CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio college student who pleaded guilty to hacking into conservative commentator Bill O’Reilly’s website has been sentenced to 30 months in prison and must pay the site $40,000. The U.S. attorney’s office in Cleveland said Tuesday that 23-year-old Bellevue resident Mitchell Frost was sentenced last week. Frost had pleaded guilty to [...]
The Telegraph: In an assertion that has fuelled intense debate on Britain’s alleged use of torture-tainted intelligence, Mr Bush said: “Three people were waterboarded and I believe that decision saved lives.” Mr Bush maintains that waterboarding is not torture, though Downing Street on Tuesday reasserted its view that the technique did constitute torture. Last month, [...]
The Hill: Rep. James Clyburn said Rep. Steny Hoyer’s tactics are breaking with tradition and making Democrats uncomfortable. The comments are the first hint of bitterness between Clyburn (S.C.) and Hoyer (Md.) as the two Democratic heavyweights vie for the minority whip spot in the next Congress. The contest was initiated after Speaker Nancy Pelosi [...]
New York Times: JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office sharply rejected international criticism of Israel’s most recently announced building plans in East Jerusalem, saying in a statement: “Jerusalem is not a settlement: Jerusalem is the capital of the State of Israel.” The statement said that Israel had “never agreed to limit its construction in [...]
The Hill: In his last two months in office, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is considering a December surprise: a posthumous pardon for Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors, for indecent exposure charges after an infamous 1969 Miami concert. In a phone interview with The Hill, Crist said “stay tuned” regarding the idea of a [...]
Washington Post: JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – A soldier who is charged with leading a conspiracy to randomly target and kill unarmed Afghan civilians made his first appearance in a military courtroom Tuesday, as prosecutors presented details of perhaps the most serious war-crimes case to emerge from the Afghan conflict. Staff Sgt. Calvin R. Gibbs, [...]
GENEVA (AP) – The United States dismissed international calls Tuesday to abolish the death penalty as friends and foes alike delivered their recommendations on how Washington can improve its human rights record. U.S. State Department legal adviser Harold Koh said capital punishment was permitted under international law, brushing aside long-standing appeals by European countries and [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) – No charges will be filed against the CIA’s former top clandestine officer or anyone else in the destruction of CIA videotapes of harsh interrogations of suspected terrorists, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. Another part of the nearly three-year-old criminal investigation is continuing into whether CIA interrogators went beyond the legal guidance given [...]
The Hill: The Obama administration’s hopes of reaching a tax deal with Republicans that would decouple rates on the rich from the middle class appear dead. House GOP Whip Eric Cantor (Va.) threw cold water on the proposed plan, which would temporarily extend tax cuts for the wealthy while permanently extending tax cuts for the [...]
Politico: JAKARTA, Indonesia — Remarking that “the sights and sounds and memories all feel very familiar,” President Barack Obama on Tuesday celebrated a long-awaited homecoming to the nation where he spent four years as a child. At a news conference with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Obama said it was “a little disorienting” to return [...]
Los Angeles Times; Reporting from Jakarta, Indonesia — President Obama said Tuesday that Israel is not helping the cause of peace by restarting home construction in territory claimed by both Arabs and Israelis, a development that jeopardizes his efforts to ease tensions between the sides at a crucial moment. “This kind of activity is [...]
