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…
Michael Calderone, The Politico When the New York Times published a front page story Sunday about the United States’ and Pakistan’s joint clandestine efforts to protect nuclear weapons, the newspaper offered a glimpse into a “highly classified program” the Bush administration long objected to seeing in print. That is, apparently, until now. In the article’s…
By Richard B. Schmitt, Los Angeles Times The U.S. attorney in Minnesota, whose clashes with career prosecutors came to symbolize the problems of the Justice Department under Alberto R. Gonzales, resigned Monday to accept a less-visible post at Justice Department headquarters in Washington. The reassignment of Rachel K. Paulose, 10 days into the tenure of…
By Tim Cocks, Reuters Torture, beatings, executions, racist stereotyping and intrusive surveillance are among the abuses countries are committing in the name of fighting terrorism, a rights watchdog said on Monday. The Commonwealth Human Rights Commission said since the 9/11 attacks, many nations had been using the military for police work in the so-called “war…
