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Calls for Congressional, GAO and Treasury IG Investigations of Port Deal

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Press release: “Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9), a strong opponent of the outsourcing of U.S. port operations to foreign owned firms, today called for investigations by both the House Government Reform Committee and the Treasury Inspector General into the Bush Administration’s approval of the management of U.S. ports by Dubai Ports World. Kaptur also asked the Treasury Inspector General to review any conflict of interest regarding the participation of Treasury Secretary John Snow who chairs the Committee on Foreign Investments, the group which approved the recent contract with Dubai Ports World.”

  • Top Homeland Security Democrat Calls for GAO Investigation Into Dubai Port Management Approval
  • Press release: “Senator Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, on Friday sent a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales seeking more information about the Administration’s approval of the deal that turns operations of six U.S. ports over to Dubai Ports World, a company owned by The United Arab Emirates.”
  • From Treasury today this, Dubai-P&OE-F Fact Sheet: CFIUS and the Protection of the National Security in the Dubai Ports World Bid for Port Operations

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  • AP: Bush Admin. Won’t Reconsider Ports Deal
  • Port Authority of New York and NJ Sue to Block Operations Deal
  • AP: Homeland Security Objected to Ports Deal
  • Postings on port operations deal

    • National Journal Article Claims Curtailed Gov’t Surveillance Program Still Active

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    TIA Lives On, by Shane Harris, National Journal, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2006: “A controversial counter-terrorism program, which lawmakers halted more than two years ago amid outcries from privacy advocates, was stopped in name only and has quietly continued within the intelligence agency now fending off charges that it has violated the privacy of U.S. citizens.”… Continue Reading

    Biosecurity and Biodefense Resource

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    “The Federation of American Scientists has created an internet resource for biosecurity policy, bioterrorism information, and biodefense research. The organizations listed here represent various perspectives on what actions individual scientists, research institutions, science journals, the public, and government can do to minimize the threat of bioterrorism while maximizing the benefits of life science research.” Continue Reading

    Commentary Focuses on Civil Liberties Issue in Domestic Surveillance Controversy

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    Why Should Anyone Worry About Whose Communications Bush and Cheney Are Intercepting, If It Helps To Find Terrorists? by John W. Dean “Here, I will look only at the issue of whether the average American has anything to truly be worried about, as NSA electronically sifts through endless digital exchanges to find the proverbial needle-in-a-haystack.”… Continue Reading

    Gov’t Docs on the Web: Now You See Them, Now You Don’t

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    Follow-up to February 22, 2006 posting, Agency Documents Increasingly Withheld From Public Access Through Sensitive Designation, see this press release the same day from NARA: “As part of an ongoing review of the reclassification of documents at the National Archives, Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein said, “Inappropriate declassification can subject our citizens, our… Continue Reading

    America’s Pressing Challenge – Building a Stronger Foundation

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    The National Science Board has released its biennial report to the President, Science and Engineering Indicators 2006, and a companion document, America’s Pressing Challenge – Building a Stronger Foundation. America’s Pressing Challenge — Building a Stronger Foundation: “Nearly a quarter century ago, the National Science Board’s Commission on Precollege Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology[1]… Continue Reading

    National Archives and Google Launch Pilot Project to Digitize and Offer Historic Films Online

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    NARA press release: “Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein and Google Co-Founder and President of Technology Sergey Brin today announced the launch of a pilot program to make holdings of the National Archives available for free online. This non-exclusive agreement will enable researchers and the general public to access a diverse collection of historic… Continue Reading