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Exposing the Plame case mistake – “The pundits say the law that protects covert agents’ identities won’t put anybody away in this investigation. Here’s why they’re wrong.” [LA Times, reg. req’d] Related references: 21 Administration Officials Involved In Plame Leak CRS Report on Intelligence Identities Protection Act
Statement from the New York City Fire Department Regarding September 11th Records Release: “Pursuant to a ruling issued by the New York State Court of Appeals on March 24, 2005, the Fire Department today is releasing additional records related to the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001.” From the New York Times, City Begins Releasing …
From the August 4, 2005 Federal Register: Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking, Preregistration of Certain Unpublished Copyright Claims, Copyright Office, Library of Congress. Summary: The Copyright Office is supplementing its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on preregistration of copyright claims, issued July 22, 2005. That notice proposed procedures to preregister any unpublished work being prepared for …
Press release: Reagan Library to Open Additional Records Relating to Judge John Roberts See also Government Reports on Supreme Court Appointment Process
Following up on August 9 and August 10 postings on recent disclosures of intelligence agency knowledge regarding terrorist threats prior to 9/11, Rep. Curt Weldon yesterday released a memo contesting the position held by former 9/11 Commission members that they were not provided with key data for inclusion in their final report. Rep. Weldon is …
Leahy Faults White House For ‘Slow-Walking’ Roberts Papers That Were Promised To The Senate…”comments of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt., ranking member, Senate Judiciary Committee) on Wednesday’s Washington Post disclosure that White House officials are delaying the release of tens of thousands of pages of Reagan-era documents relating to Supreme Court nominee John Roberts.” Leahy’s Reply …
Following up on my posting yesterday, Government Data Mining Detailed Info on 9/11 Hijackers Back in 2000, this article from today’s New York Times, 9/11 Panel Seeks Inquiry on New Atta Report.
Press release from the National Archives: “Approximately 500 pages of material from five series of records from Record Group 60: Department of Justice have been processed for release. These records relate to Roberts tenure as Special Assistant to the Attorney General in 1981-82. The papers consist of notes, memoranda and other materials written by, or …
M-05-23, Improving Information Technology (IT) Project Planning and Execution, August 4, 2005 (8 pages, PDF)
According to an August 9, 2005 article in the New York Times, “More than a year before the Sept. 11 attacks, a small, highly classified military intelligence unit identified Mohammed Atta and three other future hijackers as likely members of a cell of Al Qaeda operating in the United States, according to a former defense …
Press release: “The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse and PrivacyActivism submitted comments to the US Attorney General expressing concern about commercial data vendors and private employers’ use of federal criminal records files for employment purposes.” Groups Warn of Privacy Risks in Employment Screening – Comments Submitted for the Attorney General Report to Congress on Criminal Records and …
From the Federal Register, August 5, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 150), Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Secretary: this announcement of a Public Workshop on September 8 and 9. Summary: The Department of Homeland Security Privacy Office will host a public workshop, “Privacy and Technology: Government Use of Commercial Data for Homeland Security,” to …
