• Poland to Probe Reports of CIA Prisons (p)(f)
  Poland`s prime minister said Saturday that he had ordered an investigation into whether the CIA ran secret prisons for terrorism suspects in the country -- an allegation the government repeatedly has denied. Washington Post Dec 11, 2005; Page A28
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• President Acknowledges Approving Secretive Eavesdropping (p)(f)
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• President Gives Both Reassurance, Warnings on Iraq (p)(f)
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• Probe Sought on NSA Surveillance (p)(f)
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• Promise to Shore Up Ethics Loses Speed (p)(f)
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• Public school enrollment drops again (p)(f)
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• Pushing the Limits Of Wartime Powers (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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• Renewal of Patriot Act Is Blocked in Senate (p)(f)
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• Repeat of Past Mistakes Mars Government`s Disaster Response (p)(f)
  Barely six years ago, in a lesson seemingly forgotten by U.S. authorities, Hurricane Floyd prompted the headlong flight of more than 3 million people from coastal Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. Washington Post October 16, 2005; Page A14
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  , prepared by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform found that the federal government spent $412.1 billion on procurement last year. Of that, $206.9 billion, or 50.2 percent, was awarded through contracts that required either no bidding process,
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  Bush Had More Prewar Intelligence Than Congress (p)(f)
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• Report: NSA spying broader than Bush acknowledged (p)(f)
  The National Security Agency has conducted much broader surveillance of e-mails and phone calls — without court orders — than the Bush administration has acknowledged, The New York Times reported on its website. USAtoday Dec 24, 2005 1:09 am ET
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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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• Request for Domestic Covert Role Is Defended (p)(f)
  As part of the expanding counterterrorism role being taken on by the Pentagon, Defense Intelligence Agency covert operatives need to be able to approach potential sources in the United States without identifying themselves as government agents, George Peirce, the DIA`s general counsel, said yesterday. “This is not about spying on Americans,” Peirce said. Washington Post Oct 8, 2005 A06
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• Researchers release draft final report on New Orleans levees (p)(f)
  700-page report suggests mechanisms for levee failures Following an eight-month study of the New Orleans levee system and its performance during Hurricane Katrina, a 30-person team of researchers led by Raymond Seed and Robert Bea of the University of California, Berkeley, released a near-complete draft of their findings today in a "town hall" meeting in that Gulf Coast city. May 22, 2006
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• Residents Fume Over Expense Accounts (p)(f)
  Officials in Prince George's continue to hear from angry constituents concerned that public officials have charged thousands of dollars to their county-issued credit cards to pay for personal expenses, violating county policy. Nov 30, 2006
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• Review of `Plan B` Pill Is Faulted (p)(f)
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• RNC Chief Defends Domestic Wiretaps (p)(f)
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