John Kiriakou | The Case Against Whistleblower Thomas Tamm, Ethics or Retribution?
John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News
Kiriakou writes: "The Washington DC bar announced recently that it would lodge ethics charges against Thomas Tamm, a Justice Department attorney who blew the whistle against the National Security Agency's illegal warrantless wiretapping program. This is despite the fact that the Justice Department ruled in 2010 that Tamm had not committed a crime."
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John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News
Kiriakou writes: "The Washington DC bar announced recently that it would lodge ethics charges against Thomas Tamm, a Justice Department attorney who blew the whistle against the National Security Agency's illegal warrantless wiretapping program. This is despite the fact that the Justice Department ruled in 2010 that Tamm had not committed a crime."
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New York Times Gets It Wrong: Bernie Sanders Not "Top Beneficiary of Outside Money"
Lee Fang, The Intercept
"The article leaves the wrong impression by suggesting that pro-Sanders Super PACs have outpaced outside groups supporting Hillary Clinton."
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Lee Fang, The Intercept
"The article leaves the wrong impression by suggesting that pro-Sanders Super PACs have outpaced outside groups supporting Hillary Clinton."
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'Leave Us Alone' - People in Oregon Town Tired of Standoff
Nicholas K. Geranios and Martha Bellisle, Associated Press
Excerpt: "People who live in Burns, the small high desert town near a wildlife refuge that has been occupied by an armed group for a month, say they are sick of the disruption to their lives."
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Nicholas K. Geranios and Martha Bellisle, Associated Press
Excerpt: "People who live in Burns, the small high desert town near a wildlife refuge that has been occupied by an armed group for a month, say they are sick of the disruption to their lives."
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Why Prosecutors Don't Target Thieving CEOs
Ian Salisbury, TIME
Salisbury writes: "Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren issued a stinging broadside against federal prosecutors on Friday, charging U.S. courts with throwing the book at mixed-up teenagers, while letting wealthy corporate executives who commit much larger and sometimes deadly crimes off with essentially no chance of punishment."
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Ian Salisbury, TIME
Salisbury writes: "Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren issued a stinging broadside against federal prosecutors on Friday, charging U.S. courts with throwing the book at mixed-up teenagers, while letting wealthy corporate executives who commit much larger and sometimes deadly crimes off with essentially no chance of punishment."
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How a Routine Traffic Stop Turned Into Six Months in Solitary Confinement
Terrence McCoy, The Washington Post
McCoy writes: "A cop had pulled him over for driving on a suspended license. He tried to escape. The cop shot him in the left shoulder. Bushrod, a former top athlete at a Bible college, was charged with assault on an officer while armed - the car was the weapon. And now, he was here. Facing years in prison. Alone in a cell with little beyond a steel toilet and sink."
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Terrence McCoy, The Washington Post
McCoy writes: "A cop had pulled him over for driving on a suspended license. He tried to escape. The cop shot him in the left shoulder. Bushrod, a former top athlete at a Bible college, was charged with assault on an officer while armed - the car was the weapon. And now, he was here. Facing years in prison. Alone in a cell with little beyond a steel toilet and sink."
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To Shine a Light on Salary Gaps, Obama Wants Companies to Disclose Pay Data
Camila Domonoske, NPR
Domonoske writes: "The Obama administration is proposing a new rule to address unequal pay practices by requiring companies with more than 100 employees to submit salary data by race, gender and ethnicity."
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Camila Domonoske, NPR
Domonoske writes: "The Obama administration is proposing a new rule to address unequal pay practices by requiring companies with more than 100 employees to submit salary data by race, gender and ethnicity."
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Tests Reveal a New Problem With Treating Flint's Lead-Tainted Water
Natasha Geiling, ThinkProgress
Geiling writes: "Results of recently-tested water samples, released Friday out of Flint, Michigan, show levels of lead so high in some locations that government-issued filtration systems are unable to effectively treat the water."
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Natasha Geiling, ThinkProgress
Geiling writes: "Results of recently-tested water samples, released Friday out of Flint, Michigan, show levels of lead so high in some locations that government-issued filtration systems are unable to effectively treat the water."
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