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Stop force-feeding Guantanamo prisoners -U.S. senator
ReutersBy Jane Sutton GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba, June 19 (Reuters) - U .S. Senator Dianne Feinstein urged the Pentagon on Wednesday to stop force-feeding hunger-striking prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and called the practice "out of...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Politics, Barack Obama, Labor Disputes, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
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FBI tells Congress it uses drones in US
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON FBI Director Robert Mueller acknowledged Wednesday that the bureau has used unmanned aerial drones for surveillance in the United States and suggested that government needs to develop guidelines as their use grows. Testifying before the Senate...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Barack Obama, American Civil Liberties Union, Robert Mueller, National Government
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Stop force-feeding Guantanamo prisoners: Senator
ReutersGUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein urged the Pentagon on Wednesday to stop force-feeding hunger-striking prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and called the practice "out of step" with medical ethics...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Barack Obama, Labor Disputes, American Medical Association, Career and Workplace
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Effort to protect California egg law in House farm bill fails
WASHINGTON—Congress to California: Here’s bit of egg on your face. A bipartisan group of lawmakers failed to kill a provision in the farm bill that blocks California from requiring that eggs imported into the state come from hens who have...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Rules, Jeff Denham, Politics, Elections, Humane Society of the United States
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FBI uses drones inside U.S. for spying, director says
WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III testified Wednesday that the controversial National Security Agency surveillance program "has been a contributing factor, one dot among many dots" for tracking terrorist plots, and he admitted for...
Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Robert Mueller, U.S. Congress, Jeff Sessions
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FBI says it uses surveillance drones on U.S. soil
ReutersBy David Ingram WASHINGTON, June 19 (Reuters) - The United States uses drones for surveillance in some limited law enforcement situations, FBI Director Robert Mueller said on Wednesday, sparking additional debate about President Barack Obama's use of...Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Politics, Barack Obama, Laws, Robert Mueller
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NSA head, lawmakers defend surveillance programs
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the National Security Agency said U.S. surveillance programs had helped disrupt more than 50 possible attacks since September 11, 2001, as sympathetic members of Congress also defended the use of the top-secret spying...Tags: Barack Obama, Elections, U.S. House of Representatives, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., FBI
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Head-in-the-sand Congress likes it that way
Los Angeles Times (MCT)Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., a former chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is hopping mad. Sensenbrenner considers himself the father of the Patriot Act, the 2001 law that gave the federal government new powers to investigate potential...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, F James Jr Sensenbrenner, Politics, Laws, Barbara A. Mikulski
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Obama: NSA secret data gathering 'transparent'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama defended top secret National Security Agency spying programs as legal in a lengthy interview Monday, and called them transparent — even though they are authorized in secret. "It is transparent," Obama...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Politics, Barack Obama, National Government, Government
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Yosemite's historic 'Buffalo Soldiers' up for national recognition
WASHINGTON -- In the late 19th century and early 20th century, black troopers called the "Buffalo Soldiers" patrolled Yosemite and Sequoia national parks in California. But many visitors to the national parks are unaware of the role played by these...
Tags: Yosemite National Park, Barbara Boxer, Human Interest, National Parks
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NSA chief: Surveillance stopped 50 terrorist 'events'
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON The director of the National Security Agency testified Tuesday that the government's massive surveillance program helped thwart more than 50 terrorist "events" worldwide since Sept. 11, 2001, including a planned bombing of the New York Stock...Tags: Espionage Act of 1917, U.S. Department of Defense, Barbara A. Mikulski, National Government, U.S. House of Representatives
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Moves to limit contractor access to secrets meets resistance
Reuters(Reuters) - Industry executives and some corners of the U.S. intelligence community are pushing back against possible legislative moves to curb contractors' access to classified information. Following leaks by former National Security Agency contractor...Tags: Politics, National Government, Rick Larsen, Government, U.S. House of Representatives
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