Iraq Contractor in Shooting Case Makes Comeback By JAMES RISEN May 10, 2008 Copyright 2008 The New York Times Company WASHINGTON – Last fall, Blackwater Worldwide was in deep peril. Guards for the security company were involved in a shooting in September that left at least 17 Iraqis dead at a Baghdad intersection. Outrage over…
UNCOVERING SECRETS Friday, May 09, 2008 2:04 PM Partnership for Civil Justice Freedom of Information Act Requests Demand Government Release National Mall Documents Two Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests were filed today by the Partnership for Civil Justice (PCJ) on behalf of the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition seeking critical information about the effort of the Bush…
Jury acquits six in protest Thursday, May 01, 2008 Bangor Daily News – ©2005 All rights reserved. BANGOR, Maine – Six longtime anti-war activists arrested last year for refusing to leave the Federal Building when it closed for the day were found not guilty Wednesday of criminal trespass.A Penobscot County Superior Court jury deliberated for…
White House undermines EPA on cancer risks, GAO says By H. JOSEF HEBERT Apr 28, 2008 – 5:47 PM (ET) Copyright 2008 Associated Press. All right reserved. © 2008 IAC Search & Media. All rights reserved. WASHINGTON (AP) – The Bush administration is undermining the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to determine health dangers of toxic…
