Aug 18th, 2008 · Until recently, the details of what happened at P.O. Box 1142, an interrogation camp not far from the Pentagon, were shrouded in secrecy. But former soldiers stationed there reveal their mission — and their often-gentle interrogation techniques.
May 10th, 2008 · Jenna Bush is getting hitched on Saturday to Henry Hager at the president's ranch in Crawford, Texas.
Mar 4th, 2008 · China's defense budget is now the world's second largest, according to the Pentagon. The Chinese government claims it will spend $59 billion on defense this year, but Pentagon officials believe the number is closer to between $100 billion to 180 billion a year. China's rapidly growing military budget, along with the secrecy surrounding it, is creating great concern for stability in Asia.
Aug 16th, 2007 · How do you sue the government over a surveillance program when the program itself is a state secret? That thorny question has landed in the lap of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. A three-judge panel heard arguments in a couple of high-profile cases against the government's controversial electronic eavesdropping program, and both the lawyers and the judges had to choose their words very carefully.
Jun 22nd, 2007 · The White House found itself battling two new reports on longstanding controversies -- the prison at Guantanamo Bay and the penchant for secrecy in the office of Vice President Dick Cheney.
Apr 11th, 2007 · Allegations of preferential treatment for World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz's girlfriend, who also works for the agency, have fueled a controversy involving questions of ethics and secrecy. Shaha Riza has been promoted and given significant pay raises at the bank, at a rate that some say is far outside the norm. The World Bank is also investigating the leak of confidential information from a board meeting that detailed a rift between Wolfowitz and the bank's board of member countries.
Sep 25th, 2006 · Since late July, judges in three separate federal cases have ruled against the government's state secrets motions, refusing to kill a lawsuit based on government statements that documents in the case would threaten national security if publicized. The three recent rulings preserved dozens of lawsuits on the NSA's warrantless wiretapping.
Aug 18th, 2006 · Although a federal judge ruled this week that the NSA's warrantless wiretapping is unconstitutional, President Bush vigorously defends the program, saying he strongly believes it is constitutional. The case raises questions of presidential authority, government secrecy, and the privacy of people whose commnunications are intercepted. Jeffrey Rosen, law professor at George Washington University and legal affairs editor at the New Republic, and Doug Kmiec, law professor at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., offer their perspectives.