Month: December 2007

David Edwards and Muriel Kane, Raw Story The Civil Rights Division has been one of the jewels of the Justice Department. Founded in 1957, it played a leading role in the elimination of segregation and […]

PAMELA HESS, AP The CIA’s waterboarding of a top al-Qaida figure was approved at the top levels of the U.S. government, a former CIA agent said Tuesday as agency director Gen. Michael Hayden prepared for […]

By Matt Apuzzo, Associated Press The nation’s spy court said Tuesday that it will not make public its documents regarding the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, in a rare public […]

H. JOSEF HEBERT, AP News The White House has systematically tried to manipulate climate change science and minimize the dangers of global warming, asserts a Democratic congressional report issued after a 16-month investigation. Republicans called […]