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BUSH-SPY-GATE

Tiernan O Faolain wrote 4 months ago: Bush crimes have continued under the nose of America and Obama?  Everyone responsible, in both Admin … more →

Tags: Bushies, obama, Politics, Bush coverups, Bush Dictatorship, Bush lies, Bush Scandals, Cheney, conservative hypocrisy

Ya think?2 comments

stevenhartwriter wrote 5 months ago: Either some editor at the Washington Times has a truly awesome poker face, or this is the most unint … more →

Tags: The Reading Life, Washington Times, nut graf, luv guv, Mark Sanford

What Some of The Folks Back Home Think

chrisfarnsworth wrote 1 year ago: For anyone not yet sick of Sarah Palin — anyone? anyone? — my friend Brendan Kelley at t … more →

Tags: Friends and Well-Wishers, Soapbox, Politics, Sarah Palin

Judge Orders Halt to Warrantless Surveillance2 comments

Douglas Shaftoe wrote 3 years ago: From AOL News: Noting “there are no hereditary Kings in America and no powers not created by t … more →

Tags: NSA Wiretapping, State Secrest Privilege

Another Bush Administration Official Indicted Over Abramoff

Douglas Shaftoe wrote 3 years ago: From The Washington Post: An Interior Department official who has acknowledged receiving meals and t … more →

Tags: GOP Indictments, GOP Corruption, Mr. Jack Abramoff, Northern Mariana Islands, Mr. Roger Stillwell

Bush Administration Now Spying On Banking, Without A Warrant3 comments

Douglas Shaftoe wrote 3 years ago: From The New York Times: Under a secret Bush administration program initiated weeks after the Sept. … more →

Tags: Privacy, NSA Wiretapping, Swift Program

Bush Administration Spent $30 Million Last Year On Illegally Obtained Personal Data

Douglas Shaftoe wrote 3 years ago: From the AP, Via Yahoo! News: Federal and local police across the country — as well as some of … more →

Tags: Privacy, Total Information Awareness, NSA Wiretapping, Bush Ethics, Data Broker Scandal

Noe Pleads Guilty1 comment

Douglas Shaftoe wrote 3 years ago: From The Toledo Blade: More than two years after investigators began probing Tom Noe’s vaunted … more →

Tags: Ohio Politics, GOP Corruption, Mr. Tom Noe, Coingate

Bush Administration Invoking State Secrets More and More

Douglas Shaftoe wrote 3 years ago: From The NY Times: Facing a wave of litigation challenging its eavesdropping at home and its handlin … more →

Tags: NSA Wiretapping, Checks & Balances, Bush Ethics, State Secrest Privilege

ABA To Investigate Bush's Signing Statements1 comment

Douglas Shaftoe wrote 3 years ago: From The Boston Globe: The board of governors of the American Bar Association voted unanimously yest … more →

Tags: Bush administration, Checks & Balances, Unitary Executive, Signing Statements

Bush Administration Planted Fake News Stories In Media (Again)

Douglas Shaftoe wrote 3 years ago: From The Independent: Federal authorities are actively investigating dozens of American television s … more →

Tags: FCC, Planted Fake News Stories

AG Gonzales Threatens To Resign Over Congressional Document Seizure1 comment

Douglas Shaftoe wrote 3 years ago: I say "Good Riddance!" From The Washington Post: The Justice Department signaled to the Wh … more →

Tags: Bush administration, Checks & Balances, Mr. (Attorney General) Alberto R. Gonzales, Congressional Document Seizure, Seperation of Powers

Hastert Now Under Investigation

Douglas Shaftoe wrote 3 years ago: From The Blotter at ABC News: Federal officials say the Congressional bribery investigation now incl … more →

Tags: GOP Corruption, Duke Cunningham Bribery Case, Mr. Jack Abramoff, Congressman Hastert

FCC Won't Investigate NSA

Douglas Shaftoe wrote 3 years ago: FCC Chariman Kevin Martin announced today that the FCC was incapable of investigating the telecommun … more →

Tags: NSA, FCC, NSA Wiretapping, Congressman Markey, Mr. (Chairman) Kevin Martin

AT&T Whistle-Blower's Evidence

Douglas Shaftoe wrote 3 years ago: From Wired News: Former AT&T technician Mark Klein is the key witness in the Electronic Frontier … more →

Tags: Privacy, NSA, Total Information Awareness, federal agencies, NSA Wiretapping, Narsus, Mr. Mark Klein, Mr. (Admiral) John Poindexter

Tobin Sentenced2 comments

Douglas Shaftoe wrote 3 years ago: From PoliticsNH.com: Republican consultant James Tobin, of Bangor, Maine, was sentanced to 10 months … more →

Tags: GOP Corruption, Phone Jamming, Mr. Chuck McGhee, Mr. James Tobin, Mr. Allen Raymond, GOP Marketplace LLC

More On Narsus

Douglas Shaftoe wrote 3 years ago: From Wired News: The equipment that technician Mark Klein learned was installed in the National Secu … more →

Tags: NSA, NSA Wiretapping, Narsus

FCC Commissioner Call For Inquiry Into NSA Wiretapping

Douglas Shaftoe wrote 3 years ago: From The FCC Website: COMMISSIONER MICHAEL J. COPPS CALLS FOR THE FCC TO OPEN AN INQUIRY INTO THE LA … more →

Tags: NSA Wiretapping, Mr. (Commissioner) Michael Copps

BellSouth Denies Giving Records To NSA

Douglas Shaftoe wrote 3 years ago: Senators Frist and Lott apparently believe that if you "aren't doing anything wrong" y … more →

Tags: NSA, NSA Wiretapping, Senator Lott, Senator Frist, Senator Specter, Mr. (General) Michael Hayden, Senator Feinstein


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