Issues

Hardin, MT jail tries for detainees from Gitmo

April 27, 2009 - 11:32am

Economic development officials in Hardin are looking at the soon-to-close detention facility in Guantanamo Bay as a possible fix for the jail sitting empty in Hardin.

CIA warned not to destroy torture evidence

April 16, 2009 - 6:57pm

April 13, 2009

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF DEFENSE COUNSEL
OFFICE OF MILITARY COMMISSIONS

Leon E. Panetta
Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, DC 20505

RE: REQUEST TO PRESERVE CIA DETENTION FACILITIES USED TO DETAIN HIGH-VALUE DETAINEES—A.K.A. “BLACK SITES”

Dear Mr. Panetta:

James Bamford, author of The Spy Factory

March 1, 2009 - 1:17am

http://awr.dissentradio.com/09_02_09_bamford.mp3

Scott Horton interviews James Bamford, author of The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America. Bamford discusses the PBS Nova program The Spy Factory, the legality and efficacy of the NSA’s communications monitoring, the massive amounts of permanent archived data that required a new NSA data storage facility in Texas and the Israeli companies involved in intercepting highly sensitive communications for the U.S. government.

Body scanners replace metal detectors in tryout at Tulsa airport

February 18, 2009 - 11:54am

WASHINGTON — For the first time, some airline passengers will skip metal detectors and instead be screened by body scanning machines that look through clothing for hidden weapons, the Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday.