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Following up on an archive of postings on the Cheney Energy Task Force investigation, the embers of this controversy are still glowing: Press release, November 23, 2005: “United States Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) today released a report(3 pages, PDF) rebutting the legal argument put forward by Senate Republicans to protect the Big Oil CEOs …
According to Roll Call (subscription req’d): “House Democrats, led by Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), are calling for a bipartisan Congressional investigation into former Rep. Duke Cunningham’s (R-Calif.) handling of classified information while serving on the Appropriations and Intelligence committees.” Mr. Cunningham is still under investigation following his guilty plea for having accepted in excess …
November 30, 2005: President Outlines Strategy for Victory in Iraq, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland Fact Sheet: Training Iraqi Security Forces In Focus: National Strategy for Victory in Iraq Related documents: LA Times (reg. req’d), U.S. Military Covertly Pays to Run Stories in Iraqi Press Rep. Waxman Calls for an Investigation of U.S. Military …
Terrorist Financing: Better Strategic Planning Needed to Coordinate U.S. Efforts to Deliver Counter-Terrorism Financing Training and Technical Assistance Abroad, GAO-06-19, October 24, 2005. Highlights. “The U.S. government lacks an integrated strategy to coordinate the delivery of counter-terrorism financing training and technical assistance to countries vulnerable to terrorist financing. Specifically, the effort does not have key …
Washington Post: Pentagon Expanding Its Domestic Surveillance Activity, Fears of Post-9/11 Terrorism Spur Proposals for New Powers Related references: Report by the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction, March 31, 2005 CIFA: Department of Defense Counterintelligence Field Activity
White House press release, November 15, 2005, Setting the Record Straight: The New York Times Editorial on Pre-War Intelligence. WSJ free feature: Majority Believe White House Misleads Public, Poll Shows New York Times: Even Supporters Doubt President as Issues Pile Up Levin and Reed Compare Bush Administration Statements with Intelligence Community Statements on Pre-War Iraq …
The Personal Data Privacy And Security Act of 2005 was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee and moves forward to Senate hearings. Reported in Senate, S. 1789
Key Bush Intelligence Briefing Kept From Hill Panel, by Murray Waas, special to National Journal. “Ten days after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President Bush was told in a highly classified briefing that the U.S. intelligence community had no evidence linking the Iraqi regime of Saddam …
S. 1418: Wired for Health Care Quality Act, A bill to enhance the adoption of a nationwide inter operable health information technology system and to improve the quality and reduce the costs of health care in the United States. Passed Senate by voice vote, November 18, 2005. Related documents: S. 1355 Senate Report 109-111 EPIC …
Biden: Chance of Alito Filibuster Higher Related resources on Alito Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186 (1962 Union for Reform Judaism, Resolution Opposing the Nomination of Judge Samuel Alito Jr: “Based on Judge Alito’s extensive public record before us as outlined in the background of this Resolution, the Commission on Social Action is recommending that …
Washington Post: Corruption Inquiry Threatens to Ensnare Lawmakers
Yesterday: Patriot Act Reauthorization Encounters Strong Opposition; today news on a deadlock which will delay a vote until December. Preventing passage of any meaningful reforms to this legislation may indeed prove to be a bigger obstacle than anticipated. The work of organizations including the American Library Association, EFF, EPIC, CDT and the ACLU is in …
