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Press release: “In New York, on January 17, 2006, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a lawsuit against President George W. Bush, the head of the National Security Agency (NSA), and the heads of the other major security agencies, challenging the NSAs surveillance of persons within the United States without judicial approval or statutory …
New York Times: Spy Agency Data After Sept. 11 Led F.B.I. to Dead Ends: “President Bush has characterized the eavesdropping program, which focused on the international communications of some Americans and others in the United States, as a “vital tool” against terrorism; Vice President Dick Cheney has said it has saved “thousands of lives.” But …
The New York Times reports on a speech given today in Washington D.C. at DAR Constitutional Hall by former Vice President Al Gore, the focus of which was presidential authority, government secrecy, domestic surveillance, and the decline of congressional power. An audience of several thousand attended Gore’s speech, which was simulcast by C-SPAN, and co-sponsored …
WSJ free feature today: The High-Court Battle That Never Was – Senators’ Pact on Judicial Filibusters Drained Drama From Roberts, Alito Nominations: “If Judge Alito is confirmed in coming days, the president’s legacy will include at least two high-court appointments, both of whom could steer the court in the conservative direction sought by the Republican …
AP reports Sen. Arlen Specter, Chief of Judiciary Panel, Says He’s Skeptical of Domestic Spying Program. Related news: U.S. Attorney General Gonzales to Testify at Spying Hearings, January 13, 2006 Postings on domestic surveillance
Spirit of America sponsors The Anoniblogging Wiki: “This wiki contains our five initial guides on how to blog more safely [targeted to citizens in Saudi Arabia, Iran, China, Malaysia and Zimbabwe]. Across the globe, countries that discourage free speech have followed their citizens into the blogosphere. According to one count, in the last two years …
A January 12, 2005 ABC News Nightline interview with former President Clinton clarified information on the use of warrantless wiretaps during his administration. According to Clinton: “My attitude was that once the Congress had spoken on it and given us the tools that we needed, we used it…We used the law. We either went there …
From The Nation, a commentary by attorney Elizabelth Holtzman, former Representative from New York, 1973-1981.
Americans Taking Abramoff, Alito and Domestic Spying in Stride – Democrats Hold Huge Issue Advantage, Released: January 11, 2006 (32 pages, PDF) Summary of findings: “The public has been hardly stirred by the flurry of major Washington news in the early days of 2006. Jack Abramoff’s admission that he bribed members of Congress has sparked …
On January 3, 2006 Jeffrey H. Smith, a former General Counsel of the CIA and a former General Counsel of the Senate Armed Services Committee, sent a 16 page memorandum to the Members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, addressing the legal authorities regarding warrantless surveillance of U.S. persons. His conclusion – “The …
Press release: “Today in his rounds of questioning Judge Alito, Senator Edward M. Kennedy pressed Judge Alito on his commitment to equal justice under the law by raising his membership in a radical anti-women, anti-minority alumni organization [Concerned Alumni of Princeton (CAP)] and several rulings on key cases involving individual rights.” [press release includes supporting …
Following up on the series of references that were noted in my posting yesterday, news today that President Bush has apparently dropped his opposition to congressional hearings on the controversial domestic surveillance program about which news has appeared almost every day for the past month. Related reference on the upcoming hearings: President Participates in Discussion …
