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McHugh Finally Confirmed as Army Chief, Heating Up Humorous Congressional Race

Longtime New York Republican congressman John McHugh (pictured, right) was finally cleared last night to become Obama's Secretary of the Army by the Senate. Kansas senators Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts had been blocking his nomination for months, because they thought Obama was going to send Guantan ... More >>

Infant Morality

Europe Shames U.S. Congress

CIA war crimes in Europe are now under official investigation there, but not here

CIA Secret Prisons Exposed

The disappeared: Are they dead? Are they alive? Ask Congress. Ask the president.

Rumsfeld Pressured to Resign

A troubled legacy in Iran, Iraq—but don't ignore the Secretary's war on privacy

The War on Privacy

Rumsfeld warns that the enemy can succeed in changing our way of life. It already has.

No Place to Hide

National Security Agency, not the Times, greatly harms our constitutional privacy

About That Faulty Intelligence

Clue for a Congress doubting the Iraq war: The Downing Street Memo

FBI Turned Loose

Privacy rights may disappear if a new Senate Intelligence Committee bill passes

Abu Ghraib vs. Neverland: Comparing Two Penile Colonies

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