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Follow-up to August 6, 2007 posting – Questions and Answers on the Protect America Act of 2007 – today’s related press release on the bill President Bush signed into law on August 5, 2007: “U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) yesterday asked for and received a letter from Admiral Mike McConnell [text of which is included …
Follow-up to August 5, 2007 posting – Bill to Amend Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Ready for President’s Signature – today’s FAQ: How far does the new wiretap law go? by Declan McCullagh – “Over strong objections from civil liberties groups and many Democrats, legislators voted over the weekend to temporarily rewrite a 1978 wiretapping law …
Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act (as required by Section 1001(3) of Public Law 107-56), Special Report, August 3, 2007- Office of the Inspector General [PDF or HTML]
S. 1927 – A bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to provide additional procedures for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence information and for other purposes. AP: “The House handed President Bush a victory Saturday, voting to expand the government’s abilities to eavesdrop without warrants on foreign suspects whose communications pass …
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Hearing on Access to Information in the People’s Republic of China, July 31, 2007. Read the Panelists Prepared Statements Read the FINAL Press Release Read the Federal Register Notice Read the FINAL Agenda
House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law – Oversight Hearing on Privacy in the Hands of the Government: The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board and the Privacy Officer for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, July 27, 2007. [links to witness statements]
Human Trafficking: Monitoring and Evaluation of International Projects Are Limited, but Experts Suggest Improvements. GAO-07-1034, July 26, 2007: “Human trafficking–a worldwide crime involving the exploitation of men, women, and children for others’ financial gain–is a violation of human rights. Victims are often lured or abducted and forced to work in involuntary servitude. Since 2001, the …
Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) at West Point Report: An Assessment of 516 Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) Unclassified Summaries, July 25, 2007 New York Times: Study Paints a Threatening Portrait of Detainees Related documents: A Response to the Seton Hall Study, July 25, 2007 Report on Guantanamo Detainees – A Profile of 517 Detainees through …
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing, Protecting Children on the Internet, July 24, 2007. Links to witness statements “As the Senate Commerce Committee debates how best to protect children on the Internet, lawmakers must take special care to avoid overly simple solutions that would do more harm than good. In its zeal to …
“Human Security Act of 2007 – [This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 2137 and House Bill No. 4839 was finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on February 8, 2007 and February 19, 2007, respectively.] SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. – It is declared a policy of the …
AP: “CityWatcher.com, a provider of surveillance equipment, attracted little notice itself – until a year ago, when two of its employees had glass-encapsulated microchips with miniature antennas embedded in their forearms. The “chipping” of two workers with RFIDs – radio frequency identification tags as long as two grains of rice, as thick as a toothpick …
Executive Order: Interpretation of the Geneva Conventions Common Article 3 as Applied to a Program of Detention and Interrogation Operated by the Central Intelligence Agency, July 20, 2007. President Bush Signs Executive Order: “This afternoon, the President signed an Executive Order that interprets for the United States “Common Article 3” of the Geneva Conventions, as …
