by Medha Imam | Mar 2, 2015 | Business, Living
WASHINGTON — American motorists may soon sense Big Brother peering through their rearview mirrors as the government now has a way of monitoring automobiles. Experts on Monday said the government acknowledges privacy, safety and security concerns that may surface from...
by Tara Longardner | Mar 2, 2015 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON–Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking to a pro-Israel group one day before his controversial visit to Capitol Hill, said Monday he feared a proposed nuclear deal between the U.S. and Iran would imperil Israel’s security. “I have a...
by Tanner Howard | Mar 2, 2015 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON – White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest, questioned about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial trip to Washington, said Monday the Israeli-U.S. relationship cannot be reduced to a battle between “political parties.” Earnest fielded...
by Madeline Fox | Mar 2, 2015 | Topics
ARLINGTON, Va. – An Army Air Force sergeant, shot down during World War II, was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery today as part of the Defense Department’s new effort to account for missing Americans. Army Air Force Tech Sgt. Charles L. Johnston was the...
by Jesse Kirsch | Mar 2, 2015 | National Security
WASHINGTON—As Congress hurries to fund the Department of Homeland Security, the House Democratic Whip said on Monday the GOP majority is splintered, making the job in the week ahead a challenge. A whip’s job is to know how members of Congress will vote; so you could...
by Paige Leskin | Mar 2, 2015 | National Security
By Paige Leskin GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba — Although the Pentagon late Thursday reversed its order that the judge presiding over the USS Cole bombing trial had to move to Guantanamo for the duration of the proceedings, lawyers for the man accused of in the attack...
by Joshua Rosenblat | Mar 2, 2015 | Topics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in a case questioning whether the statements made by a 3-1/2-year-old boy to his preschool teachers about suspected child abuse qualified as “testimonial hearsay.” In March 2010, teachers at...
by Medha Imam | Feb 27, 2015 | Business
By Medha Imam Rebecca Ayers crawls out of bed with her phone in tow and ambles into her home office. From the moment she wakes up to the second she clocks out, Ayers leads a team of workers from three different states through a trail of instant messages,...
by Tyler Pager | Feb 27, 2015 | National Security
By Tyler Pager GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba – The Pentagon rescinded its order Friday that forced military judges to relocate to Guantanamo Bay. The order, known as Change 1, was an effort to speed up the military commissions, but instead delayed proceedings in both...
by Paige Leskin | Feb 27, 2015 | National Security
By Tyler Pager and Paige Leskin GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — Three of the highest ranking military legal officers will testify Friday afternoon on whether the Pentagon was unlawfully involved in the USS Cole bombing trial. The presiding judge, Air Force...
by Tyler Pager | Feb 27, 2015 | National Security
By Tyler Pager and Paige Leskin The court will hear testimony Friday from The Judge Advocate Generals of the U.S. Army and the U.S Air Force. The defense called the two officials to speak on a senior Pentagon official’s order that the military judge must move to...
by Tyler Pager | Feb 26, 2015 | National Security
[rev_slider DowntownGitmo] Downtown Guantanamo Bay looks like any American small town. It has two outdoor movie theaters, a large sports complex, a McDonald’s, a bowling alley and a library. It offers service members and their families the opportunity to...
