• Court Vacates an FBI Gag Order (p)(f)
  For the second time since the USA Patriot Act broadened the FBI`s power to demand private records in secret, a federal judge ruled yesterday that it is unconstitutional for the government to impose an automatic and permanent ban on public disclosure of any case in which it uses that power. Washington Post September 10, 2005; Page A08
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• Critics Attack EPA`s Yucca Mountain Rules (p)(f)
  Scientists and environmentalists said Monday that radiation limits proposed for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump in Nevada aren`t strict enough to protect the public. "This rule is a transparent attempt to accommodate the industry" The Associated Press October 10, 2005; 4:11 PM Washington Post Oct 11, 2005
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• CRS Questions Presidential Authority for Warrantless Electronic Surveillance (p)(f)
  Congressionl Research Service Report: Recent media revelations that the President authorized the National Security Agency (NSA) to collect signals intelligence1 from communications involving U.S. persons within the United States, without obtaining a warrant or court order, raise numerous questions (PDF)
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• Data Mining Figured In Dispute Over NSA (f)
  A fierce dispute within the Bush administration in early 2004 over a National Security Agency warrantless surveillance program was related to concerns about the NSA's searches of huge computer databases, the New York Times reported today. July 29, 2007
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• Defense lawyers challenge DUI breath test machine (p)(f)
  Timothy Muldowny`s lawyers decided on an unconventional approach to fight his drunken driving case: They sought computer programming information for the Intoxilyzer alcohol breath analysis machine to see whether his test was accurate. March 12,2006
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• Defense Spending Is Overstated, GAO Report Says (p)(f)
  The Pentagon has no accurate knowledge of the cost of military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan or the fight against terrorism, limiting Congress`s ability to oversee spending, the Government Accountability Office concluded in a report released yesterday. Washington Post, September 22, 2005; Page A23
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• Democrats Call NSA's Input To Senate Panel Inappropriate (p)(f)
  Democrats on the Senate intelligence committee are complaining that the National Security Agency has played politics in support of the secret program to intercept phone calls between alleged terrorists in the United States and abroad. September 13, 2006
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• Democrats Press GOP to Ease Off Game Plan for Voter Challenges (p)(f)
  Democrats and independent voting rights groups yesterday called on Maryland Republicans to repudiate their Election Day handbook that advises GOP poll watchers to aggressively challenge the credentials of voters. Nov 2, 2006
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• Democrats Seeking Probe of Spy Program
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• DenverPost.com - HOME (p)(f)
  The plan by Senate Republicans to step up oversight of the National Security Agency`s domestic surveillance program would also approve long-term eavesdropping on Americans without a court warrant, legal experts said on Wednesday. March 10, 2006
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• Depressed? Get Out! (p)(f)
  Mr. Nott, then a sophomore, checked himself into the hospital one night in 2004, saying he was considering suicide. Within days, as Post staff writer Susan Kinzie reports, the university informed him that he faced charges of "endangering behavior," MArch 13, 2006
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• Disclosure of secret surveillance sparks outrage in Congress (p)(f)
  WASHINGTON - Members of Congress from both parties expressed outrage Friday over revelations that President Bush launched a secret domestic surveillance program in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The disclosure that the National Security Agency has been eavesdropping on domestic telephone conversations created a furor that could have far-reaching implications for the Bush presidency. Knight Ridder Newspapers Dec 16, 2005
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• Domestic spying controversy - Baltimore Sun Archived Articles (p)(f)
  Archived coverage of the secret domestic wiretap authority granted to the National Secutiry Agency by the Bush administration. Baltimore Sun -- CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES
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• Domestic-spying panel briefed at White House (p)(f)
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• Drug Enforcement Agency Stripped of Role on New Painkillers (p)(f)
  A House-Senate conference committee yesterday dropped a controversial provision that gave the Drug Enforcement Administration authority to review, and potentially block, the sale of all new prescription narcotics. Washington Post November 5, 2005; Page A13
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• E.U. Report Faults 16 Nations in Probe Of Secret CIA Flights - washingtonpost.com (f)
  The European Parliament on Wednesday approved a report admonishing 15 European countries and Turkey for helping the CIA transport terrorism suspects held in secret or for failing to cooperate in the parliament's investigation of the practice.
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• Editorials from The Roanoke Times
  `War on porn` distracts FBI from real dangers (p)(f)
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• Ehrlich Aides` `Death List` Guided Firings of Md. Workers, Panel Told (p)(f)
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• Ehrlich Urges Voters to Cast Absentee Ballots (p)(f)
  Faced with intense opposition to his proposal to switch from electronic voting machines to paper ballots, Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) today urged voters to cast absentee ballots in the November general election instead of voting at their polling places. September 21, 2006; 4:10 PM
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