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submitted by eooties 19 months ago, from kansascity.com
President George W. Bush on Monday used his 50th and final news conference to defend his service and thank reporters for theirs. “This is the ultimate exit interview,” Bush said in the White House briefing room. More
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from feeds.washingtonpost.com, 23 months ago
Justice Department officials released new guidelines yesterday that empower FBI agents to use intrusive techniques to gather intelligence within the United States, alarming civil liberties groups and Democratic lawmakers who worry that they invite privacy violations and other abuses.... More
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submitted by trippie48 26 months ago, from washingtonpost.com
The decider has become the compromiser. President Bush has racked up a series of significant political victories in recent weeks, on surveillance reform, war funding and an international agreement on global warming, but only after engaging in the kind of conciliation with opponents that his... More
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submitted by rodeox 26 months ago, from blog.wired.com
The Senate overwhelming voted Wednesday to grant retroactive amnesty to the telecoms that aided President Bush's five-year secret, warrantless wiretapping of Americans, and to expand the government's authority to sift through communications, handing a key victory to Bush. Obama voted for the bill. More
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submitted by animaniac 26 months ago, from arstechnica.com
With the Senate set to vote on FISA amendments this week, Ars examines the legislation's key provisions and finds that it would undermine judicial oversight of foreign-to-domestic communications. More
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by Pamela Hess from hosted.ap.org, 26 months ago
The Senate on Wednesday affirmed its intention to protect from civil lawsuits telecom companies that helped the government wiretap Americans without court authorization after the Sept. 11 attacks. It turned back three amendments that were offered during final debate on a bill that overhauls... More
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submitted by Antelope 26 months ago, from democracynow.org
.....They were basically copying the entire data stream going across critical internet cables and copying the entire data stream to this secret room, so the NSA was getting everything..... More
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submitted by trippie48 26 months ago, from newsday.com
Sen. Charles Schumer and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid are bucking their party's presidential nominee Barack Obama by opposing a White House-backed warrantless wiretapping bill expected to be voted on today. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has not made up her mind on the controversial measure. More
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submitted by grandie4 26 months ago, from philly.com
There's nothing wrong with a politician changing his mind. They all do it, and constancy in the face of error can be as harmful as flip-flopping. Yet the month of June saw Barack Obama abandoning positions at a clip so brisk it should give even his most stalwart supporters pause. More
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submitted by riverdrops 26 months ago, from huffingtonpost.com
I want to take this opportunity to speak directly to those of you who oppose my decision to support the FISA compromise. This was not an easy call for me. I know that the FISA bill that passed the House is far from perfect. I wouldn't have drafted the legislation like this, and it does not resolve.. More
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submitted by animaniac 26 months ago, from online.wsj.com
Mr. Obama isn't merely "running to the center." He's fleeing from many of his primary positions so markedly and so rapidly that he's embracing a sizable chunk of President Bush's policy. Who would have thought that a Democrat would rehabilitate the much-maligned Bush agenda? More
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submitted by grandie4 26 months ago, from news.yahoo.com
The Pentagon will buy and operate one or two commercial imagery satellites and plans to design and build another with more sophisticated spying capabilities, according to government and private industry officials. The satellites could spy on enemy troop movements, spot construction at suspected... More
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submitted by blueheat 26 months ago, from physorg.com
The United States and European Union are close to an agreement to share private data of their citizens, including credit card information, travel history and internet browsing information, The New York Times said Saturday. Negotiations that begun in February 2007 however have to yet address... More
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submitted by agabriel 26 months ago, from latimes.com
A handgun ban. The death penalty. U.S. wiretaps. Iran and Israel. Trade. On all of those issues, he has recently staked more moderate ground. Barack Obama, as he introduces himself to the broader voting public, is emphasizing centrist -- even conservative -- positions on hot-button issues. More
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by Pamela Hess from hosted.ap.org, 26 months ago
The Senate on Thursday put off voting on controversial electronic surveillance legislation, in spite of what appeared to be overwhelming support for the bill. Sen. Russ Feingold and more than a dozen other senators who oppose telecom immunity threw up procedural delays that threatened to force... More
