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ATF Surge in Texas | Print |  E-mail
Written by Alex Newman   
Saturday, 04 July 2009 00:00

gunsAt the behest of the Mexican government, federal agents are scouring the streets of Houston in search of guns and information. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives recently sent 100 agents from around the country to do the job. The plan is part of the ATF’s project Gunrunner, the agency’s battle plan to slow the flow of American guns into Mexico.

 
Crime and No Punishment in Massachusetts | Print |  E-mail
Written by Thomas R. Eddlem   
Monday, 29 June 2009 11:00

criminalI wasn’t surprised to see one of my local newspapers, the Brockton Enterprise, publish a story about a 36-year-old career criminal being arraigned on his 143rd charge in court this week.

 
Guantanamo Defense Lawyers Point to "Black Site" Torture | Print |  E-mail
Written by Thomas R. Eddlem   
Friday, 03 July 2009 11:45

courtroom sketch of Ahmed GhailaniDefense lawyers for a former Guantanamo Bay detainee have won a partial victory in opening up the torture at secret CIA prisons around the world during the Bush administration.

 
U.S. Attorney Tries to Kill Book Exposing Terrorism | Print |  E-mail
Written by William F. Jasper   
Monday, 15 June 2009 17:45

A major battle over censorship is igniting. Since October 2007, United States Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has been trying to kill a book that paints him in an unfavorable light. A new edition of TRIPLE CROSS: How Bin Laden's Master Spy Penetrated the CIA, the Green Berets, and the FBI by Peter Lance is due to be released on June 16, at a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

 
Late-term Abortion Provider George Tiller Killed | Print |  E-mail
Written by Steven J. DuBord   
Monday, 01 June 2009 17:00

George TillerGeorge R. Tiller, the nation's most prominent provider of controversial late-term abortions, was shot and killed yesterday in the lobby of his Lutheran church in Wichita, where he was serving as an usher,” the Washington Post reported on June 1. Tiller specialized in performing abortions during the final stages of pregnancy, when the baby is far along in development and, in most cases, could survive outside the womb with proper medical treatment.

 
Guantanamo Recidivism: Numbers Inflated? | Print |  E-mail
Written by Thomas R. Eddlem   
Wednesday, 27 May 2009 10:40

Guantanamo detaineeThe New York Times published an article on May 20 that divulged that “an unreleased Pentagon report concludes that about one in seven of the 534 prisoners already transferred abroad from the detention center in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, are engaged in terrorism or militant activity, according to administration officials.”

 
Conservative Judge Napolitano: Bush Is a Felon | Print |  E-mail
Written by Thomas R. Eddlem   
Friday, 08 May 2009 18:00

Judge NapolitanoConservative Fox News Commentator and former district judge Andrew Napolitano said President George W. Bush is likely a felon in a May 8 broadcast over the Fox News Network. The criticism comes as the first nationally televised criminal accusation from both a prominent conservative as well as from a veteran judge.

 
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