Forty-four days after unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin was shot in Sanford, Fla., all sides await a decision on whether there will be charges for neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, who fired the fatal shot. The case was expected to be taken up as early as Tuesday by a grand jur... Read more...
A dramatized account of the story of The Black Panther Party of Self-Defense. Director: Mario Van Peebles Writers: Melvin Van Peebles (novel), Melvin Van Peebles (screenplay) Stars: Kadeem Hardison, Bokeem Woodbine and Joe Don Baker Read more...
Christina Swarns is the director of the Criminal Justice Project at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. She is currently lead counsel for Mumia Abu Jamal. Read more...
O_O Attorney General Eric Holder confirmed speculation Wednesday that President Barack Obama would issue a signing statement when he makes the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and its controversial detention provisions law. “We made really substantial progress in moving from someth... Read more...
A typical full-body scanner works by bouncing X-rays off an individual’s skin to produce an outline image of the person’s body; these images must then be studied by an operator who makes the call whether there is a potential explosive present or not; the operator’s subjective view makes the ... Read more...
The Central Intelligence Agency has hired Xe Services, the private security firm formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide, to guard its facilities in Afghanistan and elsewhere, according to an industry source. The previously undisclosed CIA contract is worth about $100 million, said the industry ... Read more...
Washington (CNN) -- The Pentagon is training people to hack into its own computer networks. "To beat a hacker, you need to think like one," said Jay Bavisi, co-founder and president of the International Council of Electronic Commerce Consultants, or EC-Council. His company was chosen by the Pen... Read more...
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[vodpod id=Video.2972017&w=425&h=350&fv=contentId%3Dus%2F2010%2F02%2F01%2Fmissile.test.fail.dod%26amp%3Bcontext%3D640x384_start_art%26amp%3BdomId%3Dcvp_1%26amp%3Bw%3D640%26amp%3Bh%3D384] A U.S. missile defense test failed Sunday when a long-range missile missed its target because of ra... Read more...