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Padilla Jury Opens Pandora's Box
Paul Craig Roberts Jose Padilla's conviction on terrorism charges on August 16 was a victory, not for justice, but for the US Justice (sic) Department's theory that a US citizen can be convicted, not... ...
US Defends NSA Spying Before Three Skeptical Judges
Adam Liptak, of The New York Times, reports, "Three federal appeals court judges hearing challenges to the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs appeared skeptical of and sometimes hostile to... ...
Bush Administration Spent $1.6 Billion to Spin the News
Christopher Lee, of The Washington Post, writes: "How much is good press worth? To the Bush administration, about $1.6 billion. That's how much seven federal departments spent from 2003 through the second... ...
Lawsuit may detail secrets of spy program
MSNBC 08/14/07 In 2003, Room 641A of a large telecommunications building in downtown San Francisco was filled with powerful data-mining equipment for a ’special job’ by the National Security Agency,... ...
Using New FISA Law, Bush Challenges NSA Spying Suit
David Kravets for Wired Magazine reports that "four days after President Bush signed controversial legislation legalizing some warrantless surveillance of Americans, the administration is citing the law... ...
Oil Drilling off Alaska: Cheney's Ill-Advised Crusade
Matt Vespa writes in The San Jose Mercury News: "On June 29 the Bush administration quietly approved a keystone of Vice President Dick Cheney's energy policy: furthering our addiction to oil through the... ...
Bush Administration and Timber Industry Deal Accelerates Northwest Logging
Michael Milstein reports for The Oregonian that "Northwest national forests are hurriedly boosting federal logging to the highest levels in years with a new infusion of cash, even as they close campgrounds... ...
ACLU Asks Secret Intelligence Court to Release Orders That Led to "Emergency" Wiretapping Legislation
http://www.commondreams.or g/news2007/0809-06.htm -- ------ Civil Rights Group Seeks Court's Spying Rulings James Vicini reports for Reuters, "A US civil liberties group said on Wednesday it is asking... ...
America under surveillance
Salon by Tim Shorrock 08/09/07 On one level, the engagement of the NGA and the U-2 flights over the Gulf Coast during Katrina were commendable efforts to use America’s vast surveillance powers for the... ...
Move to Amend FISA Sparked by Judge's Ruling
Carol D. Leonnig and Ellen Nakashima report for The Washington Post: "A federal intelligence court judge earlier this year secretly declared a key element of the Bush administration's wiretapping efforts... ...