White House Records About Missing E-Mail Can Stay Secret, Court Rules

By Del Quentin Wilber Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, May 20, 2009 A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that the White House does not have to make public internal documents examining the potential disappearance of e-mails during the administration of President George W. Bush. In upholding a 2008 decision by a federal judge in a [...]

Court: Bush-era officials untouchable

The US Supreme Court drops a case against FBI Chief and former Attorney General for their alleged 9/11 abuse, saying no Bush-era official could be subject to such cases. The Supreme Court on Monday overturned a New York federal appeals court decision stating former Federal Bureau of Investigation director Robert Mueller and former attorney general [...]

Experts at WHO focus on vaccines as flu spreads – Yahoo! News UK

Experts at WHO focus on vaccines as flu spreads 8 hours 18 mins ago Reuters Laura MacInnis * Print Story The H1N1 flu virus is likely to keep spreading rapidly between people, within countries and across the globe, the head of the World Health Organisation said Monday. Skip related content Related photos / videos Station [...]

U.S. Halts Pilot Program in New York to Detect Biological Attacks – washingtonpost.com

By Spencer S. Hsu Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, May 7, 2009 The Department of Homeland Security is dismantling a next-generation biological attack warning system in New York City subways because of technical problems, U.S. officials said. Robert Hooks, a deputy assistant secretary, said the department no longer believes it is necessary to expand the [...]

PHANTOM AIR FARCE PICTURES

By JEREMY OLSHAN May 5, 2009 The $328,835 snapshots of an Air Force One backup plane buzzing lower Manhattan last week will not be shown to the public, the White House said yesterday. “We have no plans to release them,” an aide to President Obama told The Post, refusing to comment further. The sole purpose [...]

DHS Document Lists “Alternative Media” As Potential Terrorists

Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Monday, May 4, 2009 A new Homeland Security document that received little attention during last week’s swine flu coverage shockingly lists the “alternative media” with other radical extremist groups and implies that people who disagree with the mass media’s version of events are potential domestic terrorists. The “official use only” [...]

US swine flu cases reach 160

Sat, 02 May 2009 16:30:28 GMT Press TV The number of laboratory-confirmed swine flu cases in the US has increased to 160, spreading infection with the deadly virus to 21 states. The latest report released by the World Health Organization WHO has confirmed 427 cases in 15 countries including Mexico, the origin of the flu. [...]

Company warned officials of flu 18 days before alert was issued – Politics AP – MiamiHerald.com

By LES BLUMENTHAL McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — A Washington state biosurveillance firm raised the first warning about a possible outbreak of swine flu in Mexico more than two weeks before the World Health Organization offered its initial alert about a public health emergency of international concern. Both federal and international health officials had access to [...]

Workers march in May Day rallies

May Day protests around the world Labour unions in dozens of countries around the world are using traditional May Day marches to protest over the handling of the global economic crisis. In central Istanbul, Turkish police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse several hundred demonstrators. Overnight, German youths clashed with police in the [...]

Pakistan: Tens of thousands displaced by US-ordered offensive

By Keith Jones 30 April 2009 Tens of thousands of Pashtun-speaking villagers have been forced to flee from their homes in recent days as the result of the punishing offensive the Pakistani military has mounted against pro-Taliban militants in the country’s North-West Frontier Province. The offensive—which has seen the Pakistani armed forces making heavy use [...]