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The JFK-UFO Connection: Bogus Documents or Unanswered Questions?

Do you like a good UFO detective story? Well, here's one for you. And it's ongoing, so we don't yet know the ending. It involves President John F. Kennedy's interest in UFOs shortly before his death and an allegation that he may have angered officials in his administration when he asked for information on the...

Air Force Backs Off Legal Threat Against WikiLeaks Readers

Teenage children of U.S. Air Force personnel no longer face the threat of being charged with espionage for reading secret diplomatic cables freely available on the Internet. The Air Force Materiel Command printed an official news story Monday quoting its legal office as saying, "If a family member of an Air Force employee...

Accused WikiLeaker Manning Is Being Mistreated, Lawyer Says

Does permitting a prisoner to walk in circle eights for one hour a day constitute exercise? Is not being allowed pillows or sheets a form of mistreatment? These questions may lie at the heart of a formal complaint lodged this week by the lawyer defending accused WikiLeaks leaker Bradley Manning, an Army private who is...

UFOs Buzz New Zealand After X-Files Release

Could New Zealand become a new hot spot for close encounters? Just days after New Zealand authorities released 2,000 pages of previously classified UFO X-Files, mysterious lights were spotted over three locations. New Zealand's stuff.co.nz news service reports that on Sunday, Boxing Day in that country, unexplained...

US Tries to Contain Damage From Leaked Cables

WASHINGTON (Nov. 29) -- The release of more than 250,000 classified State Department documents forced the Obama administration into damage control, trying to contain fallout from unflattering assessments of world leaders and revelations about backstage U.S. diplomacy. The publication of the secret cables amplified...