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Tag: surveillance program

Oct 14
2007

Spying – Not Just For Terrorism!

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It is time for a full criminal hearing into the Bush White House. Here is the latest revelation on the NSA wiretapping: A former Qwest Communications International executive, appealing a conviction for insider trading, has alleged that the government withdrew opportunities for contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars after Qwest refused to participate in […]

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Jul 31
2007

Fishing Day For Fredo?

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Today is becoming D-Day for Gonzales. The HIll is reporting that a “bombshell” is supposed to be released by the administration today regarding Gonzales: The Senate Judiciary Committee’s ranking Republican, Arlen Specter (Pa.), emerged from a crucial Monday briefing and gave the Bush administration 18 hours to resolve the controversy over apparent contradictions in Attorney […]

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Jul 24
2007

Gonzo Highlights

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Hear are some highlights from around the blogosphere regarding today’s Gonzo hearings. Arlen Specter is now proposing a special prosecutor to investigate the entire attorney gate scandal, including possible contempt charges from the House. TPM also picks up on hints being dropped at perjury charges against Gonzales. This is big considering he is our top […]

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May 4
2007

Bush Shows His Love For Big Business

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As well as violating the rights of U.S. Citizens: The Bush administration is urging Congress to pass a law that would halt dozens of lawsuits charging phone companies with invading ordinary citizens’ privacy through a post-Sept. 11 warrantless surveillance program. The measure is part of a legislative package drafted by the Justice Department to relax […]

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Jan 17
2007

Bush Must Be Fearing The Democrats

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All the arguments last year over the warrentless wiretapping, and all the spin by wingnuts to say it is legal has now come to an end: President George W. Bush has decided not to reauthorize the controversial domestic warrantless surveillance program for terrorism suspects and to put it under the authority of a secret special […]

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Sep 8
2006

George W. Bush – Osama's Greatest Ally!

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Here is the shape of campaigning with only a few weeks left before the mid-term elections: President Bush urged Congress Thursday to give him “additional authority” to continue his administration’s warrantless eavesdropping program. The speech was his latest effort in several days to mark the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks by framing […]

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Jun 9
2006

Cowards In The Senate And Press

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Sounds like that pussy Specter is bowing down to the big old bully called Dick Cheney now: The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee has proposed legislation that would give President Bush the option of seeking a warrant from a special court for an electronic surveillance program such as the one being conducted by the […]

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May 16
2006

Snow's First Day With Cameras

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Tony Snow’s first day in front of the camera and already he has stuck his foot in his mouth (via Crooks and Liars): CBS REPORTER: Why not declassify [the NSA’s call records database]? I mean, the President did talk about the surveillance program a day after the New York Times broke that story. This would […]

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May 13
2006

Big Brother Is Really Watching You

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The NSA thing is getting bigger than anyone could every imagine: A little-known spy agency that analyzes imagery taken from the skies has been spending significantly more time watching U.S. soil. In an era when other intelligence agencies try to hide those operations, the director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. […]

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May 9
2006

Feingold Speaks

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But will they listen? Sen. Russ Feingold (news, bio, voting record), a potential anti-war candidate in the 2008 presidential field, urged fellow Democrats on Monday to show more backbone in challenging President Bush on Iraq. “We must get out of our political foxholes and be willing to clearly and specifically point out what a strategic […]

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