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In recent testimony before Congress, General David Petraeus testified that the United States is planning to sell billions of dollars worth of weapons to Iraq, which has become one of the United States’ larger foreign military sales (FMS) customers.
Iraq has reportedly committed 1.6 billion dollars to FMS already, and may possibly commit 1.8 billion dollars [...]

If you’re traveling internationally and don’t want to be labeled as a terrorist or drug runner by the secretive (albeit partially dysfunctional and inefficient) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) algorithms, you want to be careful what books and other reading material you bring to read on the plane. Records recently revealed to Wired.com reportedly show [...]

In what amounts as a major blow to the secretive and questionable practices used by the Bush Administration, U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero reportedly ruled against a key part of the USA Patriot Act defending the need for judicial oversight of laws and chastised Congress for passing a law that makes “far-reaching invasions of liberty” possible.
The [...]

The latest shenanigans involving the concealment and manipulation of data from the Bush Administration includes blocking search engines from indexing key documents and photographs, and changing or deleting things from the war in Iraq on its White House web site. Bush administration officials say it was just a simple mistake.
The latest faux pas was caught [...]

More Mattel and Fisher-Price toys were recalled by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission due to potentially hazardous lead paint again. More bad publicity for toys made in China. Details for each recall are below.
Fisher-Price Recalls Bongo Band Toys Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the [...]