An American Life Worth Less Today

Seeded on Fri Jul 11, 2008 7:31 PM EDT (TIME)

It's not just the American dollar that's losing value. A government agency has decided that an American life isn't worth what it used to be.

epa, george-w-bush, bush-administration, environmental-protection-agency, us-news, environmental-regulations

Ex-Chief of Army Field Support Command says Pentagon Putting KBR Over Soldiers

Seeded on Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:13 PM EDT (The Houston Chronicle)

The Pentagon's oversight of Houston-based KBR's work in Iraq and Afghanistan has been "irregular and highly out of the ordinary," a former Army contracting official told Senate Democrats Wednesday.

iraq, cheney, army, pentagon, contractor, halliburton, us-news, kbr

FISA Vote Tied to Telecom Donations

Seeded on Wed Jul 9, 2008 5:45 PM EDT (The Washington Independent)

When scores of House Democrats joined Republicans last week to reauthorize a controversial White House spying program, many critics attributed that support to election-year jitters.

politics, telecom, wiretapping, fisa, campaign-contributions, warrantless-surveillance, fourth-amendment

Suing George W. Bush: A bizarre and troubling tale

Seeded on Wed Jul 9, 2008 1:41 AM EDT (Salon.com)

On July 3, Chief Judge Vaughn Walker of the U.S. District Court in California made a ruling particularly worthy of the nation's attention. In Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation Inc. v.

bush, politics, wiretapping, fisa, warrantless-surveillance, fourth-amendment

More scrutiny, secrecy at Justice Department

Seeded on Mon Jul 7, 2008 7:53 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)

WASHINGTON -- Justice Department lawyers and investigators have come under more scrutiny after the Sept. 11 attacks than at perhaps any time since Watergate.

politics, bush-administration, wiretapping, doj, department-of-justice, office-of-professional-responsibility, opr

EPA Raised Concerns on Border Fence, Environment

Seeded on Mon Jul 7, 2008 2:24 PM EDT (El Paso Times)

The EPA comments mirror complaints from border residents and local governments, including the city and county of El Paso, which have filed lawsuits over the fence.

texas, mexico, epa, immigration, us-news, department-of-homeland-security, us-border

Bush, Gonzales, FISA and the Loyalty Myth

Fri Aug 3, 2007 4:02 PM EDT

A recent Newsweek column entitled Behind the Surveillance Debate delivered some disturbing news: President Bush ran his latest surveillance effort through the secret FISA court and it was rejected.

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bush, politics, alberto-gonzales, wiretapping, fisa, us-attorney-scandal

FISA Judge's Secret Ruling Restricts Bush's Wiretapping Authority

Seeded on Wed Aug 1, 2007 10:47 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

A secret ruling by a federal judge has restricted the U.S.

white-house, politics, george-bush, surveillance, alberto-gonzales, nsa, wiretapping, fisa

Justice Dept. Lawyers Join Chorus Criticizing Gonzales

Seeded on Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:57 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Mr. Koppel, who has been with the department since 1981, wrote that his decision to issue such a public criticism of Mr.

bush, senate, politics, attorney-general, gonzales, justice-department, hearings

Open Season on Journalists in the Middle East

Seeded on Sat Aug 5, 2006 2:42 PM EDT (Columbia Journalism Review)

From the Source: The pen may be "mightier than the sword," but in recent years, the sword has left a trail of spilled ink - and blood. It is time for an international law banning targeted attacks on the media.

israel, lebanon, middle-east, war, journalism, international-law, conflict, palestine, world-news

Will Bush and Gonzales get away with it?

Seeded on Wed Aug 2, 2006 8:41 PM EDT (Salon.com)

At a recent congressional hearing, Maj. Gen. Jack L. Rives, the Air Force judge advocate, testified that "some techniques that have been authorized" violated the Geneva Conventions.

bush, rumsfeld, politics, war-crimes, supreme-court, torture, geneva-conventions, interogation

A Plea for the Cessation of Negative Rhetoric

Tue Aug 1, 2006 2:24 PM EDT

As the violence escalated in the Middle-East these last few days, I believe many of us watched with sadness as the discourse here on Newsvine degraded along side it.

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mideast, israel, lebanon, middle-east, newsvine, palestine, world-news

Why U.S. is Letting Lebanon Bleed

Seeded on Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:22 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

From the source: The United States, following Israel's lead, does not want an immediate ceasefire precisely because that would hand Hizbullah a classic guerrilla-style victory: it started this fight against a much greater military force—and it's still standing.

israel, lebanon, war, diplomacy, terrorists, world-news, hizbullah

US News & World Report: Sending journalists to Iraq

Seeded on Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:00 AM EDT (US News & World Report)

From the source:But publications are now, more than ever, having to take into consideration the cost and potential liability of supporting a freelance reporter who is roaming freely without protection. The calculation for many is that it's just not worth it.

iraq, journalist, war, world-news, coverage, embedded

President Bush approves Cuba policy report

Seeded on Mon Jul 10, 2006 3:00 PM EDT (The Miami Herald)

From the Source: "The report demonstrates that we are actively working for change in Cuba, not simply waiting for change,'' Bush said in the statement. ``I call on all our democratic friends and allies around the world to join us in supporting freedom for the Cuban people.''

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