Abuse of Power

File - A crowd cheers at the corner of Vesey and Liberty streets next to Ground Zero in New York, May 2, 2011, after hearing news of Osama bin Laden's death.

5 years ago the U.S. killed Osama bin Laden. Did it matter?
CNN Washington (CNN)Five years after U.S. Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden at his Pakistani compound, more groups of violent Islamic extremists threaten global security than at any time in history. | Ter... (photo: US DoD / Public Domain)

Supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr sit-in before leaving Baghdad's highly fortified Green Zone, Sunday, May 1, 2016.

Iraqis end protest in Baghdad Green Zone
Denver Post Supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr storm parliament in Baghdad's Green Zone on Saturday. Dozens of protesters could be seen with Iraqi flags chanting against the government. (Khalid Mohammed,... (photo: ABr / Karim Kadim)

Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump, left, speaks as Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during the Fox Business Network Republican presidential debate at the North Charleston Coliseum, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, in North Charleston, S.C.

Ted Cruz rails against Trump-Clinton 'cartel' in final push ahead of Indiana
The Guardian Texas senator blitzes Sunday talkshows in last-ditch effort to prevent Republican frontrunner Donald Trump from winning nomination on first ballot | Ted Cruz made a last-ditch series of attacks on Don... (photo: AP / Rainier Ehrhardt)

Army Gen. Joseph L. Votel, commander of U.S. Central Command, briefs the media on the investigation into an Oct. 3, 2015 airstrike in Kunduz, Afghanistan, during a news conference at the Pentagon, April 29, 2016.

No justice for victims of US air strike in Afghanistan
Al Jazeera Kathleen Thomas grimly recalls the day when a US warplane flew over in Afghanistan and bombed her intensive care unit. | A survivor of the attack - which killed 42 and wounded dozens of others in the ... (photo: US DoD / US Army, Sgt. 1st Class Clydell Kinchen)

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Supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gather outside parliament in Baghdad's Green Zone, Saturday, April 30, 2016. Dozens of protesters climbed over the blast walls and could be seen storming the Parliament building, carrying Iraqi flags and chanting against the government.

State of emergency declared in Baghdad as protesters take Iraqi parliament
Stars and Stripes BAGHDAD — A state of emergency was declared in the Iraqi capital on Saturday as protesters stormed Iraq's parliament, after bursting into the Baghdad's fortified Green ... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim)

File - In this photo taken Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, embattled African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) leader Julius Malema, gives a black power salute, near Pretoria, South Africa, during his first public appearance since an appeals ruling to dismiss him from the ruling party was upheld. The ruling ANC upheld the ruling to expel Malema from his position as ANCYL leader.

Malema warns IEC not to "rig" elections
Mail Guardian South Africa Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema has set the stage for a | possible backlash from the Independent Electoral Commission when he “warned” the body n... (photo: AP / Denis Farrell)

File - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) meets with Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of Italy, 2009.

Silvio Berlusconi faces sex and lies charges in seven cities across Italy
The Guardian Courts will try the disgraced former prime minister and young women he is accused of bribing to lie under oath | Courts in seven cities across Italy will join forces to t... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider)

President of South Africa Addresses General Assembly Jacob Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa, addresses the general debate of the sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly.

S. African Court to Review Zuma Corruption Ruling
Voa News A judge in South Africa on Friday said a 2009 court decision to drop nearly 800 corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma was “irrational” and called for the ca... (photo: UN / J Carrier)

FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2015 file photo UEFA President Michel Platini gets into a car after a visit to the football arena in Minsk, Belarus.

Michel Platini arrives at CAS to fight 6-year ban by FIFA
Indian Express Previously, FIFA’s ethics and appeal committees ruled out bribery and found Michel Platini guilty of conflict of interest. (Source: Reuters) | Michel Platini has be... (photo: AP / Sergei Grits)

Kenya Set To Burn World's Largest Ever Ivory Stockpile
IFL Science This Saturday will see the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) set fire to its entire ivory stockpile, in what will be the largest ivory burn in history. Around 105 tonnes (115... (photo: AP / Ben Curtis)

Delayed Russian Soyuz rocket gets off the ground
BBC News An unmanned rocket has been launched from Russia's new Vostochny cosmodrome, following a delay 24 hours earlier that drew the ire of Vladimir Putin. | The launch of the S... (photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office)

Who is Julius Malema, South Africa's Firebrand Opposition Leader?
Newsweek It appears Julius Malema may have finally overstepped the mark. | The outspoken leader of South Africa’s third-biggest political party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (E... (photo: AP / Themba Hadebe)

File - William (Bill) H. Gates, founder, technology advisor of Microsoft Corporation visits The Department of Energy on October 8, 2013.

Bill Gates, Washington State and the Nuisance of Democracy
Alternet Today’s multi-billionaires are a different species of philanthropist; they keep tight control over their foundations while also operating as major political funders. | ... (photo: US Dept. of Energy / Ken Shipp, DOE Photographer)