Red Knot, Imperiled Long-distance Flyer, Threatened by Loss of Horseshoe Crabs, Habitat and Climate Change PLEASANTVILLE, N.J.—(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2014. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the red knot as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The robin-sized shorebird, which twice a year makes an epic 9,000-mile[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Amnesty International: Release of Torture Report Underscores Need for Accountability
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2014. In response to the release today of a declassified version of the summary and findings of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report on CIA detention and interrogation, Amnesty International USA’s executive director, Steven W. Hawkins, issued the following statement: “Today’s release once again makes crystal[Read More…]
Reprieve: CIA Torture Report a ‘Good Start,’ But Child Victims of Rendition Absent
UK–(ENEWSPF)–9 December 2014. Commenting on the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on CIA torture, Clare Algar, Executive Director at international human rights NGO Reprieve said: “This is a good start, but it is far from the whole picture. The names of many victims of rendition and torture are absent – not[Read More…]
ACLU: Senate Torture Report Shows Need for Accountability
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2014. The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence today released the executive summary and findings of its landmark report on the CIA’s rendition, secret detention, and torture program. The full report was adopted in December 2012 by a bipartisan majority of the committee after nearly five years of[Read More…]
Statement from Director Brennan on the SSCI Study on the Former Detention and Interrogation Program
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2014. Over the past several decades, and especially since the terrible tragedy of 9/11, the CIA has been at the forefront of our Nation’s campaign against al-Qa’ida and other terrorist organizations worldwide. The women and men of the CIA have operated around the globe, 24-hours-a-day, working with[Read More…]
Department of Justice Launches New Digital Services
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 9, 2014. Today the U.S. Department of Justice is announcing the launch of two new digital services for the American people: the DOJ News API and the DOJ Law Jobs API. These web APIs (application programming interfaces) provide web developers the ability to build mobile apps and other[Read More…]
Senate Intelligence Committee Releases Report on CIA Detention, Interrogation Program
Washington—(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2014. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today released the executive summary of the committee’s five-year review of the CIA’s detention and interrogation program. The release includes redacted versions of the committee’s executive summary and findings and conclusions, as well as additional and minority views authored by[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama Report of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 9, 2014. Throughout our history, the United States of America has done more than any other nation to stand up for freedom, democracy, and the inherent dignity and human rights of people around the world. As Americans, we owe a profound debt of gratitude to our fellow citizens[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, Dec. 8, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2014 – 1:25 P.M. EST MR. EARNEST:Good afternoon, everybody.Nice to see you all. I hope you had a pleasant weekend.As all of you know, we had an unexpectedly busy Saturday afternoon here with the President’s trip to Walter Reed.Unfortunately, it was after a lid had been called,[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Breaks Ground On New Wilson Station Reconstruction Project
$203 Million Project Will Bring New State-Of-The-Art Facility, Red-Purple Transfer Point, While Creating Jobs And Boosting Development In Uptown CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and CTA President Forrest Claypool broke ground today on the Wilson Station Reconstruction Project, which will modernize the 91-year-old stationhouse and the station’s more than[Read More…]
