Newspaper reports that NSA whistleblower sought counsel of lawyer who specializes in cases like his
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, according to the New York Times, sought the legal counsel of an attorney expert in criminal cases related to the 'U.S. Espionage Act,' under which the Justice Department has filed multiple charges against him. "[Snowden] does not believe that the ‘felon’ label is the right word for someone whose act of
(Photo/Eric Hunsaker via Flikr) LONDON (AP) — Bacteria resistant to antibiotics have now spread to every part of the world and might lead to a future where minor infections could kill, according to a report published Wednesday by the World Health Organization. In its first global survey of the resistance problem, WHO said it found […]
LONDON (AP) — Bacteria resistant to antibiotics have now spread to every part of the world and might lead to a future where minor infections could kill, according to a report published Wednesday by the World Health Organization. In its first global survey of the resistance problem, WHO said it found very high rates of drug-resistant E. coli
Automated license plate readers aid in arrests and other police work, but civil liberties activists and advocates see the technology as a “serious” threat to privacy.
LOS ANGELES --- The man suspected of taking potshots at vehicles on Kansas City highways from March 18 to April 6 may now be in custody largely because digital cameras mounted atop police cruisers had randomly taken pictures of an Illinois license plate at least four times. After a witness saw the driver of a green Dodge Neon behaving
Small programs, large programs, medical use, recreational use — New York’s lawmakers are discussing a number of possibilities for marijuana legalization in the state.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo pledged during his State of the State address in January to use executive powers to legalize medical marijuana, since efforts to do so in the state Legislature appeared to be logjammed. Months later, though, the state’s residents and lawmakers are still fighting for legalization. State lawmakers on Tuesday started
“A basic report of the number of people killed shouldn’t be too much to ask,” one human rights advocate argues.
It appears Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California and her colleagues on the Senate Intelligence Committee have largely forgiven the U.S. intelligence community for eavesdropping on their phone calls and spying on their email correspondence. Acting on the request of James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, Feinstein and her
A June 25, 1999, photo shows an enlargement of the U.S. Postal Service’s stamp depicting Rosie the Riveter, in South Portland, Maine. A group wants to preserve a portion of the old Willow Run bomber plant and house a museum there dedicated to aviation and the countless Rosies across the country. Save the Bomber Plant […]
YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Loraine Osborne is a Rosie. She isn't THE Rosie, but she worked as a riveter at the Willow Run bomber plant in Michigan alongside Rose Will Monroe, the inspiration for a character that came to symbolize female empowerment and the we're-all-in-this-together spirit of the American homefront during World War
