowments dwindle and financial aid applications surge, private colleges and universities are deciding whether they can afford...