Coverage of America's latest lethal injection debacle has played and replayed the ugly details of last Tuesday's botched execution in Oklahoma, once again throwing the nation's death penalty problems into the international spotlight . Experimental … [Read More...]
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Crime & Punishment
Marathon Bombing Suspect Waits in Isolation
He cannot mingle, speak or pray with other prisoners. His only visitors are his legal team, a mental health consultant and his immediate family, who apparently have seen him only rarely. He may write only one letter — three pages, double-sided — and … [Read More...]
Botched Oklahoma execution leaves inmate writhing on gurney
The state of Oklahoma botched one execution and was forced to call off another on Tuesday when a disputed cocktail of drugs failed to kill a condemned prisoner who was left writhing on the gurney. After the failure of a 20-minute attempt to execute … [Read More...]
A Letter From Ray Jasper, Who Is About to Be Executed
S Texas death row inmate Ray Jasper is scheduled to be put to death on March 19. He has written us a letter that, he acknowledges, "could be my final statement on earth." It is well worth your time. Ray Jasper was convicted of participating in the … [Read More...]
World News
West warns of sanctions if Crimea annexed
Crimea is expected to formally apply to join Russia after voting to split from Ukraine as Europe prepared to hit Moscow with a wave of sanctions in the worst East-West standoff since the Cold War. Russia’s lower house of parliament will pass legislation allowing Crimea to join Russia in […] Click here […]
Malaysia officials look at suicide theory
The co-pilot of a missing Malaysian jetliner spoke the last words heard from the cockpit, the airline’s chief executive said, as investigators consider suicide by the captain or first officer as one possible explanation for the disappearance. No trace of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has been found since it […] Click here to view […]
Foreign Officials In the Dark About Their Own Spy Agencies’ Cooperation with NSA
One of the more bizarre aspects of the last nine months of Snowden revelations is how top political officials in other nations have repeatedly demonstrated, or even explicitly claimed, wholesale ignorance about their nations’ cooperation with the National Security Agency, as well as their own spying activities. This has […] Click here to view […]
Foreign Officials In the Dark About Their Own Spy Agencies’ Cooperation with NSA
One of the more bizarre aspects of the last nine months of Snowden revelations is how top political officials in other nations have repeatedly demonstrated, or even explicitly claimed, wholesale ignorance about their nations’ cooperation with the National Security Agency, as well as their own spying activities. This has […] Click here to view […]
Politics
A Terrorist Horror, Then Golf: Incongruity Fuels Obama Critics
President Obama has few remaining friends—either in his own party or in the media. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.comThat’s the unmistakable conclusion of two pieces this week in the New York Times. Just about everyone, it seems, is down … [Read More...]
Rick Perry Heads To New Hampshire With 2016 In Mind
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry is testing his presidential prospects in New Hampshire as he defiantly dismisses a recent indictment and tries to convince voters that he's an improved version of the 2012 candidate who stumbled … [Read More...]
Ryan says he’d love to see Romney run for president again
U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan said Thursday he would love to see Mitt Romney run again for president and teased the GOP's former nominee at one point that the "third time's the charm." Appearing with Ryan at a public event for the first time since their … [Read More...]
James Foley, Missing American Photojournalist, Beheaded By ISIS In Syria
James Foley, an American journalist who went missing in Syria more than a year ago, has reportedly been killed by the Islamic State, a militant group formerly known as ISIS. A YouTube video and photos purportedly of Foley emerged on Tuesday. The … [Read More...]
NSA
The U.S. Government’s Secret Plans to Spy for American Corporations
Featured photo - The U.S. Government’s Secret Plans to Spy for American Corporations Throughout the last year, the U.S. government has repeatedly insisted that it does not engage in economic and industrial espionage, in an effort to distinguish its … [Read More...]
Pentagon report: scope of intelligence compromised by Snowden ‘staggering’
A to assess the damage to national security from the leak of classified National Security Agency documents by Edward Snowden concluded that “the scope of the compromised knowledge related to US intelligence capabilities is staggering”. The Guardian … [Read More...]
NSA Blows Its Own Top Secret Program in Order to Propagandize
Over the last 40 years, the U.S. government has relied on extreme fear-mongering to demonize transparency. In sum, every time an unwanted whistleblower steps forward, we are treated to the same messaging: You’re all going to die because of these … [Read More...]
What the Proposed NSA Reforms Wouldn’t Do
All the plans purport to end the bulk phone records collection program, but there are big differences. This is part of an ongoing investigation: Surveillance ProPublica investigates the threats to privacy in an era of cellphones, data mining and … [Read More...]
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