Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Secretary Kerry’s Travel CUBA USAID Social Media Program to Advance Freedom of Expression Congressional Notification of Program / Congressional Support of Programs in Cuba Continued Call to Release Alan Gross Government Accountability Office Review of USAID Program U.S. Policy on Democracy[Read More…]
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Center for Constitutional Rights Responds to Senate Intelligence Committee’s Vote to Declassify Parts of Report on CIA Torture Program
New York–(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2014. In response to the Senate Intelligence Committee’s vote to declassify parts of a report that details and condemns the CIA’s post-9/11 torture program, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: “We are pleased that the Senate Intelligence Committee voted to declassify portions of its[Read More…]
Senator Wyden Statement on the Senate Intelligence Committee’s Vote to Declassify its Interrogation Report
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2014. U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) released the following statement after the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence voted to begin the process of declassifying the committee’s 6,200 page report on CIA interrogations: “I believe the American people will be profoundly disturbed by the contents of this report. [Read More…]
Human Rights Watch: US Vote on CIA Torture Report a First Step
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2014. The US Senate Intelligence Committee’s vote to declassify part of its report on Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) detention and interrogation is an important first step toward public accounting of torture by the United States, Human Rights Watch said today. The committee on April 3, 2014, voted[Read More…]
Brennan Center Welcomes Senate Committee’s Step Toward Transparency, Calls for More Oversight
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2014. Today, the Senate Intelligence Committee voted to send the executive summary of a report detailing the CIA’s “enhanced interrogation programs” to President Obama for declassification. The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law is encouraged by the committee’s effort to bring much-needed transparency to[Read More…]
Study: Higher THC/Blood Levels Not Positively Associated With Greater Fatal Accident Risk
Porirua, New Zealand–(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2014. Marijuana-positive drivers possess a slightly elevated risk of accident compared to drug and alcohol free divers, but this risk is not positively correlated with higher blood/THC levels, according to the results of a crash culpability analysis published online in the journal Accident Analysis and Prevention.[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Calls For Regulation of E-Cigarettes Following CDC Report on Liquid Nicotine Poisonings
CDC report calls e-cigarette use an ‘emerging public health concern’ WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWPSF)–April 3, 2014. Following a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that found a dramatic increase in calls to poison control centers as a result of e-cigarette and liquid nicotine poisonings, U.S. Senator[Read More…]
Senators Kirk and Menendez Introduce Senate Resolution Commemorating the Armenian Genocide
April is recognized as a month of remembrance of the Armenian Genocide WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2014. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced a Senate resolution commemorating the Armenian Genocide. “Next year will mark the 100th anniversary of[Read More…]
Senators Kirk, Rubio, and 27 Senators Send Letter to President Obama to Deny a US Visa to Iranian Hostage Taker
Hamid Abutalebi is Iran’s Announced Choice to be Ambassador to the United Nations; Abutalebi Was Part of the Hostage Takers Who Held Americans for 444 Days in 1979 WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2014. U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), along with 27 of their Senate colleagues, sent a letter to[Read More…]
UN Officials Cite ‘Race Against Time’ to Prevent Humanitarian Catastrophe in South Sudan
GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–3 April 2014. With no political solution to the conflict that has torn South Sudan apart in sight, senior United Nations officials working in the country stressed today that they are in a “race against time” ahead of the rainy season to help prevent a health and hunger catastrophe. Hilde[Read More…]
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