The Times Observerhttp://www.timesobserver.comTop Blogsen-usSun, 19 May 2013 19:48:36 EDTSun, 19 May 2013 19:48:36 EDThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssGov't probe obtains wide swath of AP phone recordshttp://www.timesobserver.com/page/blogs.detail/display/386/Gov't-probe-obtains-wide-swath-of-AP-phone-records.htmlBy Mark Sherman Associated Press <P> WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive an...Tue, 14 May 2013 10:11:25 EDTWhat is ricin?http://www.timesobserver.com/page/blogs.detail/display/384/What-is-ricin?.htmlBy BEN KLEIN bklein@timesobserver.com <P> A Mississippi man was taken into custody Wednesday accused of mailing letters containing ricin, a toxic chemical found naturally in Castor beans used in experiments by the U.S.Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:47:59 EDTAP: Cartels dispatch agents deep inside UShttp://www.timesobserver.com/page/blogs.detail/display/381/AP--Cartels-dispatch-agents-deep-inside-US.htmlBy Michael Tarm, Associated Press <P> CHICAGO (AP) - Mexican drug cartels whose operatives once rarely ventured beyond the U.S.Thu, 4 Apr 2013 12:18:52 EDTFreedom of the Press Foundation Publishes Leaked Audio of Bradley Manning's Statementhttp://www.timesobserver.com/page/blogs.detail/display/379/Freedom-of-the-Press-Foundation-Publishes-Leaked-Audio-of-Bradley-Manning's-Statement.htmlBy Trevor Timm and Rainey Reitman at www.pressfreedomfoundation.or.Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:35:02 EDTRep. Mike Kelly Votes Against the Violence Against Women Act of 2013http://www.timesobserver.com/page/blogs.detail/display/377/Rep.-Mike-Kelly-Votes-Against-the-Violence-Against-Women-Act-of-2013.htmlRep. Mike Kelly - the man who once compared birth control to 9/11 and is Rep. Glenn Thompson's BFF not suprisingly voted against the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act of 2013.Fri, 1 Mar 2013 15:53:54 EDT