Senate Finance Cmte. Ranking Minority Member Senator Max Baucus Calls on Supreme Court Nominee to Furnish Tax Returns White House Response Baucus letter to White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card Letter to Miers Organized opposition to Miers moves to web: see WithdrawMiers.org WSJ Free Features: Point Man for Miers Juggles Allegiances – Legal Conservative… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: October 2005
Prosecutor in Plame Leak Examined Falsified Niger Uranium Report
As reported by UPI today: “NATO sources have confirmed to United Press International that Fitzgerald’s team of investigators has sought and obtained documentation on the forgeries from the Italian government. Fitzgerald’s team has been given the full, and as yet unpublished report of the Italian parliamentary inquiry into the affair, which started when an Italian… Continue Reading
Commentary on IP Battle Over Google Print
Leggo My Ego, GooglePrint and the other culture war, by Tim Wu. Related links on Google Print program See also: The Google Print Controversy: A Bibliography: “This bibliography presents selected electronic works about Google Print that are freely available on the Internet. It has a special focus on the legal issues associated with this project.… Continue Reading
GAO Report Addresses Impediments to Implementing E-Disability Claims
Electronic Disability Claims Processing: SSA Is Proceeding with Its Accelerated Systems Initiative but Needs to Address Operational Issues GAO-05-97, September 23, 2005. Highlights. “Through an initiative known as AeDib, the Social Security Administration (SSA) is implementing a system in which medical images and other documents that have traditionally been kept in paper folders will be… Continue Reading
EPIC FOIA Lawsuit Produces Documents on Illegal Surveillance Operations
From the Washington Post: FBI Papers Indicate Intelligence Violations Secret Surveillance Lacked Oversight From EPIC: “Documents obtained by EPIC under the Freedom of Informaton Act describe thirteen cases of possible FBI misconduct in intelligence investigations. The documents were released by the Bureau in response to an EPIC open government request for information about the FBI’s… Continue Reading
Commentary Focuses on Google’s Indexing Technology and the Print Program
Indexing Versus Caching & How Google Print Doesn’t Reprint Related links on the Google Print program Continue Reading
National Security Archive Posts Third Kerr Report on National Intelligence and Iraq
Intelligence and Analysis on Iraq: Issues for the Intelligence Community, 29 July 2004; approved for release August 2005. (12 pages, PDF) “This is the third in a series of reports by the Kerr Group (Richard Kerr, Thomas Wolfe, Rebecca Donegan, and Aris Pappas) supporting the Director of Central Intelligence’s evaluation and critique of intelligence and… Continue Reading
DHS Final Rule on Classified National Security Information
Federal Register, October 21, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 203)[Page 61211-61217], Department of Homeland Security,Office of the Secretary6 CFR Part 7, RIN 1601-AA02. “Summary: This final rule revises the Department of Homeland Security’s procedures for managing classified national security information. This rule implements procedures required under Executive Order 12958, “Classified National Security Information,” as amended by… Continue Reading
GAO Report: Continued Federal Efforts Needed to Improve Electronic Voting
Cmte. on Government Reform Minority Office: “Rep. Waxman led twelve members of Congress today in releasing a new GAO report that found security and reliablity flaws in the electronic voting process. In a joint press release, Rep. Waxman said, “The GAO report indicates that we need to get serious and act quickly to improve the… Continue Reading
Commentary on the Plame Investigation
Waiting For The Valerie Plame Wilson Grand Jury: The Big Question Is Whether Dick Cheney Was a Target, by John W. Dean. Dean highlights the sources and publications he believes have best covered this unfolding investigation. Interesting to note they include the National Journal, Editor & Publisher, Bloomberg, the blog – Talking Points Memo. Continue Reading
Special Prosecutor Launches Website On Plame Investigation
The website of Office of Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald. Related news: Plame plans to sue White House officials Continue Reading
Google CEO Responds to Controversy Over Google Print Program
In following recent postings on opposition to the Google Print Program by publishers and authors, see these corporate responses, from the Official Google Blog: Why we believe in Google Print: “We’ve been asked recently why we’re so determined to pursue Google Print, even though it has drawn industry opposition in the form of two lawsuits,… Continue Reading
