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Pentagon Frees Guantánamo Detainee to Saudi Arabia

(Reuters) The United States said on Tuesday it had transferred Abdul Shalabi, a longtime hunger striker at the Guantanamo Bay prison and described as a bodyguard for former al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, to his home country of Saudi Arabia.

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35% of All Government Personnel Wrongdoing Complaints Filed By VA Employees

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC), responsible for overseeing whistleblower disclosures and investigating whistleblower retaliation throughout the federal government, expects to receive over 1,400 “prohibited personnel practices complaints” from Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees in 2015 alone.

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Cheney: The White House Doesn’t Listen to the Military

Former Vice President Dick Cheney argued that the White House doesn’t listen to the military on Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” Cheney said, “I think there has been a breakdown if you will, between the White House and the