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17
May
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) and conservative members of his panel have reached agreement on legislation that may determine the legality of the National Security Agency
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16
May
s the US Central Intelligence Agency comes under increasing criticism for its controversial renditions programme and alleged network of secret ‘black site’ prisons, a Khaleej Times review of evidence presented against the CIA reveals emirates airports were used at least 13 times by the spy agency’s fleet of aircraft.
Three aircraft publicly linked to the CIA
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14
May
he role of Vice President Dick Cheney in the criminal case stemming from the outing of White House critic Joseph Wilson’s CIA wife is likely to get fresh attention as a result of newly disclosed notes showing that Cheney personally asked whether Wilson had been sent by his wife on a “junket” to Africa.
Cheney’s notes, [...]
14
May
Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald spent more than half a day Friday at the offices of Patton Boggs, the law firm representing Karl Rove.
During the course of that meeting, Fitzgerald served attorneys for former Deputy White House Chief of Staff Karl Rove with an indictment charging the embattled White House official with perjury and lying to [...]
12
May
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12
May
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12
May
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12
May
As you recall back in 2003 lead singer of the Dixie Chicks, Natalie Maines, told a London concert audience:
“Just so you know, we’re ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas.”
This led to a country music shutdown of their music which has not and probably will never recover.
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12
May
Federal prosecutors have begun an investigation into Rep. Jerry Lewis, the Californian who chairs the powerful House Appropriations Committee, government officials and others said, signaling the spread of a San Diego corruption probe.
The U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles has issued subpoenas in an investigation into the relationship between Lewis (R-Redlands) and a Washington lobbyist [...]
12
May
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11
May
“I happen to believe we are on our way to a major constitutional confrontation on 4th amendment guarantees of
unreasonable search and seizure and I think this is also going to present a growing impediment to the confirmation of General Hayden”
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11
May
The government has abruptly ended an inquiry into the warrantless eavesdropping program because the National Security Agency refused to grant Justice Department lawyers the necessary security clearance to probe the matter.
The inquiry headed by the Justice Department
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11
May
The National Security Agency has been secretly collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans, using data provided by AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth, people with direct knowledge of the arrangement told USA TODAY.
The NSA program reaches into homes and businesses across the nation by amassing information about the calls of ordinary Americans
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11
May
The National Security Agency advised President Bush in early 2001 that it had been eavesdropping on Americans during the course of its work monitoring suspected terrorists and foreigners believed to have ties to terrorist groups, according to a declassified document.
The NSA’s vast data-mining activities began shortly after Bush was sworn in as president and the [...]
11
May
By Dave Lindorff
…Pelosi is in for a big surprise.
She and the rest of the Democratic leadership (if they can really even be called such), are so scared of their shadows, so scared of challenging Republicans on anything but stem cells and Social Security, that impeachment has them cowering under rocks. The public is way out [...]
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