Beuhring, Kuwait–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2014. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CHUCK HAGEL: General, thank you. Please be seated. To have an armor guy introduce an infantry guy is pretty good. It doesn’t get better than that. And I want to thank General Graves and General Terry and all of your leaders for what[Read More…]
Day: December 9, 2014
Council on American-Islamic Relations Seeks ‘Accountability’ Following Release of Senate Torture Report
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2014. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said a long-awaited report from the Senate Intelligence Committee on the CIA’s use of torture in the years following the 9/11 terror attacks should prompt “accountability,” along with changes in[Read More…]
Senator Udall: Senate Intelligence Committee Study Corrects Record, Ensures No Future President, CIA Repeats Grievous Mistakes of Detention, Interrogation Program
Udall Led Years-Long Fight to Hold CIA, White House Accountable for Brutal, Ineffective Torture Program Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2014. Senator Mark Udall (D-Colorado), who led efforts to hold the White House, CIA and intelligence agencies accountable to the American people, welcomed the declassification today of the U.S. Senate Select Committee[Read More…]
Senator Wyden: Senate Report Shows CIA Torture Did Not Work and America Should Never Torture Again
Exhaustive Senate Intelligence Committee Study Finds CIA Leaders Repeatedly Misled Congress and The Public About Brutal Interrogation Techniques and their Effectiveness; Torture Did Not Improve U.S. National Security Washington, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2014. U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today responded to the release of the Senate Intelligence Committee report on[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Launches ‘Warm Our Heroes’ Collection Drive for Veterans and Their Families
Invites the Public to Drop Off Winter Clothing, Canned Food and Personal Items at State Facilities in Five Cities Through December 19 CHICAGO –-(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn today launched the Warm Our Heroes holiday collection drive for Illinois veterans and their families and invited people across the state[Read More…]
Remarks by Secretary of State Kerry Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Dec. 9, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2014. SECRETARY KERRY: Well, Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member Corker and all of my former colleagues, it really is a pleasure for me to be back before the Foreign Relations Committee. During my time here, I think we got some things right and we certainly wound up[Read More…]
Three Sentenced for Involvement in Aryan Brotherhood of Texas Racketeering Conspiracy
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 9, 2014. Three Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT) gang members and associates from Houston and Dallas were sentenced to prison this week for their roles in the violent ABT enterprise, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson[Read More…]
Attorney General Eric Holder Delivers Remarks at the My Brother’s Keeper Summit Closing Session, Dec. 9, 2014
Memphis, TN–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2014. Thank you, Mayor [A.C.] Wharton – and thank you all for being here today. It’s a privilege to join you in convening this important summit – to discuss and advance the groundbreaking My Brother’s Keeper initiative. And it’s a particular pleasure to do so here in[Read More…]
Yuba City, California, Man Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison for Racially Motivated Attack on White Man and African-American Woman
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 9, 2014. Anthony Merrell Tyler, 34, of Yuba City, California, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge John A. Mendez to serve 46 months in prison for violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. The crime involved a racially motivated attack by[Read More…]
UN Expert Calls for Prosecution of CIA, U.S. Officials for Crimes Committed During Interrogations
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism Ben Emmerson. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–9 December 2014 – A United States Senate report has confirmed what the international community has long believed – that there was a clear policy orchestrated at a high[Read More…]
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