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Justice Department advises pursuing CIA abuses | Politics | ReutersJustice Department advises pursuing CIA abuses WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Justice Department officials have urged President Barack Obama to reinvestigate CIA prisoner abuse cases, raising the prospect of a damaging political sideshow as Obama seeks to focus on healthcare and climate change. ...
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Troubles Plague Cyberspy Defense - WSJ.comWASHINGTON -- The flagship system designed to protect the U.S. government's computer networks from cyberspies is being stymied by technical limitations and privacy concerns, according to current and former national-security officials. The latest complete version of the system, known as ...
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Officials Say U.S. Wiretaps Exceeded Law - NYTimes.comOfficials Say U.S. Wiretaps Exceeded Law WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency intercepted private e-mail messages and phone calls of Americans in recent months on a scale that went beyond the broad legal limits established by Congress last year, government officials said in recent interviews. ...
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Shut Up: It's Still A Secret - The Atlantic Politics ChannelShut Up: It's Still A Secret The Obama Administration still wants to keep its secrets. Yesterday, the Justice Department embraced the argument that the state secrets privilege - a fancy phrase denoting the executive branch's common law prerogative to protect classified information - should ...
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Rove, Miers Will Testify Over U.S. Attorney Firings | Political Hotsheet - CBS NewsFormer Bush aides Karl Rove and Harriet Miers have agreed to testify before Congress under oath concerning the firings of U.S. attorneys, allegedly for political reasons, during the Bush administration. The two will testify before the House Judiciary Committee in transcribed depositions. They ...
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Release of Memos Fuels Push for Inquiry Into Bush’s Terror-Fighting Policies - NYTimes.comRelease of Memos Fuels Push for Inquiry Into Bush’s Terror-Fighting Policies WASHINGTON — A day after releasing a set of Bush administration opinions that claimed sweeping presidential powers in fighting terrorism, the Obama administration faced new pressure on Tuesday to support a broad ...
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Mukasey Appoints Prosecutor to Probe Gonzales's Role - washingtonpost.comInvestigators probing the firing of nine U.S. attorneys concluded that top Justice Department officials "abdicated their responsibility" by failing to supervise subordinates who carried out the botched plan, according to a long-awaited report released today.
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New DocumentThe Surveillance- Industrial Complex: How the American Government Is Conscripting Businesses and Individuals in the Construction of a Surveillance Society
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