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Report: Bush administration briefings on surveillance 'inconsistent with the law' 19 Jan 2006 A legal analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service concludes that the Bush administration's limited briefings for Congress on the National Security Agency's domestic eavesdropping without warrants are "inconsistent with the law." Justice Department to declare warrantless wiretaps legal 19 Jan 2006 In a detailed 40-page legal memorandum set for release this evening the Bush Justice Department will defend the pResident's warrantless wiretap program as legal. A copy of the document was leaked to RAW STORY. Why Stanford prof is suing Bush over NSA spying --U.S. agency possibly watching his work 19 Jan 2006 Every day on the Stanford University campus, Larry Diamond teaches his students that the president of the United States is not above the law. Which is why Diamond decided to sue President [sic] Bush when he learned that the president had authorized spying on Americans without consent of Congress or the courts. Diamond believes he is among the targets of surveillance. US government wants Google's search records 19 Jan 2006 The Bush dictatorship on Wednesday asked a federal judge to order Google to turn over a broad range of material from its closely guarded databases. In court papers filed in U.S. District Court in San Jose, inJustice Department lawyers revealed that Google has refused to comply with a subpoena issued last year for the records, which include a request for 1 million random Web addresses and records of all Google searches from any one-week period. Reichwing group offers students $100 to spy on professors --Republican graduate's site prompts witch-hunt fears --31 academics listed as 'worthy of scrutiny' 19 Jan 2006 It is the sort of invitation any poverty-stricken student would find hard to resist. "Do you have a professor who just can't stop talking about President Bush [sic], about the war in Iraq, about the Republican party, or any other ideological issue that has nothing to do with the class subject matter? If you help ... expose the professor, we'll pay you for your work." For full notes, a tape recording and a copy of all teaching materials, students at the University of California Los Angeles are being offered $100 (£57) - the tape recorder is provided free of charge - by an alumni group. [Contact the Reichwing whackjob - Bruin Alumni Association's single registered member - Andrew Jones: [EMAIL PROTECTED].] Advisor Quits UCLA Alumni Group 19 Jan 2006 Former U.S. Rep. James E. Rogan (R) has resigned from the advisory board of a conservative UCLA alumni group after learning that the group's founder had offered students $100 payments to record professors' "non-pertinent ideological comments." Legislatures to Weigh Classroom Politics 19 Jan 2006 [Reichwing] Legislation modeled after an ''academic bill of rights'' advocated by conservative [nutball] David Horowitz, founder of Students for Academic Freedom, was introduced in at least 15 states last year, but none has passed it, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Senate candidate unapologetic for saying GOP hijacked by fanatics 19 Jan 2006 Ohio's Republican leader wants Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Paul Hackett to apologize for calling some conservative Republicans religious fanatics and comparing them to terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden. [If the shoe fits, shove it up your ass! And, YOU please apologize for BEING LIKE the Islamo-fascists you've declared to be our enemy. Why should we apologize? --MDR] Veteran reporter says 3,000-4,000 Iraqis killed every month 18 Jan 2006 Between 3,000 and 4,000 Iraqis are killed every month, rendering "ridiculous" US pResident George W. Bush's estimate of about 30,000 civilian casualties since the start of the war, veteran British journalist Robert Fisk said Wednesday. Extent of soldiers' injuries in Iraq 'hidden by MoD' 19 Jan 2006 The Government has been accused of hiding the true human cost of Britain's involvement in the Iraq war by failing to reveal the extent of debilitating injuries suffered by soldiers. FO paper reveals British knowledge of torture flights --Unease over legality of British cooperation 19 Jan 2006 The government's desperation to get on to "the front foot" over its role in the CIA's so-called rendition campaign, as laid bare by the leaked Foreign Office briefing paper, dates back to the disclosure last September of the extent of British support for the operation. An investigation by the Guardian had shown that the CIA's aircraft had flown in and out of Britain at least 210 times after the attacks of 9/11. Torture flights: what No 10 knew and tried to cover up --Leaked memo reveals strategy to deny knowledge of detention centres 19 Jan 2006 The government is secretly trying to stifle attempts by MPs to find out what it knows about CIA "torture flights" and privately admits that people captured by British forces could have been sent illegally to interrogation centres, the Guardian can reveal. A hidden strategy aimed at suppressing a debate about rendition - the US practice of transporting detainees to secret centres where they are at risk of being tortured - is revealed in a briefing paper sent by the Foreign Office to No 10. Report says Britain doubts legality of CIA flights 19 Jan 2006 Britain believes the CIA's reported secret transfer of terrorism suspects to foreign countries for interrogation is illegal, according to a leaked government document published on Thursday. The Foreign Office memo says the practice, known as extraordinary rendition, "could never be legal" if the detainee is at risk of torture, according to extracts printed in the Guardian newspaper. Chinese Detainees' Lawyers Will Take Case to High Court 17 Jan 2006 Lawyers for a group of Chinese nationals held in the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, with no hope of release are taking the rare step of asking the Supreme Court to intervene immediately, saying only the high court can resolve the constitutional crisis their case presents. US forces admit holding Iraqi women prisoners 19 Jan 2006 US forces in Iraq have admitted holding eight female prisoners, after the abductors of an American journalist threatened to kill her unless the authorities freed all Iraqi women within 72 hours. US denies prisoner release plan 19 Jan 2006 The US military said today that it has no imminent plans to release female Iraqi prisoners, a move demanded by kidnappers to spare the life of an American