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Bloomberg: Minority Surveillance Like Checking for Measles

Mark Russell — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 02:52:42 CDT

The NYPD's increased undercover surveillance of Muslims and ethnic minorities since 9/11 is like screening children for measles, said Mayor Michael Bloomberg yesterday. "If there is a community where the crime rate is very high, to not put more cops in that community is ridiculous," said the mayor in an...

Congressman: WikiLeaker Should Be Executed

AdaptAndOvercome — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:25:53 CDT

Republican congressman Mike Rogers called for the execution of Army analyst Bradley Manning in a radio interview yesterday if investigators find that he leaked classified information to WikiLeaks. "If they don't charge him with treason, they ought to charge him with murder," said Rogers, who sits on the House Intelligence...

GOP Reps. Pin Fort Hood on Obama

Will McCahill — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:07:25 CST

Hinting that Obama administration’s restrictions on how the government fights terrorism led to the Fort Hood shooting, two Republican Congressman today called for an immediate probe of the incident. Congress has been asked to wait until a military investigation is complete, but, Pete Hoekstra says , “It has to happen now....

Blogger Says He Has More Names Up His Sleeve

Jonas Oransky — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:43:24 CDT

The blogger who first reported on Larry Craig’s gay cruising says he has outed 33 elected officials and staffers over the past few years and plans to name “a few more” Congress members in the coming months. And he’s issued a standing threat to expose closeted gays who oppose gay...

Earmarks Are Weapons in House Spat

Peter Fearon — Fri, 18 May 2007 06:38:33 CDT

Rep. John Murtha, the pugnacious Democratic chairman of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, is accused of breaking House rules by threatening to withhold future spending from a GOP member with whom he had a disagreement. Politico reports that Rep. Mike Rogers is calling for a House vote to reprimand Murtha.