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A Pardon on the Installment Plan; An Investigation Sabotaged
Seeded on Thu Jul 5, 2007 11:46 AM EDT (Daily Kos)
It should be noted, for future record, that the President of the United States has just used his power of clemency to sabotage an active criminal investigation into the office of his own Vice President.
Paris Hilton has served more jail time at the hands of an overzealous judge, seen more of the inside of a jail cell, eaten more prison food than Lewis Libby ever will
Seeded on Tue Jul 3, 2007 1:56 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
It's official: Paris Hilton has served more jail time at the hands of an overzealous judge, seen more of the inside of a jail cell, eaten more prison food than Lewis Libby ever will.
Don't Veto, Don't Obey
Seeded on Sat Jun 23, 2007 12:05 PM EDT (The New York Times)
President Bush is notorious for issuing statements taking exception to hundreds of bills as he signs them. This week, we learned that in a shocking number of cases, the Bush administration has refused to enact those laws.
The Bu@!$%#es Have Outsourced Our Government to Their Pals
Seeded on Wed Jun 20, 2007 9:30 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)
The sprawling $43 billion homeland security department is known for being in charge of America''s color-coded terrorist-threat alarm system, a sham that obscures HSD''s real mission: to serve as a giant federal cookie jar for corporate America.
FBI Finds It Frequently Overstepped in Collecting Data
Seeded on Thu Jun 14, 2007 5:53 PM EDT (The Washington Post)
An internal FBI audit has found that the bureau potentially violated the law or agency rules more than 1,000 times while collecting data about domestic phone calls, e-mails and financial transactions in recent years, far more than was documented in a Justice Department report in …
Legalizing Net gambling? There's a chance
Seeded on Sun Jun 10, 2007 1:28 PM EDT (CNET)
Opponents of a federal ban on Internet gambling said during a congressional hearing Friday that it would be wiser to legalize and regulate betting than prohibit it.
Suspending habeas corpus has made us less safe
Seeded on Sat Jun 9, 2007 3:28 PM EDT (Raw Story)
The Military Commissions Act, passed last year by the Republican Congress, stripped away the fundamental Constitutional right of habeas corpus. Now the Senate Judiciary Committee, in voting for the Restoration Act, has taken the first step in restoring it.
Top 10 Signs You Might Not Get a Fair Trial at Gitmo
Seeded on Wed Jun 6, 2007 7:38 PM EDT (NPR)
The U.S. military admitted for the first time last week that one of the prisoners held without charges for more than two years at the base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was never an al Qaeda or Taliban fighter and should be immediately released.
RIAA Accused of Extortion, Conspiracy
Seeded on Tue Jun 5, 2007 11:27 PM EDT (Gizmodo)
Ha! The RIAA, the group that everyone loves to hate, is getting accused in court of extortion, conspiracy, computer fraud, trespass, and eeeee-vil. Sweet! Here's hoping they get criminal charges pressed against them too.
JFK Airport Plot Has All The Hallmarks Of Staged Terror
Seeded on Mon Jun 4, 2007 6:05 PM EDT (Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com)
An alleged plot to blow up fuel tanks, terminal buildings and fuel lines running beneath Kennedy International Airport has all the hallmarks of being another staged terror alert, having never advanced beyond a rudimentary planning stage while being prodded and provocateured by a …
Poll: Americans Support Bush Impeachment for Wiretapping
Seeded on Sat Jun 2, 2007 3:17 PM EDT (democrats.com)
By a margin of 52% to 43%, Americans want Congress to consider impeaching President Bush if he wiretapped American citizens without a judge's approval, according to a new poll commissioned by AfterDowningStreet.org, a grassroots coalition that supports a Congressional investigati …
Don't We Have a Constitution, Not a King?
Seeded on Fri Jun 1, 2007 6:02 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)
Bush has issued a directive that would place all governmental powers in his hands in the case of a catastrophic emergency. If a terrorist attack happens before the 2008 election, could Bush and Cheney use this to avoid relinquishing power to a successor administration?
