Supreme Court agrees to rule on gay marriage
USA Today The Supreme Court agreed Friday to resolve the national debate over same-sex marriage once and for all. The justices will consider four cases from Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and [...]
Wikileaks: CIA’s Brennan on ‘witch hunt’ when Hastings was killed
Digital Journal A 2010 email released by Wikileaks from a top-level CIA contractor asserts that CIA Director John Brennan, the subject of a story by now deceased journalist Michael Hastings, was [...]
The legacy of imprisoned investigative journalist Barrett Brown
The Daily Dot Given the National Security Agency’s surveillance revelations of the last few months, we need to pay even more attention to the private companies who are working hand-in-hand with [...]
Obama administration seeks to overturn decision to release controversial Guantanamo Bay force-feeding footage
Independent President Obama’s administration will ask a federal appeals court to overturn a judge’s ruling to release more than 30 videos depicting controversial force-feeding methods used on [...]
Obama’s New $263 Million Proposal Is Not Just About Body Cameras
Ben Swann On Monday, the White House proposed a $263 million “investment package” in an effort to improve police departments across the country in response to continuous tension between residents [...]
Indicting a police officer is uncommon occurrence
AP At least 400 people are killed by police officers in the United States every year, and while the circumstances of each case are different, one thing remains constant: In only a handful of [...]
Federal Appeals Court Rules ATF ‘Reverse Stings’ Do Not Constitute ‘Outrageous Government Conduct’
FDL A federal appeals court has ruled, despite its previously expressed objections, that a district court was wrong to rule that a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF) [...]
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee “There is no Oligarchy in the United States”
On Veterans Day 2014 HFT member Derrick Broze asks Congresswoman her thoughts on Cannabis for treating veterans with PTSD. He also asks her opinion on a recent Princeton study that found that the [...]
US Navy Considering Discharge of Nurse Who Followed Ethics & Refused to Force-Feed Guantanamo Prisoner
FDL An attorney for a United States Navy nurse facing potentially severe repercussions for refusing to force-feed a Guantanamo Bay prisoner has indicated that the nurse, who has served nearly 18 [...]
SENATOR WHO PUT PENTAGON PAPERS INTO PUBLIC RECORD URGES UDALL TO DO SAME WITH TORTURE REPORT
The Intercept Article 1, Section 6 of the Constitution establishes an absolute free-speech right for members of Congress on the floor or in committee, even if they are disclosing classified [...]
