From the NY Times: WASHINGTON — Hired in 2001 by the National Security Agency to help it catch up with the e-mail and cellphone revolution, Thomas A. Drake became convinced that the government’s eavesdroppers were squandering hundreds of millions of dollars on failed programs while ignoring a promising alternative.
RUSTENBURG, South Africa — England’s players couldn’t get off the field fast enough. The Americans lingered to savor the night.
Roland Martin, the man who brought ascots to cable news, says that when it comes to fashion you need to be a leader and not a follower. ALSO: You won’t believe what he has to say about Washington Watch panel member Robert Traynham! WATCH: Roland Martin’s Perspective, Be a Fashion Leader.
Tvoneonline.com’s James Hill joins Roland Martin to discuss the hottest stories on the web. In this week’s Web Watch, Roland and James discuss the controversy surrounding Slim Thug’s comments about Black women. Slim Thug had some interesting things to say about how Black Women treat their men. WATCH: Roland Martin and James Hill discuss the […]
NEW ORLEANS — Five current or former New Orleans police officers were charged Friday in the shooting death and burning of a New Orleans man during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
MIAMI — With their homeland ravaged by an earthquake, more than 50,000 Haitians have applied to legally stay and work in the U.S. and immigration advocates are urging others not to miss their chance.
LAS VEGAS — O.J. Simpson’s lawyer told a panel of Nevada Supreme Court justices Friday that the former football star’s conviction in a gunpoint hotel room heist amounted to prejudicial “payback” for Simpson’s 1994 double-murder acquittal.
From BlackVoices.com: Jabar Collins spent 16 years in prison for a crime he says he did not commit. He was freed after a judge discovered that prosecuters hid the fact that several of their witnesses who testified, benefited from doing so from the jury.
JOHANNESBURG — Nelson Mandela would have loved it. The joy, the pulsating music and dazzling colors, the big party to celebrate the world’s embrace of South Africa — even the scrappy 1-1 draw.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The star witness in a trial of a former transit officer accused of killing an unarmed black man at an Oakland train station can’t take the stand.