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Daily Archives: October 31, 2005

Call for Hearings On WMD Documents Used to Justify Iraq War

Press release: “Congressman Jerrold Nadler today demanded the House Judiciary Committee investigate whether White House officials deliberately deceived Congress in order to obtain its authorization of the war in Iraq. In a letter to Committee Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. calling for hearings [text of which accompanies this link], Congressman Nadler cited new evidence from the investigation led by Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, as well as evidence compiled from media reports, that the Bush Administration knowingly marketed the war with fictitious evidence. It was originally expected that Fitzgerald would issue a final report, detailing all of his findings…Now that he has declined to do so…there is even greater need for hearings that will air the facts in a public forum.”

Democratic Policy Report Reviews Ongoing Failures in Hurricane Reponse

Democratic Policy Committee Report, October 31, 2005: Bush Administration, Congressional Republicans Mismanage Hurricane Recovery – Thousands of Hurricane Survivors Still Face Immediate Needs “While rescue and relief operations in the immediate aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita have been completed, thousands of hurricane survivors remain in dire need of assistance. Unfortunately, two months after Hurricane… Continue Reading

Global Computer Waste Exported to Africa

Following up on previous postings related to security risks associated with discarding PC hard drives, the parallel environmental toll of the expanding amount of e-waste generated by constant hardware upgrades, via the The Basel Action Network (BAN): High-Tech Toxic Trash Exported to Africa The Digital Dump: Exporting Re-Use and Abuse to Africa Information Recovered from… Continue Reading

Alioto is New Supreme Court Nominee

White House press release: President Nominates Judge Samuel A. Alito as Supreme Court Justice. Also from the White House: Biography of Samuel A. Alito Jr. AP: Bush Nominates Alito for Supreme Court CNN: Bush nominates Alito to Supreme Court Conservatives, liberals ready for heated debate Complete coverage from the New York Times: Supreme Court in… Continue Reading

Publishers Offer Wider Public Access to Online Medical Literature

From UPI: “More than 50 medical and scientific non-profit publishers, representing more than 120 journals, have offered the National Institutes of Health access to their contents free of charge through their current links to the NIH’s PubMed Central data archive.” From Washington D.C. Principles For Free Access to Science, in PDF, Leading Scientific & Medical… Continue Reading

Feds and Industry Join Forces to Fight Spam

A new, joint federal law enforcement and industry initiative to fight Internet fraud, called LooksTooGoodToBeTrue, was launched today (press release, 5 pages, PDF). “This website was developed to arm you with information so you don’t fall victim to these Internet scam artists.” The site provides consumers with documentation on: Types of Fraud; Victim Stories; FAQs… Continue Reading