• Close Guantanamo camp, Hain says (p)(f)
  Cabinet minister Peter Hain has said he thinks the US-run detention camp at Guantanamo Bay should be shut down. BBC Feb 17, 2006
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• Tutu calls for Guantanamo closure (p)(f)
  Archbishop Desmond Tutu has joined in the growing chorus of condemnation of America`s Guantanamo Bay prison camp. BBC.com Feb 17, 2006
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• Annan backs UN Guantanamo demand (p)(f)
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• Congressional Probe of NSA Spying Is in Doubt (p)(f)
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• USATODAY.com - Evolution supporters win in Ohio (p)(f)
  In the first major vote since a federal judge ruled last year that intelligent design can`t be taught in public schools, the Ohio Board of Education voted Tuesday to eliminate science standards that asked students to apply a "critical analysis" to Darwin`s theory of evolution. cnn.com Feb 14, 2006
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• Ohio Expected to Rein In Class Linked to Intelligent Design - New York Times (p)(f)
  A majority of members on the Board of Education of Ohio, the first state to single out evolution for "critical analysis" in science classes more than three years ago, are expected on Tuesday to challenge a model biology lesson plan they consider an excuse to teach the tenets of the disputed theory of intelligent design. Nwe York Times Feb 14, 2006
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• State College may take aim at Patriot Act (p)(f)
  STATE COLLEGE -- The Borough Council inched closer Monday night to adopting a formal rebuke of the USA Patriot Act.Council members unanimously agreed to forward the resolution to their next meeting, scheduled for Feb. 21. A local group, the 50-member Bill of Rights Defense Committee, has proposed the legislation to air support for civil liberties. CenterDaily.com Feb 14, 2006
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• UPDATE: PREPACKAGED NEWS (p)(f)
  About $1.6 billion.That`s how much seven federal departments spent from 2003 through the second quarter of 2005 on 343 contracts with public relations firms, advertising agencies, media organizations and individuals, according to a new Government Accountability Office report. Washingto Post February 14, 2006; Page A13
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• U.N. Draft Decries U.S. On Detainee Treatment (p)(f)
  The Bush administration`s treatment of prisoners at the U.S. military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, violates international law and in some cases constitutes a form of torture, according to a draft report by a group of U.N. human rights investigators. Washington Post February 14, 2006; Page A09
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• Individualization `More Intention Than Reality` (p)(f)
  But the question remains: Are smaller classes good public policy? Most teachers teach 20 children exactly the same way they would teach 30; there is no real change in most teachers` approach to how they teach, despite fluctuations in class size. Individualization is more intention than reality. Washington Post Feb 14, 2006 A08
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• `Don`t Ask` Costs More Than Expected (p)(f)
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• Bush Budget Would Cut Popular Health Programs (p)(f)
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• The voodoo doo-doo in intelligent design - Minnesota Daily (p)(f)
  Intelligent design is a keyword for Christians fighting for creationism. Monnesota Daily News Feb 13, 2006
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• The Badger Herald - University of Wisconsin-Madison (p)(f)
  Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., announced last week he will introduce legislation that would force the National Security Agency wiretapping program to be reviewed by the courts every 45 days. February 13, 2006
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• The Bureaucracy Strikes Back - by Nick Turse (p)(f)
  the Bush administration`s "war with the bureaucracy" – a battle between the Bush administration and the career civil servants (sometimes even Bush`s own appointees), who constitute "the only significant check-and-balance in our system since September 11, 2001."
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• Files Say Agency Initiated Growth of Spying Effort - New York Times (p)(f)
  The National Security Agency acted on its own authority, without a formal directive from President Bush, to expand its domestic surveillance operations in the weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, according to declassified documents released Tuesday. New York Times Jan 4, 2006 Registration Required
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• NSA acted on own authority to expand surveillance (p)(f)
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• How do the feds tap phone lines? (p)(f)
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• Spying Necessary, Democrats Say (p)(f)
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