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US Tries to Contain Damage From Leaked Cables
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WASHINGTON (Nov. 29) -- The release of more than 250,000 classified State Department documents forced the Obama administration into damage control, trying to contain fallout from unflattering assessments of world leaders and revelations about backstage U.S. diplomacy. The publication of the secret cables amplified widespread global alarm about Iran's nuclear ambitions and unveiled occasional U.S. pressure tactics aimed at hot spots in Afghanistan, Pakistan and North Korea. The leaks also disclosed bluntly candid impressions from both diplomats and other world leaders about America's allies ...
US Scraps Color-Coded Terror Alerts
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News(Nov. 25) -- Late-night TV hosts better get their jokes in quick, before the color-coded terror alert system that's been the topic of so many punch-lines is gone for good. U.S. officials say they're phasing out the five-tiered alert scheme created in 2002 under the Bush administration, after years of criticism from lawmakers and citizens alike who say the system is vague, needlessly alarming -- or just plain silly. In March 2002, "Saturday Night Live" lampooned the system in a skit in which an actor portraying a Homeland Security official described it as "six shades of beige." Conan ...
Democrats Say CIA May Have Misled Congress Five Times
By David Sessions - Politics DailyTwo Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee said Tuesday that they believe the CIA misled them in briefings on "enhanced interrogation techniques," The Hill reported Wednesday. Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) are conducting an investigation into accusations that the CIA presented incomplete and sometimes downright deceptive information that members of Congress later heard in the press."There have been many instances where we've come to a committee hearing, after having read in the paper of something that should have been notified to us, where it's followed up by ...
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