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Cheney Pursuing Nuclear Ambitions of His Own
Tuesday, 6 November 2007, 11:46 am | Jason Leopold
While Dick Cheney has been talking tough over the years about Iran's alleged nuclear activities, the vice president has been quietly pursuing nuclear ambitions of his own. More >>
Congress Ignoring Report on Pentagon Spending
Thursday, 11 October 2007, 3:05 pm | Jason Leopold
In April, the nonpartisan research arm of Congress issued a damning report that criticized the Pentagon for mismanaging hundreds of billions of dollars in emergency funds it received to pay for the occupation of Iraq and the war in Afghanistan. More >>
Report: Pentagon Facilitating Christian Evangelism
Tuesday, 9 October 2007, 12:10 am | Jason Leopold
The Defense Department (DOD) allegedly provided two fundamentalist Christian organizations exclusive access to several military bases around the country. This access became official sanction for these groups to proselytize amid the ranks, despite the fact ... More >>
Attorney Talks About Lawsuit Against Bush, NSA
Sunday, 30 September 2007, 3:45 pm | Jason Leopold
Recently, I sat down with attorney Jon Eisenberg who sued George W. Bush, the National Security Agency (NSA), and other federal agencies, on behalf of two Washington DC-based lawyers who allege their telephone calls were illegally monitored by the NSA in March ... More >>
Charges in Religious Lawsuit Against Army Detailed
Wednesday, 26 September 2007, 12:19 am | Jason Leopold
An Army major who was sued last week for allegedly threatening to retaliate against a soldier who convened a meeting of atheists, and whom Pentagon officials said could not be located, has been found via a MySpace page the Army major updates regularly. More >>
Experts: Schwarzenegger's Plan, Industry Give-Away
Sunday, 23 September 2007, 11:20 pm | Jason Leopold
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's $12 billion health care plan is a flawed piece of legislation that would place an enormous financial burden on low-income families and individuals while enriching the coffers of the country's largest insurance ... More >>
Soldier Who Sued Army Facing Threats
Sunday, 23 September 2007, 7:44 pm | Jason Leopold
An Army specialist stationed in Iraq said he has been repeatedly threatened by other US soldiers after word spread that he sued the Secretary of Defense and an Army major this week for allegedly retaliating against him when he convened a meeting of atheists, ... More >>
Schwarzenegger Leads on California Health Reform
Sunday, 23 September 2007, 1:50 pm | Jason Leopold
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has called state lawmakers back to Sacramento for a special session in hopes of hammering out a deal on the governor's ambitious $12 billion universal health care plan for California. More >>
Senate Ethics Committee Intensifies Domenici Probe
Thursday, 20 September 2007, 8:33 pm | Jason Leopold
The US Senate Select Committee on Ethics has stepped up its probe of Pete Domenici, the Republican senator from New Mexico, who allegedly pressured David Iglesias, the former US attorney in that state, to return an indictment against a local Democratic ... More >>
Pentagon Sued Over Mandatory Christianity
Thursday, 20 September 2007, 8:03 pm | Jason Leopold
A military watchdog organization filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday against the Pentagon, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and a US Army major, on behalf of an Army soldier stationed in Iraq. The suit charges the Pentagon with widespread ... More >>
Funding Cuts Could End Iraq Occupation
Tuesday, 18 September 2007, 11:40 am | Jason Leopold
Next week, Congress is expected to take up a $50 billion emergency supplemental bill to continue funding the so-called "surge" in Iraq and military operations in Afghanistan. More >>
Pentagon Chaplain Accused of Aiding Proselytizing
Saturday, 1 September 2007, 11:19 am | Jason Leopold
On the heels of a scathing report issued by the Defense Department's inspector general that took high-level Pentagon officials to task for allowing an evangelical Christian organization unfettered access to the Department of Defense (DOD) to promote its ... More >>
Pentagon Chaplain Accused of Aiding Proselytizing
Friday, 31 August 2007, 11:39 am | Jason Leopold
On the heels of a scathing report issued by the Defense Department's inspector general that took high-level Pentagon officials to task for allowing an evangelical Christian organization unfettered access to the Department of Defense (DOD) to promote its ... More >>
Former US Attorney Wary of Gonzales's New Powers
Saturday, 18 August 2007, 12:55 am | Jason Leopold
Paul Charlton, former US attorney for Arizona, told Truthout on Tuesday that a new law authorizing Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to fast-track executions is ill-conceived because it gives power to an official who has little regard for capital punishment ... More >>
RNC Now Seeks Shelter of Executive Privilege
Wednesday, 15 August 2007, 10:23 am | Jason Leopold
The Republican National Committee said it will not abide by a subpoena and turn over documents to a Congressional committee investigating the firings of at least eight US attorneys last year because the RNC is waiting to see if the White House will ... More >>
White House Long at Odds With FISA Court
Saturday, 11 August 2007, 1:37 pm | Jason Leopold
Two years ago, US District Court Judge James Robertson sent a letter to Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., notifying him of his resignation from a secret intelligence court set up to monitor the federal government's domestic surveillance activities. More >>
Video, Report Details Evangelism at Highest Levels
Saturday, 4 August 2007, 1:57 pm | Jason Leopold
A report released publicly on Thursday by the Defense Department's (DOD) inspector general has found high-ranking Army and Air Force personnel violated long-standing military regulations when they participated in a promotional video for an evangelical ... More >>
Jason Leopold: Iglesias Testimony Could Damage GOP
Tuesday, 31 July 2007, 1:49 pm | Jason Leopold
David Iglesias, the former US attorney for New Mexico who was fired last year along with eight other federal prosecutors, will testify Wednesday before the House Ethics Committee about a phone call he received from Representative Heather Wilson (R-New ... More >>
Gonzales Memo: Extraordinary Access to DOJ Files
Sunday, 29 July 2007, 12:40 am | Jason Leopold
A new wrinkle over the apparent politicization of the Department of Justice (DOJ) emerged on Tuesday during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing when a freshman Democratic lawmaker revealed the contents of a May 2006 memo. The memo, signed by embattled ... More >>
Cheney Suppressed Evidence in Energy Crisis
Tuesday, 24 July 2007, 11:43 am | Jason Leopold
In-depth investigation shows how Vice President Dick Cheney pressured federal energy regulators to conceal evidence of widespread market manipulation by energy companies during the California electricity crisis in 2001. In March 2001, while California's ... More >>
