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AP reports that Judge Reggie B. Walton has delayed a pivotal decision on whether Libby’s defense may have access to highly classified White House briefing documents. “Walton said he is concerned that Libby’s request could “sabotage” the case because President Bush probably will invoke executive privilege and refuse to turn over the classified reports.” Related …
Follow-up to Correspondence on Libby Indictment Mentions Missing Emails, this report by Jason Leopold states, “The White House turned over last week 250 pages of emails from Vice President Dick Cheneys office…Sources close to the probe said the White House “discovered” the emails two weeks ago and turned them over to Fitzgerald last week. The …
Press release: “Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9), a strong opponent of the outsourcing of U.S. port operations to foreign owned firms, today called for investigations by both the House Government Reform Committee and the Treasury Inspector General into the Bush Administration’s approval of the management of U.S. ports by Dubai Ports World. Kaptur also asked the …
TIA Lives On, by Shane Harris, National Journal, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2006: “A controversial counter-terrorism program, which lawmakers halted more than two years ago amid outcries from privacy advocates, was stopped in name only and has quietly continued within the intelligence agency now fending off charges that it has violated the privacy of U.S. citizens.” …
“The Federation of American Scientists has created an internet resource for biosecurity policy, bioterrorism information, and biodefense research. The organizations listed here represent various perspectives on what actions individual scientists, research institutions, science journals, the public, and government can do to minimize the threat of bioterrorism while maximizing the benefits of life science research.”
DoD Press release: Report Charts Iraqi Political, Economic, Security Progress Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq, Report to Congress, February 2006 (57 pages, PDF) New York Times – earlier today ran this headline, U.S. Envoy in Baghdad Says Iraq Is on Brink of Civil War. The headline was removed, and later this ariticle ran, As …
Why Should Anyone Worry About Whose Communications Bush and Cheney Are Intercepting, If It Helps To Find Terrorists? by John W. Dean “Here, I will look only at the issue of whether the average American has anything to truly be worried about, as NSA electronically sifts through endless digital exchanges to find the proverbial needle-in-a-haystack.” …
Follow-up to February 22, 2006 posting, Agency Documents Increasingly Withheld From Public Access Through Sensitive Designation, see this press release the same day from NARA: “As part of an ongoing review of the reclassification of documents at the National Archives, Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein said, “Inappropriate declassification can subject our citizens, our …
The National Science Board has released its biennial report to the President, Science and Engineering Indicators 2006, and a companion document, America’s Pressing Challenge – Building a Stronger Foundation. America’s Pressing Challenge Building a Stronger Foundation: “Nearly a quarter century ago, the National Science Board’s Commission on Precollege Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology[1] …
NARA press release: “Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein and Google Co-Founder and President of Technology Sergey Brin today announced the launch of a pilot program to make holdings of the National Archives available for free online. This non-exclusive agreement will enable researchers and the general public to access a diverse collection of historic …
The following articles appear in the February 24, 2006 New York Times: Dubai Company Delays New Role at Six U.S. Ports Port Agency Tries to Block Dubai Sale U.S. Companies Not Big in Port Industry Related postings on the port controversy
From the White House today, The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina: Lessons Learned (Table of Contents in HTML, and PDF version of report, 228 pages). See also the Fact Sheet: The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina: Lessons Learned Related government documents: House Releases Lengthy, Scathing Report on Govt’s Flawed Response to Katrina Postings on Katrina …
