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Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif. Photo by Chris Maddaloni/ CQ Roll Call. Tuesday should have been a good day for Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif. Her signature issue in Congress -- reducing sexual assaults in the U.S. military -- had just been forcefully endorsed by President Barack Obama, Secretary of Defense ...
... talking about their sexual orientation, Web browsing, very, very invasive. And, unlike Europe, we have adopted the position that, if I surrender data to Google for one purpose, I abandon all expectation of privacy for it in all purposes. This is called the third-party doctrine. The Supreme Court, Justice ...
... In fact, local law enforcement continues to target large-scale illegal pot farms. And they're using fees collected from permitted growers to help pay for raids and officer training. Justice Department officials declined to comment on Mendocino's ordinance. And while the feds have yet to directly challenge the ...
... secret program of enhanced interrogations. At Abu Ghraib, a few sadistic prison guards abused inmates in violation of American law, military regulations, and simple decency. For the harm they did, to Iraqi prisoners and to America's cause, they deserved and received Army justice. And it takes a deeply unfair ...
... fully." "The responsibility of the Pakistani government should be one of cooperation and of action," she said. Mukherjee vowed to bring the militant leaders to justice. "The government of India is determined to act decisively to protect Indian territorial integrity and the right of our citizens to a peaceful life ...
Justice Minister John Senevirathne told reporters outside the National Hospital in Colombo, according to Reuters, "The foreign minister passed away." "He worked tirelessly for peace throughout his career. It is a great loss." Kadirgamar, a close confidant of President Chandrika Kumaratunga, died after being shot repeatedly, including twice in the ...
JEFFREY BROWN: And we now join the debate over the Patriot Act with Ken Wainstein, United States attorney for the District of Columbia. He formerly held several positions at the FBI; and Greg Nojeim, associate director and chief legislative council for the ACLU, the American Civil Liberties Union. Welcome to ...
LAURA BUSH: No, both. Both because of course the early program, the one I saw in Baltimore is for first graders, and that has a good outcome later in school for children. The one I saw today is a sports program that mentor -- JIM LEHRER: That's the one in ...
... buy significant quantities of uranium from Africa. TERENCE SMITH: To date, no weapons of mass destruction have been found in Iraq despite months of intensive searching. And the hand-in-glove nature of the intelligence cases presented by both leaders has led to extensive questioning of their rationales for war ...
In the second part of his interview with Jim Lehrer, Secretary of State Colin Powell discusses the future of U.S.-North Korea relations, and his views on the Iraq war. Part I: Secretary Powell discusses Syria and Middle East policy.
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