Feb 08 Watch Shields and Brooks on DOJ Drone Memo, Brennan Hearing, Syria Strategy Shields and Brooks on DOJ Drone Memo, Brennan Hearing, Syria Strategy… Continue watching
Feb 08 Watch White House, Cabinet Split on What to Do About Civil War in Syria White House, Cabinet Split on What to Do About Civil War in Syria… Continue watching
Feb 08 Brennan Welcomes 'Discussion' About Drones, Defends Policy on Strikes Protesters hold signs as John Brennan arrives to testify at his confirmation hearing Thursday. Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. As President Obama's choice to be the next director of the CIA, John Brennan faced tough questions Thursday at… Continue reading
Feb 07 A Look at Senate Appointees as Cowan Joins Their Ranks Vice President Joe Biden, right, swears in Senator-designate William "Mo" Cowan Thursday. Cowan will fill the senate seat vacated by Secretary of State John Kerry, left, until a special election in June. Also pictured are Sen. Elizabeth Warren, second… Continue reading
Feb 07 Watch California Shooter May Have Named Victims in Online List Ray Suarez talks with Frank Stoltze of Southern California Public Radio about the manhunt for Christopher Dorner, a former police officer believed to be on a deadly shooting spree. Dorner is thought to have killed the daughter of a police… Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch Brennan Defends Drone, Intelligence Policies at CIA Confirmation Hearing Brennan Defends Intelligence, Drone Policies at CIA Confirmation Hearing… Continue watching
Feb 07 Gwen's Take: Happy 100th Birthday, Rosa Parks Rosa Parks would have celebrated her 100th birthday Monday. The civil rights leader died in 2005. Photo by Associated Press. We know instinctively that not everything we come to believe as history is true. But we want it to… Continue reading
Feb 07 Meet Mo Cowan, Massachusetts's Newest Senator Sen. William 'Mo' Cowan, D-Mass. Photo by Reuters/Brian Snyder. Never before in the history of our nation have two African-Americans served in the U.S. Senate at the same time. That is, until Democrat William "Mo" Cowan was sworn… Continue reading
Feb 07 Tale of Abuse in Los Angeles Archdiocese All Too Familiar for Catholic Church Cardinal Roger Mahony, left, greets Archbishop Jose Gomez during a Mass in Los Angeles in May 2010. Gomez stripped Mahony of all public and administrative duties following the Archodiocese of Los Angeles' release of files naming priests… Continue reading
Feb 07 Brennan Hearing Spotlights Drone Attacks and Targeted Killings By Larisa Epatko Torture techniques and targeted killings came up at the top of CIA director nominee John Brennan's Senate confirmation hearing Thursday. "I never believe it's better to kill a terrorist than detain him," because of the information detainees could provide, he… Continue reading