Bank of America Offers U.S. Biggest Settlement in History Over Toxic Mortgage LoansAfter months of lowball offers and heels dug in, it took only 24 hours for Bank of America to suddenly cave in to the government, agreeing to the largest single federal settlement in the history of corporate America.
White House torture report withholding critical facts, says top senatorOne of the Senate’s top Democrats and a major author of the Intelligence Committee’s historic report on the CIA’s use of torture claims the White House is withholding important facts as it prepares to release the document to the public. As a result, California Sen.
Obama is a ‘war criminal’ for supporting Israel’s treatment of Palestinians – Cornel WestPublished time: August 06, 2014 00:18 Edited time: August 08, 2014 12:16 A Palestinian woman sits on the remains of her destroyed house after returning to Beit Hanoun town, which witnesses said was heavily hit by Israeli shelling and air strikes during the Israeli offensive, in the northern Gaza Strip August 5, 2014.
Michigan community rebels against huge expansion, militarization of policeAfter acquiring some military hardware, one local Michigan police chief’s plan to also add more than 30 non-certified officers to the force has residents in Barry Township clamoring for an investigation – and, in some cases, his job.
UFO DocumentaryUFO Documentary: Walt Disney’s intriguing UFO documentary ‘Alien Encounters’ shows powerful evidence of the existence and cover-up of UFOs.
Obama on CIA’s post-9/11 tactics: ‘We tortured some folks’President Barack Obama made a rare acknowledgment during a Friday press briefing concerning the United States’ past use of enhanced interrogation tactics in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks. “In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, we did some things that were wrong.
Confirmed: CIA spied on Senate staffThe head of the Central Intelligence Agency apologized privately to lawmakers on Tuesday after an internal review revealed that CIA employees had secretly monitored, as alleged, the computer usage of certain Senate staffers. Director John Brennan’s admission this week that members of his agency ” acted in a manner inconsistent with the common understanding ” among the CIA and the Senate Intelligence Committee came months after Sen.
White House accidentally leaks post-9/11 CIA torture report findingsReuters/Larry Downing When the CIA first began using its controversial interrogation and detention methods after the September 11th attacks, it reportedly declined to tell the Secretary of State and other American ambassadors about its actions.
CIA admits to spying on SenateCIA officials improperly hacked the Senate Intelligence Committee’s computers as staffers compiled a report on “enhanced interrogation” techniques, the spy agency’s inspector general has concluded. In a statement shared with The Hill, CIA spokesman Dean Boyd said the internal watchdog determined “that some CIA employees acted in a manner inconsistent with the common understanding” between the agency and the committee about access to the network they used to share documents.
Judge Orders Bank of America to Pay $1.27 Billion in ‘Hustle’ CaseA federal judge in New York ordered Bank of America Corp. to pay $1.27 billion as a penalty for a case involving Countrywide Financial Corp.’s “Hustle” mortgage program. The amount is less than the $2.1 billion that the government was seeking.
NSA mass spying undermines journalists and attorneys’ ability to workDozens of journalists and attorneys surveyed by the American Civil Liberties Union and Human Rights Watch for a new report say that the United States government’s surveillance operations are eroding their ability to work.
Earth is headed for its sixth mass extinction – studyAFP Photo / NASA The rapid depletion of Earth’s biodiversity indicates that the planet is in the early stages of its sixth mass extinction of life since becoming habitable 3.5 billion years ago, according to a new study published in Science.
With Liberty to Monitor AllWhether reporting valuable information to the public, representing another’s legal interests, or voluntarily associating with others in order to advocate for changes in policy, it is often crucial to keep certain information private from the government. In the face of a massively powerful surveillance apparatus maintained by the US government, however, that privacy is becoming increasingly scarce and difficult to ensure.
Congress alarmed by possible CIA access to confidential whistleblower emailsReuters/Jason Reed The CIA obtained a legally protected, confidential email between whistleblower officials and Congress this spring, raising questions over whether the agency illegally has access to other communications regarding whistleblowers, McClatchy reported.
‘Concrete facts are not necessary’ – Obama administration makes blacklisting air passengers easier than everA never-before-published document released by The Intercept on Wednesday reveals the flexibility with which United States officials may place individuals on watchlists and deem them terrorists without obtaining concrete proof.
Nobel Economist Joseph Stiglitz Hails New BRICS Bank Challenging U.S.-Dominated World Bank & IMFA group of five countries has launched its own development bank to challenge the U.S.-dominated World Bank and International Monetary Fund. Leaders from the so-called BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – unveiled the New Development Bank at a summit in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza.
‘the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.’ – Malcolm X July 24, 2014
Elderly veteran arrested for asking gov’t officials to speak louderA 76-year-old military veteran was arrested for disorderly conduct at a public county board meeting for asking officials to speak up when they refused to use the microphones. The hearing was over a controversial new plant in the area.