Archive for the 'Intelligence' Category
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
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Photo: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst
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Bolton Calls For Congressional Witch-Hunt Into Anti-Bush ‘People In The Intelligence Community’
Yesterday’s National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) concluded that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003, pouring cold water on neoconservative calls for bombing Iran. Like his ideological kin Norman Podhoretz, former U.N. ambassador and Iran war hawk John Bolton has been attempting […]
Posted in Bolton, Iran, Intelligence |
Sunday, November 11th, 2007
Is he referring to that concept for which
Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas said
“The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms.“
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“We deal with a right of privacy older than the Bill of Rights-
older than our political parties, older than our school system.”
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As is the case with everything in […]
Posted in Congress, Bill of Rights, administration, Constitution, Supreme Court, Intelligence |
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
Senators Say White House Cut Deal With Panel on FISA
Documents Said to Be Traded for Telecom Immunity
By Ellen Nakashima
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 23, 2007; A09
Senate Judiciary Committee members yesterday angrily accused the White House of allowing the Senate Intelligence Committee to review documents on its warrantless surveillance program in return for agreeing that telecommunications […]
Posted in Business, administration, Constitution, Cong-SENATE, Crime, Intelligence |
Friday, October 12th, 2007
Please Keep Those Calls And Letters Going…
By Christy Hardin Smith on Fri Oct 12, 2007 at 07:54 am
Yesterday, Spencer Ackerman did a process piece about the contacts that we’ve been pushing on FISA via the ACLU and others. What Spencer didn’t know, because I wasn’t contacted, was that I got the tip from Liz […]
Posted in Bill of Rights, Democrats, ACLU, Communications, Wrestling, Intelligence |
Sunday, August 12th, 2007
August 11, 2007
Reported Drop in Surveillance Spurred a Law
By ERIC LICHTBLAU, JAMES RISEN and MARK MAZZETTI
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 — At a closed-door briefing in mid-July, senior intelligence officials startled lawmakers with some troubling news. American eavesdroppers were collecting just 25 percent of the foreign-based communications they had been receiving a few months earlier.
Congress needed to […]
Posted in Congress, Terrorism, N.S.A., Intelligence |
Thursday, August 9th, 2007
The Teddy Bears’ Picnic
If you go out in the woods today
You’ll be followed ‘n scrutinized
If you go out in the woods today
You’d better go in disguise.
For every spy on Common Cause
Will waterboard e’en Santa Claus, because
Today’s the day NGA has their picnic.
If you drive out to the woods today,
Your bumpers best not be […]
Posted in Bush, CIA, Pentagon, Cheney, N.S.A., Intelligence |
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
THE NEW IMPROVED FISA TRAVESTY.
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In the past two days, at least nine major newspapers have editorialized against the FISA legislation, with the New York Times today calling it an “unnecessary and dangerous expansion of President Bush’s powers.” Some examples:
USA Today:
A skittish Congress allowed itself to be stampeded last week into granting the president unfettered surveillance […]
Posted in Bush, Courts, Cheney, Cong-HOUSE, Cong-SENATE, N.S.A., Gonzalez, Department of Justice, Intelligence, FISA |
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
Thanks to the ephemeral leadership of Reid and Pelosi, meet the new boss!
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“Six-Two & Even, they didn’t even read it, Whiskers.”
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Eavesdropping reforms empower spy chief
By KATHERINE SHRADER, Associated Press WriterMon Aug 6, 7:41 PM ET
For the first time in nearly four decades, a senior intelligence official — not a secretive federal court — will […]
Posted in Constitution, Bush, Cheney, Terrorism, Democrats, Cong-HOUSE, Cong-SENATE, Intelligence, FISA |
Monday, August 6th, 2007
Dear Speaker Pelosi:
Forty-one defections?!
Long ago, I had realized that Senator Reid did not seem up to the task, but your ability to fight had given me confidence that events like these would not occur.
Do the party and–especially–the Constitution a favor by demonstrating more of your courage. Sadly, post-vote words don’t count.
I had such high hopes […]
Posted in Democrats, Cong-HOUSE, Nancy Pelosi, Intelligence |
Saturday, August 4th, 2007
Dear Senator Reid:
I write to register my sadness at your inability to prevent this latest power grab by Cheney-Bush. Are you not embarrassed–at least for your party –if not for the terrible position your leadership short-comings have helped place our Republic?
Sincerely,
david barillari
(From a Democratic Family since arriving in USA in late 19th century)
Posted in Bush, Cheney, Democrats, Cong-SENATE, Harry Reid, Intelligence |
Friday, August 3rd, 2007
Editorial
The New York Times
Stampeding Congress, Again
Published: August 3, 2007
Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Bush administration has repeatedly demonstrated that it does not feel bound by the law or the Constitution when it comes to the war on terror. It cannot even be trusted to properly use the enhanced powers it was legally granted after […]
Posted in Congress, Bill of Rights, Bush, Intelligence |
Friday, August 3rd, 2007
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Ruling Limited Spying Efforts
Move to Amend FISA Sparked by Judge’s Decision
By Carol D. Leonnig and Ellen Nakashima
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, August 3, 2007; Page A01
A federal intelligence court judge earlier this year secretly declared a key element of the Bush administration’s wiretapping efforts illegal, according to a lawmaker and government sources, providing a previously unstated […]
Posted in Bush, Courts, N.S.A., Boehner, Intelligence, FISA |
