Month: December 2007

The Associated Press A federal judge agreed Friday to let the Bush administration keep secret the lists of visitors to the White House until an appeals court decides whether the documents are public records. U.S. […]

By Steve Fainaru, Washington Post The U.S. government disregarded numerous warnings over the past two years about the risks of using Blackwater Worldwide and other private security firms in Iraq, expanding their presence even after […]

By Sarah Baxter, The Sunday Times UK The CIA chief who ordered the destruction of secret videotapes recording the harsh interrogation of two top Al-Qaeda suspects has indicated he may seek immunity from prosecution in […]

By David Rohde, Carlotta Gall, Eric Schmitt and David E. Sanger, New York Times After the United States has spent more than $5 billion in a largely failed effort to bolster the Pakistani military effort […]