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Press release: “U.S. Representative Tom Udall, D-N.M., Thursday became a founding member of the tri-partisan Patriot Act Reform Caucus. Passed weeks after the September 11 attacks, the sweeping anti-terrorism law has increasingly come under criticism from the left and the right. The law included 16 provisions that expire at the end of 2005. Other members …
Estimative Products On Vietnam, 1948-1975 “This collection of declassified estimative products is the first such release by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of documents exclusively on the Vietnam war and is one of the largest such releases to date. Of the 174 documents that comprise the collection, 38 appear at least in part on this …
“In a complaint (pdf) filed this week, EPIC asked a federal court to force the FBI to disclose information about its use of expanded investigative authority granted by sunsetting provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act.”
9/11 panel flags failure to focus on key threats Related references on 9/11 Commission and subsequent 9/11 Public Discourse Project
The Infinite Library, by Wade Roush, May 2005 issue of TechnologyReview.com. Related reference: European libraries join forces against Google
From the National Counterterrorism Center (via FAS), A Chronology of Significant International Terrorism for 2004, April 29, 2005 (92 pages, PDF)
Blogs offer economists’ thinking on daily living
Librarians worry important information is being lost/ Related reference: Depository Librarians Face Escalating Challenges
CIA – The World Factbook, 2005– “Country information has been updated as of 21 April, 2005”
Tim Stanley and crew have been busy, with the usual outstanding results. See his latest launch, Auto Recalls, an A to Z listing of makes and models, with accompanying RSS feeds. This site is easy to use, fast, comprehensive…and I just found out that my old minivan has a problem that needs to be addressed …
From the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, April 28, 2005: 2004 Wiretap Report (For the Period January 1 Through December 31, 2004) Press release: “A total of 1,710 applications for wiretaps of wire, oral or electronic communications were authorized by federal and state judges in 2004, an increase of 19 percent over 2003.”
“The Public Papers of the Presidents contain most of the President’s public messages, statements, speeches, and news conference remarks. Documents such as Proclamations, Executive Orders, and similar documents that are published in the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations, as required by law, are usually not included for the presidencies of Herbert Hoover …