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Transcript of Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing for Confirmation of Samuel Alito

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  • Washington Post: U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito’s Nomination to the Supreme Court, Part I of II, Courtesy FDCH e-Media, Monday, January 9, 2006; 12:59 PM. Read below the opening statements of the first thirteen senators’ opening statements. The final statements, and Judge Alito’s opening statement, can be found in Part II (see belows).
  • U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito’s Nomination to the Supreme Court, Part II of II, Monday, January 9, 2006; 3:32 PM
  • Judge Samuel Alito – Published Opinions & Confirmation Hearing, Free Searchable Version, available from askSam.

    • OMB Report to Congress on E-Gov Initiatives

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    Report to Congress on the Benefits of the President’s E-Government Initiatives, January 6, 2006. (183 pages, PDF) “The Federal government is delivering results through expansion and adoption of electronic government principles and best practices in managing information technology, and is increasingly providing timely and accurate information to the citizens and government decision makers while ensuring… Continue Reading

    Citation Database of Scientific and Medical Literature Now Available Free

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    Press release, January 5, 2006 – “Infotrieve, Inc. today announced that it had converted ArticleFinder, its online scientific, technical, and medical (STM) database with more than 26 million citations and eight million abstracts from over 54,000 journals, to a free access model. The move provides scientists and researchers, who work for corporations and are subject… Continue Reading

    A Legal Analysis of the NSA Warrantless Surveillance Program

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    A Legal Analysis of the NSA Warrantless Surveillance Program, by Morton H. Halperin, January 6, 2006 Secrecy News: “Halperin, a leading civil libertarian and former Pentagon and State Department official, played an influential role in the enactment of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) of 1978, which subjected intelligence surveillance within the United States to… Continue Reading

    Calls For Special House Panel and DOJ Investigations of Domestic Surveillance Program

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    Press release, January 6, 2006: “U.S. Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin today sent a letter to House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert requesting that a special House panel be created “to undertake an immediate investigation and hearings into the President’s purported authority to conduct eavesdropping of U.S. citizens without a court order.” Press release, January 9, 2005:… Continue Reading