Secret CIA flights to Greenland reported Denmark will investigate claims that the CIA secretly used an airport on the Nordic country's remote Arctic territory of Greenland to transport prisoners in the U.S. war on [of] terror, the prime minister said Thursday.
Hicks could be paid $1m for story Former Guantanamo Bay prisoner, David Hicks, is fielding lucrative offers for his story and reportedly could be paid up to a million dollars in a major test of proceeds of crime laws. News Limited reports as many as 30 TV networks and publishers have made contact with his Adelaide-based lawyer. Hicks was freed from South Australia's Yatala prison on December 29, and remains under a US-imposed gag order until March.
Lawsuit Challenges Bush Administration's Sell-off of 30 Million Acres of Critical Polar Bear Habitat for Fossil Fuel Development Today conservationists and Alaska Natives filed suit in federal court challenging the Bush administration’s plan to sell 30 million acres of prime polar bear habitat for oil and gas development in the Chukchi Sea off the coast of Alaska. The administration has fast-tracked the oil lease sale while at the same time illegally delaying a final Endangered Species Act listing decision for the polar bear, which is threatened both by global warming and additional threats such as oil spills and industrial activity in the Arctic.
Judges meet behind closed doors over KBR contractors A federal appeals panel, meeting behind closed doors Wednesday, heard arguments over whether three cases involving KBR mercenaries injured or killed in Iraq should be revived and go before juries. In the hourlong hearing, the three-judge panel at the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans probed lawyers for the victims and KBR about a deadly April 2004 attack on a KBR truck convoy, in which six workers were killed, one went missing and others were injured, according to two lawyers who were present.
DHS Announces $12.14B for Border Security, Immigration Enforcement Efforts U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff previewed today a 19 percent increase over Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 in funding for border security and immigration enforcement efforts in FY 2009. This represents a more than 150 percent increase since President [sic] Bush has been in office.
Bush 2009 Budget to Freeze Most Domestic Programs President [sic] Bush's 2009 budget will virtually freeze most domestic programs and seek nearly $200 billion in savings from federal health care programs, a senior administration official said Thursday. Bush will propose nearly $178 billion in savings from Medicare - a number that's nearly triple what he proposed last year.
Romney Raised $9 Million, Loaned Himself $18 Million — The Romney campaign has released information about its fundraising for the fourth quarter of 2007. In that period, Romney raised $9 million and loaned …
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