An AP investigation of U.S. military sex-crime cases in Japan shows commanders’ chaotic justice record as Congress prepares to vote on military legal reforms. As reported by Jezebel, the “investigation of over 1,000 reported sex crimes between 2005 and 2013 of U.S. military bases in Japan reveals that military officials are making ‘random and inconsistent […]
The Associated Press is reporting this morning that the Obama administration is considering launching a drone attack to execute a United States citizen suspected of working with al-Qaida, actively planning attacks on Americans located overseas. “Four U.S. officials said the American suspected terrorist is in a country that refuses U.S. military action on its soil […]
“For me, in terms of personal satisfaction, the mission’s already accomplished. I already won. As soon as the journalists were able to work, everything that I had been trying to do was validated. Because, remember, I didn’t want to change society. I wanted to give society a chance to determine if it should change itself.” […]
According to the Los Angeles Times, the Italian weekly magazine Panorama reported on Wednesday that the NSA intercepted phone calls going in and out of the Vatican. Panorama magazine said the NSA intercepted calls in and out of the Rome residence where cardinals stayed before the papal conclave. Among them was Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, […]
Army Captain Will Swenson was awarded the Medal of Honor on Tuesday “for his actions in a lengthy battle against the Taliban in the Ganjgal valley near the Pakistan border on Sept. 8, 2009, which claimed the lives of five Americans, 10 Afghan army troops and an interpreter,” as reported by The Army Times. Swenson […]