Jul 27 On Tuesday's NewsHour... IMPACT OF LEAKED WAR DOCUMENTS | A day after the release of more than 75,000 classified Afghan war documents by WikiLeaks through popular newspapers, Washington is still feeling the impact of the massive leak. Jim Lehrer talks to Republican… Continue reading
Jul 27 Obama Still Supports Energy Bill, Says Afghan Papers Could Jeopardize 'Individuals or Operations' By News Desk President Obama spoke to reporters Tuesday after meeting with a bipartisan group of lawmakers at the White House. In brief comments, the president said that despite political setbacks on the scope of an energy bill, he still supports the… Continue reading
Jul 27 A Closer Look at WikiLeaks' Past, Future By Dave Gustafson While some cheer the mission of the WikiLeaks website and the secret material it has disclosed, the site continues to rankle U.S. government officials who say it poses threats to national security, lives and diplomatic matters. Continue reading
Jul 27 The Morning Line: Debating the War By Terence Burlij Two events on Capitol Hill Tuesday will keep the intensifying debate over the Afghanistan war effort in the spotlight. The House of Representatives may vote as early as today on the slimmed down $60 billion war supplemental bill passed by… Continue reading
Jul 27 Tuesday: BP's Hayward Exits as CEO as Company Reports $17B Loss By Maureen Hoch After days of speculation, BP made it official early Tuesday: embattled CEO Tony Hayward will step down from his post and be replaced by American Robert Dudley on Oct. 1. The news comes as the company, which is still… Continue reading
Jul 27 Watch Wartime Security Breach of Afghan War Files Concerns Senators Jim Lehrer speaks with Sens. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Republican Kit Bond of Missouri about national security concerns about WikiLeaks publishing sensitive information about the Afghan war and potentially helping enemies. Continue watching
Jul 27 Watch WikiLeaks Files' 'Potential Threat' Continues to Rattle Washington Fallout from the WikiLeaks publication of Afghan war documents continued to reverberate in Washington Tuesday with the chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff calling it a "potential threat" to American lives. It was also center stage in debate in Congress… Continue watching
Jul 26 On Monday's NewsHour... WIKILEAKS RELEASES AFGHAN RECORDS | More than 75,000 classified documents detailing five years of war in Afghanistan were released by the website WikiLeaks and reported on by major news organizations Monday. Jeffrey Brown talks to Steve Coll, president of… Continue reading
Jul 26 What New Library of Congress Rules Mean for Mashups, iPhone Jailbreaking People who own iPhones will now be able to crack electronic locks on them, allowing them to install applications that might not have Apple's blessing, according to new rules announced Monday by the U.S. government. The primary source for all… Continue reading
Jul 26 Khmer Rouge Prison Warden to Serve 19 Years for War Crimes By Jada F. Smith The U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal charged with investigating the notorious "killing fields" regime in Cambodia handed down its first verdict Monday, sentencing the warden of a violent Khmer Rouge prison to 35 years in prison -- a sentence that… Continue reading