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Daily Archives: January 19, 2006
National Election Archive Project Report on 2004 Ohio Exit Poll Data
The Gun is Smoking – 2004 Ohio Precinct-Level Exit Poll Data Show Virtually Irrefutable Evidence of Vote Miscount (31 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
10 Year Plus Investigation Into Cisneros Ends, With $21 Million Pricetag
January 18, 2006: “Rep. Waxman asks Independent Counsel David M. Barrett for an explanation regarding why his office has been renting 11,500 square feet for only five full-time employees and other new details GAO recently provided on Mr. Barrett’s expenditures. To date, his ten-and-a-half year investigation of former HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros has cost the… Continue Reading
Maine First With E-Waste Recycling Law
Press release, National Resources Council of Maine: Maine’s First-In-The-Nation Law Requiring Manufacturers to Pay to Recycle Electronic Waste Goes Into Effect “Today Maine launched the first manufacturer-funded program in the nation designed to capture hazardous electronic waste for safe disposal and recycling. Under the law enacted in 2004, beginning January 18, municipalities will send waste… Continue Reading
EPIC Sues DOJ for Domestic Surveillance Documents
Press release: “Today EPIC filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit (PDF) against the Department of Justice, asking a federal court to order the disclosure of information about the Administration’s warrantless domestic surveillance program within 20 days. The Justice Department has played a key role in authorizing, implementing and overseeing the National Security Agency’s domestic… Continue Reading
DOJ Defends Legal Authority For NSA Domestic Surveillance
As reported by the New York Times: Administration Lays Out Legal Case for Wiretapping Program, which references the following report: a 42 page DOJ paper, in unclassified form (PDF), titled Legal Authorities Supporting the Activities of the National Security Agency Described by the President, released January 19, 2006. There is also a one page preface… Continue Reading
Google Fights DOJ Order to Produce Records of Database Searches
MercuryNews.com, Feds after Google data: “The Mountain View-based search and advertising giant opposes releasing the information on a variety of grounds, saying it would violate the privacy rights of its users and reveal company trade secrets, according to court documents. Nicole Wong, an associate general counsel for Google, said the company will fight the government’s… Continue Reading
