What Did Obama and Tiger Woods Talk About During Their Top Secret Golf Game?
The White House Press Pool made a stink on Sunday after they were refused access to President Obama's golf game with Tiger Woods in Florida.
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A strange thing happened on Tuesday. Just a few hours after an airline pilot spotted an unidentified "drone" hovering a few miles from JFK airport, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that drones strikes on United States soil were not out of the question.
The White House Press Pool made a stink on Sunday after they were refused access to President Obama's golf game with Tiger Woods in Florida.
Facebook released a report about its carbon footprint on Wednesday, estimating that each user's annual impact while using the site is about the same as a medium latte or three large bananas, which, as The Guardian points out, is significantly lower than Google's estimated carbon footprint per user.
If his bosses get their way, 24-year State Department veteran Peter Van Buren will need to look for a new job, thanks to a list of offenses related to some critical commentary on the United States and, among other things, linking to Wikileaks from his blog.
The Associated Press's Richard Lardner has attracted the admiring eyes of Beltway reporters Tuesday by flouting the Obama administration's demand for anonymity, even as another A.P. article granted the administration's request.
After taking heat from good government groups for its lack of progress on transparency, the Obama administration distorted its record on processing Freedom of Information Act requests, a former Justice Department official said.
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