Tag archive for ‘Colleagues’
Supreme Court Grants Habeas Corpus to Detainees at GTMO
By a 5 to 4 vote that brought strongly worded and remorseful dissents from the Court’s conservative justices, the majority held that an alternative procedure designed by the Administration and Congress was inadequate to insure that the detainees “receive their day in court”. While all Supreme Court cases are necessarily historic - as they become [...]
Sen. Clinton finally gives up… Obama the “presumptive” nominee.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton ended her historic campaign for the presidency on Saturday and told supporters to unite behind rival Barack Obama, closing out a race that was as grueling as it was groundbreaking.
The former first lady, who as recently as Tuesday declared herself the strongest candidate, gave Obama an unqualified endorsement and [...]
The GOP: A National Party no more… and what I hope we will do about it.
Washington, D.C. (rightcommentary.com): I believe that the GOP is coming unhinged - for lack of a better description. I have never once been this frustrated with my party as I have been in the last 8 years. As I’ve said to colleagues for about the last two years - it takes guts to be a [...]
Iraqis allege sex abuse at the British Embassy
Baghdad, Iraq (The Times London): An Iraqi cleaner and two cooks claim that a culture of sexual harassment, abuse and bullying exists at the British Embassy in Baghdad.
The middle-aged cleaner told The Times that a British contractor with KBR, the company hired to maintain the embassy’s premises, offered to double her daily pay if she [...]
Chinese Spy ‘Slept’ In U.S. for 2 Decades
Washington, D.C. (Washington Post): Prosecutors called Chi Mak the “perfect sleeper agent,” though he hardly looked the part. For two decades, the bespectacled Chinese-born engineer lived quietly with his wife in a Los Angeles suburb, buying a house and holding a steady job with a U.S. defense contractor, which rewarded him with promotions and a [...]
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