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Blair May Tap MP Phones

Staff / Truthdig Jan 16, 2006 The British prime minister is planning on scrapping a 40-year ban on tapping MPs' telephones. The soon-to-be tapped are jolly cross. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush’s Spy Program Predated 9/11

Staff / Truthdig Jan 16, 2006 The NSA began its data-mining activities early in 2001. This disclosure contradicts the president's claim about the program being a product of his post-9/11 "smoke 'em out" mind-set. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cronkite on Iraq: “Get Out Now”

Staff / Truthdig Jan 16, 2006 He's not just another pundit. The former CBS anchor is credited with helping turn U.S. public opinion against Vietnam in 1968. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sex, Lies and Audiotape

Staff / Truthdig Jan 16, 2006 A year before his death, Martin Luther King Jr. called America the "greatest purveyor of violence in the world today." His comments and actions made him the object of a massive, FBI-led audio surveillance program into his sex life. Check out our multimedia assemblage in Uncovered. | entry Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

British Scientists Seeking Rabbit-Human Embryo

Staff / Truthdig Jan 13, 2006 The researchers want to produce genetically defective stem cells to further the study of incurable diseases. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Some Baby, Somewhere Soon, Will Become 300 Millionth American

Staff / Truthdig Jan 13, 2006 With the population growing by one person every 14 seconds, the mark will likely be reached in October, say demographers. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Blogger Obtains Gen. Wesley Clark’s Phone Records For $89.95

Staff / Truthdig Jan 13, 2006 AMERICAblog's John Aravosis says that his ability to do so is "outrageous." | entryCBS and NBC both chime in with reports on the issue. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

European MP’s Will Probe CIA Jails Claim

Staff / Truthdig Jan 13, 2006 A committee will investigate whether the CIA operated secret prisons in Eastern Europe. | storyAlso, documents show that the U.S. Army may have ended some detainee abuse probes prematurely. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Alito Appears Headed for Confirmation

Staff / Truthdig Jan 13, 2006 As the hearings end, Democrats seem unlikely to filibuster the nominee. | storyAnd so much for a swing vote: Analyses of Alito's answers by both The New York Times and The Washington Post find the nominee most aligned with Scalia and Thomas. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Americans No Longer Find Fat Unattractive

Staff / Truthdig Jan 12, 2006 Despite the diet books, U.S. adults are much more accepting of overweight people, according to a study. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Fresh Torture Claims Arise at Guantanamo

Staff / Truthdig Jan 12, 2006 Amnesty International renews its request for the prison to be shut. | storyAlso, the U.S. general at the center of the detainee abuse scandal refuses to answer questions in a court-martial. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. To Rely On Private Sector To Defeat Climate Change

Staff / Truthdig Jan 12, 2006 Officials tell a global summit that fuel-efficient technologies will reduce greenhouse emissions | story Meanwhile, German scientists say that plants may be producing greenhouse gases | story. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )