American reconstruction projects in Iraq are ending up in the hands of untrained locals or demanding even more money from American taxpayers than originally ventured, reports the New York Times in its Saturday, July 28 edition.A report, released Frid
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The Pentagon said Tuesday it is shutting down a counter-intelligence reporting system called TALON that came under fire for monitoring the activities of anti-war protesters.The system will be shut down September 17 and reporting on threats to US mili
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Internal CIA investigation finds no 'silver bullet' would have prevented 9/11A just-released report from the CIA's inspector general excoriates the agency and its former director, George Tenet, for not doing enough to prepare for the threat of terror
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Some had warned of police sting before Craig's arrestThe Minneapolis airport bathroom where Idaho Sen. Larry Craig was arrested earlier this summer was a popular spot for anonymous sex seekers, although word spread on Internet message boards that pol
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MSNBC host Dan Abrams and guests Pat Buchanan and Arianna Huffington argued on Tuesday about the implications of President Bush's constant redefinition of the meaning of "success" in Iraq and its effectiveness as a political strategy. "What is remar
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