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Cheney on achievements: War on terror
The Swampby Mark Silva Near the end of his tenure, the most powerful vice president in the history of the United States pauses to assess "the most important achievements of the administration and any disappointments.'' That was the question put to......Tags: Abusive Behavior, Unrest, Conflicts and War, National Government, Pennsylvania, Crime, Law and Justice
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Bush: 'Terrorist surveillance' covered
The Swampby Mark Silva President Bush, who stands to get little out of Congress in this, his final year in the White House, stands close to getting this: The legal immunity that he has long been seeking for telecommunications companies cooperating......Tags: White House, George W. Bush
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Revenge of FISA: the sequel
The Swampby James Oliphant and updated It's back. And just like Michael Myers in Halloween, or Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction or Larry the Cable Guy, it can't be killed by any normal means. Democratic and Republican negotiators from the House......Tags: Parliament, Laws, Patrick Leahy, Michael Mukasey, National Government
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Cost of confidentiality: $9.9 billion, rising
The Swampby Mark Silva In the realm of the $3-trillion-a-year federal government, here's a noteworthy figure: The cost of confidentiality: $9.9 billion last year. And that's not counting the part they can't talk about, such as the costs of containing information.....Tags: Dick Cheney, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Central Intelligence Agency
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FISA infinitum: Opposition to bill digs in
The Swampby James Oliphant Earlier this week, it looked like the bill modifying the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act would clear Congress by the end of the week and reach the president's desk before July 4. That may yet happen, but the......Tags: Verizon Communications, Harry Reid, Christopher Dodd, Patrick Leahy, Barack Obama
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ACLU to new president: End rights slide
The Swampby Frank James The American Civil Liberties Union has recommendations for actions the new president should take on his first day, within his first first 100 days and during the first year to restore constitutional rights that eroded during the......Tags: Abusive Behavior, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Court Administration, Demonstration, Civil Rights
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Bush surveillance program under review
The Swampby Mark Silva Five inspectors general at sensitive agencies are at work on a review of the Bush administration's warrantless surveillance of people suspected of communicating with possible terrorist - their report due in July. When Congress amended the...Tags: Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, National Security, Central Intelligence Agency
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Jane Harman: Outraged at NSA wiretap
The Swampby Mark Silva Then, there is the odd tale of the federal government's alleged eavesdropping on - a member of Congress. Rep. Jane Harman, a California Democrat, is demanding answers from the National Security Agency, which reportedly had some questions.......Tags: California, Unrest, Conflicts and War, United States, The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer (tv program), National Government
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Tuesday's traffic
Spin CycleThere's a new nexus of intrigue in this story about the Israel lobby's PAC, two accused of espionage, NSA wiretaps, and Rep. Jane Harman. President Obama strokes the CIA crew after weeks of potentially demoralizing revelations about torture tactics under....Tags: Democratic Party, Rockefeller Center, National Government, Government, Jane Harman
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Pelosi: 'Knew (Harman) was wiretapped'
The Swampby Mark Silva Why are the wiretapped always the last to know? Rep. Jane Harman expressed some surprise and dismay this week when news surfaced that the NSA had eavesdropped on a conversation she had with a suspected Israeli agent.......Tags: California, Jane Harman
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Cheney: 'Torture was never permitted'
The Swampby Mark Silva Former Vice President Dick Cheney, delivering a forceful defense of the Bush administration's interrogations of suspected terrorists and stern criticism of the Obama administration, maintained today that the CIA never tortured anyone, but...Tags: Dick Cheney, Abusive Behavior, Unrest, Conflicts and War, United States, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Dick Cheney's waterboarding: 9/11 redux
The Swampby Mark Silva Brent Scowcroft, who served as national security adviser in the White House of the first President Bush - when Dick Cheney was serving as defense secretary - opposed the second Bush's invasion of Iraq. In the transition......Tags: Abusive Behavior, Civil Rights, Symptoms, Murder, Disasters
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