• Senate Intel Cmte Report re Intel Community’s Prewar Intel Assessments on Iraq (p)(f)
  The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s Report on the U.S. Intelligence Community’s Prewar Assessments on Iraq is intended to provide the Senate and the American public with a substantial record of the facts underlying the conclusions of the Committee regarding the intelligence community’s prewar assessments of Iraq’s programs for weapons of mass destruction and its ties to terrorism. Sep 8, 2006
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• Senate Probes Clash Over CIA Reports on Iraq Arms (p)(f)
  The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence said in a September 8 report that it launched the investigation after the CIA's former chief of European clandestine operations appeared on the CBS' "60 Minutes" news magazine in April. The official, Tyler Drumheller, told CBS that the Iraqi government source had said Iraq had no active unconventional weapons program. Sep 15, 2006
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• Senator Specter Calls for Hearings on U.S. Spy Program - New York Times (p)(f)
  President Bush refused to say whether the National Security Agency eavesdropped without warrants on people inside the United States but leaders of Congress condemned the practice on Friday and promised to look into what the administration has done. NYT Dec 16, 2005
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• Senator Specter Speaks About Patriot Act, NSA (p)(f)
  Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter put the Bush administration on notice Friday that his panel would hold hearings into a report that the National Security Agency eavesdropped without warrants on people inside the United States. Washington Post Dec 16, 2005 VIDEO (did Not work for me)
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• Senators Agree on Detainee Rights (p)(f)
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• Senators Defy Bush On Terror Measure (p)(f)
  How to square the CIA’s techniques with the Geneva Conventions, which say wartime detainees must be “treated humanely.” Bush says the US complies with the conventions if interrogators abide by a 2005 law barring “cruel, inhuman, or degrading” treatment of captives. McCain and his allies say that is too narrow. CIA officers should abide by the common understanding of the treaty’s meaning, including a ban on “outrages upon personal dignity.”
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• Senators Thwart Bush Bid to Renew Law on Terrorism
  New York Times (p)(f)
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• Separate Inquiry Fails to Gain Support (p)(f)
  The Senate voted along party lines yesterday to reject creation of an independent panel to investigate the government`s fumbling response to Hurricane Katrina. Washington Post, September 15, 2005; Page A15
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• Should Offices That Include Non-Christians Use Christmas Decorations? (p)(f)
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• Spanish At School Translates to Suspension (p)(f)
  Washington Post, Dec 9, 2005 A03
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• Specter Proposes NSA Surveillance Rules (p)(f)
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• Speed Cameras in Rockville Starting March 2007 (f)
  Speed cameras are coming to Rockville in March 2007. Below is some information about the speed camera program.
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• Spending Measure Not a Law, Suit Says (p)(f)
  President Bush signed into law a bill that actually never passed the House. Bill -- in this case, a major budget-cutting measure that will affect millions of Americans -- became a law because it was "certified" by the leaders of the House and Senate. MArch 22, 2006
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• SPIEGEL Interview with Evolution Philosopher Daniel Dennett: (p)(f)
  Intelligent Design is once again making headlines in the United States. But what is the attraction? Daniel Dennett spoke with SPIEGEL about the attraction of creationism, how religion itself succumbs to Darwinian ideas, and the social irresponsibility of the religious right in America. Spiegel Online Dec 26, 2005
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• Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Hurting U.S. Terror Fight (p)(f)
  The war in Iraq has become a primary recruitment vehicle for violent Islamic extremists, motivating a new generation of potential terrorists around the world whose numbers may be increasing faster than the United States and its allies can reduce the threat, U.S. intelligence analysts have concluded. September 24, 2006; Page A01
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• Spy Agency Mined Vast Data Trove, Officials Report - New York Times (p)(f)
  WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 - The National Security Agency has traced and analyzed large volumes of telephone and Internet communications flowing into and out of the United States as part of the eavesdropping program that President Bush approved after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to hunt for evidence of terrorist activity, according to current and former government officials. NYT Dec 24, 2005
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• Spy Controversy, Redux (p)(f)
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• Spying Necessary, Democrats Say (p)(f)
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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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• Student told to not read Bible, suit claims (p)(f)
  The mother of a seventh-grader at Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School has filed a lawsuit against administrators at the South Laurel school, claiming her daughter was barred from reading the Bible during lunch period and threatened with punishment if she did it again. Oct 5, 2006
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