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By William Glaberson, The New York Times The Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to impose tighter restrictions on the hundreds of lawyers who represent detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the request has become a central issue in a new legal battle over the administration’s detention policies. Saying that visits by civilian…

Here come the thought police By Ralph E. Shaffer and R. William Robinson, Blatimore Sun With overwhelming bipartisan support, Rep. Jane Harman’s (D-CA) “Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act” passed the House 404-6 late last month and now rests in Sen. Joe Lieberman’s Homeland Security Committee. Swift Senate passage appears certain. Not since the…

Think Progress A recently-unearthed video from 1992 shows Vice President Dick Cheney predicting the mess that occupying Iraq would create: If you get into the business of committing U.S. forces on the ground in Iraq, to occupy the place, my guess is I’d probably still have people there today instead of having been able to…

By Maggie Fox, Reuters Health and Science Editor Health experts denounced President George W. Bush’s 2009 federal budget request on Monday, calling it a disaster for the health of Americans and saying they would look to Congress to change it. Bush’s $3.1 trillion spending plan proposes a 7 percent cut in funds for the Centers…