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FBI rules may invite abuses, foes say

signonsandiego.com
22 hrs ago 1 related
        

WASHINGTON – Justice Department officials released new guidelines Friday that empower FBI agents to use intrusive techniques to gather intelligence within the United States, alarming civil liberties groups and Democratic...

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Key senators oppose DRM, ISP filtering in secret ACTA treaty [Ars Technica]

feeds4all.com
Oct 3, 2008 1 related
        

Patrick Leahy and Arlen Specter, who head the Senate Judiciary Committee, don't like what they're hearing about the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). A new letter to ACTA negotiators "strongly urges" them not to...

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Even Senators Who Want Stronger Copyright Laws Are Worried About ACTA

federatedmedia.net
Oct 3, 2008
        

Following the recent Congressional hearings about ACTA, Senators Patrick Leahy and Arlen Specter (who were behind the Senate ProIP bill that would put a copyright czar in the White House and unsuccessfully tried to make the FBI...

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Bush presidency is ending in utter disaster

nwsource.com
Oct 2, 2008 2 related
        

The Economist: Far from creating a hegemonic party, Bush leaves the Republicans in the worst state they have been in for decades; riven by divisions, confused about their identity and facing Armageddon at the ballot box.

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PRO-IP senators concerned anti-counterfeiting treaty may be too broad

ecoustics.com
Oct 2, 2008 2 related
        

Posted by Stephanie Condon | Post a comment Two senators known for their support of stringent intellectual property enforcement expressed concern on Thursday that an anti-counterfeiting treaty currently being drafted may be too...

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Stretching so far they should call it Yoga: On Palin, Obama and basketball

citypaper.net
Oct 2, 2008 7 related
        

Your guess is as good as mine I get a lot of garbage in my inbox that really reaches to make a point. I do my best to ignore the really flagrant crap, but sometimes I just can’t. Case in point: An e-mail from the...

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Sarah Palin Revealed

christiannewswire.com
Oct 2, 2008 1,103 related
        

Contact: Tracy McCarter, 800-927-0517 ext. 109 MEDIA ADVISORY, Oct. 2 /Christian Newswire/ -- In the history of American politics there has never been a more explosive, history-making decision than the naming of Alaskan...

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Orphan works bill could open library collections to the Web

gcn.com
Oct 1, 2008 1 related
        

GCN Content/Record Management topic index GCN Web Strategies topic index The Senate last week passed a bill that would make it easier for universities, archives and libraries, including the Library of Congress, to digitize and...

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No More Clubbing for Federal Judges

law.com
Oct 1, 2008
        

Congress has passed a bill that bans gifts of honorary club memberships valued at more than $50 per year for all federal judges, from the Supreme Court on down. The ban came in the form of an amendment added by Sen. Jon Kyl,...

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The Anthrax Case Reopens: Why Did the FBI Let the Fort Detrick Scientists Investigate Themselves?

salonesoterica.wordpress.com
Oct 1, 2008
        

The Congressional anthrax hearings of September 16-17 revealed that public pressure is keeping the doors open in the anthrax case. FBI Director Robert Mueller promised that the FBI will provide their evidence to a panel of...

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