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DOJ press release, August 25, 2006: “The owner of a massive for-profit software piracy website was sentenced in federal court to six years in prison, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg of the Eastern District of Virginia announced today.”
Department of State, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs: Iraq Reports “This comprehensive status report on Iraq provides weekly updates in the eight key areas identified as pillars of U.S. Government policy.”
White House Fact Sheet: the One Year Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
ISOO releases the 2005 Cost Report for Security Classification Activities: Report on Cost Estimates for Security Classification Activities for 2005: “As part of its responsibilities to oversee agency actions to ensure compliance with Executive Order 12958, as amended, “Classified National Security Information,” and Executive Order 12829, as amended, “National Industrial Security Program,” (NISP), the Information …
AP: Court Upholds President’s Authority U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, 04-5841 Almeida-Amaral vs Gonzales, 08/24/06 International Emergency Economic Powers Act
Posting from David Burnham and Susan B. Long, co-directors Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse: “Very timely criminal enforcement data from the Justice Department document that federal criminal prosecutions in May were up from the previous month in all of the following categories: white collar crime (up 8.5%), immigration (up 15.3%), illegal drugs (up 8.9%) and weapons …
Press release, Committee on Government Reform, Minority Office: “In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the Bush Administration turned to private contractors to provide relief and recovery services worth billions of dollars. Now, one year later, it is apparent that taxpayers and the residents of the Gulf Coast are paying a steep price for the failure …
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Employee Benefits in Private Industry, 2006 press release. National Compensation Survey, Employee Benefits in Private Industry in the United State, March 2006 (35 pages, PDF)
House Intelligence Committee Releases Report on Iranian Strategic Threat Recognizing Iran as a Strategic Threat: An Intelligence Challenge for the U.S. — complete unclassified report (29 pages, PDF)
LC Country Profile on China, August 24, 2006 (42 pages, PDF)
The Nation: Librarians at the Gates, by Joseph Huff-Hannon [posted online on August 22, 2006]: “The day-to-day challenges librarians face are inherent in the job description: defending access to controversial or banned books, staving off budget cuts, and creating and expanding programs to draw more citizens into one of the few remaining genuinely public commons …
From askSam, NSA Eavesdropping Ruling, Full Text Decision of Judge Anna Diggs Taylor (users may search and/or browse the text) See also, Federal Judge Rules NSA Domestic Surveillance Program Unconstitutional
