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Monthly Archives: November 2006
Florida Dept. of State Announces Audit of Sarasota Voting Machines
This memo from the Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications, Florida State Department, announces that an audit will commence on November 28, 2006 to test the voting systems and administrative procedures used in the Congressional District 13 race in Sarasota. [via USACM, this backgounder on the Florida voting problems and the lawsuits contesting the election.] Continue Reading
Google Settles With Members of Copiepresse Suit in Belgium
Follow up to September 18, 2006 – posting Belgian Court Rules Against Google in Copyright Dispute: Google defends against Belgian newspaper copyright case – Launches spirited defense of caching, summarizing, fair use Google reaches deal with two Belgian press groups – They objected to how it indexes and displays their content on Google News Continue Reading
Recent CRS Reports on Iraq and War on Terrorism
The following are available via FAS: Intelligence Estimates: How Useful to Congress?, November 21, 2006 Iraqi Civilian Deaths Estimates, November 22, 2006 Anti-Terrorism Authority Under the Laws of the United Kingdom and the United States, September 7, 2006 Continue Reading
GalleryWatch Now Has CRS Reports Back Through 1994
Press release: “GalleryWatch and Pennyhill Press are pleased to announce that the GW CRS reports have now been posted for 1994, meaning we now the most complete set of reports available online for the years 1994 – 2006. We have posted 957 documents for 1994, bringing our database of CRS documents to a total of… Continue Reading
DOJ IG Launches Investigation Into Info Gathered Via Domestic Surveillance Program
Press release: “Following requests for an investigation of the National Security Agencys (NSA) warrantless surveillance program from Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), and other House members, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Glenn A. Fine today informed Lofgren and Hinchey that his office has opened a program review of the agency’s involvement… Continue Reading
Guide to Healthcare Resources Guide On the Web
From Marcus P. Zillman, his Awareness Watch Report this month features Healthcare Resources, which list many useful free and fee based topical resources available to researchers on the Web. Continue Reading
Report on Election Night 2006 Coverage by Selected Blogs, Newspapers and TV News
Election Night 2006 An Evening in the Life of the American Media, November 27, 2006 – by the Project for Excellence in Journalism: “For the blogosphere, a fairly smooth election night made things something of a disappointment. For top newspaper Web sites, finding the balance between speed and offering a rich narrative still has to… Continue Reading
Internet Censorship Circumvention Tool Becomes Available This Week
The New York Times reported that the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab will launch a censorship circumvention solution called psiphon. According to the Citizen Lab, “psiphon is…a human rights software project…that allows citizens in uncensored countries to provide unfettered access to the Net through their home computers to friends and family members who live behind… Continue Reading
Processing of Personal Data By SWIFTand EU Data Protection Opinion
Follow-up to previous postings on the SWIFT online financial cooperative network, this November 23, 2006 corporate press release: “SWIFT strongly objects to WP 29’s opinion [Opinion 10/2006 on the processing of personal data by the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), 11/26/2006 WP 128] about the communication of personal data to the US Treasury… Continue Reading
Congress v. White House: Predictions That Documents Will Not Be Forthcoming
Boston.com: Dick Cheney’s mission to expand — or ‘restore’ –the powers of the presidency – “A close look at key moments in Cheney’s career…suggests that the newly empowered Democrats in Congress should not expect the White House to cooperate when they demand classified information or attempt to exert oversight in areas such as domestic surveillance… Continue Reading
Gov't Report on Iraqi Insurgency Shows Strong Financial Resources
New York Times: “The insurgency in Iraq is now self-sustaining financially, raising tens of millions of dollars a year from oil smuggling, kidnapping, counterfeiting, connivance by corrupt Islamic charities and other crimes that the Iraqi government and its American patrons have been largely unable to prevent, a classified United States government report [obtained by the… Continue Reading
