Political Earthquake in Egypt: Military Takeover Imminent
Egypt army statement in full Following demonstrations larger than those at the peak of the 2011 revolution against Hosni Mubarak, estimated by the Interior Ministry…
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Where are the State Department’s annual Country Reports on Human Rights?
U.S. law requires that the annual State Department Country Reports on Human Rights be published by February 25 of each year. The seriousness with which…
No time for cowboys: U.S. preparation for reprisals against Libyan targets
News report WASHINGTON — The United States is laying the groundwork for operations to kill or capture militants implicated in the deadly attack on a…
Washington Post editorial decries “moral bankruptcy” of Obama policy on Syria—Obama’s Debacle in Syria — Update #80 (August 28, 2012)
On August 27 the Washington Post published an editorial regarding U.S. policy on Syria, and the Obama administration’s “stubborn stance of passivity” in the face…
Where are the State Department Country Reports on Human Rights? Are Clinton and Geithner visits to China at play? (Updated May 1)
Section 116(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, provides that “(T)he Secretary of State shall transmit to the Speaker of the House of…
“Houston, we have a problem” — Mexican Prison Director Allegedly Uses Inmates as Hit Squad
Guards and officials at a prison in northern Mexico let inmates out, lent them guns and sent them off in official vehicles to carry out…
GoDaddy Follows Google, Refuses to Aid Censorship in China; Clinton on Internet Freedom
In a sign of growing opposition by U.S. internet companies in China to assisting the Chinese government in imposing censorship on Chinese computer users, GoDaddy…