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United States Code: Main Page: “The United States Code is the codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. It is divided by broad subjects into 50 titles and published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives. Since 1926, the United States …
VOA News: “On November 7, Americans will elect a new Congress — a process mandated every two years by the U.S. Constitution. At stake are all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 33 of the 100 U.S. Senate seats. Also, voters will decide 36 state governorships. The outcome of this year’s election could …
WSJ free feature, A New Breed of Watchdog For Election Day: “When Americans go to vote tomorrow, a new breed of activist will be on guard, monitoring polling stations for everything from voting-machine glitches to long lines to registration snafus.”
Security Assessment of the Diebold Optical Scan Voting Terminal: “We present an independent security evaluation of the AccuVote Optical Scan voting terminal (AV-OS). We identify a number of new vulnerabilities of this system which, if exploited maliciously, can invalidate the results of an election process utilizing the terminal. Furthermore, based on our findings an AV-OS …
Internet Voting Revisited: Security and Identity Theft Risks of the DoD’s Interim Voting Assistance System, by David Jefferson, Avi Rubin, Barbara Simons, and David Wagner. From Avi Rubin’s blog, a summary of the risks of the new system: “Tool One exposes soldiers to risks of identity theft. Sending personally identifiable information via unencrypted email is …
Covert Action: Legislative Background and Possible Policy Questions, November 2, 2006 Pakistan-U.S. Relations, Updated October 26, 2006 Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1998-2005, October 23, 2006 Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance and Security, Updated October 18, 2006 Weapons of Mass Destruction: Trade Between North Korea and Pakistan, Updated October 11, 2006 Journalists’ Privilege: Overview of the …
National Security Archive press release, November 4, 2006: “November 4, 2006 – In late April 1999, the United States Central Command (CENTCOM), led by Marine General Anthony Zinni (ret.), conducted a series of war games known as Desert Crossing in order to assess potential outcomes of an invasion of Iraq aimed at unseating Saddam Hussein. …
From the Official Google Blog, November 3, 2006: “The world’s libraries are a tremendous source of knowledge, much of which has never been available online. One of our goals for Google Print is to change that, and today we’ve taken an exciting step toward meeting it: making available a number of public domain books that …
Follow-up to previous postings on the Military Commissions Act of 2006, see this ABA Journal article, DOJ proposes new limits on lawyer access to detainees, data. See also ABA’s 2006 Legislative Priorities: Anti-Terrorism and Preservation of Due Process — Enemy Combatants
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life: “Two cases challenging the constitutionality of the Federal Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act have reached the Supreme Court, with arguments scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 8.” Legal backgrounder of issues in the cases Fact sheet surveying abortion laws around the world Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life …
House Armed Services Committee Chair Rep. Duncan Hunter today released two documents in reference to the termination of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction funding. Background Memo: The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Funding Provision in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2007, Prepared by the Majority Staff of the House Armed …
Commissioner’s Statement on the Employment Situation, 11/03/2006 Employment Situation, 11/03/2006 Productivity and Costs, 11/02/2006 Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment (Monthly), 11/01/2006 Related government documents: November 3, 2006 – Is That All There Is? The Bush Economic Record From the Perspective of Working Families, Prepared by the Minority Staff of the Joint Economic Committee November 3, …