This is the kind of Orwellian scary shit you think is only possible in books: The FBI is gearing up to create a massive computer database of people’s physical characteristics, all part of an effort the bureau says to better identify criminals and terrorists. But it’s an issue that raises major privacy concerns — what […]
It looks like it might be more smoke and mirrors from the administration: The Bush administration, in its last so-called Iraq “benchmark” report, used questionable financial data to assert that the Baghdad government was making progress in managing its budget, a new study says. The study released Tuesday by the Government Accountability Office focused specifically […]
This should be the question that puts Republican’s in a pretty pickle: Telephone companies have cut off FBI wiretaps used to eavesdrop on suspected criminals because of the bureau’s repeated failures to pay phone bills on time. A Justice Department audit released Thursday blamed the lost connections on the FBI’s lax oversight of money used […]
Just now coming in that a grand jury in Frankfort, Kentucky has indicted Republican Governor Ernie Fletcher on misdemeanor charges in connection with state hiring practices. The corruption keeps coming from the GOP. Hey KY – Welcome to Ohio now where we can share in the dis-honor of having criminals in the governor’s mansion. I will have […]
Those were the first words that came to my mind when I was looking through the released Abu Ghraib photos on Salon’s site. To see how we are treating these people while sitting there and trying to claim “we are the beacon of freedom” is pure bull shit. Every single person involved from civilian leadership […]
KIRKUK, Iraq (AFP) – Abdel Hussein al-Lami, whose brother and two nephews were gunned down in the northern Iraqi town of Hawijah, seethes and promises revenge. Nasser Bonyan al-Lami worked with two of his sons selling sandwiches in the Sunni-majority town when gunmen burst into their small eatery and machine-gunned them to death. “It’s a […]
Want to know who called a phone number or who that phone number called? For $110 you an find out. The Chicago Police Department is warning officers their cell phone records are available to anyone — for a price. Dozens of online services are selling lists of cell phone calls, raising security concerns among law […]
Prisons are for reform. Most prisoners are not there forever so they must be reformed to operate in society once they are released. Part of that reform should include keeping up on current events, however for Supreme Court nominee Alito that is not necessarily the case. When Judge Alito served on the U.S. Second Court […]