Final Report of the Independent Panel to Review DoD Detention Operations, August 2004. (PDF, 126 pages).
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Daily Archives: August 25, 2004
DOJ’s Criminal Enforcement Actions Against P2P Copyright Piracy
Prepared Statement of Attorney General John Ashcroft – Digital Gridlock, Wednesday, August 25, 2004: “The protection of America’s intellectual property is a priority for the Department of Justice. In March of this year, I announced the creation of an Intellectual Property Task Force to examine how the Department can better protect the innovative and creative… Continue Reading
Trial Technology
Anatomy Of Trial Technology: “Trial technologies are all the buzz for legal technologists, early adopters, vendors, and consultants – but have they made it to the main stream practice of law? This article traces availability and use of trial preparation and presentation software, court technology, and more through the most recent ABA Legal Technology Survey… Continue Reading
Frequent Flyers Volunteering for Biometric Airport Screening Program
From the Washington Post (reg. req’d), Trading Privacy for Convenience – ‘Registered Travelers’ Give Up Personal Information for Shorter Airport Lines. Continue Reading
Judiciary Cmte. Members Question DOJ Directive to Destroy Gov’t Docs.
August 24, 2004: Text of Letter from Congressman Conyers and Senator Leahy to AG Ashcroft Concerning Efforts to Destroy Public Documents. For reference, see Justice Department asks depository libraries to destroy forfeiture documents and related postings from beSpacific. Continue Reading
Net Filtering in China
OpenNet Initiative: Bulletin 005 – Probing Chinese search engine filtering, August 19, 2004. Continue Reading
Department of Defense RSS Feeds
Current DefenseLINK RSS News feeds: AFPS News Articles DoD Press Advisories DoD News Releases DoD Contract Announcements DoD Transcripts DoD Speeches Continue Reading
Senate Working Group to Evaluate 9/11 Commission Proposals
From the Daschle press release: “Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle today appointed members to a bipartisan Senate working group that will examine how best to implement the Commission’s recommendations that deal with reform of the Senate’s oversight of intelligence and homeland security.” Continue Reading
Searchable Database on Social and Economic Data from House Cmte. on Ways & Means
The 2004 Green Book (WMCP 108-6) of the House Ways and Means Committee available to search and browse in the Ways and Means Committee Prints. “The House Ways and Means Committee Green Book provides program descriptions and historical data on a wide variety of social and economic topics, including Social Security, employment, earnings, welfare, child… Continue Reading
