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Exclusive: An Inside Look at the “Hactivist” Takedown of Visa After WikiLeaks Cut Off
Web pirates are waging cyberwarfare in defense of WikiLeaks, and I had a rare glimpse into the hacktivists' hidden world of Internet sabotage in a secret chat room as …
Reply to Phil Wilayto on Iran
Phil Wilayto's message, “Two petitions, two approaches toward defending Iran” urges people not to support the latest statement from the Campaign for Peace and Democracy (CPD), "End the War …
Practicing Medicine on Death Row
Execution by lethal injection has shone a harsh light on the complicity of health professionals - physicians, nurses and paramedics - in carrying out capital punishment. In a 2001 …
A Flood of Drone Strikes
With governments like Pakistan’s current regime, who needs the strong arm of the CIA? According to Bob Woodward's latest bestseller Obama’s Wars, when Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari, an …
When Interpol Cares About Sexual Assault
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Nigeria: Halliburton Plans Plea Bargain in Cheney Corruption Case
Lagos, Nigeria - Halliburton is planning to make a plea bargain in former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's corruption case, Nigerian officials told GlobalPost.
A Modest Proposal to Transition to a “Cater to the Rich” Economy
In an article in The New York Times titled “Some Very Creative Economic Fix-Its,” New York University economics professor Andrew Caplin calls for workers to put their stakes in …
Remember $4 Gasoline? Oil Speculators Are Back
Washington - Despite weak demand in the U.S. and Europe, oil prices climbed this week to near $90 a barrel and gasoline prices have passed $3 a gallon on …
Solution: The Pentagon Continues to Overpay for Everything; Let’s Fix It
In the first “Solutions: Making Government Work” column, editor Dina Rasor outlines an essential first step toward regaining control over the notoriously corrupt Department of Defense contracting system. It's …