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Specter's Coverup Plan Hits Snag
8-6-2006
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Washington Post
A White House-endorsed plan to formally legalize the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance program [retroactively] ran into more political problems in the Senate, as Democrats successfully maneuvered to block a committee vot
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Media: Print
Reuters admits altering Beirut photo
08-06-2006
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www.ynetnews.com
The blogs accused Reuters of distorting the photograph to include more smoke and damage.
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Bill of Rights
Why does the UN care more about our rights than we do?
8-6-2006
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by Larisa Alexandrovna (Raw Story)
“The Committee notes that section 213 of the Patriot Act, expanding the possibility of delayed notification of home and office searches; section 215 regarding access to individuals’ personal records and belongings; and section 505, relating to the
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NeoCons
Iran's smuggling of uranium from African mine uncovered
08-06-2006
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WorldNetDaily.com
Officials have uncovered an Iranian smuggling operation transporting large quantities of bomb-making uranium from mines in the Congo. (Honest, we're telling the truth this time)
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Reflexiones Libertarias
ATILA FRENTE AL Z"CALO
08-06-2006
Ricardo Valenzuela
Uno de los acontecimientos históricos más analizado, admirado y criticado por infinidad de intelectuales, historiadores y políticos durante los últimos 2000 años, es el nacimiento, desarrollo y destrucción del Imperio Romano.
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Military
Petty officer held in secret for 4 months
8-6-2006
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Virginia-Pilot
A petty officer has been in the Norfolk Naval Station brig for more than 4 months facing espionage, desertion and other charges, but the Navy has refused to release details of the case. “I know of no authority to keep the proceeding closed. I’ve neve
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Whistleblowers
Senate bill would thwart press leaks from government workers
8-6-2006
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McClatchy Newspapers
The bill would eliminate the need for prosecutors to show that a leak damaged national security. Instead, they would have to show only that a government employee or contractor with access to classified information "knowingly and willfully"
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Conspiracies
9/11 Investigation Ongoing
8-6-2006
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AP
Five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, investigators are still looking into the government's response to the hijackings, specifically to determine why aviation and military officials inaccurately reported their performance on that day.
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World News
Top cop quizzed over Brazilian's murder
8-6-2006
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The Scotsman
Police shot the Brazilian electrician 7 times in the head as he boarded a train at in London 2 weeks after suicide bombers killed 52 people on 3 underground trains and a bus. De Menezes had been mistaken for 1 of 4 men police believe tried to set off
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World News
Judge declares anti-war protestor has brought shame on his country
8-6-2006
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AP
[High praise indeed!] A Perth Magistrate has told a 20-year-old man who took part in a protest against Israel's bombing of Lebanon he had "brought shame to Australia". Raymond Grenfell pleaded guilty to obstructing a police officer duri
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Criminal Justice System
Judge delays Jose Padilla's trial
8-6-2006
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Washington Post
Complicating the lawyers' task is the classified nature of much of the evidence and the difficulty they have in meeting with Padilla, who is kept in his maximum-security cell at a federal detention center 23 hours a day.
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Domestic Policy
U.S. Bars Many Academics
8-6-2006
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Washington Post
... a growing number of foreign scholars whose visas have been revoked or whose applications have been denied -- barred, according to civil rights and academic groups, for their ideological or political views.... is reaching near-epidemic proportions
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Transportation: Air Travel
Airliner terrorism defense
8-6-2006
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AP
[Think fuel prices are raising air fares, just wait.] Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems will carry out tests on civilian airliners with laser defense systems designed to misdirect hand-held, shoulder-fired missiles. $6 billion systems for 6,800 airlin
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WAR: About that War
6 real costs of the "War on Terror"
8-6-2006
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Harper's magazine
Virtually all of this money [to run the war] has been authorized by Congress as “emergency supplemental” funding. That is supposed to mean “we didn't expect it and we need it right away, so don't waste time with the normal budget process.”
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WAR: About that War
Iraq civil war confronts US with choice - pull its troops out of Iraq or take sides.
