Attorney General Holder defends execution without charges

Attorney General Holder defends execution without charges

By Glenn Greenwald                   In a speech at Northwestern University yesterday, Attorney General Eric Holder provided the most detailed explanation yet for why the Obama administration believes it has the authority to secretly target U.S. citizens for execution by the CIA without even charging them with a […]

The many deaths of Osama bin Laden

The many deaths of Osama bin Laden

  A look back at the years of false reports that preceded Sunday night’s announcement of the real thing   By Justin Elliott May 2, 2011 Salon.com         Photo credit: AP The false reports of Osama bin Laden’s death began almost immediately after Sept. 11, 2001, and persisted at a rate of […]

Embarrassed TSA goes after whistle-blowing pilot

He posts YouTube videos of security loopholes at SFO, and instead of remedying them, the agency attacks him By Patrick Smith It wasn’t me. I almost wish that it was, but it wasn’t. I am not the pilot who found himself in hot water for posting scandalous security videos on YouTube. The pilot, whose name […]