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Entries Tagged ‘wiretaps’

WTF Items for the Day

Jun.24, 2008 in Bush Administration, Domestic Policy, Foreign Policy

Appeals Court Invalidates Detainee’s ‘Enemy’ Status
A federal appeals court in Washington has invalidated the Bush administration’s finding that a detainee held for more than six years in the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba is an “enemy combatant,” and has ordered the government to release him, transfer him or offer him a new hearing.
Oh, and [...]

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FISA: Democrats Capitulate to the GOP - Where’s Obama?

Jun.20, 2008 in Bush Administration, Domestic Policy, Election 2008

Silent, that’s where. On a day where he announces (wisely) that he will decline public funding, the Democrats in Congress bow backwards to the GOP and say ‘put it right here’. Not only that, but they ‘compromise’ on FISA in such a way that telecoms will receive their immunity according to the bought-and-paid [...]

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