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U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 18, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

MSNBC -- Strong defense of waterboarding One of the most explosive memos was the account of the October 2002 Guantanamo Bay meeting in which the CIA's Fredman joined 10 Defense Department officials and lawyers to discuss how to extract better intelligence from.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Dec 6, 2007 @ 8:25am neoform

MSNBC -- A military judge denied a request Wednesday by defense lawyers for immediate access to the admitted mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and two other top imprisoned terrorism suspects. The attorneys had sought to derail the latest effort to prosecute a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Aug 29, 2007 @ 8:25am neoform

CBS News -- Former astronaut Lisa Nowak is pursuing a temporary insanity defense on charges that she assaulted and tried to kidnap a romantic rival, according to a court document released Tuesday. Nowak suffered from major depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jun 11, 2007 @ 11:02pm neoform

CNN -- Here are some facts from tonight's broadcast that you might find interesting. Los Angeles has received four inches of rain since July 2006. This has been the city's driest year since the 1850s. Source: USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey Congress approved,.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu May 10, 2007 @ 11:15pm neoform

CNN -- Jurors on Thursday convicted a Chinese-born engineer of conspiring to export U.S. defense technology to China, including data on an electronic propulsion system that could make submarines virtually undetectable. Chi Mak also was found guilty of being a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jan 19, 2007 @ 9:58am mrmdc

MSNBC -- Reversing itself, the Defense Department says an espionage report it produced that warned about Canadian coins with tiny radio frequency transmitters was not true... Read More

U.S. / OPINION Tue Dec 19, 2006 @ 12:53am neoform

Salon -- In a Miami courtroom on Monday morning, defense lawyers for Jose Padilla, the American citizen accused of conspiring with al-Qaida, will argue what could be a landmark motion. Padilla's defense attorneys are asking the presiding judge to dismiss the case.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Oct 18, 2006 @ 8:30am neoform

MSNBC -- President Bush has signed a new National Space Policy that rejects future arms-control agreements that might limit U.S. flexibility in space and asserts a right to deny access to space to anyone "hostile to U.S. interests.".. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jun 13, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- U.S. government buys land around the Golden Gate for harbor defense. 1897: Old Lime Point military reservation named Fort Baker. Army builds artillery batteries to defend entrance to San Francisco Bay. 1901-1910: Army barracks and headquarters built.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Apr 2, 2008 @ 8:18am neoform

MSNBC -- Bush: Missile defense will go forward On missile defense, Bush said the plans to base the shield in NATO members Poland and the Czech Republic were critical to defending against threats posed by rogue nations like Iran. "Today, we have no way to def.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Feb 12, 2008 @ 8:08am neoform

CNN -- A Defense Department weapons system analyst and three Chinese nationals have been arrested and charged in two espionage-related cases, prompting a top Justice Department official Monday to declare Chinese espionage is approaching "Cold War levels." In a c.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Sep 28, 2007 @ 9:57am neoform

Army Times -- The U.S. Defense Department has invited five contractors to bid on elements of a new, multibillion dollar effort to combat the global flow of illegal drugs allegedly used to finance terrorism. Awarded by the Pentagon’s Counter-Narcoterrorism Technolo.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jul 10, 2007 @ 4:47pm neoform

Washington Post -- The U.S. Army fell short of its active-duty recruiting goal for June by about 15 percent, defense officials said yesterday. It is the second consecutive month the service's enlistment effort has faltered amid the American public's growing discontent over.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jun 15, 2007 @ 12:21pm neoform

USA Today -- Facing ethics charges that could lead to his disbarment, Mike Nifong took the witness stand Friday to testify in his own defense about his handling of the Duke lacrosse rape case. The North Carolina State Bar has charged Nifong with violating several s.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 13, 2007 @ 12:29am neoform

CNN -- Defense lawyers at Conrad Black's criminal fraud trial wrapped up their case on Tuesday after the one-time media baron and three co-defendants turned down a last chance to take the stand in their own defense. The defense presentation, which lasted less.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu May 31, 2007 @ 4:39pm neoform

MSNBC -- A coroner testifying in Phil Spector’s murder trial acknowledged there were crime lab mistakes in evidence collection and handling including moving Lana Clarkson’s body, which ended up compromising evaluation of at least one item at the crime scene... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu May 31, 2007 @ 10:21am neoform

FOX News -- A coroner testifying in Phil Spector's murder trial acknowledged there were crime lab mistakes in evidence collection and handling including moving Lana Clarkson's body, which ended up compromising evaluation of at least one item at the crime scene. Dr.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu May 31, 2007 @ 10:04am neoform

CNN -- A coroner testifying in Phil Spector's murder trial acknowledged there were crime lab mistakes in evidence collection. The mistakes included moving Lana Clarkson's body, which ended up compromising evaluation of at least one item at the crime scene... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon May 21, 2007 @ 4:20pm neoform

FOX News -- The defense in Phil Spector's murder trial sought to show Monday that his Brazilian immigrant chauffeur, the prosecution's key witness, has trouble with English. Driver Adriano De Souza, whose native language is Portuguese, is a major witness because h.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri May 11, 2007 @ 8:02am neoform

MSNBC -- After a six-week trial, a federal jury convicted a Chinese-born engineer of conspiring to export U.S. defense technology to China, including data on an electronic propulsion system that could make submarines virtually undetectable. Friends and colleagu.. Read More