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Nedra Pickler (born Oct. 13, 1975) is a partisan U.S. political reporter for the Associated Press (AP).

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Buying into a Christmas without presents

WASHINGTON, D.C. I'm not a Scrooge, really. I embrace almost all of Christmas. Except for one time-honored tradition that brings so much stress and expense that eliminating it has made the holiday even more magical. Join me -- and others who are ...

From NEDRA PICKLER, San Diego Union-Tribune,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: People Magazine,  Barack Obama,  Michelle Obama

Judge orders release of Cheney interview with FBI

WASHINGTON - A federal judge ruled Thursday that the FBI must publicly reveal much of its interview with former Vice President Dick Cheney during the investigation into who leaked the identity of a CIA operative. ...

From NEDRA PICKLER, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  1 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation,  Dick Cheney,  George W. Bush,  Emmet Sullivan,  U.S. Department of Justice

Judge urges new policy for terror victims

Victims of terrorism supported by Iran are not getting justice from U.S. courts, a frustrated federal judge said Wednesday as he proposed that President Barack Obama and Congress come up with a new policy to hold Tehran accountable. Royce C. ...

From NEDRA PICKLER, eTaiwan News,  30 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Royce C. Lamberth,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress,  Hamas,  Hezbollah

Advocates object to FBI surveillance guidelines

Civil liberties and Muslim groups say domestic surveillance guidelines recently revealed by the FBI show the agency could be spying on Americans who are not involved in crime or terrorism. The American Civil Liberties Union says the 258-page ...

From NEDRA PICKLER, eTaiwan News,  30 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation,  George W. Bush,  American Civil Liberties Union,  Electronic Frontier Foundation,  Barack Obama

Judge urges new policy for terrorism victims

WASHINGTON—Victims of terrorism supported by Iran are not getting justice from U.S. courts, a frustrated federal judge said Wednesday as he proposed that the president and Congress come up with a new policy to hold Tehran accountable. Royce C. Lamberth, ...

From NEDRA PICKLER, Boston Globe,  30 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Royce C. Lamberth,  U.S. Congress,  Hezbollah,  Hamas,  Barack Obama

Appeals court upholds dismissal of vaccine suit

WASHINGTON—A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a program that requires some members of the military to be vaccinated against anthrax over objections from service members who say the vaccine has not been proven to be effective. The U.S. Court of ...

From NEDRA PICKLER, Boston Globe,  29 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Food and Drug Administration,  US Department of Defense,  US Food and Drug Administration

Former congressional aide gets probation for theft

A former executive assistant to California Rep. Loretta Sanchez was sentenced Friday to three years' probation for stealing office money to buy pizza, groceries and airline tickets and to to collect an authorized bonus. Caroline Valdez, a 28-year- ...

From NEDRA PICKLER, Taiwan News,  26 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Loretta Sanchez,  U.S. House of Representatives

US judge criticizes Guantanamo detainee evidence

A federal judge has ordered the release of a Kuwaiti man held at Guantanamo Bay and rebuked the U.S. government for relying on scant evidence to hold him for seven years. In an opinion declassified Friday, U.S. District Judge Colleen ...

From NEDRA PICKLER, Taiwan News,  26 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Colleen Kollar-Kotelly

Judge criticizes US evidence on Gitmo detainee

WASHINGTON—A federal judge has ordered the release of a Kuwaiti man held at Guantanamo Bay and rebuked the U.S. government for relying on scant evidence, uncredible witnesses and coerced confessions to hold him for more than seven years. In an opinion ...

From NEDRA PICKLER, Boston Globe,  25 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Kuwait Airways,  Colleen Kollar-Kotelly,  U.S. Department of Justice,  Osama bin Laden,  Al-Qaeda

Dutch men plead guilty to illegal exports to Iran

A Dutch company and the father and son who managed it have pleaded guilty to exporting U.S. aircraft parts to Iran. U.S. law has prohibited U.S. goods from being sold to Iran without federal authorization since 1995. But Robert Kraaipoel and his ...

From NEDRA PICKLER, Taiwan News,  25 Sep 2009

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