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Washington Post (reg. req’d), 325,000 Names on Terrorism List – Rights Groups Say Database May Include Innocent People: “The National Counterterrorism Center maintains a central repository of 325,000 names of international terrorism suspects or people who allegedly aid them, a number that has more than quadrupled since the fall of 2003, according to counterterrorism officials.” …
Pew Internet Project Data Memo, Growing Numbers Surf the Web Just for Fun, 2/15/2006, by Senior Research Fellow Deborah Fallows: “Nearly a third of internet users go online on a typical day for no particular reason, just for fun or to pass the time. Two-thirds of all internet users have tried surfing the Web just …
Rep. John Conyers blogs tonight “…the House Judiciary Committee considered my resolution of inquiry on the domestic spying program. The Resolution was rejected 16 to 21, with all Democrats and one Republican (Congressman Hostetler) voting for it.” Congressional Probe of NSA Spying Is in Doubt-White House Sways Some GOP Lawmakers: “Congress appeared ready to launch …
A Failure of Initiative: The Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina, Washington, February 15, 2006: Main Report (379 pages, PDF) Appendices (141 pages, PDF) Related government documents and news: Expedited Assistance for Victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: FEMA’s Control Weaknesses Exposed the Government …
Blogs to Riches – The Haves and Have-Nots of the Blogging Boom, by Clive Thomson, New York Magazine. Related references, all from the 2/20/2006 issue of New York Magazine: Linkology – How the Most-Linked-To Blogs Relate (see also this related graph, which is in PDF) A Timeline of the History of Blogging Five Blogs to …
National Security Archives press release: “Under pressure from a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, the Justice Department on February 10 conceded in federal court that it could begin releasing as early as March 3 the internal legal memos relied on by the Bush administration in setting up the controversial National Security Agency warrantless wiretapping program. …
House Committee on Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations — hearing on National Security Whistleblowers in the post-9/11 Era: Lost in a Labyrinth and Facing Subtle Retaliation, February 14, 2006. Hearing Advisory, National Security Subcommittee Briefing Memo (78 pages, PDF) Opening Statement of Chairman Shays: “Whistleblowers in critical national security …
There have been several recent congressional communications and related articles addressing whether or not authors of CRS reports on issues pertaining to domestic surveillance have demonstrated bias in their research. Links to relevant documents are in chronological order, as follows: Letter from Congressman Peter Hoekstra, Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, to …
Press release: “Under President Bushs proposed budget, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is slated to shut down its network of libraries that serve its own scientists as well as the public, according to internal agency documents released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). In addition to the libraries, the agency will pull the …
FDIC Consumer News, Winter 2005/2006 – Fires, Floods and Other Misfortunes: Are You Prepared Financially?. Alos in this issue, see Consumer Alert: Beware of Disaster-Related Financial Scams.
Press release: “Today, U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman unveiled the results of a top-to-bottom review of U.S.-China Trade Policy at a news conference. The report, U.S. – China Trade Relations: Entering a New Phase of Greater Accountability and Enforcement (29 pages, PDF), is the first comprehensive statement of U.S. trade policy towards China since it …
Lessons from the Sony CD DRM Episode, February 14, 2006 (27 pages, PDF), by J. Alex Halderman and Edward W. Felton.
