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State Department Removes Last MEK Members from Iraq

Posted September 14th, 2016 at 12:00 pm (UTC-5)
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By Barbara Slavin Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Monday that the last 280 members of a controversial Iranian opposition group, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), had been removed from a camp near Baghdad and given refuge in Albania. The news aroused little notice amid Kerry’s remarks about a bigger story – a new attempt […]

Conservatives Should Be Opposing, Not Endorsing Calls for Massive Collection of DNA

Posted December 16th, 2015 at 5:02 pm (UTC-5)
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I’ve been wondering when the make-us-feel-safe-at-any-cost crowd would dust off the privacy-invasive and Fourth Amendment-violating concept of collecting DNA samples from anyone arrested for an offense; and, propose it as a way to “make law enforcement’s job easier in these dangerous times.” My wait is over. The clamor for more DNA testing has started again.