Dec 21 Watch Marines Face Charges for Deaths of Iraqi Civilians Eight Marines have been charged in the massacre of 24 Iraqi civilians in the town of Haditha last year. Prosecutors claim the Marines went on a killing spree in retaliation for an attack that killed a comrade; the defense says… Continue watching
Oct 03 Watch Newspaper Outlets Withheld Reporting on Foley E-mails Several news organizations knew months ago about the explicit messages that Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., sent to male congressional pages but decided not to report on them. One of the editors involved in the decision-making explains why. Continue watching
Aug 21 Watch 11 British Terror Plot Suspects Charged Eleven people were charged in Britain for allegedly plotting to blow up airliners going from Britain to the United States. Continue watching
Aug 21 Watch Reports Raise Concerns About Patient Euthanasia After Hurricane Katrina Recent controversial reports said five elderly and terminally ill patients who were abandoned and proclaimed dead in a New Orleans hospital immediately after Hurricane Katrina were euthanized by the hospital staff. Continue watching
Jun 07 Watch Marine Corps Head Urges Patience in Haditha Investigations In his first public comments since allegations concerning Iraqi civilian deaths in Haditha and Hamdaniya, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Michael Hagee took responsibility for the training of troops in Iraq, but said he would not resign. Two former Central Command… Continue watching
Jun 02 Watch Soldiers Cleared in Ishaqi Incident, Haditha Investigation Continues Despite the announcement late Friday that a military investigation had cleared soldiers in a March incident in the village of Ishaqi, the military is still conducting two investigations into the Haditha case, one to see if U.S. troops committed murder… Continue watching
May 26 Watch Military Investigators Conclude U.S. Marines Murdered Civilians in Haditha Military investigators are ready to conclude that U.S. Marines killed up to 24 civilians over several hours in Iraq last November, nearly double the number of deaths initially reported by the Marine Corps. New York Times Pentagon reporter Eric Schmitt… Continue watching
May 09 Watch Legislative Aide Admits He Tried to Illegally Influence His Boss for Abramoff Neil Volz, a one-time chief of staff to Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio), admitted in court Monday that he tried illegally to influence his former boss on Jack Abramoff's behalf. Experts discuss the Abramoff trial and the impact of Volz's testimony. Continue watching
May 08 Former Aide, Abramoff Associate Pleads Guilty in Lobby Probe By Admin, PBS News Hour A former congressional chief of staff and business associate of convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty Monday to charges in connection with the wide-ranging corruption and influence-peddling investigation by the Justice Department. Continue reading
Sep 06 Probes Launched Into Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina By Admin, PBS News Hour President Bush and Congress each announced on Tuesday that they would investigate the federal government's highly criticized response to Hurricane Katrina. Continue reading