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NSA Launches Internal Probe Into Spy Program

Staff / Truthdig Jan 11, 2006 Members of Congress question whether the agency can investigate itself | story Meanwhile, a dream team of 14 legal scholars and ex-gov't officials write a memo to the DOJ calling the NSA program illegalhuffingtonpostcom/geoffrey-r-stone/why-the-nsa-surveillance-_b_13522html" title="story">story. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Florida Professor, Wife Arrested as Spies for Cuba

Staff / Truthdig Jan 10, 2006 For over two decades, the couple allegedly passed on secrets about U.S. officials, FBI agents and anti-Castro groups. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘The Pill’ May Kill Sex Drive for Months After Its Use Is Stopped

Staff / Truthdig Jan 10, 2006 According to a new study, the pill continues to put some women out of the mood even months after they stop taking it. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Reporter Abducted in Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Jan 10, 2006 Twenty-eight-year-old freelance reporter Jill Carroll is the first American female journalist to be kidnapped during the war. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Makes Internet Annoyance a Federal Crime, CNET Reports

Staff / Truthdig Jan 10, 2006 Under a new law, it is illegal to anonymously send a message via the Internet that annoys its recipient. | storyThis interpretation has its critics: here or here. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

In Day Two, Alito Says Even Wartime Presidents Are Not Above the Law

Staff / Truthdig Jan 10, 2006 Ted Kennedy counters: "Time and again, even in routine matters involving average Americans, you give enormous, almost total deference to the exercise of governmental powers." | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Insurgents Break With Al Qaeda Over Civilian Killings, Report Says

Staff / Truthdig Jan 10, 2006 Iraqi guerrillas tell a Saudi-backed London newspaper that they won't unite with Zarqawi after recent bombings. | Juan Cole translates and comments Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iraq War Could Cost $2 Trillion, Study Finds

Staff / Truthdig Jan 10, 2006 Long-term costs like healthcare for vets could push the war's cost far above White House projections. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Two Parliament Members Leaked Bush’s Proposal to Bomb Al Jazeera

Staff / Truthdig Jan 10, 2006 It was not staffers but actual Labour MPs who leaked the memo to the U.S. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Smoking Gun’ Shoots Holes in Bestseller

Staff / Truthdig Jan 10, 2006 James Frey's addiction memoir "A Million Little Pieces" is riddled with falsehoods, says muckraking website. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iran To Resume Nuclear Fuel Tests

Staff / Truthdig Jan 10, 2006 U.N. warns that world is running out of patience with Tehran | more Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ex-Top Soldier: Impeach Blair Over Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Jan 9, 2006 Says Blair "should not be allowed to walk away from" going to war on ultimately false grounds | more Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )