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2006 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom

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Department of State’s Annual Report on International Religious Freedom, September 15, 2006

  • “The 2006 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom covers 197 countries and territories. The pages of each country report distill the experience of the past year into a whole that we hope will spur debate in other countries, hold governments accountable to their international commitments, speak out on behalf of the persecuted, and in the end, provide a sense of how well we are living up to our own ideals.”

    • DOD IG Review of Inaccurate 9/11 Related Testimony by FAA and DOD

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    Report on Review of Testimony to the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (Report No. 06-INTEL-12), September 12, 2006. “Both DoD and the FAA provided the Commission and the public with inaccurate information about their responses to the events of September 11, 2001. However, we found no indication that these statements were… Continue Reading

    Proposal to Restore Honesty and Accountability in Washington

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    Press release: “Rep. Henry A. Waxman and Democratic Members of the Committee on Government Reform have developed six proposals to restore honesty and accountability in government…Ban secret meetings with lobbyists and close the revolving door; Restore open government; Clean up federal contracting; Block the appointment of cronies; Take politics out of science; Protect federal whistleblowers.”… Continue Reading

    Challenge to CIA Policy on "Newsworthiness" of FOIA Docs, Results in Changes

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    Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: “The CIA has promised to stop judging the individual newsworthiness of the FOIA requests of the National Security Archive, a private research organization, in a move that could affect groups that have been charged higher fees under a recent change in CIA policy. In the CIA’s ongoing legal… Continue Reading