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[From CNET News]
Washington D.C. reality meets spy movie paranoia?
Image from The Heretik, click to view full size.
If I talk, the U.S. government could throw me in jail, says John Doe. Just another guy hearing radio transmissions in his fillings or speaking in code with small six-legged figures from Plant X9-G? Apparently not. Apparently, [...]

[From My Way News]
By DENISE LAVOIE
(AP) Attorney General Alberto Gonzales appears at a round table discussion with law enforcement…
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, amid a growing clamor for his resignation, acknowledged Friday confusion about of his role in firing eight U.S. attorneys but said he doesn’t “recall being involved in deliberations” over which prosecutors were to [...]

[From suchlike.net: news in haiku]
‘…all…claims…were settled…‘:Three thousand dollars per life,but no clean water…

[From CNN.com]
WASHINGTON (CNN) — A new analysis of funding for U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan concludes the Army could continue to wage war through July without additional funding from Congress.
The analysis may bolster Democrats in their increasingly contentious veto showdown with President Bush.
In a report prepared for the Senate Budget Committee, the [...]

[From The Onion ]
WASHINGTON, DC—White House Secret Service Agent Anthony Panucci is being called a hero after intercepting what could have been a critically damaging question aimed directly at President Bush during a press conference in the Rose Garden Tuesday.
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Agent Anthony Panucci dives in between the president and a hostile reporter.

According to eyewitnesses, the [...]

[From Between the Lines]
Firing of U.S. Attorneys Fits White House Pattern of Abusing Power

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Interview with David Becker, People for the American Way, conducted by Scott Harris

In the swirl of scandals engulfing President Bush’s second term, one of the latest involves the Justice Department firing [...]

[From EFF: Deep Links]

The ACLU, EFF, and a coalition of plaintiffs achieved a victory for online free speech today when U.S. District Court Judge Lowell Reed ruled [PDF] today that a key Web censorship law violated the First Amendment and issued an order permanently blocking its enforcement.
Passed in 1998, the Child Online Protection Act (“COPA”) [...]

[From: Feministing]
There’s nothing like a little woman-punishing to get legislators all hot and bothered.
A bill approved in the South Carolina House this week would force women to see a fetal ultrasound before they have abortions.
After three hours of passionate debate, the House voted 91-23 to require women to sign a statement swearing they had seen [...]

[Via:Mediachannel.org]
By PR Watch.

MoveOn’s vigils: candles in the wind?
This week marks the fourth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. To commemorate the occasion, the online advocacy group MoveOn.org is organizing more than 1,000 candlelight vigils throughout the United States. “We’ll solemnly honor the sacrifice made by more than 3,000 servicemen and women, and we’ll [...]

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