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Daily Archives: February 6, 2006

Gallup Internet Poll Reports E-mail Remains Dominant With Blogs Making Decent Showing

Press release: Mail and News Are Main Internet Attractions Some e-commerce picking up; blogs still marginal, by Lydia Saad: “A recent Gallup Poll examining Americans’ online habits finds e-mail use almost universal among the three-quarters of U.S. adults who use the Internet. Checking the news and weather ranks second on the list of 13 Internet activities measured, although not as many Americans surf for news frequently as e-mail frequently.”

Legal Documents in CIA Leak Case Confirm Status of Plame

Following up on February 4, 2006 posting, VP Informed Libby About Plame Identity, Michael Isikoff reports The CIA Leak: Plame Was Still Covert. From February 2005 opinion written by U.S. Circuit Judge David S. Tatel (via No Quarter): “As to the leaks’ harmfulness, although the record omits specifics about Plame’s work, it appears to confirm,… Continue Reading

No Comment From Google But IP Network May Be In Future

Follow-up to February 2, 2006 posting, Commentary on Forces Competing to Determine “Digital Destiny”, this related article from the UK Times Onlines – Rumours mount over Google’s internet plan, by Benjamin Cohen: “Google is working on a project to create its own global internet protocol (IP) network, a private alternative to the internet controlled by… Continue Reading

Preserving an Open Internet through Net Neutrality

Good Fences Make Bad Broadband – Preserving an Open Internet through Net Neutrality, 2006/02/06, A Public Knowledge White Paper, by John Windhausen, Jr.: “This paper analyzes the Net Neutrality debate in more detail. The paper is divided into four parts…Part I is a reference guide on the Net Neutrality issue; Part II makes the case… Continue Reading

AG Alberto R. Gonzales Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Cmte. Today

“Wartime Executive Power and the NSA’s Surveillance Authority” Senate Judiciary Committee Full Committee, February 6, 2006 [Note: according to video and the transcript of the testimony, GOP Senators voted not to have Gonzales sworn in.] Prepared Statement of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Washington, D.C., Monday, February 6, 2006.… Continue Reading

Budget of the United States Government, FY07 Released Today

Budget of the United States Government: Fiscal Year 2007: “Issued by the Office of Management and Budget, the Budget of the United States Government is a collection of documents that contains the budget message of the President, information about the President’s budget proposals for a given fiscal year, and other budgetary publications that have been… Continue Reading