(NEW YORK) MintPress — Another day, another controversy over a national security issue. This time, the Obama administration has approved guidelines that allow counterterrorism officials to increase the amount of time they can keep information about an American resident even if the material doesn’t show the person has any connection to terrorism. That means the National Counterterrorism […]
(NEW YORK) MintPress — Another day, another controversy over a national security issue. This time, the Obama administration has approved guidelines that allow counterterrorism officials to increase the amount of time they can keep information about an American resident even if the material doesn’t show the person has any connection to terrorism. That means the National Counterterrorism […]
(NEW YORK) MintPress — When The New York Times dropped the bombshell in December, 2005 that President George W. Bush had secretly authorized the National Security Agency (NSA) to eavesdrop on Americans and other people inside the U.S. to search for evidence of terrorist activity without the court-approved warrants usually required for domestic spying, the nation was stunned. […]
(NEW YORK) MintPress — When The New York Times dropped the bombshell in December, 2005 that President George W. Bush had secretly authorized the National Security Agency (NSA) to eavesdrop on Americans and other people inside the U.S. to search for evidence of terrorist activity without the court-approved warrants usually required for domestic spying, the nation was stunned. […]
(MintPress)—Speculation about what is actually happening on the ground in Syria is intensifying as the government of President Bashar al-Assad continues to flex its military and political muscle. On Tuesday, Damascus angrily rejected reports that Moscow had sent Russian troops to support the regime against the Syrian opposition, calling them baseless and untrue. Russia’s defence ministry supported Assad’s assertion, […]
(MintPress)—Speculation about what is actually happening on the ground in Syria is intensifying as the government of President Bashar al-Assad continues to flex its military and political muscle. On Tuesday, Damascus angrily rejected reports that Moscow had sent Russian troops to support the regime against the Syrian opposition, calling them baseless and untrue. Russia’s defence ministry supported Assad’s assertion, […]
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — “Pink slime” just went from a simmer to a boil. In less than a week this month, the stomach-turning epithet for ammonia-treated ground beef filler suddenly became a potent rallying cry by activists fighting to ban the product from supermarket shelves and school lunch trays. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is […]
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — “Pink slime” just went from a simmer to a boil. In less than a week this month, the stomach-turning epithet for ammonia-treated ground beef filler suddenly became a potent rallying cry by activists fighting to ban the product from supermarket shelves and school lunch trays. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is […]
(MintPress) – In the Republican presidential debates, economic ideology oftentimes takes the for of free market arguments and capitalism. And then there’s Ron Paul’s rhetoric about the gold standard – an economic structure the United States has not used since 1933. Wednesday marked 112 years since the Gold Standard Act had been initiated into the […]
(MintPress) – In the Republican presidential debates, economic ideology oftentimes takes the for of free market arguments and capitalism. And then there’s Ron Paul’s rhetoric about the gold standard – an economic structure the United States has not used since 1933. Wednesday marked 112 years since the Gold Standard Act had been initiated into the […]
(MintPress) – When President Barack Obama unveiled nation defense plans in early January that involved downsizing the United States military, the criticism poured in. Despite Pentagon officials’ reassurance that the military would still surely be strong enough to take on any perceived threats, opponents of the downsizing said the move would make America weaker and not allocate […]
(MintPress) – When President Barack Obama unveiled nation defense plans in early January that involved downsizing the United States military, the criticism poured in. Despite Pentagon officials’ reassurance that the military would still surely be strong enough to take on any perceived threats, opponents of the downsizing said the move would make America weaker and not allocate […]
(MintPress)—British Petroleum (BP) recently announced it has reached an estimated $7.8 billion settlement with the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee (PSC) in order to resolve economic loss, property damage and medical claims from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, pending final approval by U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier. While negotiators […]
(MintPress)—British Petroleum (BP) recently announced it has reached an estimated $7.8 billion settlement with the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee (PSC) in order to resolve economic loss, property damage and medical claims from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, pending final approval by U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier. While negotiators […]
