Where Things Stand: Air Marshals Under Arrest
Dec. 26: This post has been corrected.
Editor’s note: As part of our year-end coverage, we’re checking in on the latest on each of our in-depth stories.
The Federal Air Marshal Service presents the image of an elite undercover force charged with making life-and-death decisions that demand sound judgment. A ProPublica investigation, published with USA Today in mid-November, found that dozens of air marshals have been charged with crimes -- from drunken driving and drug smuggling to aiding a human trafficking ring and … more…
FBI HQ Not Secure for Classified Intel
The FBI has long been criticized as a kind of technological trouble child. Its attempt to upgrade a key computer system has been a … more…
The Psychologists Behind Abusive Interrogations of Detainees
This morning The New York Times' Scott Shane reports that back in late 2002 trainers at Guantanamo Bay "based an entire interrogation … more…
Physicist Sues Feds Over Questionable Lost Security Clearance
A few weeks ago, we began tracking the case of Abdel Moniem Ali el-Ganayni, a nuclear physicist working for a Department of Energy … more…
Security Concerns Snag White House Tourist Plan
Responding to bipartisan critics who fear a White House plan to increase tourism would weaken the country's security, Congress recently … more…
Federal Air Marshals Face Criminal Charges
There's been a bad spate of news this week for the Federal Air Marshal Service.
KPRC-TV in Houston kicked it off Tuesday with reports on … more…
Surveillance Bill Compromise Likely to Deliver Immunity for Telecoms
After a year of acrimonious debate, Democrats and Republicans have agreed on a compromise bill to overhaul the Foreign Intelligence … more…
New Report Documents Detainee Treatment in Gitmo and Iraq
For the administration's detainee policy, it's been two weeks full of revelations and upheavals.
Last week, the Supreme Court upset the … more…
Senate Investigation Reveals Frank 2002 Discussion of Gitmo Interrogation
For 18 months, the Senate Armed Services Committee has been conducting a wide-ranging investigation into the military's adoption of new … more…
Update on DOE’s Curious Security Clearance Case
Yesterday we wrote about the case of Moniem El-Ganayni, a nuclear physicist who lost his job with a Department of Energy contractor after … more…
Nuclear Physicist Loses Security Clearance, Denied Hearing
A few months ago, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette detailed the story of Moniem El-Ganayni, a naturalized citizen and nuclear physicist who … more…
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January 07, 2009
Last-Minute DHS Rules on Data Collection Rile Businesses Thomas Frank, USA Today, January 07, 2009
Former Blackwater Guards Plead Not Guilty Del Quentin Wilber, Washington Post, January 07, 2009
January 06, 2009
Appeals Court: U.S. Can Keep IDs of Gitmo Detainees Secret Larry Neumeister, AP, January 06, 2009
January 05, 2009
White House Considers Pardoning Soldier AP, January 05, 2009
U.K. May Take More Gitmo Detainees Jay Solomon and Alistair MacDonald, Wall Street Journal ($), January 05, 2009
December 29, 2008
Study Criticizes Bush Approach to War Funding Ann Scott Tyson, Washington Post, December 29, 2008
December 19, 2008
Plans Being Drawn to Close Gitmo Peter Finn, Washington Post, December 19, 2008
December 15, 2008
War Vet Widows Wrongly Denied Benefits Hope Yen, AP, December 15, 2008
Supreme Court Opens Way for ex-Gitmo Inmates to Sue AP, December 15, 2008
December 10, 2008
Economy Puts Emergency Readiness in Peril Thomas Frank, USA Today, December 10, 2008