Fascinating Article Concerning How the USA PATRIOT Act was Passed- October 28, 2002 Via How Appealing: Patriot Act: Will it defeat terror, diminish freedom, or both. Patriot Act: Will it defeat terror, diminish freedom, or both See the cover story of tomorrow's Washington Post Magazine. Great story written by Robert O'Harrow Jr., with assistance from the Center for Investigative Reporting. It covers how the Act was passed from the points of view of an Assistant AG, folks from the Center for Democracy and Technology, and Senator Leahy, as well as others. Recommended reading.http://radio.weblogs.com/0109773/2002/10/28.html#a80 Non-terrorism Information Removed from Federal Websites- October 28, 2002 Via TVC Alert: HEALTH DATA REMOVED FROM GOV'T WEB SITES. Representative Henry A. Waxman and several of his colleagues demand that the Department of Health and Human Services respond to allegations that it has removed health information from its Web sites for political reasons. The Memory Hole located some of the data at the Internet Archive and now makes it available via its Web site. SEE: Bush Administration Removes Health Info from Federal Websites The Memory Hole page with..http://radio.weblogs.com/0109773/2002/10/28.html#a79 DoD Response to ABA's Task Force Preliminary Report on Treatment of Enemy Combatants- October 24, 2002 Enemy combatants: I haven't posted anything lately about enemy combatants, but I saw this today and thought it was worth a post. U.S. Department of Defense responds to American Bar Association's report on the detention of enemy combatants. The United States Department of Defense has, through its general counsel, issued a letter responding to the American Bar Association's report that criticized the federal government's policies on the detention of enemy combatants. via How Appealing The..http://radio.weblogs.com/0109773/2002/10/23.html#a78 |