Hayden defends warrantless surveillance at CIA nomination hearing
CIA director nominee Michael Hayden acknowledges civil liberties concerns while defending the Bush era terrorism surveillance program as legal and necessary. He says no warrant eavesdropping started in October 2001 to detect attacks, amid Senate scrutiny and NSA leadership notes.
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CIA
Michael Hayden
Bush Administration
Air Force
Hayden
NSA
Judge dismisses overseas prison suit in CIA case
Federal Judge T S Ellis II dismisses Khaled al Masri’s civil suit, ruling exposure of state secrets would be improper. Al Masri, a German man, says he was kidnapped on New Year’s Eve 2008 and held nearly five months before being dumped in Albania. The Bush administration sought dismissal to shield wartime tactics from public scrutiny. He alleges beatings sodomy diaper wearing and drugging during captivity.
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Bush
CIA
NSA
USA Today
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U.S
T.S. Ellis II
Khaled al-Masri
Albania
Bush Administration
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Fla
Lionel Tate
Joel T. Lazarus
Tate
Tiffany Eunick
UAE diplomat kidnap video links embassy closure demands
Al Jazeera aired a video showing Naji Rashid al Nuaimi, a UAE diplomat kidnap victim in Baghdad. The gunmen demand closing the UAE Embassy and shutting Basra based Al Fayhaa TV, with no audible audio in the clip and no visible gunmen.
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Egypt
United Arab Emirates
Iraq
Baghdad
Al-Jazeera Television
Uae
Naji Rashid al-Nuaimi
al-Nuai
Al-Jazeera
al- Fayhaa Television
Basra
al-Nuaimi
Fujimori freed on bail in Chile extradition case
Chilean Supreme Court granted bail to Alberto Fujimori, allowing him to leave jail but prohibiting departure from Chile. Bail set at 2,880 dollars, with a four wheel drive transport to a Las Condes rental home as supporters and opponents watched from a distance.
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Santiago
Chile
Alberto Fujimori
Supreme Court
Fujimori
Las Condes
Chilean Supreme Court
Enrique Curi
Border Patrol morale harmed by lax smuggling prosecutions
A Border Patrol report from San Diego cites low prosecution rates for 2004 smuggling cases, noting only 6 percent of 289 suspected smugglers were federally prosecuted. The document suggests morale suffers as laws are not uniformly enforced and authorities deem many cases not to warrant charges.
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Border Patrol
San Diego
Darrell Issa
R-Calif
Issa
Bush
Oval Office
Bush pushes border security bill at Arizona crossing
President Bush toured the San Luis crossing to press for a tougher border policy with two fencing layers, National Guard help, and enhanced surveillance amid GOP resistance to a guest worker program and immigration overhaul.
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Ariz
Bush
Mexico
United States
National Guard
Border Patrol
Yuma
House
FDA panel backs Gardasil cervical cancer vaccine approval
A FDA advisory panel voted 13-0 to endorse Merck and Co. Gardasil for US sale, citing safety and effectiveness. The vaccine could cut worldwide cervical cancer deaths by about two thirds but faces 300 to 500 dollar per person cost for three shots.
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Washington
United States
Food and Drug Administration
Merck and Co
FDA
Monica Farley
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta
Eight-Hour Afghan Battle Mortally Wounds Over 100
In Musa Qala Helmand province an eight hour clash began Wednesday as 300 to 400 militants attacked police and government HQ. Afghan security forces backed by U S and Canadian units fought back with deadly casualties reported among militants Afghan police and foreign personnel. The fighting underscored fears over Afghanistan s fragile democracy and security handover to NATO by July.
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U.S
Afghanistan
Helmand
Taliban
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Hamid Karzai
Border Trail
Pakistan
Osama bin Laden
Musa Qala
al-Qaida
Amir Mohammed Akhunzaba
NATO to deploy extra troops in Afghanistan this summer
Escalating violence prompts NATO to plan increased troop presence in Afghanistan, with a shift of security duties from the U.S.-led coalition that has operated since 2001.
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NATO
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