Bigger budget, high-profile special envoys, expanded role dealing with econ crisis.
Lesbian's brutal gang rape investigated
Lesbian's brutal gang rape investigated
Study to determine if attack linked to recent anti-LGBT initiative Prop. 8.
Results Of DOJ Probe Into Siegelman Prosecution To Be Released In 'Near Future'
DOJ's Office Of Professional Responsibility expects "in the near future" to complete its probe into allegations of politicized prosecution in the Siegelman case, according to a letter from the DOJ sent to Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) yesterday. The letter also reveals that the OPR is looking into the allegations of improper communications between jurors and members of the prosecution team during Siegelman's trial.
DOJ's Office Of Professional Responsibility expects "in the near future" to complete its probe into allegations of politicized prosecution in the Siegelman case, according to a letter from the DOJ sent to Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) yesterday. The letter also reveals that the OPR is looking into the allegations of improper communications between jurors and members of the prosecution team during Siegelman's trial.
Obama To Attend Private Memorial Service For Grandmother
Emanuel Off On Africa Vacation As Blago Report Due
Treasury agrees to $3.3 billion 'injection' to credit card provider.
US Warns Russia Against Selling Missiles to Iran US warns Russia against Iran missile sales, says it threatens troops in Iraq, Afghanistan U.S. officials said Monday that they want answers from Russia on whether it is selling advanced surface-to-air missiles to Iran, a move the U.S. insists could threaten American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Iraq to start 2nd bidding round for oil, gas contracts Iraqi Ministry of Oil has announced it will open its second licensing round for international companies to develop the country's oil and gas fields at the end of the year, according to a ministry statement received by Xinhua on Tuesday. The statement said that Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani will announce the petroleum fields that his ministry intends to develop in cooperation with the pre-qualified international oil companies on Dec. 31.
Iraq to start 2nd bidding round for oil, gas contracts Iraqi Ministry of Oil has announced it will open its second licensing round for international companies to develop the country's oil and gas fields at the end of the year, according to a ministry statement received by Xinhua on Tuesday. The statement said that Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani will announce the petroleum fields that his ministry intends to develop in cooperation with the pre-qualified international oil companies on Dec. 31.
xtend December 31 deadline British commanders have been forced to plan for an immediate withdrawal from Iraq after the country’s parliament failed to vote on a resolution that would allow British troops to stay beyond the end of the year. The Speaker of the Iraqi parliament suspended moves to approve the resolution after a group of MPs called for his resignation. The resolution failed to pass for a second time on Sunday and its passage after a third reading is now in doubt.Did KBR Expose Troops to Toxin? CBS News: American Soldiers Are Dying of Lung Cancer - And May Have Been Knowingly Exposed The military contractor Kellogg Brown and Root, known as KBR, has won more than $28 billion in U.S. military contracts since the beginning of the Iraq war. KBR may be facing a new scandal. First, accusations its then-parent company [Cheney's] Halliburton was given the lucrative contract. And later, allegations of shoddy construction oversight that resulted in Americans getting electrocuted. Now, some other American soldiers say the company knowingly put their lives at risk, CBS News reports.
Federal Regulator Allowed Backdating of Capital Infusion at IndyMac, Other Institutions Two months before IndyMac Bancorp collapsed in July, at a cost of $8.9 billion to taxpayers, a top federal banking regulator allowed the bank to backdate a capital infusion and gloss over its deepening problems, the Treasury Department’s independent investigator said Monday. In what industry analysts said was an example of the excessively cozy relations between high-flying subprime lenders and federal bank regulators, the Office of Thrift Supervision’s West Coast director allowed IndyMac’s parent company to backdate an $18 million contribution to preserve its status as a "well-capitalized" institution. Investigators reported that similar officially approved backdating appears to have occurred at other financial institutions, though they did not name them.
The Huffington Post Slammed for Content Theft The Huffington Post, a venture-capital-backed new media site that mixes links to other sites content with hundreds of celebrity and volunteer blogger posts, is being accused of slimy business practices by a handful of smaller publications who say the site is unfairly copying and publishing their content. Whet Moser, an editor at alternative weekly Chicago Reader wants to know why The Huffington Post's newly formed Chicago-focused venture is stealing their copyrighted concert reviews and reprinting them in whole in order to get search engine traffic.
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) Calls for Independent Counsel to Investigate Cheney and Rumsfeld for Violating Torture Laws — Democratic Congressman Jerrold Nadler of New York has urged Attorney General Michael Mukasey to appoint an independent counsel to investigate Vice President Dick Cheney …
Obama Transition Names More National Security Staff — Tuesday, President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden announced the nomination of key members of their national security team, including James B. Steinberg for Deputy Secretary of State, and Jacob Lew for Deputy Secretary of State …
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