White House Official Caught Plagiarizing

A special assistant to President Bush has admitted lifting passages from a 1998 article he did not write and using them in his own newspaper column, as bloggers continue to...

Continue reading "White House Official Caught Plagiarizing"

February 29, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (34)

U.S. Watch List at Record High, FBI Confirms

The FBI's terror watch list contains roughly 900,000 records, a bureau spokesman said Thursday, confirming an earlier estimate by the American Civil Liberties Union. Earlier this week, FBI spokesman Chad...

Continue reading "U.S. Watch List at Record High, FBI Confirms"

February 29, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (0)

In Baghdad, U.S. Embassy Project Faces New Scrutiny

The State Department has ordered a "top-to-bottom" examination of its beleaguered Baghdad embassy project, and it has pushed back the date for the complex's opening, McClatchy reports. Already tens of...

Continue reading "In Baghdad, U.S. Embassy Project Faces New Scrutiny"

February 28, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (3)

Guilty Plea in NFL Dirty Bomb Hoax

A Wisconsin man pleaded guilty in New Jersey federal court today to repeatedly posting a dirty bomb threat to the Internet -- one that claimed terrorists would detonate radiation-spewing truck...

Continue reading "Guilty Plea in NFL Dirty Bomb Hoax "

February 28, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (8)

Aid Groups in Pakistan Pack Up After Execution-Style Attack

About half of the aid groups operating in Mansehra district of northwest Pakistan have pulled out or shut down after gunmen staged a brazen and highly sophisticated attack that killed...

Continue reading "Aid Groups in Pakistan Pack Up After Execution-Style Attack"

February 28, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (2)

ACLU: 900,000 Names on U.S. Terror Watch Lists

The FBI now keeps a list of over 900,000 names belonging to known or suspected terrorists, the American Civil Liberties Union said today. If that number is accurate, it would...

Continue reading "ACLU: 900,000 Names on U.S. Terror Watch Lists"

February 27, 2008 in FBI | Permalink | User Comments (44)

Public Broadcasting Activists Refute McCain Campaign 'Facts' on FCC Letters

A public broadcasting activist is accusing Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign of lying in its statements rebutting last week's New York Times story about McCain's connections to Washington lobbyist Vicki...

Continue reading "Public Broadcasting Activists Refute McCain Campaign 'Facts' on FCC Letters"

February 26, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (16)

Despite Charges, Renzi Will Stay On

Thirty-five counts won't keep Rick Renzi down. The Arizona congressman will not step down in the face of a federal indictment handed down last Friday, he announced in a press...

Continue reading "Despite Charges, Renzi Will Stay On"

February 25, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (8)

Out of the Mouths of Babes: Woman Steals From Infant Nutrition Program

A federal jury in New York found the director of a program that provides nutritional counseling to expectant mothers and mothers of small children guilty of defrauding the program of...

Continue reading "Out of the Mouths of Babes: Woman Steals From Infant Nutrition Program"

February 25, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (5)

Despite Downturn, Lobbyists Raking In Record Revenues

For many Americans, the nation's economic downturn is causing serious pain: the housing market is collapsing, employment is slowing, credit is tightening. But in Washington, the lobbyists who push their...

Continue reading "Despite Downturn, Lobbyists Raking In Record Revenues"

February 25, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (4)