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CIA's harsh interrogation techniques: three key memos now online
The most detailed documents describing the Central Intelligence Agency’s secret interrogation, rendition, and detention program are now online in the American Civil Liberties Union’s new Torture Database. Here are three of the most important memos of the 5,000-plus that the ACLU obtained through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and legal challenges going back to 2003, according to Alexander Abdo, staff attorney for the ACLU’s National Security Project.
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Tax day 2011: Four ways to protect your tax returns from data thieves
Tax-related identity theft is the fastest growing kind of identity theft. Between 2005 and 2009 complaints to the Federal Trade Commission tripled from 11,000 to nearly 34,000, according to a Scripps Howard News Service investigation. Thieves steal personal information to use for themselves or sell, or they take it to divert a tax refund into their own pockets. Identity theft, as a whole, is on the decline, but the abundance of personal information in circulation during tax season makes it a prime time for thieves to strike. Here are four tips for keeping your information safe:
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Congress says photos of abused detainees can remain secret
Congress passed a new law Tuesday that allows the Obama administration to keep secret photos of detainees alleged to have been abused by US military and intelligence personnel.
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Reversing course, White House will release visitor logs
The records will be available to the public for the first time in history. The change came as a result of Freedom of Information Act lawsuits filed by a watchdog group.
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US intel chief says no Iran nukes possible before 2013A declassified memo from a briefing US intelligence chief Dennis Blair gave in February sheds light on how the US views Iran, Al Qaeda, and Afghanistan.
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Air Force One flyover fiasco - private emails compare it to Three Stooges -
Opinion: Obama's disappointing secrecy
He promised openness. Instead, like Bush's, his administration wants the power to keep Congress in the dark on some intelligence activities.
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Spy satellite mystery, part two
The US government's official reason for shooting down the failed satellite last year doesn't fly, say some.
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Alaska's tab for ethics complaints about Palin: $1.9 million
It's a tiny fraction of the state's operating budget, but Palin supporters insist the cost weighed heavily on the soon-to-be-ex-governor.
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Why Saddam Hussein lied about Iraq's weapons of mass destructionThe former dictator was afraid of looking weak to Iran, according to newly declassified interviews he had with an FBI agent.
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CIA to Obama: Keep interrogations secret
Is the agency urging secrecy to prevent embarrassing disclosures or to protect counterterrorism operations?
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On White House visitor list, Obama’s 'transparency' is murky
Critics say the president is acting like Bush by preventing visitor logs from becoming public.
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Guantanamo Bay detainee: I make up stories
Newly released information suggests that harsh interrogation techniques could lead to false information.
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Terror memos authorized harsh interrogation techniques
Obama releases four secret memos detailing detainee treatment under Bush. Human rights groups slam his promise not to prosecute intelligence officials.
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Obama gets mixed reviews on government 'openness'
Some advocates say his policies on federal whistleblowers are too much like Bush’s.
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Animal-rights activists get personal in wave of California attacks
Last week's firebombing of a UCLA scientist's car is the latest in a string of incidents.
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The Vote
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FBI: Ivins held identical anthrax strain
The scientist was the sole custodian of anthrax spores genetically identical to the powder used in 2001 attacks, say documents unsealed Wednesday.
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Six picks: recommendations from the Monitor staff
Richie Havens's latest gently impassioned CD, sixties design in an electrifyingly colorful book, cable hit "Mad Men" on their second season, and more.
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NASA plays down its air safety report
It faults the methods used in the controversial study and says flying is safe in the US.
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