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From FAS: “In 2002, the Los Alamos National Laboratory terminated public access to thousands of unclassified reports on nuclear science and technology as well as other historical and policy-related publications that had formerly been available on the Lab’s web site as part of its Library Without Walls initiative. Fortunately, almost all of the withdrawn reports …
Posted today by TIME magazine: What Viveca Novak Told Fitzgerald, by Viveca Novak. Ms. Novak is now apparently on a “leave of absence” from TIME. Related news: Viveca Novak: Another Plame Journo Kept Her Editor in the Dark New York Times: Lawyer Knew Rove Was a Source, Reporter Says AP – Time: Rove’s Lawyer Told …
Following-up on my December 2, 2005 posting, DOJ Memo Determined Voting Rights Violations Resulting From Texas Redistricting, with two related articles documenting the administration response to the controversy: from today’s Washington Post, Staff Opinions Banned In Voting Rights Cases. and a December 8 article from the Dallas Morning News, Voting-rights friction building inside Justice. According …
News about administration use of propaganda is further documented in this December 10 New York Times article, Military’s Information War Is Vast and Often Secretive. Related link: Lincoln Group press release, December 2, 2005: “Lincoln Group has consistently worked with the Iraqi media to promote truthful reporting across Iraq. Our priority has always been, and …
Tens of thousands mistakenly matched to terrorist watch lists Passenger Identity Verification Form, from the TSA website, with instructions for those citizens whose names incorrectly appear on the No Fly List or Selectee List.
Press release: “A report requested by Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, and Rep. Charlie Melancon finds that since 2002 (HHS Report, 96 pages, PDF), the effectiveness of the National Disaster Medical System a key component of the nations emergency response capacity — has been eroded by mismanagement, bureaucratic reshuffling, and inadequate …
Until today, Valerie Plame worked for the CIA’s Counterproliferation Division. The investigation into which government personnel were responsible for leaking her identity remains ongoing. Related news: Time Reporter Testifies in Leak Case Rove Lawyer Was Deposed Last Week by Special Prosecutor LA Times, French Warned Against Iraq-Niger Allegation, Spy Says
The U.S. Department of Labor Compliance Assistance Homepage now “enables users to quickly and easily navigate DOL’s wide range of regulatory and compliance information any time, day or night.” Included are links to: Compliance E-Tools; an Updated Employment Law Guide; an online wage determinations program; and a feature to subscribe to elaws E-mail Updates.
Press release: “More than three years before the 9/11 attack on the United States, U.S. officials warned Saudi Arabia that Osama bin Laden “might take the course of least resistance and turn to a civilian [aircraft] target,” according to a declassified cable released by the National Security Archive today. The warning was made by the …
DOJ’s Semiannual Report to Congress: April 1, 2005 — September 30, 2005, Report prepared by the Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General. HTML Version PDF Version
Press release, December 6, 2005: “Governor George E. Pataki today announced that he has directed the Division of Criminal Justice Services to, for the first time ever, gather DNA from the broadest range of convicted criminals permitted under current law. This will result in the addition of as many as 40,000 profiles to the States …
IRS press release: “The Internal Revenue Service…issued proposed guidance on the disclosure or use of tax return information by tax return preparers. A key principle underlying the proposed guidance is that tax return preparers may not disclose or use tax return information for purposes other than tax return preparation without the knowing, informed and voluntary …