Bush Surgeon General nominee runs program to "cure" gays
Seeded on Fri Jun 1, 2007 5:56 PM EDT (AMERICAblog)
So will he get a chance to cure Mary Cheney and her lover Heather Poe? And if Mary and Heather are cured, then will Heather still be the parent of their child? Has Bush at least asked Mary to try to be cured by his Surgeon General nominee? Or does Bush not believe that his Sur …
No jobs for US citizens without Homeland Security approval
Seeded on Sat May 26, 2007 6:52 PM EDT (Press Esc)
US citizens who apply for a job will need prior approval from Department of Homeland Security under the terms immigration bill passed by the Senate this week. American Civil Liberties Union pointed out that the DHS's Employment Eligibility Verification System (EEVS) is error pla …
A new twist on anti-spam tech can help digitize books
Seeded on Sat May 26, 2007 12:59 PM EDT (Ars Technica)
Carnegie Mellon researchers have launched a new service that will not only protect e-mail addresses on the web from spambots, but also help digitize a backlog of old books, magazines, and newspapers so that they can eventually be computer searchable.
Hack My Son's Computer, Please
Seeded on Wed May 23, 2007 2:59 PM EDT (Wired News)
Can an elderly father give police permission to search a password-protected computer kept in his adult son's bedroom, without probable cause or a warrant? In April, a three judge panel of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals said yes.
Dems Seek No-Confidence Vote on Gonzales
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2007 12:51 AM EDT (Breitbart)
Two Senate Democrats said Thursday they will seek a no-confidence vote on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales over accusations that he carried out President Bush's political agenda at the expense of the Justice Department's independence.
Navy vet: Chaplains tried converting me
Seeded on Tue May 15, 2007 5:52 PM EDT (navytimes.com)
Navy veteran David Miller said that when he checked into the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Iowa City, he didn't realize he would get a hard sell for Christian fundamentalism along with treatment for his kidney stones.Miller, 46, an Orthodox Jew, said he was repeatedly pros …
The Futility of Random Drug Testing Teenagers
Seeded on Fri May 11, 2007 6:35 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)
Though touted by the Bush administration as the "silver bullet" that will force teenagers to "just say no," random drug testing is of questionable effectiveness. It is also costly, counterproductive and violates basic American values.
iPod, iTunes cited in new legal filing against Apple
Seeded on Fri May 11, 2007 6:10 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
Media Rights Technologies (MRT), developers of technology that prevents users from ripping digital media streams, has filed a Cease and Desist letter against Apple and other companies.
War on Iraq: Bush the "Commander Guy" Rejects Spending on His Own War
Seeded on Sat May 5, 2007 10:41 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)
This week, with an almost totally incoherent speech in which he anointed himself the "Commander Guy" and once again tried to link the ongoing occupation of Iraq to al Qaeda, George W.
Latest AACS crack 'beyond revocation'
Seeded on Sat May 5, 2007 10:18 PM EDT (The Register (UK))
Hackers have found a way of circumventing the AACS copy prevention technology used by next-generation DVD disks. Unlike earlier breaks, the latest crack can't be papered over simply by pushing key revocation updates.
James Comey's testimony hurts Gonzales.
Seeded on Fri May 4, 2007 1:22 AM EDT (Slate)
In his testimony before Congress today, former Deputy Attorney General James Comey was quiet, understated, and devastating to Alberto Gonzales.It took Comey all of an hour and a half to shred Gonzales' contention that the U.S.
Leahy Blasts Gonzales Over 'Highly Troubling' New Secret Memo
Seeded on Tue May 1, 2007 9:02 PM EDT (Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News)
Murray Waas revealed in the National Journal today that Alberto Gonzales "signed a highly confidential order in March 2006 delegating to two of his top aides" — chief of staff Kyle Sampson and counsel Monica Goodling, who have both since resigned — "extraordinary author …
Rice will not comply with House subpoena
Seeded on Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:21 AM EDT (TheHill.com)
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made it clear Sunday that she does not plan to comply with a subpoena that the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee authorized this week.
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