Posted in Ban, Court, Europe, Investigate, Religion on September 5th, 2007 No Comments »
Scientology, the movement and Church created by the late Ron Hubbard is a very high-profile organization. It has some very popular actors such as Tom Cruise and John Travolta as followers, and is also popular among the rich and famous. It has also been very controversial, with a damning article written in Time magazine as [...]
Posted in Business, China, Consumer, Investigate, Quality on September 5th, 2007 No Comments »
The horror story does not seem to be going away for Mattel and China. In the third episode of the series dealing with lead-contaminated toys, Mattel has had to announce the third recall within a month of toys due to lead contamination. Mattel has announced the recall of 800,000 toys (Barbie accessories sold between October [...]
Posted in Bush, Democratic, Discussion, House, Intelligence, Investigate, Justice, Legal, Republican, Spy, Terrorism, US on September 2nd, 2007 No Comments »
Former attorney-general, Alberto Gonzales was under fire for a number of his statement and actions when he was acting as the Chief Legal Officer of the US. He was the one who authorized a specific movement of the Government towards the legality of torture for getting information, much greater ease of wire-tapping and spying on [...]
Posted in Bush, Environment, Global Warming, House, Investigate, Quality, US on August 11th, 2007 No Comments »
In a scathing criticism of the Army Corps of Engineers, and generically of the way that the various Government institutions such as Congress and Senators representing the state of Louisiana operate, TIME has published an article talking about investigating why the flooding of New Orleans happened after hurricane Katrina, and the prime reason seems to [...]
Posted in Corruption, Court, Investigate, Legal, US on August 4th, 2007 No Comments »
The debate between crime, the Justice Department, and the separation of powers is an ongoing one. It gained fresh currency last year when the FBI raided the office of Rep. William Jefferson’s Rayburn office as part of a corruption investigation, leading to cries from Congress about the Justice Department violating the privilege of a member [...]
Posted in Australia, Court, Democracy, Investigate, Justice, Terrorism on July 31st, 2007 No Comments »
For the past several days, the Australian Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews has been facing a torrid time in relation to the holding of Indian-born doctor Dr. Mohamed Haneef for investigation related to the attempted terrorist attacks in Britain. He has been accused of stubbornness, unwillingness to admit a mistake, and willfully holding a person on [...]
