Topic: The Washington Post Company
Spy agencies can target Americans: official
Reuters US Online Report Top News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In unusually frank comments, the top U.S. intelligence official acknowledged on Wednesday that spy agencies can target for killing Americans who are involved in terrorism. "We take direct action against terrorists, in the intelligence community," Dennis Blair, director of national intelligence, said. "If ... we think that direct ...
50 Guantanamo detainees to be held without trial: report
AFP American Edition
The Obama administration wants to keep some 50 Guantanamo detainees locked up indefinitely because they are too dangerous to release and evidence against them is insufficient for a criminal trial, the Washington Post said Friday. On the anniversary of President Barack Obama's executive order to close the "war on ...
Washington Post ups dividend, plans stock buyback
AP News
Washington Post raises annual dividend rate to $9 from $8.60, plans share buybackThe Washington Post Co. said Thursday it is raising its annual dividend rate to $9 from $8.60. The company, which owns Newsweek magazine, Kaplan education services and television properties along with ins namesake newspaper, said its ...
Suspect arrested in killings of eight in US
AFP Global Edition
Police on Wednesday arrested a man suspected of shooting to death eight people in the southern state of Virginia. The suspect, Christopher Speight, 39, surrendered without incident to police after being cornered in woods west of the historic town of Appomattox, a police statement said. "At 7:10 EST (1210 ...
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