National & International News

Obama Administration Refuses to Release Fast & Furious Documents

Pelosi Commenting on Contempt Vote

Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi decried a house panel's vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress saying it was a frivolous use of the power.

Obama Uses Executive Privilege to Wave Eric Holders Contempt Vote

Fast & Furious Questioning 

Who was engaged in the Justice Department, and the release of censored documents withheld by the White House. 

Martial Law Training in St. Louis

House Bill Extends TSA Intel Sharing to Mass Transit

Wikileaks: The CIA is Openly Monitoring Al Jazeera's Content & Programming 

Declassified Files Prove Israeli Manipulation of U.S. Media

Wikileaks: Syrian Government Training Prisoners to Fight in Iraq

A US diplomatic document released by WikiLeaks sheds new light on prison riots which happened in Sednaya in Syria in 2008. The cable alleges that prisoners in Sednaya had been trained and sent to fight against American troops in the Iraq war.

Prisoners rioted after being put back into jail after their return from fighting, the document claims. Amnesty International says 52 prisoners went missing and another 22 were killed, after government forces went in to control the violence.

Wikileaks: US Secretly Funding Syrian Opposition 

New diplomatic reports released by Wikileaks indicate that the U.S. has been funding opposition groups in Syria, a key Iranian ally. The documents state that the funding began under President Bush and continued under President Obama, a claim the State Department denies. Former CIA Covert Operations Office Mike Baker joined Shep to try to make sense of the latest reports.

The Scariest "Mind Control" Drug In the World

US Secretary of Commerce Under Investigation for Felony Hit-And-Run

Eric Holder Could Be Held in Contempt of Congress

Eric Holder / Fast & Furious Gun Walking Scandal

Eminent Domain 

Pirate Bay Blocked in the UK

 Internet freedom has suffered another blow. In the United Kingdom, The Pirate Bay website was blocked to millions of users. A UK high court ruled that the country's leading Internet Service Providers had to censor the site, claiming that both the Bay and its users were breaking copyright laws. 

Rupert Murdoch (Fox New & Wallstreet Journal Owner) Deemed Unfit to Run Media Empire

CNN runs damage control after Rupert Murdoch owner of Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and many other outlets - is declared unfit to run a corporation following a hacking scandal. Media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has been involved in a phone hacking scandal that has taken a turn for the worst. Murdoch - who owns Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and many other outlets - was declared unfit to run a corporation recently by Great Britain's House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee. This comes after his senior executives deliberately "misled" Parliament to believe all their practices were legal. Christopher Chambers, journalism professor at Georgetown University, gives us his take on what's next for Murdoch.