Burr blocks U.S. attorney pick over Easley, Edwards probes

Barbara Barrett | McClatchy Newspapers

Sen. Richard Burr said Thursday that he will delay the confirmation of Charlotte lawyer Thomas G. Walker as U.S. attorney for Eastern North Carolina until federal investigations into former Gov. Mike Easley and former Sen. John Edwards are completed. » read more

Posted on Fri, December 11, 2009

Assessing CIA culpability in detainee deaths will be tricky

Marisa Taylor and Warren P. Strobel | McClatchy Newspapers

With the appointment of special prosecutor John Durham, critics of the Bush administration's interrogation policies are hoping that the CIA's role in the alleged mistreatment of detainees finally will be revealed. » read more

Posted on Thu, September 3, 2009