http://www.rcfp.org/behindthehomefront/index.php http://www.rcfp.org/behindthehomefront/index.php http://www.rcfp.org/_art/bth.gif http://www.rcfp.org/behindthehomefront#i3177 Republican Party infighting over the treatment of suspected terrorists may be over soon. Key Republican leaders in the Senate, including Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham, had joined with . . . http://www.rcfp.org/behindthehomefront#i3176 After a federal court ruling yesterday, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby may have greater access to classified information as he fights perjury charges. Federal Judge Reggie B. Walton decided he . . . http://www.rcfp.org/behindthehomefront#i3175 The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a bill that would enact the first significant change to the Freedom of Information Act in 10 years. Among other reforms, the bill would allow for easier . . . http://www.rcfp.org/behindthehomefront#i3174 A federal judge has ordered the Department of Defense to release documents that identify which detainees have been mistreated in Guantanamo Bay. Judge Jed Rakoff rejected the government's claim that . . . http://www.rcfp.org/behindthehomefront#i3173 Republican Kit Bond of Missouri and Orrin Hatch of Utah have joined some of their Democratic collegagues on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in criticizing the high amount of classified . . . http://www.rcfp.org/behindthehomefront#i3172 The Pentagon defended its months-long detention of an Associated Press photographer in Iraq, asserting that it has authority to imprison him indefinitely without charges because it believes he had . . . http://www.rcfp.org/behindthehomefront#i3171 The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts has filed an FOIA request with that state seeking information on how a new intelligence center there is safeguarding the information it is . . . http://www.rcfp.org/behindthehomefront#i3170 Brian F. Sullivan, a former government official whose duties involved classifying information related to the aviation system, has criticized the Transportation Security Administration's "abusive . . . http://www.rcfp.org/behindthehomefront#i3169 An Iraqi journalist working for Baghdad TV was killed Saturday in the town of Ramadi. Ahmed Riyadh al-Karbouli, 25, had received death threats from insurgents in recent months. His death brings the . . . http://www.rcfp.org/behindthehomefront#i3168 The number of Republican lawmakers refusing to back President Bush's proposal for the handling of terror suspects has continued to grow, prompting the White House to tell lawmakers that Bush will be . . . http://www.rcfp.org/behindthehomefront#i3167 Military officials in Iraq have held Bilal Hussein, an Iraqi native who started working for The Associated Press in 2004, since April 12 without filing charges or holding a public hearing. In that . . . http://www.rcfp.org/behindthehomefront#i3166 Senate Minority Leader Henry Reid (D-Nev.) has joined the criticism of the Bush administration for over-classifying portions of Senate Intelligence Committee's two recent reports on pre-war Iraq . . . http://www.rcfp.org/behindthehomefront#i3165 The Senate Armed Services Committee rejected Bush's bill regarding the interrogation and prosecution of alleged enemy combatants. The President's bill would limit the CIA's obligations under the . . . http://www.rcfp.org/behindthehomefront#i3164 The defense analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers to the press in 1971 is calling on government insiders to leak the 'Pentagon Paper of the Middle East,' according to Editor & Publisher. Daniel . . . http://www.rcfp.org/behindthehomefront#i3163 A freelance photographer was shot in a Baghdad print shop, while another Iraqi journalist was ambushed in the eastern province of Diyala. The deaths occurred days after the killing of an editor at . . .