8-6-2006
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AFP
Senators wanted to know what civil war would mean for the mission of the 133,000 US troops in Iraq. "I'm reluctant to speculate about that," Defense Secretary Rumsfeld said. "It could lead to a discussion that suggests that we pre
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Corruption
Congressmen question oil windfall
8-6-2006
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AP
2 congressmen said someone at the Interior Department may have deliberately removed provisions from offshore drilling contracts, giving oil companies a multibillion-dollar windfall. The department refused to provide critical e-mails and docume
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Foreign Policy
US Watches Dreams of Transformation Dissolve
8-6-2006
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by Jim Lobe (AntiWar.com)
Entering the 4th week of war between Lebanon's Hezbollah militia and Israel, the Bush administration's ambitions to transform the Arab Middle East into a pro-Western, more democratic region are fading fast. Not only is Washington's thus-f
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Corruption
Pentagon silent on inquiry into Cunningham contracts
8-5-2006
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Copley News Service
8 months after former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham confessed to taking massive bribes in exchange for providing at least $230 million in questionable defense and intelligence contracts, the Defense Department inspector general still has not determine
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Politics: Republican Campaigns
91 page Republican campaign playbook
8-5-2006
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Raw Story (you nasty guys;-)
With the passage of the Defense Authorization bill, the Homeland Security Appropriations bill, and the Reauthorization of the Patriot Act, Senate Republicans have demonstrated their ongoing commitment [we'll help spread the word]
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WAR: About that War
Shortly before invasion, Bush didn't know there were 2 sects of Islam
8-5-2006
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Raw Story
Galbraith reports that the 3 of them [Iraqi advisors] spent some time explaining to Bush that there are 2 different sects in Islam--to which the President allegedly responded, “I thought the Iraqis were Muslims!”
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Mexico
Mexico ups airport, oil security against protests
8-5-2006
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Reuters
"There is no other solution than a vote recount. Faced with any other scenario we will expand our civil resistance campaign," Lopez Obrador spokesman Gerardo Fernandez said.
"We want to warn that we will not agree with a partial rec
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Transportation: Air Travel
Radioisotope treatment can trigger airport alarms
8-5-2006
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Reuters
A case report illustrates how someone being treated with radioisotopes may be sufficiently radioactive for several weeks to set off radiation detectors at airports. "Patients receiving radioactive isotopes should be warned that they may trigger
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Economy - Economics USA
Unemployment climbs to 4.8%
8-5-2006
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AP
Gripped by caution, employers slowed hiring in July, pushing the nation's unemployment rate to a five-month high and putting pressure on the Federal Reserve to take its foot off the economic brakes.
The Labor Department reported that employers
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Foreign Policy
US slaps sanctions on N.Korea, Russian firms
8-5-2006
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Reuters
The United States has imposed sanctions against seven companies from North Korea, Russia, India and Cuba for their alleged arms dealings with Iran, a State Department official said. [While we pour arms into Israel.]
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Israel
Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi Shiites in pro-Hezbollah demo
8-5-2006
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AFP
Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi Shiites thronged Baghdad chanting "Death to Israel!" and "Resistance!" in a massive demonstration of support for Lebanon's Hezbollah militia.
The march -- organized by radical cleric Moqtada a
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WAR: About that War
Gun battles erupt in Northern Iraq
8-5-2006
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Reuters
"We have killed a number of them (insurgents) and burned their cars. Now the west bank is 100 percent secured," Nineveh police chief General Wathiq al-Hamdani told state television, adding that the insurgents were members of al Qaeda.
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Delta sticks taxpayers with pilot's pensions
8-5-2006
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AP
If the court in New York approves Delta's request to cancel its pilots' pensions effective Sept. 2, the government's pension insurer would take over the plan and pay pilots a reduced benefit based on when they retire and other factors.
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Property Rights
Body Mods
8-5-2006
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AP
Allen Falkner’s tongue is just one of his unusual features. It is split down the middle, and when he sticks it out, it looks like a two-pronged snake tongue. They’re standard for people in the underground activity known as body modification.
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World News
Controversial French Copyright Law Takes Effect, to Industry Dismay
8-5-2006
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PC World
Software publishers and Socialist Party members are among the groups unhappy with the new French copyright law that took effect today. French Internet surfers could now go to [French] prison for downloading copyrighted music files without authorizati
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Bill of Rights
Is Online Free Speech In Danger?
8-5-2006
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PC World
The House of Representatives passed the Deleting Online Predators Act, which would ban social networking Web sites and instant messaging programs from schools and libraries. And requiring Web sites with sexually related content to include warning lab
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