• McCain Names Practices Detainee Bill Would Bar (p)(f)
  Republican senator [McCain], who played a leading role in drafting new rules for U.S. interrogations of terrorism suspects, said yesterday that he believes a compromise bill embraced by party leaders and the White House will bar some of the most extreme techniques said to have been used by the CIA. September 25, 2006; Page A05
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• Md. Democrats Say GOP Plans to Block Voters (p)(f)
  A recently distributed guide for Republican poll watchers in Maryland spells out how to aggressively challenge the credentials of voters and urges these volunteers to tell election judges they could face jail time if a challenge is ignored. Nov 2, 2006
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• Md. Dems Slam GOP Voter-Credential Guide (p)(f)
  Maryland Democrats on Thursday accused Republicans of launching a "conscious, premeditated" campaign of voter intimidation after a report described a handbook advising Republican poll watchers to challenge the credentials of any voters they suspect are fraudulent. Nov 2, 2006
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• Medical Editors Fired in Plan B Dispute (p)(f)
  Following a dispute at the Canadian Medical Association Journal regarding a story about Plan B, two of its editors were abruptly fired, leading to angry protests at the journal and in other medical circles. Wasingto post Feb 27, 2006 A07
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• Mortality after the 2003 invasion of Iraq (p)(f)
  We estimate that as of July, 2006, there have been 654 965 (392 979–942 636) excess Iraqi deaths as a consequence of the war, which corresponds to 2·5% of the population in the study area. Of post-invasion deaths, 601 027 (426 369–793 663) were due to violence, the most common cause being gunfire.
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• Navy Counsel Issued Warning On Torture (p)(f)
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• New Army Manual Prohibits Specific Acts of Abuse (p)(f)
  The list of things interrogators cannot do includes: forcing a detainee to be naked, perform sexual acts, or pose in a sexual manner; placing hoods or sacks over a detainee's head or putting duct tape over his eyes; beatings, electric shocks, burns or other painful tactics; "waterboarding"; using military working dogs; using extreme cold or hot temperatures; mock executions; and depriving a detainee of food, water or medical care. Sep 9, 2006
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• NO-QUESTIONS WIRETAPPING (p)(f)
  R emember that fundamental principle -- the one that got everybody so upset when they first heard about the National Security Agency`s freelance wiretapping -- that says that if the U.S. government wants to listen to your phone calls, it needs to get a court`s permission? March 10, 2006
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• NSA Domestic Spy Program Documents (p)(f)
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• NSA Spying Part of Broader Effort (f)
  The Bush administration's chief intelligence official said yesterday that President Bush authorized a series of secret surveillance activities under a single executive order in late 2001. The disclosure makes clear that a controversial National Security Agency program was part of a much broader operation than the president previously described. Aug 1, 2007
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• NSA Whitewash Passes Judiciary Committee on Party-Line Vote (p)(f)
  Senate Bill 2453 was written by Senator Arlen Specter in consultation with Vice President Dick Cheney: “This bill is a dire threat to the system of checks and balances that has been fundamental to our democracy for more than 200 years. It violates the basic principle that no one, not even the president, is above the law. If enacted, it would threaten Americans’ most basic constitutional rights and liberties. Sep 13, 2006
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• Patriot Act Talks Hit Roadblock On Privacy Issue (p)(f)
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• Plan B Battles Embroil States (p)(f)
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• Reality, Not Rhetoric, On FISA (f)
  Congressional testimony by former deputy attorney general James Comey called into question the accuracy of everything I had heard before about the so-called Terrorist Surveillance Program. According to Comey, in the spring of 2004 President Bush authorized a program of domestic surveillance even though his acting attorney general was so concerned about the surveillance that he could not in good faith "certify its legality." Silvestre Reyes, chair House Intel Cmte May 30, 2007
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• Records on Spy Program Turned Over to Lawmakers (f)
  The Justice Department turned over documents about the government's controversial domestic spying program to select members of Congress yesterday, ending a two-week standoff that included pointed threats of subpoenas from Democrats. Feb 1, 2007
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• Reference Tool On Web Finds Fans, Censors (p)(f)
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• Report Rebuts Bush on Spying (p)(f)
  A report by Congress's research arm concluded yesterday that the administration's justification for the warrantless eavesdropping authorized by President Bush conflicts with existing law and hinges on weak legal arguments. January 7, 2006
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• Republicans would allow warrantless wiretaps - Americas - International Herald Tribune (p)(f)
  The plan by Senate Republicans to step up oversight of the National Security Agency`s domestic surveillance program would also give legislative sanction for the first time to long-term eavesdropping on Americans without a court warrant, according to legal experts.
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• Rift Between Parties Over NSA Wiretapping Grows (p)(f)
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• Same Agencies to Run, Oversee Surveillance Program (f)
  The Bush administration plans to leave oversight of its expanded foreign eavesdropping program to the same government officials who supervise the surveillance activities and to the intelligence personnel who carry them out, senior government officials said yesterday. Aug 7, 2007
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