Hagel: "Troops At a Breaking Point"; Vets: "Then Bring Us Home".

If a company uses bitcoin, that is no guarantee it isn't a scam.

Al Qa'ida attacked three Iraqi large prisons simultaneously, and freed hundreds of prisoners, including some of its followers.

Al Qa'ida operates in Iraq thanks to the US conquest and occupation of Iraq.

Iraq is experiencing the return of the sectarian killing, which also started as a result of the US conquest and occupation of Iraq.

Congress is considering two "patent reform" bills.

They are small steps for the better. They might reduce the total amount of harm done by patents in computing, and some other fields, but don't try to really solve the problem.

Congress and the Justice Dept's Dangerous Attempts to Define "Journalist" Threaten to Exclude Bloggers.