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DoD Report Confirms Interrogators Pulled “Deliberate Ruse” on Jose Padilla; Convinced Him Flu Shot Was “Truth Serum“
In 2006, a lawyer for convicted terrorist Jose Padilla made an explosive claim in a federal court filing: the enemy combatant was given drugs against his will, believed to …
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Midwest Drought May Spark Food Inflation
Experts warn it could mean higher costs for everything from a hamburger to a gallon of milk in the months ahead.
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National Reconnaissance Office Accused of Illegally Collecting Personal Data
The office is so intent on extracting confessions that officials have rewarded polygraphers with cash bonuses.
After $9 Billion in Losses, JPMorgan Still Wins With Co-Opted Congress, Hobbled Volcker Rule
The Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) current budget of $1.32 billion is dwarfed by the $4 billion to $9 billion JPMorgan Chase may ultimately lose through disastrous gambling on …
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EXCLUSIVE: DoD Report Reveals Some Detainees Interrogated While Drugged, Others “Chemically Restrained“
Detainees in custody of the US military were interrogated while drugged with powerful antipsychotic and other medications that
Rachel Maddow | Richard Engel: What is Really Happening in Syria?
Richard Engel, foreign correspondent for NBC news, talks with Rachel Maddow about the balance of power in Syria as he observed it after sneaking into the country from Turkey.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Rick Perry Announces He Will Refuse to Expand Medicaid to Cover 1.2 Million More Low-Income Texans
In today's On the News segment: The Libor rate-fixing scandal could grow, Rick Perry announces he will refuse to cover 1.2 million more low-income Texans, Democrats are fighting back …
Will World Population Day Open the Gates to Coercive Contraception?
But many reproductive health and human rights activists worry that the summit represents a serious backslide to the bad old days of population control when contraception was deployed as …