AP: FEC Won’t Regulate Internet Politics New FEC Rules (96 pages, PDF) Supplement to FEC Rules (13 pages, PDF) Two-Page Summary of FEC Rules (PDF) March 24, 2006 posting, FEC Issues Draft Final Rules on Use of Internet In Connection with Federal Elections Continue Reading
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DoD Report on WMD
National Military Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction (31 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
Updates on Immigration Reform
Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Securing Our Border, Enforcing Our Laws, and Upholding Our Values, Fact sheet released by the White House, March 27, 2006. AP: Senate Panel Approves Immigration Bill S. 2454 – Securing Americas Borders Act – Introduced by Senator Frist, S. 2454 (PCS) is a bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to… Continue Reading
Key Findings from Study of Saddam Hussein’s Regime
Saddam’s Delusions: The View from the Inside, By Kevin Woods, James Lacey, and Williamson Murray, From Foreign Affairs, May/June 2006 “Summary: A special, double-length article from the upcoming May/June issue of Foreign Affairs, presenting key excerpts from the recently declassified book-length report of the USJFCOM Iraqi Perspectives Project.” Continue Reading
Testimony Regarding the 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
03/16/06 Testimony Regarding the 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices; Barry F. Lowenkron, Assistant Secretary; Testimony Before the House International Relations Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations; Washington, DC. State Department’s 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices Continue Reading
Congresswoman Jane Harman Speaks Need for Legal Framework For Intel Gathering
The Fog of Law: The Need for a Legal Framework for 21st Century Security Policy, Speech to the Council on Foreign Relations by Congresswoman Jane Harman, March 13, 2006. Continue Reading
Aggregation of Blogs From Around The World
Global Voices: A country-by-country aggregation of world blogs: Translations of and links to selected postings from blogs around the world. See also A Daily Survey of What the International Online Media Are Saying, by Jefferson Morley. Continue Reading
Privacy Group Updates Chronology of Major Data Breaches
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, Updated March 23, 2006: A Chronology of Data Breaches Reported Since the ChoicePoint Incident Continue Reading
Online Tracking Technologies and Services Come With A Cost: Your Privacy
Newsweek: Why Privacy Won’t Matter Google, Yahoo and Microsoft desperately want to know every last thing about what you do, say and buy. Here’s how they’ll do itand why we’ll let them. Continue Reading
The Challenges of “Researching” in An Age of “Searching”
New York Times Op-Ed, March 26, 2006: Searching for Dummies, by Edward Tenner. Continue Reading
FEC Issues Draft Final Rules on Use of Internet In Connection with Federal Elections
Following up on several related postings on bloggers and campaign speech, today the FEC issued a 96 page document (PDF) promulgating its final rules that impact the publication of campaign related information. Declan McCullagh has more details and commentary. March 22, 2006 – The Commission Has Published Interim Final Rules on Definitions of Federal Election… Continue Reading
Ass’t AG Responds to Republican and Democratic Questions On Domestic Surveillance
In response to requests by the House Judiciary Committee members for more extensive documentation on the administration’s domestic surveillance program, this afternoon DOJ released two memos (both in PDF) that supported previous statements on the issue, providing nothing of substance in the way of more details, as requested. Reponse to GOP questions Response to Democratic… Continue Reading
