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Press release: “Committee Approves Bill to End Secret Contacts between Lobbyists and Executive Branch Officials” Executive Branch Reform Act of 2006 (H.R. 5112 – 28 pages, PDF) Fact Sheet: The Executive Branch Reform Act of 2005 Rep. Waxman’s Statement
“Welcome to the new home for all of the BBC’s weblogs. Although we have had blogs for a number of years, most notably our Scottish community site; Island Blogging and the excellent Ouch, this is the first attempt at bringing you a complete list, some news of new launches by journalists, DJs, and radio shows, …
Follow-up to April 7, 2006 posting, Plame Leak Controversy Focused on President With Release of New Info, see: today’s Washington Post: Prosecutor Describes Cheney, Libby as Key Voices Pitching Iraq-Niger Story: “As he drew back the curtain this week on the evidence against Vice President Cheney’s former top aide, Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald for …
“Only 14 of the full 93 pages of the National Intelligence Estimate that President Bush authorized Vice President Cheney’s chief of staff, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, to disclose to New York Times reporter Judith Miller has actually been officially declassified, according to a posting [April 7, 2006]on the Web site of the National Security Archive …
The Employment Situation: March 2006, Report prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics released April 7, 2006.
Press release: EFF Files Evidence in Motion to Stop AT&T’s Dragnet Surveillance “The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on Wednesday filed the legal briefs and evidence supporting its motion for a preliminary injunction in its class-action lawsuit against AT&T… “The evidence that we are filing supports our claim that AT&T is diverting Internet traffic into the …
Follow-up to posting on April 7, Plame Leak Controversy Focused on President With Release of New Info, from today’s Washington Post, Testimony Adds New Element to Probe of CIA Leak: “…court papers filed late Wednesday night by Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald, in the perjury case of former White House official I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, …
New York Times: Gonzales Suggests Legal Basis for Domestic Eavesdropping House Judiciary Committee, April 6, 2006, Oversight Hearing on The United States Department of Justice. Related postings on domestic surveillance
Press release: “In a letter to President Bush, Rep. Waxman asks for a full accounting of the President’s and Vice President’s actions in authorizing leaks of classified intelligence about Iraq, while at the same time concealing the President’s knowledge of serious doubts about Iraq’s pursuit of nuclear weapons.” CRS Memo, Disclosure of Security Classified Information, …
CNN – Court documents: Libby testified that Bush OK’d intelligence leak Smoking Gun: 39 page filing, Government’s Response to Plaintiff’s Third Motion to Compel Discovery, April 5, 2006 (PDF), US v. Libby. Related postings on Plame CIA leak
“The Software & Information Industry Association’s Anti-Piracy Division conducts a comprehensive, industry-wide campaign to fight software and content piracy. The pro-active campaign is premised on the notion that one must balance enforcement with education in order to be effective.” SIIA Anti-Piracy 2005 Year in Review (8 pages, PDF)
OMBWatch: “Nonprofit groups spoke out today against sunset proposals now being pushed by House conservatives. The proposals could create a single unelected commission to review every federal program, and would mandate that all federal programs automatically “sunset”–completely cease–after a fixed period, unless Congress intervened.” Read the letter to Congress Learn more about sunset proposals EPIC: …
