From the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press survey released today: “fully 79% of Americans say the recent indictment of I. Lewis Libby, formerly a top aide to Vice President Cheney, on perjury and other charges is a matter of at least some importance to the nation; that is greater than the percentage who said that in 1998 about charges that former President Clinton lied under oath about a sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky (65%).”
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Daily Archives: November 8, 2005
Mandatory Ethics Classes for White House Personnel
AP reports White House Staff Begins Ethics Classes. Several thousand employees who work in agencies and offices that are part of the government’s Executive Branch will be taking the classes during the upcoming weeks. Continue Reading
Patriot Act National Security Letter Provisions Spotlighted in Recent News
Related news on the Names of Library Organization Members Gagged by FBI: PBS News Hour, A reporter discusses concerns surrounding the Patriot Act and access to private phone, e-mail, library and financial records. From American Library Association Washington Office Newsline: “Sunday’s article revealed that, since the PATRIOT Act changes, the FBI has been issuing “more… Continue Reading
Secret Prisons Abroad – Selected Relevant Documents
Editor & Publisher, Another Leak Probe? GOP Calls for Investigation into ‘Wash Post’ Scoop on CIA ‘Black Sites’ New York Times: November 9, 2005 – Report Warned on C.I.A.’s Tactics in Interrogation AP, Senate rejects 9/11 style commission to review prison abuse Village Voice, A PBS documentary names U.S. torture commanders AP, CIA Moves Toward… Continue Reading
Recovery From Katrina Proceeds At Different Pace for State and Federal Courts
A Tale of Disaster and Two Courts, Pamela A. MacLean: “Two months after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, the legal system remains a tale of two courts: Federal courts reopened last week while Louisiana state courts struggle with disarray.” Continue Reading
