Four Reporters Ejected from Gitmo Hearing after Revealing Name of Protected Witness

By: James Richardson (Diary)  |  May 7th at 09:25 PM  | 

Four journalists were ejected from a military commission pre-trial hearing for alleged terrorist and Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr after reporting the name of a protected witness and one-time interrogator, the Pentagon acknowledged Thursday. “We threw some people out there today because they disclosed the identity of a protected witness,” said Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell. “He had been clearly identified as someone who needed | Read More »

Obama’s Forgotten War

By: James Richardson (Diary)  |  September 11th at 11:30 AM  | 

On Wednesday evening, President Barack Obama delivered an address to a joint-session of Congress in the hopes of strengthening public and legislative support for his health care reforms, but shrewd Republican Capitol Hill researchers note that the President’s carefully-crafted speech was missing one important element – namely, the troops. While the president consciously rallied fleeting progressive support and attempted to dispel myths surrounding the legislation, | Read More »