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Feds Let BP Avoid Filing Blowout Plan For Gulf Oil Rig - 0 views

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    "BP didn't file a plan to specifically handle a major oil spill from an uncontrolled blowout at its Deepwater Horizon project because the federal agency that regulates offshore rigs changed its rules two years ago to exempt certain projects in the central Gulf region"
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How BP Works Washington - Newsweek.com - 0 views

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    "How British oil giant BP used all the political muscle money can buy to fend off regulators and influence investigations into corporate neglect."
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Sheldon Richman: Immigration, Civil Liberties and the Drug War - 0 views

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    Immigration, Civil Liberties and the Drug War
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Deepwater Horizon Incident, Gulf of Mexico | Recent and Historical Incidents | Emergenc... - 0 views

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    The experimental containment dome was successfully positioned over the leaking riser pipe last night, but then had to be removed after a large volume of ice-like methane hydrate crystals accumulated inside of the structure. These crystal hydrates blocked the flow of oil and threatened to lift the dome off the sea floor.
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Times Square Miranda warning Faisal Shahzad bomber | PressDemocrat.com - 0 views

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    "(Law enforcement) interviewed Mr. Shahzad . . . under the public safety exception to the Miranda rule. . . . He was eventually . . . Mirandized and continued talking."- John Pistole, FBI deputy director
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Daily Kos: Sen. Tester Introduces Transparency Bill - 0 views

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    Senate version of the Public Online Information Act of 2010
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Why President Obama revealed how many weapons are in the U.S. nuclear stockpile. - By F... - 0 views

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    Why Did Obama Reveal That We Have 5,113 Nuclear Warheads?
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Holder defends Mirandizing Shahzad | FBI Failed to Use Watchlist, Prevent Shahzad's Pla... - 0 views

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    Is Holder's sudden wish to explore "modification" of Miranda the right focus? Isn't the more serious, complex, and dangerous situation the one in which intelligence repeatedly fails to use terrorist watchlists properly? 
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U.S. Military Plotted Revenge on Wikileaks | CIO.com | Business Leadership - 0 views

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    The U.S. military was so fearful of classified information ending up on Wikileaks it considered ways to undermine the organisation, a newly published secret report on the site appears to show.
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Miranda rule an obstacle in dealing with terrorists | Pragmatics vs Principles - 0 views

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    Miranda rule an obstacle in dealing with terrorists
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Elena Kagan: Reported Supreme Court Choice Perfectly Positioned for Confirmation - 0 views

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    Elena Kagan: Reported Supreme Court Choice Perfectly Positioned for Confirmation
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New analysis of 40-year-old recording of Kent State shootings reveals that Ohio Guard w... - 0 views

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    "New analysis of 40-year-old recording of Kent State shootings reveals that Ohio Guard was given an order to prepare to fire"
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Glenn Greenwald: Why Elena Kagan Would Be a Dangerous Pick For the Supreme Court | Civi... - 0 views

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    "While we know relatively little about the frontrunner in the nomination race, she is a darling of conservatives, aligns with Sen. Lindsey Graham, and loves executive power. "
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Glenn Greenwald: Why Elena Kagan Would Be a Dangerous Pick For the Supreme Court | Civi... - 0 views

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    While we know relatively little about the frontrunner in the nomination race, she is a darling of conservatives, aligns with Sen. Lindsey Graham, and loves executive power.
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Glenn Greenwald on Why Elena Kagan Would Shift the Supreme Court to the Right and the D... - 0 views

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    "Glenn Greenwald on Why Elena Kagan Would Shift the Supreme Court to the Right and the Death of Dawn Johnsen's OLC Nomination"
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SCOTUSblog » Internet Commentary and the Nominations Process - 0 views

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    "Attacks on Elena Kagan from the right and left"
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Change You Should NOT Have Believed In : Obama on Civil Rights, National Security - 0 views

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    Dave Weigel, now of The Washington Post, becomes the latest to observe the core similarity between the Obama and Bush/Cheney approaches to civil liberties, Terrorism and national security.
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Liberal activists intensify attacks on Kagan as court pick nears | The Daily Caller - B... - 0 views

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    "May 9, 2010 Liberal activists intensify attacks on Kagan as court pick nears"
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Twitter / Glenn Greenwald: Four minority Law Professo ... - 0 views

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    "Four minority Law Professors call Kagan's diversity record "shocking" and "indefensible for the 21st Century": http://is.gd/bYHXV"
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The White House's Kagan talking points are wrong | Elena Kagan, Solicitor General | Oba... - 0 views

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    "The White House's Kagan talking points are wrong"
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