journalist. Soldier Faces Capital Felony, Murder Charges 19 Jan 2006 A Connecticut soldier preparing for deployment to Afghanistan faces capital felony and murder charges in connection with a double slaying at a Hartford grocery store earlier this month, a prosecutor said Thursday. US Army raises enlistment age to 40 18 Jan 2006 The US Army said Wednesday it has raised its maximum enlistment age from 35 to 40 years old and is doubling signing up bonuses to a high of 40,000 dollars. [Yes, US taxpayers are beefing up the 'Coalition of the Bribed' for Iraq.] Sen. Clinton Calls for Iran Sanctions 19 Jan 2006 Sen. Hillary Clinton called for United Nations sanctions against Iran and faulted the Bush administration for "downplaying" the threat Tehran's nuclear program poses. Gee, here's a big bleeping surprise: Oil field services stocks advance 19 Jan 2006 Oil field services stocks continued their climb Thursday after a Morgan Stanley analyst lifted ratings on a host of names, including heavyweights Halliburton Co. and Baker Hughes Inc. Questions and Answers about Halliburton and the Basis for Suspension By HalliburtonWatch.org and CorporatePolicy.org 19 Jan 2006 Holy convenience, Batman! 'Bin Laden' tape threatens new attacks on US 19 Jan 2006 Preparations for a fresh wave of terror attacks on the US are under way, a tape recording purported to be of Osama bin Laden warned today. [Bush bin Laden is poised to attack the US again - so that the Patriot Act can be made permanent, and Bush can claim 'justification' of his illegal spying program.] France hints at nuclear riposte to terrorism attack 19 Jan 2006 France said on Thursday it would be ready to use nuclear weapons against any state that carried out a terrorist attack or used weapons of mass destruction against it. France defends right to nuclear reply to terrorism 19 Jan 2006 Jacques Chirac, Frances president, has threatened to use nuclear weapons against any state that supported terrorism against his country or considered using weapons of mass destruction. De Menezes family: police should be charged 19 Jan 2006 Relatives of Jean Charles de Menezes, the Brazilian shot by police when he was mistaken for a suicide bomber, today expressed disappointed that the independent report into his killing is to be kept out of their hands. Top Democrat on Judiciary Panel Opposes U.S. Supreme Court Pick 19 Jan 2006 The ranking Democrat on the U.S. Senate's Judiciary Committee, Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy, said he will vote against the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says no to Alito 19 Jan 2006 U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, the Senate's second-highest ranking Democrat, said Thursday he will vote against confirmation of Samuel Alito as the nation's 110th Supreme Court Justice. FDA Tries to Limit Drug Suits in State Courts 19 Jan 2006 People who believe they were injured by drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration should not be allowed to sue drug companies in state courts, the agency [corpora-terrorists' trolls] said yesterday in a formal policy statement. Writer Says Ex-Chief of HealthSouth Paid for Positive Coverage 19 Jan 2006 Throughout the six-month trial that led to Richard Scrushy's acquittal in the $2.7 billion fraud at HealthSouth Corp., a small, influential newspaper consistently printed articles sympathetic to the defense of the fired CEO. New Law Forces Manufacturers to Pick up Recycling Costs 19 Jan 2006 A first-in-the-nation law went into effect Wednesday in Maine, requiring makers of televisions and computer monitors to pick up the tab to recycle and safely dispose of their products once they are discarded. Ex-EPA Chiefs Blame Bush in Global Warming 19 Jan 2006 Six former heads of the Environmental Protection Agency five Republicans and one Democrat accused the Bush administration Wednesday of neglecting global warming and other environmental problems. Ex-EPA Chiefs Criticize Bush on Warming 19 Jan 2006 The U.S. is failing to take the lead in confronting global warming, a "dishonest'' and "self-destructive" approach that only worsens the problem, say former federal environmental chiefs. Writer Says Ex-Chief of HealthSouth Paid for Positive Coverage E-Mail This Printer-Friendly Save Article By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: January 19, 2006 Filed at 1:56 p.m. ET BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Throughout the six-month trial that led to Richard Scrushy's acquittal in the $2.7 billion fraud at HealthSouth Corp., a small, influential newspaper consistently printed articles sympathetic to the defense of the fired CEO. [18 Jan lead stories:] Billions in Iraq Rebuilding Funds Go Missing --Government unsure whether it will pursue missing money, including $1.48 billion from Halliburton's KBR --Audit agency to consider if criminal investigation is warranted 17 Jan 2006 One question facing the government is whether to seek recovery of funds paid to the largest contractor, Halliburton Co.'s KBR unit, which was awarded multibillion-dollar no-bid contracts beginning shortly before the U.S. invaded Iraq... A series of 2004 audits by the Defense Contract Audit Agency, the Pentagon's contract-auditing arm, found expenses of $1.48 billion unsupported by adequate documentation on KBR's two largest contracts, which were valued at a total of $9.5 billion. In a recently disclosed letter, the audit agency said it has passed on findings about Halliburton to the Justice Department, to consider whether a criminal investigation is warranted. Human rights in Iraq 'much worse' 18 Jan 2006 A major humanitarian watchdog group has said "the human rights situation in Iraq deteriorated significantly in 2005." [Well, it's 'deteriorated significantly' since the (illegitimate) Bush regime illegally invaded Iraq and overthrew an existing (legitimate) government.] EU to probe CIA 'black prisons' 18 Jan 2006 The European Parliament has formally launched a probe into allegations of CIA 'secret prisons' for torturing suspects. EU Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Elmar Brok said: "There must be no Guantanamo on European soil. CLGers: Please contribute for January's expenses, thank you! And, thank you to all who have donated previously!! http://www.legitgov.org/#contribute Address to receive newsletter: http://www.legitgov.org/#subscribe_clg CLG Newsletter editor: Lori Price, General Manager. Copyright © 2006, Citizens For Legitimate Government ® All rights reserved. CLG Founder and Chair is Michael Rectenwald, Ph.D.
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