White House and Senate Republicans reach tentative agreement on treatment of terrorism suspects.- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Republican Party infighting over the treatment of suspected terrorists may be over soon. Key Republican leaders in the Senate, including Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham, had joined with . . .http://www.rcfp.org/behindthehomefront#i3177 Ellsberg calls for leak to avert war.- (Found June 19, 2008 ) The defense analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers to the press in 1971 is calling on government insiders to leak the 'Pentagon Paper of the Middle East,' according to Editor & Publisher. Daniel . . .http://www.rcfp.org/behindthehomefront#i3164 Republicans divided over Bush's plan for interrogations and military commissions.- (Found June 19, 2008 ) The Senate Armed Services Committee rejected Bush's bill regarding the interrogation and prosecution of alleged enemy combatants. The President's bill would limit the CIA's obligations under the . . .http://www.rcfp.org/behindthehomefront#i3165 Reid calls for Senate action to declassify portions of reports on pre-war intelligence.- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Senate Minority Leader Henry Reid (D-Nev.) has joined the criticism of the Bush administration for over-classifying portions of Senate Intelligence Committee's two recent reports on pre-war Iraq . . .http://www.rcfp.org/behindthehomefront#i3166 U.S. military detains AP photographer for five months.- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Military officials in Iraq have held Bilal Hussein, an Iraqi native who started working for The Associated Press in 2004, since April 12 without filing charges or holding a public hearing. In that . . .http://www.rcfp.org/behindthehomefront#i3167 White House Announces Willingness to Compromise on Terror Proposal.- (Found June 19, 2008 ) The number of Republican lawmakers refusing to back President Bush's proposal for the handling of terror suspects has continued to grow, prompting the White House to tell lawmakers that Bush will be . . .http://www.rcfp.org/behindthehomefront#i3168 TV journalist killed in Iraq.- (Found June 19, 2008 ) An Iraqi journalist working for Baghdad TV was killed Saturday in the town of Ramadi. Ahmed Riyadh al-Karbouli, 25, had received death threats from insurgents in recent months. His death brings the . . .http://www.rcfp.org/behindthehomefront#i3169 Former official says TSA overuses SSI to conceal pre-911 vulnerabilities.- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Brian F. Sullivan, a former government official whose duties involved classifying information related to the aviation system, has criticized the Transportation Security Administration's "abusive . . .http://www.rcfp.org/behindthehomefront#i3170 ACLU seeking details on how intelligence center is handling private information.- (Found June 19, 2008 ) The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts has filed an FOIA request with that state seeking information on how a new intelligence center there is safeguarding the information it is . . .http://www.rcfp.org/behindthehomefront#i3171 Pentagon defends detention of AP photographer.- (Found June 19, 2008 ) The Pentagon defended its months-long detention of an Associated Press photographer in Iraq, asserting that it has authority to imprison him indefinitely without charges because it believes he had . . .http://www.rcfp.org/behindthehomefront#i3172 |