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Daily Archives: June 22, 2006
Joint Statement on Climate Conference from Senate Energy Committee
Joint Statement [released June 22, 2006] of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman and Ranking Member on the Climate Change Conference Held on April 4, 2006 (PDF). “Joint Statement examines issues discussed and legislative policy ideas brought forth by participants at the Climate Change Conference.” Additional April 4 Climate Conference Information released on… Continue Reading
Government Mines Global Financial Data in War on Terror
New York Times, Bank Data Sifted in Secret by U.S. to Block Terror: “Under a secret Bush administration program initiated weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, counterterrorism officials have gained access to financial records from a vast international database and examined banking transactions involving thousands of Americans and others in the United States, according to… Continue Reading
NSA Operation at AT&T Facility?
Is the NSA spying on U.S. Internet traffic? by Kim Zetter, Salon.com, June 22, 2006. Continue Reading
U.S. State Department Launches "Ask the Ambassador"
“The Department of State [launched] a new website feature Thursday, June 22 called, “Ask the Ambassador”. This ongoing Internet program will create an opportunity for the public to speak directly with U.S. ambassadors world-wide. The first on-line web discussion will be hosted by William R. Timken, Jr., the U.S. Ambassador to Germany. Questions concerning the… Continue Reading
New Pew Survey Examines Widening Gulf Between Westerners and Muslims
Pew Global Attitudes Project, June 22, 2006 – The Great Divide: How Westerners and Muslims View Each Other Continue Reading
Report Documents Earth's Highest Temperatures in 400 Yrs
Press release: “There is sufficient evidence from tree rings, boreholes, retreating glaciers, and other “proxies” of past surface temperatures to say with a high level of confidence that the last few decades of the 20th century were warmer than any comparable period in the last 400 years, according to a new report from the National… Continue Reading
Significant Security Risk of E-Voting Machines Documented in New Report
Press release: “New report shows 17 states at high risk for election results compromised due to electronic voting machine problems.” “A new report released Thursday by Common Cause concludes that the push to use direct recording electronic (DRE) voting machines was misguided, has resulted in serious security and reliability concerns, and should be reversed. The… Continue Reading
2006 Technology, Media and Telecommunications Security Survey
The 2006 Technology, Media and Telecommunications Security Survey (16 pages, PDF), Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu: “Security has long been neglected in the Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) industry and the problem continues today. The frequency and sophistication of the attacks are growing, yet many surveyed companies tend to treat security as a relatively minor issue. So… Continue Reading
Iran Intelligence Oversight Act
Congressional Record, June 19, 2006 – “By Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. Biden, Mr. Levin, and Mr. Durbin): S. 3536. A bill to ensure oversight of intelligence on Iran, and for other purposes; to the Select Committee on Intelligence….Today, I am introducing legislation which would improve Congress’s oversight of the administration’s efforts on Iran–the Iran… Continue Reading
A Systemic Analysis of Affirmative Action in American Law Schools
http://www.law.ucla.edu/sander/Systemic/SA.htm Continue Reading
