Page 5 - General John Mitchell News Today

The Starz series also stars Sean Penn and showcases a less-heralded side of the 1972 scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon. It premieres April 24.

Earlier: CAPITOL "INSURRECTION" HOAX: How Our Ly...

The U.S. Supreme Court may be the highest court in the land, but the justices that sit on the bench do get things wrong. It doesn't happen often, but here are 12 Supreme Court cases in history that have been overturned.

Looking backward

Weather in northwest Orange County for Friday, October 1, 2021

Hace 7 horas El actor estadounidense ha ofrecido su organización sin ánimo de lucro Community Organized Relief Effort para que todos se vacunen gratis. Ciudad de México.- El Sean Penn ha condicionado la continuación de su trabajo en la serie  Gaslit, sobre el escándalo del Watergate, a que todos los actores y el equipo de rodaje reciban vacunas contra la Covid-19. Según informó esta semana el medio especializado Variety, NBCUniversal ya preveía la vacunación obligatoria del reparto, ...

1 of 3 The trial of the “Big Three” drug companies accused of fueling an opioid drug epidemic in Cabell County and the city of Huntington started Monday at the Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse in Charleston. Courtesy of the West Virginia Humanities Council

The burglary of an FBI office reminds us that sacrificing civil liberties to prevent violence hurts America too.

Now he was inside. Rows of file cabinets beckoned. This was the moment the group of eight had planned. They had long suspected FBI malfeasance and were convinced these records would prove it. Daniel, then 26, rolled out the first metal cabinet drawer, scooped up the files and threw them into a suitcase. His gloved hands shook. The burglars had to hurry. They had chosen March 8, 1971, because Muhammad Ali’s title fight against Joe Frazier at Madison Square Garden would keep most of the country...

The abuses and excesses by the American surveillance and law-enforcement communities in the years leading up to the mid-1970s prompted setting up of committees to reform the intelligence set-up. Let’s take a look and see whether we have an answer to the question once posed by the Roman satirist Juvenal: Qui custodiet ipsos custodes? (Who will guard the guards?) A few House and Senate committees were formed after reports of surveillance abuse came into light. (Image: danielo/Shutterstock) Le...