State Dept. axes Iraq private eye contractInvestigators would've aided US officials in Iraq; US senator questioned deal.
Over 80% of states report job losses
U.S. Pressed to Turn Over Detainee Papers --British Court Blasts Inaction, Says Documents Are Vital to Guantanamo Case The British High Court yesterday condemned the U.S. government's failure to turn over intelligence documents that could support the claims of a British resident [Binyam Mohammed] held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who has argued that statements he made confessing to terrorism resulted from torture and are, therefore, worthless.
McCain campaign paid Republican operative accused of voter fraud John McCain paid $175,000 of campaign money to a Republican operative accused of massive voter registration fraud in several states, it has emerged. As the McCain camp attempts to tie Barack Obama to claims of registration irregularities by the activist group ACORN, campaign finance records detailing the payment to the firm of Nathan Sproul, investigated several times for fraud, threatens to derail that argument.
McCain raises spectre of nuclear war John McCain raised the spectre of nuclear war as he struggled to overcome rival Barack Obama’s widening lead in the polls with just 14 days left in the epic race to the White House... The next president "won’t have time to get used to the office," the Republican said at a rally on Tuesday. "I sat in the cockpit on the flight deck of the USS Enterprise off of Cuba. I had a target," McInsane said, referring to the 1962 Cuban Missile crisis. "I know how close we came to a nuclear war and I will not be a president that needs to be tested. I have been tested. Senator Obama has not."
Iraq says won't be bullied into signing US pact --Baghdad rejects US military chief's warning over failure to materialise deal Iraq will not be bullied into signing a security pact with the United States despite top US leaders warning of potentially dire consequences if it does not, the government spokesman said on Wednesday. Ali al-Dabbagh blasted US military chief Admiral Michael Mullen for saying that Baghdad faced the potential of significant losses if a deal is not concluded to keep American forces in Iraq beyond year end.
Court rejects public hearing on Blackwater guards' deaths in Iraq A federal appeals court has ruled that a hearing on the deaths of Cleveland native Jerko "Jerry" Zovko and three other Blackwater guards in Iraq will go to private arbitration, a decision that probably ends a public investigation into their gruesome deaths in 2004. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday dismissed a petition by the families of the deceased guards -- Zovko, Stephen Helveston, Mike Teague and Wesley Batalona -- to move the case into public courts.
Senate Offices Receive Bomb Threats The U.S. Capitol Police are investigating bomb threats to "several" Senate offices, though so far the department has not felt the need to evacuate any offices or buildings on the congressional campus. Roll Call reports that a total of five Senate offices have received threats.
ABC: Letter Threatens Chase Bank CEO, 'You Will Be Killed' The U.S. Postal Inspection Service posted a $100,000 reward late Wednesday for information about a flurry of threatening letters sent to JP Morgan Chase facilities, its CEO Jamie Dimon, and several federal banking offices around the country this week. "You need to be pay back. You will be killed in 10 days," one of the typewritten letters read, federal law enforcement officials told ABC News. Another letter, addressed to the JP Morgan Chase CEO, Jamie Dimon, in New York, threatened a series of attacks ending in an [inside job] Oklahoma City-like bombing.
Homeland Security to Change Airline Boarding Process The Department of Homeland Security will take responsibility from airlines for checking passenger names against watch lists beginning in January and will require all commercial passengers for the first time to provide their full name, date of birth and gender as a condition of boarding a flight, U.S. officials said today. The changes will be phased in next year for the 2 million passengers each day aboard domestic and international flights to, from or over the United States.
Biden lashes out at corporate greed in Colo. stop Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said Wednesday that Barack Obama will attack corporate greed and go after executives who reward themselves at the expense of employees. Biden took direct aim at executives who draw big salaries while leading failed companies where employees are losing pensions. "Their pensions go first," he told a roaring crowd.
3,000 professors sign to support Ayers — Editor's Note: Stephanie Bernhard is a writer for the Brown Daily Herald, the leading news source for Brown University. This article was brought to CNN.com by UWIRE, the leading provider of student-generated content.
Campaign trail for Thursday:
Obama-Biden team:
10/23 Barack in Indianapolis, IN (LIVE) @ 11am EST
10/23 Joe in Charlotte, NC (LIVE) @ 10:30am EST
10/23 Joe in Winston-Salem, NC (LIVE) @ 2:15pm EST
10/23 Joe in Raleigh, NC (LIVE) @ 7pm EST
McCain-Palin team
10/23
Campaign Rally in Ormond Beach, FL
Road to Victory Rally in Denver, CO
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