• Attorney General Letter Re NSA Spying (f)
  Jan 17, 2007
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• Avi Rubin’s Blog: My day at the polls - Maryland primary ‘06 (p)(f)
  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.
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• BBC NEWS | Americas | Bush defends US spying programme (p)(f)
  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
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• BBC NEWS | Americas | Lobbyist case threatens Congress (p)(f)
  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
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• Behind Power, One Principle as Bush Pushes Prerogatives
  New York Times (p)(f)
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• Big Tobacco, Lawless as Ever (p)(f)
  "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
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• Blackwell defends campaign donations (p)(f)
  April 16, 2006
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• Bolton Voices Opposition to U.N. Proposals (p)(f)
  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
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• Bush `Confident` of Agreement With McCain on Interrogation - New York Times (p)(f)
  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
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• Bush acknowledges allowing eavesdropping - Dec 17, 2005 (p)(f)
  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
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• Bush agrees to court review of spy program (p)(f)
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a reversal, the White House has agreed to allow a secret federal court review of the National Security Agency's warrantless domestic spying program, a top U.S. Senate Republican announced on Thursday. July 13, 2006
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• Bush Aide Blocked Report (f)
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• Bush Authorized Domestic Spying (p)(f)
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• Bush Brings More Realistic View of War to Forefront (p)(f)
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• Bush Budget Would Cut Popular Health Programs (p)(f)
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• Bush Compromises On Spying Program (p)(f)
  Switching course on one of his most controversial anti-terrorism policies, President Bush agreed yesterday to submit the administration's warrantless surveillance program to a court for constitutional review. July 14, 2006
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• Bush defends CIA interrogations amid revolt (p)(f)
  President Bush on Saturday defended his proposals to allow tough questioning of suspected terrorists as necessary to keep Americans safe, despite a revolt in his own Republican Party over the issue. With the U.S. Congress considering legislation on how to try and question foreign terrorist suspects, Bush is pushing a proposal to allow for what he calls “an alternative set of procedures” forCIA interrogations.
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• Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts - New York Times (p)(f)
  Months after the Sept. 11 attacks, President Bush secretly authorized the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on Americans and others inside the United States to search for evidence of terrorist activity without the court-approved warrants ordinarily required for domestic spying, according to government officials. NYT Dec 16, 2005
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• Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts (p)(f)
  Under a presidential order signed in 2002, the National Security Agency has spied on hundreds of people inside the U.S. New York Times, Dec 16, 2005
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• Bush Retreats on Use of Executive Power - washingtonpost.com (f)
  President Bush's decision to submit his warrantless-surveillance program to the jurisdiction of a special intelligence court represents the latest step back from the expansive interpretation of executive power he has asserted since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Jan 18, 2007
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