Daily Archives: March 22, 2009 »
Medical marijuana raid raises question: What’s Obama policy?
By Michael Doyle | WASHINGTON — A recent Drug Enforcement Administration raid on a South Lake Tahoe, Calif., medical marijuana dispensary showcases one of the legal conflicts inherited by the Obama administration. The Jan.
Read More »UN Launches Probe of Secret Detention Sites
By Lisa Schlein | U.N. human rights investigators are launching a year-long global investigation into secret places of detention. They note the use of such facilities has increased since the global war on terror
Read More »Thousands protest anniversary of Iraq war
They want troops out now, fear that Obama is ‘stalling’ By Nafeesa Syeed | WASHINGTON — Before war protesters ended their demonstration yesterday afternoon, several placed cardboard coffins in front of the offices of
Read More »Blackwater sued in US court over alleged cover-up
The widow of a 32-year-old Iraqi has filed suit in a federal court against private security firm Xe, formerly Blackwater, for allegedly trying to hide that her husband was killed by one of its
Read More »CIA Has 3,000 Docs on Torture Tapes
The CIA has about 3,000 documents related to the 92 destroyed videotapes that showed “war on terror” detainees being subjected to harsh interrogations, the Justice Department has disclosed, suggesting an extensive back-and-forth between CIA
Read More »10 government databases ‘will break the law’
By David Leppard | AT least 10 of the giant government databases built or planned by ministers unlawfully breach privacy, according to a report. The computer registers — including the DNA database, the national
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