http://netvouz.com/garoldstone/tag/reform?feed=rss&pg=4 garoldstone's bookmarks tagged "reform" on Netvouz http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/documents/Leahy_Specter_Letter.pdf Jan 17, 2007 garoldstone Fri, 02 Feb 2007 05:28:06 GMT http://avi-rubin.blogspot.com/2006/09/my-day-at-polls-maryland-primary-06.html The biggest change over the 2004 election was the introduction of electronic poll books that we used to check in voters — basically little touchscreen computers that are connected to an Ethernet hub. They each contain a full database of the registered voters in the county, and information about whether or not each voter has already voted. These poll books turned out to be a disaster, but more on that later. garoldstone Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:37:02 GMT http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4574188.stm US President George W Bush has strongly defended his domestic spying programme, which involves eavesdropping on people with suspected ties to terror groups. BBC Jan 2, 2006 garoldstone Mon, 02 Jan 2006 21:36:06 GMT http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4579474.stm The US justice department has said it intends to pursue senior politicians suspected of taking bribes from prominent lobbyist Jack Abramoff. BBC Jan 4, 2006 garoldstone Wed, 04 Jan 2006 16:32:29 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/17/politics/17legal.html?ex=1292475600&en=35ddf7fea335d19e&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss New York Times (p)(f) garoldstone Sat, 17 Dec 2005 19:45:26 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/04/AR2006090400947.html "Even after the Complaint in this action was filed in September 1999, Defendants continued to engage in conduct that is materially indistinguishable from their previous actions, activity that continues to this day. . . . [A]ll Defendants continue to market 'low tar' cigarettes to consumers seeking to reduce their health risks or quit; all Defendants continue to fraudulently deny that they manipulate the nicotine delivery of their cigarettes in order to create and sustain addiction." Sep 5, 2006 garoldstone Sat, 16 Sep 2006 16:48:14 GMT http://app.e2ma.net/app/view:CampaignPublic/id:3596.245002966/rid:55dc2e05fc7c1399a7e0f73201cc0575 April 16, 2006 garoldstone Sun, 16 Apr 2006 23:28:17 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/31/AR2005083102309.html John R. Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has voiced firm opposition to U.N. reorganization measures that the Bush administration fears would inhibit U.S. authority to use force and place new legal obligations on countries to intervene where genocide, ethnic cleansing or war crimes were being committed. Washington Post, Sep 23, 2005 A23 garoldstone Fri, 02 Sep 2005 01:21:23 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/13/politics/13detain.html?ex=1292130000&en=522eadb62a657aad&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss President Bush said Monday that he was "confident" that he could reach an agreement with Senator John McCain over legislative restrictions on American interrogations of captives in the fight against global terrorism. NYT Dec 13, 2005 garoldstone Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:50:07 GMT http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/17/bush.nsa/index.html?section=cnn_topstories President Bush acknowledged on Saturday that he authorized the National Security Agency “to intercept the international communications of people with known links to al Qaeda and related terrorist organizations” and said leaks to the media about the program were illegal. CNN.com Dec 17, 2005 2:24 pm garoldstone Sat, 24 Dec 2005 19:33:13 GMT