The calls for airports to expand the use of full-body scanners in the wake of the attempted bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight have re-ignited privacy concerns from groups and lawmakers who have long said the scanners produce graphic images that could make their way onto the Internet.
Source:Calls for Full-Body Scanners Re-Ignite Privacy Concerns
The U.S. government is imposing new duties on imports of steel pipes from China, the latest sign of trade tensions between the two countries.
The government on Wednesday provided a fresh $3.8 billion cash infusion to stabilize GMAC Financial Services as the financing company struggles with hefty losses in its home mortgage unit.
Source:GMAC Financial Services Receives $3.8 Billion in Government Aid
AP – President Barack Obama is to receive a preliminary report Thursday on how a 23-year-old Nigerian with suspected terrorist ties managed to board a plane he is accused of attempting to bomb on Christmas Day, along with recommendations on how to prevent a sequel.
Source:Obama to receive preliminary airline attack report
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AP – The bank account is thin, but the future looks pretty good.
Source:AP-GfK Poll: Americans seek silver lining in 2010
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AP – The CIA said Thursday that seven of its employees were killed and six others wounded in a suicide bombing at a base in Afghanistan. The Associated Press has learned that one of them was the chief of the CIA’s post in Afghanistan’s southeastern Khost Province.
Move by the president is expected to declassify more than 400 million pages of Cold War-era documents and curb the number of government records hidden from the public.
Sen. John Kerry has filed a formal request to visit Iran, Iranian news agencies reported Tuesday — news made public in the middle of the government’s bloody crackdown on dissidents that has left more than a dozen dead.
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid told The Associated Press that a Taliban bomber wearing a military uniform and a suicide vest entered the base in Khost and blew himself inside the gym.
Source:Official: CIA Officers Believed Killed in Afghan Attack
McClatchy Newspapers – NEW YORK — Some banks were only too happy to take big bets from Goldman against the housing market.
Source:Details of one Goldman deal reveal lopsided conflicts
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