by Mark Mazzetti and Scott Shane July 13, 2009 WASHINGTON — Since 2001, the Central Intelligence Agency has developed plans to dispatch small teams overseas to kill senior Qaeda terrorists, according to current and former government officials.

por Roberto Quesada 13 de julio, 2009 “Es libre la emisión del pensamiento por cualquier medio de difusión, sin previa censura. Son responsables ante la ley los que abusen de este derecho y aquellos que por medios directos o indirectos restrinjan o impidan la comunicación y circulación de ideas y opiniones”. —Artículo 72 de la Constitución de [...]

by Scott Shane July 11, 2009 The Central Intelligence Agency withheld information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congress for eight years on direct orders from former Vice President Dick Cheney, the agency’s director, Leon E. Panetta, has told the Senate and House intelligence committees, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said Saturday.

by Pamela Hess July 11, 2009 WASHINGTON – The Bush administration built an unprecedented surveillance operation to pull in mountains of information far beyond the warrantless wiretapping previously acknowledged, a team of federal inspectors general reported Friday, questioning the legal basis for the effort but shielding almost all details on grounds they’re still too secret to reveal.

por Diana Cariboni MONTEVIDEO, 11 jul (IPS) – Los acontecimientos que se desataron en Honduras hace dos semanas han puesto sobre la mesa la cuestión de los resortes que una democracia se da para punir actos violatorios de la Constitución sin pisotearla.

by Scott Shane July 8, 2009 WASHINGTON — The director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Leon E. Panetta, has told the House Intelligence Committee in closed-door testimony that the C.I.A. concealed “significant actions” from Congress from 2001 until late last month, seven Democratic committee members said.

by Diane Bartz (Washington) and Sinead Carew (New York) July 6, 2009 NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has begun looking at big telecom companies such as AT&T Inc and Verizon Communications to try to determine if they have abused their market power, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Monday.