NSA will stop looking at old US phone records
The Obama administration has decided that the National Security Agency will soon stop examining — and will ultimately destroy — millions of American calling records it collected under a controversial...
View ArticleNSA will destroy millions of American calling records 'as soon as possible'
On Monday, the Obama administration said in a statement phone records would no longer be examined in terrorism investigations after 29 November ...
View ArticleNSA: We'll stop looking at old U.S. phone records in November
The Obama administration has declared that the National Security Agency will soon stop examining — and will ultimately destroy — millions of American phone records it collected under a controversial...
View ArticleUS to pressure North Korea on human rights
After the Obama administration's groundbreaking nuclear deal with Iran, there have been calls to replicate that pact with North Korea, a rogue state that already has nuclear-weapons capability. From...
View ArticleGuantanamo Bay closure 'will bring danger men to US', top security adviser warns
The White House has quietly served notice that new plans being drafted to fulfil President Barack Obama’s long-ago pledge to close down the military prison at Guantanamo Bay will involve bringing...
View ArticleObama's Africa trip was a delicate dance of diplomacy
President Obama’s five-day trip to Africa that ended Tuesday with a rousing speech to the continent’s heads of government featured a delicate dance of diplomacy with leaders who have rocky records on...
View ArticleGlobal Thug State
By Matthew Harwood July 27, 2015 "Information Clearing House" - “A shadow government has conquered twenty-first-century Washington. We have the makings of a thug state of the first order.” No two...
View ArticleMarch, civil disobedience planned next month in Ferguson
A silent march and a day of civil disobedience are among the events being planned for next month in Ferguson to mark the first anniversary of the fatal shooting of a black 18-year-old by a white police...
View ArticleCriminal Case Against Darren Wilson Closed For Good
WASHINGTON -- The White House finally responded to a petition created in November calling on President Barack Obama to pursue federal charges against former Ferguson Police officer Darren Wilson for...
View ArticlePresident set for flak over new Guantanamo plan
Related articles White House drafts plan to close Guantanamo Obama strikes defiant tone with Republicans in big speech US flies Guantanamo inmates to Uruguay In this article People: Barack Obama...
View ArticleProtesters target Confederate monuments, flag
Demonstrators gathered on the state Capitol grounds to express outrage and anger in the wake of the General Assembly’s passage of a law that would prevent local officials from removing Confederate...
View ArticleWhite House Sidesteps Request To 'Condemn The Apartheid State Of Israel'
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration on Tuesday dodged a petition request to condemn Israel for human rights violations against the Palestinians, instead reiterating the need for a two-state solution...
View ArticleThere’s One Big Problem with the White House Plan to Close Guantanamo
White House officials say they're getting close to delivering a plan to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as Congress has demanded for years. There's one problem: a key part is...
View ArticleWhite House Responds To Remaining 'We The People' E-Petitions
The White House responded on Tuesday to all of the unanswered online petitions that have met the minimum requirement of 100,000 signatures on its "We The People" platform. Twenty petitions received...
View ArticleU.S. Rejects Petition Seeking Pardon for Edward J. Snowden
In response to an online petition asking for a pardon for Edward J. Snowden, the White House said he should return to the United States and face trial. ......
View ArticleOh, Obama's responded to the petition to pardon Snowden. What'll it be?
Can he return home without fear of arrest? Can porcine creatures achieve takeoff? The US White House has formally declined a citizens' petition to issue a pardon to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden....
View ArticleNews24.com | White House rejects petition to pardon Snowden
The Obama administration has rejected a petition signed by almost 168 000 people calling on it to pardon former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden for leaking US government secrets. ......
View ArticleWhite House rejects 160,000-signature petition supporting pardon for Snowden
WASHINGTON — More than two years after in excess of 160,000 people signed an official White House petition asking President Barack Obama to pardon Edward Snowden, the government is finally responding....
View ArticleEdward Snowden should `come home, be judged`
The White House rejected a call Tuesday to pardon Edward Snowden, saying the former intelligence contractor should "be judged by a jury of his peers" for leaking US government secrets. ......
View ArticleAfter two years, White House says ‘no’ to petition asking for pardon of...
More than two years later, after more than 160,000 people signed an official White House petition asking that the administration pardon Edward Snowden, the government is finally responding. But the...
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