http://netvouz.com/garoldstone/tag/reform?feed=rss&pg=6 garoldstone's bookmarks tagged "reform" on Netvouz http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5056518 A report in The New York Times Friday says in 2002, President Bush authorized the National Security Agency to monitor the international phone calls and e-mails of hundreds of people inside the United States. The surveillance went on for years and was conducted without court approval in order to search for evidence of terrorist activity. NPR Audio garoldstone Fri, 16 Dec 2005 20:01:25 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/19/politics/19cnd-prexy.html?ex=1292648400&en=c68bafaf81b155d9&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss President Bush offered a vigorous and detailed defense of his previously secret electronic-surveillance program today, calling it a legal and essential tool in the battle against terrorism and saying that whoever disclosed it had committed a "shameful act." NYT Dec 19, 2005 garoldstone Tue, 20 Dec 2005 03:26:41 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/25/AR2006052501101.html?nav=rss_print/asection President Bush ordered the Justice Department yesterday to seal records seized from the Capitol Hill office of a Democratic congressman, representing a remarkable intervention by the nation's chief executive into an ongoing criminal probe of alleged corruption. May 26, 2006 garoldstone Fri, 26 May 2006 17:10:42 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/24/AR2006012401163.html garoldstone Wed, 25 Jan 2006 19:39:07 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/27/international/europe/27memo.html During a private two-hour meeting in the Oval Office on Jan. 31, 2003, [Bush] made clear to Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain that he was determined to invade Iraq without the second resolution, or even if international arms inspectors failed to find unconventional weapons, said a confidential memo about the meeting written by Mr. Blair`s top foreign policy adviser and reviewed by The New York Times. garoldstone Sat, 01 Apr 2006 21:46:38 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/17/AR2007011701279.html President Bush has decided not to renew a program of domestic spying on terrorism suspects, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said on Wednesday, ending a tactic criticized for infringing on civil liberties. Jan 17, 2007 garoldstone Thu, 18 Jan 2007 01:14:11 GMT http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4849744.stm The New York Times says it has seen a memo which shows that the US president was firmly set on the path to war two months before the 2003 Iraq invasion. BBC March 27, 2006 garoldstone Sat, 01 Apr 2006 21:40:29 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/25/AR2006052501316.html?nav=rss_print/asection President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair last night acknowledged a series of errors in managing the occupation of Iraq that have made the conflict more difficult and more damaging to the U.S. image abroad, even as they insisted that enough progress has been made that other nations should support the nascent Iraqi government. May 26, 2006 garoldstone Fri, 26 May 2006 17:09:50 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/07/AR2006050700180.html garoldstone Sun, 07 May 2006 23:26:17 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/17/AR2005121700992.html?nav=rss_print/asection garoldstone Mon, 26 Dec 2005 15:53:22 GMT