• 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 MD Sidestep Electoral College? (f)
  Sen. Jamie Raskin, D-Montgomery, has sponsored a bill giving Maryland's 10 electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote, not the candidate who wins Maryland. He hopes the proposal would encourage other states to abandon the Electoral College and move to a national popular vote.
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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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• 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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• 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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• Study: Hackers Could Change E-Voting Machine Results (f)
  University researchers have demonstrated multiple ways of compromising all three of the electronic voting machine systems certified for use in California. The hacks could result in hijacking machines and altering election results, they claim. Although the system vendors have issued a detailed rebuttal of the study, critics are calling for an investigation into the e-voting certification process. July 30, 2007
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• Taps found clues, not Al Qaeda, FBI chief says (p)(f)
  The National Security Agency`s secret domestic spying hasn`t nabbed any Al Qaeda agents in the U.S. since the Sept. 11 attacks, FBI Director Robert Mueller told Congress yesterday. New York Daily News Feb 3, 2006
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• Tech Firm Shows Off Glitch-Free Software (p)(f)
  The manufacturer of Maryland's new electronic voter registration machines said yesterday that technicians have fixed the software glitch that caused machines in every precinct to freeze and reboot during the Sept. 12 primary election but acknowledged that two other flaws remain undiagnosed. September 26, 2006; Page B02
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• The Arab American News (p)(f)
  This week the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) joined a number of civil rights organizations in submitting an amicus brief (friend of the court brief) in the case of American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) v. National Security Agency (NSA.) April 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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• The Chronicle: Daily news: 08/22/2006 -- 01 (p)(f)
  Like a gap in the fossil record, evolutionary biology is missing from a list of majors that the U.S. Department of Education has deemed eligible for a new federal grant program designed to reward students majoring in engineering, mathematics, science, or certain foreign languages ... students in the evolutionary sciences do not qualify for the grants, and some observers are wondering whether the omission was deliberate. Aug 22, 2006
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• The Next Attack (p)(f)
  A chilling diagnosis of how the war on terrorism has been waged thus far. Washington Post November 6, 2005; Page T01
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• THE NEXT ATTACK (p)(f)
  The Failure of the War on Terror and a Strategy for Getting It Right. Washington Post November 6, 2005; Page BW03
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