Tag: oversight
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October 28, 2006 03:42 PM EDT --
Report: Halliburton unit exploited rules
By Anne Plummer Flaherty, Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Halliburton subsidiary that provides food, shelter and other logistics to U.S. troops in Iraq . . . more
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December 24, 2007 09:23 AM EST --
A report from the Washington Post newspaper recaps the history of Blackwater USA's rapid expansion in Iraq, and several incidents of killings of civilians or Iraqi security personnel that served as . . . more
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April 12, 2007 01:09 PM EDT --
... dear readers, where, oh where, have we heard this before? '...some communications that are required to be preserved under federal law may be lost as a result, White House officials said Wednesday.' . . . more
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July 04, 2007 12:05 PM EDT --
To simply note that there is no bottom to the well of Bush Administration secrecy is to understate the case, entirely. We have no way of knowing if there's a bottom, if it's a well, . . . more
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August 10, 2007 10:02 AM EDT --
Sometimes you just find an article that cuts through the crap and tells it like it is, and this is one of those articles. Congress, get a backbone, take your pick, there are many ways you . . . more
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February 14, 2008 12:22 PM EST --
For those who weren't aware of it...
The federal reserve has NEVER been audited or monitored by the people of the USA.
How much more cynical can a private organization get, especially when . . . more
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July 09, 2008 08:36 PM EDT --
I must admit, I am livid. Reported by Eric Lichtblau in the New York Times , today, the Senate passed the new FISA law (69- 28), according the administration shelter from retrospective oversight, since . . . more
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May 17, 2007 01:05 AM EDT --
All of the institutions we thought would protect us -- particularly the press, but also the military, the bureaucracy, the Congress -- they have failed… So all the things that we expect would normally . . . more
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July 10, 2007 08:00 PM EDT --
Former Surgeon General, Dr. Richard Carmona, the first United States Surgeon General appointed by George W. Bush has accused the White House of political interference and muzzling him on key issues such . . . more
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November 09, 2006 01:57 PM EST --
I can't help but wonder who President Bush was listening to over the past few weeks.
Everyone seems to think Rove is a "wonderboy" genius. But I have never embraced that description . . . more
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May 18, 2006 03:40 PM EDT --
by Ray McGovern
ICH
5.18.06- Is Congress aiding and abetting the creation of a police state? Recently, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., helped to give the CIA . . . more
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November 01, 2006 05:29 PM EST --
US weapons missing in Iraq
WASHINGTON -- Nearly one of every 25 weapons the military bought for Iraqi security forces is missing, according to a government audit released yesterday. Many others cannot . . . more
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July 04, 2008 02:34 PM EDT --
I happened to hear a very interesting conversation on 'World Have Your Say,' in answer to the topic of whether democracy is waxing or waning in the world, and why or why not. Listening, the conversation . . . more
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December 27, 2006 11:54 PM EST --
A case is being made by a significant segment of the incoming majority Democratic Party that the leadership should ignore the crescendo of calls from their base for the impeachment of President Bush, instead, . . . more
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October 07, 2006 08:21 PM EDT --
Bush's recent signing statement, last week, challenged at least three-dozen laws specified in the recent Homeland Security bill. He signed the bill with much pomp and circumstance, with . . . more
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November 08, 2006 05:19 PM EST --
I just watched President Bush's press conference, and haven't had much time to analyze it quite thoroughly. But I will share my immediate thoughts.
I think he hit a . . . more
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June 26, 2007 10:49 PM EDT --
Dear Felix,
Right now, the Vice President of the United States is breaking the law.
Since 2003, Vice President Cheney has refused to comply with Executive Order 12958, which "prescribes a uniform . . . more
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August 01, 2006 11:03 AM EDT --
C2ore
7.30.06- Clinton E. Curtis, ex-programmer tells all during a Congressional hearing on voting fraud. In October 2000, Curtis was asked by Tom Feeney (R), then Speaker of the House in Florida, to . . . more
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October 07, 2006 03:33 AM EDT --
<h1>He signed it amongst reporters and cameras, hailing the bill. He waits till reporters have filed their stories, and then issues a signing statement. When a news agency called to ask . . . more
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November 23, 2006 09:45 PM EST --
By BEVERLEY LUMPKIN, Associated Press WriterThu Nov 23, 3:13 AM ET
Better communication systems, improved rail security and more rigorous oversight are high on the list of homeland security issues Democrats . . . more
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