(MintPress)-Amnesty International released its annual Death Sentences and Executions report on Tuesday, once again proving that the United States is a global leader, not in protecting human rights, but in violating them. The United State ranked 5th among countries with the most executions in 2011, following China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq. At least 20 […]
(MintPress)-Amnesty International released its annual Death Sentences and Executions report on Tuesday, once again proving that the United States is a global leader, not in protecting human rights, but in violating them. The United State ranked 5th among countries with the most executions in 2011, following China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq. At least 20 […]
(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 (AP) — In the fall of 2010, the FBI and New York Police Department were working together on a terrorism investigation on Long Island. The cyber case had been open for more than a year at the U.S. attorney’s office in Brooklyn. So, the Justice Department was surprised when, without notice, the NYPD […]
NEW YORK (AP) — In the fall of 2010, the FBI and New York Police Department were working together on a terrorism investigation on Long Island. The cyber case had been open for more than a year at the U.S. attorney’s office in Brooklyn. So, the Justice Department was surprised when, without notice, the NYPD […]
(MintPress)-The United States came under fire by rights group Amnesty International on Thursday as a shipment of U.S. weapons and explosives headed towards Egypt’s shoreline. Amnesty International hopes to block the shipment, expected to dock early next week, out of fear that the weapons will be used by Egyptian security forces to commit human rights […]
(MintPress)-The United States came under fire by rights group Amnesty International on Thursday as a shipment of U.S. weapons and explosives headed towards Egypt’s shoreline. Amnesty International hopes to block the shipment, expected to dock early next week, out of fear that the weapons will be used by Egyptian security forces to commit human rights […]
NEW YORK (AP) — At the large public housing project in New York City where he lived, outsiders knew him as a quiet family man. But federal prosecutors say Hector Xavier Monsegur was an Internet saboteur known as Sabu. During the Arab spring, prosecutors say he hacked into government Web sites in Tunisia, Yemen and […]
NEW YORK (AP) — At the large public housing project in New York City where he lived, outsiders knew him as a quiet family man. But federal prosecutors say Hector Xavier Monsegur was an Internet saboteur known as Sabu. During the Arab spring, prosecutors say he hacked into government Web sites in Tunisia, Yemen and […]
(MintPress)—Attorney General Eric Holder outlined the legal framework for the use of legal force in targeted killings of Americans overseas on Monday after five months of pressure from civil rights groups to release information about the drone attack that killed U.S. citizen Anwar al-Aulaqi, a senior al-Qaeda recruiter living in Yemen. Since September 2011, three […]
(MintPress)—Attorney General Eric Holder outlined the legal framework for the use of legal force in targeted killings of Americans overseas on Monday after five months of pressure from civil rights groups to release information about the drone attack that killed U.S. citizen Anwar al-Aulaqi, a senior al-Qaeda recruiter living in Yemen. Since September 2011, three […]
Generals Vides Casanova (Right) & General Garcia (Left) (MintPress)–A Florida immigration judge has taken the first step in the deportation of former Salvadoran top military commander, Gen. Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova, who is accused of assisting in severe human rights violations, including the murder of several Americans during the country’s civil war in the 1980s. […]
Generals Vides Casanova (Right) & General Garcia (Left) (MintPress)–A Florida immigration judge has taken the first step in the deportation of former Salvadoran top military commander, Gen. Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova, who is accused of assisting in severe human rights violations, including the murder of several Americans during the country’s civil war in the 1980s. […]
