Did Egyptian military commit or prevent a coup?
Was Muslim Brotherhood rule the end of democracy as Egypt briefly knew it?...
Was Muslim Brotherhood rule the end of democracy as Egypt briefly knew it?...
By far the biggest news of the day came mid-afternoon when defense attorney Mark O'Mara informed Judge Nelson that his next witness, Elouise Dilligard, would be his last of the trial, and that he expected the defense to rest their case tomorrow. Given the expectations...
Another "who bombed it" mystery in Syria...
I've flagged the pathway to citizenship (even more so than other forms of legalization) as the critical issue in the immigration debate. Granting citizenship to adults who came here illegally is horrible policy which historically has proven a huge carrot to increased illegal immigration regardless of...
Many weeks ago we suggested that one outcome of Hezbollah's involvement in the Syrian civil war on behalf of Assad, particularly the conquest of Qusayr, would be car bombings in pro-Hezbollah sections of Beirut. That prediction appears to be coming true. Via The Daily Star of Lebanon: A...
The #fem2 hashtag is "A catch-all for Feminist tweets, sometimes combined with #p2." The Pebble Mine is the latest worst thing ever to happen to the environment. From Nick, with the subject line "Portland Crazy": I couldn't help but think of you when I saw this near the...
Literally, the middle of the night, just before dawn....
Also, Trayvon pot smoking to come into evidence via toxicology report...
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The Guardian today released a second part of its exclusive video interview with NSA leaker Edward Snowden, purportedly recorded on June 6th, as a follow-up to the initial interview released on June 9th. A couple highlights, transcribed from today's video release: "We were actually involved in misleading the...
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The defense team of Mark O'Mara and Don West began their first full day of presenting their case to the jury today, although so far this morning it's been nothing but O'Mara. Rumors are that the defense plans to call ~25 witnesses, and they moved...
A continuation of The Year In Which All Conspiracy Theories Want To Come True...
The defense will kick off its case Monday morning in the court martial of US Army Private First Class Bradley Manning, who stands accused of leaking more than 700,000 files, many of which included classified information, to Wikileaks. The prosecution rested its case last week...
(NOTE: If you do wander over to the LOSD blog, be sure to come back to Legal Insurrection to comment, as nearly all my time is spent here for the duration of the trial.)
At least 42 were killed and 322 injured in clashes early Monday near the Republican Guard headquarters in the Egyptian capital, according to a Ministry of Health source. Supporters of deposed President Mohammed Morsi had been holding a sit-in near the compound. Reuters cited the Egyptian military as saying "a terrorist group" had tried to storm the building early Monday. A Ministry of Defense official said that 200 people were arrested after protesters attacked the site around 4 a.m. local time (10 p.m. ET on Sunday). Some were armed with guns, Molotov cocktails and knives, according to the official. One officer was killed and six troops wounded, the military said. However, Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood and its allies accused security forces of attacking protesters. NBC News was not immediately able to reconcile the differing accounts.Updates: https://twitter.com/RagnarWeilandt/status/354240597835513856 https://twitter.com/SalmaZohdi/status/354240136826986496 https://twitter.com/nahlas/status/354239856639094784 https://twitter.com/Everywhereistan/status/354240491568644096