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Recent studies show that the rate
of mortality for newborns in the
US ranks at the bottom of the list
of industrial countries and that the
number of mothers who die in
childbirth is rising in the US.
A study by Save the Children found
that the infant mortality rate in the
US, five deaths for every 1000 births,
was tied with countries such as
Hungary, Malta and Slovakia. The
researchers also found that infant
mortality rates in the US were almost
double that average for disadvantaged
and minority mothers. Babies born
in the US are three times more likely
to die in their first months than
babies born in Japan, and US infants
are more than two times more likely
to die in their early months than
babies born in Iceland, Norway, and
Finland.
A study by the National Center for
Health Statistics found that the
number of American women who die
in childbirth has risen for the first
time since 1977. The Center
reported that the rate of mothers
who died in labor rose to 12 per
100,000 in 2003. it's all true
of mortality for newborns in the
US ranks at the bottom of the list
of industrial countries and that the
number of mothers who die in
childbirth is rising in the US.
A study by Save the Children found
that the infant mortality rate in the
US, five deaths for every 1000 births,
was tied with countries such as
Hungary, Malta and Slovakia. The
researchers also found that infant
mortality rates in the US were almost
double that average for disadvantaged
and minority mothers. Babies born
in the US are three times more likely
to die in their first months than
babies born in Japan, and US infants
are more than two times more likely
to die in their early months than
babies born in Iceland, Norway, and
Finland.
A study by the National Center for
Health Statistics found that the
number of American women who die
in childbirth has risen for the first
time since 1977. The Center
reported that the rate of mothers
who died in labor rose to 12 per
100,000 in 2003. it's all true
The Bush Administration said that it
intends to send Justice Department
attorneys to a court hearing scheduled
for this week in a case where privacy
advocates, European regulators and US
clients of an international financial
consortium allege that their privacy has
been compromised because the
consortium has handed vast amounts of
financial data over to the CIA at the
government’s demand since 2001.
Justice Department lawyers will likely
seek to quash the case by invoking the
“states secrets privilege” claiming that if
the case is allowed to go forward secret
government methods and targets of
investigation will be revealed.
The case involves the Belgium financial
cooperative called Swift, which is one of
the world’s largest international banking
and financial institutions. The Swift
consortium routes trillions of dollars
between brokerage houses and
international banking firms everyday.
Beginning shortly after the terror attacks
of 2001 in America, Swift agreed to
transfer records concerning millions of
private financial transactions to the
Treasury Department and the CIA in
response to broad ranging subpoenas
from US government attorneys. The
government made the broad demands
intends to send Justice Department
attorneys to a court hearing scheduled
for this week in a case where privacy
advocates, European regulators and US
clients of an international financial
consortium allege that their privacy has
been compromised because the
consortium has handed vast amounts of
financial data over to the CIA at the
government’s demand since 2001.
Justice Department lawyers will likely
seek to quash the case by invoking the
“states secrets privilege” claiming that if
the case is allowed to go forward secret
government methods and targets of
investigation will be revealed.
The case involves the Belgium financial
cooperative called Swift, which is one of
the world’s largest international banking
and financial institutions. The Swift
consortium routes trillions of dollars
between brokerage houses and
international banking firms everyday.
Beginning shortly after the terror attacks
of 2001 in America, Swift agreed to
transfer records concerning millions of
private financial transactions to the
Treasury Department and the CIA in
response to broad ranging subpoenas
from US government attorneys. The
government made the broad demands
for the records so that it could review
the millions of transactions in an attempt
to trace terrorist financing schemes.
A federal judge in Chicago agreed with
the plaintiffs that Swift’s provision of the
private financial records may violate the
privacy rights of the cooperative’s clients
and ruled to allow the lawsuit to
proceed in June. At a hearing in July,
attorneys for the Justice Department
argued that if the judge were to allow
the trial to continue, secret national
security programs would be exposed.
Justice Department lawyers asked that
the case be dismissed to “protect Swift
from the burden of further litigation”
and to “preserve” the government’s
program of reviewing private financial
transactions.
An attorney for the plaintiffs told the
New York Times that the
government’s review of Swift’s
transactions is an “Orwellian example
of government overreaching” that is
“not consistent with the values upon
which our country was founded.”
The Bush administration has invoked the
state secrets privilege 39 times in the
past six years. The privilege was invoked
about two times a year during preceding
administrations. it's all true
the millions of transactions in an attempt
to trace terrorist financing schemes.
A federal judge in Chicago agreed with
the plaintiffs that Swift’s provision of the
private financial records may violate the
privacy rights of the cooperative’s clients
and ruled to allow the lawsuit to
proceed in June. At a hearing in July,
attorneys for the Justice Department
argued that if the judge were to allow
the trial to continue, secret national
security programs would be exposed.
Justice Department lawyers asked that
the case be dismissed to “protect Swift
from the burden of further litigation”
and to “preserve” the government’s
program of reviewing private financial
transactions.
An attorney for the plaintiffs told the
New York Times that the
government’s review of Swift’s
transactions is an “Orwellian example
of government overreaching” that is
“not consistent with the values upon
which our country was founded.”
The Bush administration has invoked the
state secrets privilege 39 times in the
past six years. The privilege was invoked
about two times a year during preceding
administrations. it's all true
Newly released FBI documents reveal
the existence of a surveillance
sub-structure that the government uses
to be able to listen to any phone
conversation, read e-mails, track
conversations as they take place and
even listen into conversations on
push-to-talk communications devices.
Documents released under the Freedom
of Information Act to the Electronic
Frontier Foundation described the
surveillance system called the Digital
Collection System Network that allows
the FBI to instantly listen to or record
the majority of communications in the
US through direct links into the
switching equipment owned by the
the existence of a surveillance
sub-structure that the government uses
to be able to listen to any phone
conversation, read e-mails, track
conversations as they take place and
even listen into conversations on
push-to-talk communications devices.
Documents released under the Freedom
of Information Act to the Electronic
Frontier Foundation described the
surveillance system called the Digital
Collection System Network that allows
the FBI to instantly listen to or record
the majority of communications in the
US through direct links into the
switching equipment owned by the
nation’s largest telecommunications
companies.
Analysis of the documents by Wired
Magazine disclosed that the system is
controlled by a sophisticated software
suite that allows FBI agents to remotely
set up a wiretap on any phone, pinpoint
the location of the caller and recipient of
any communications on that line and
create digital wiretap files of
conversations that can be stored or
subjected to data mining. The DCSN
system can tap landlines, cell phones and
voice-over-internet communications.
The scope of the DCSN system was not
known before the court ordered the
companies.
Analysis of the documents by Wired
Magazine disclosed that the system is
controlled by a sophisticated software
suite that allows FBI agents to remotely
set up a wiretap on any phone, pinpoint
the location of the caller and recipient of
any communications on that line and
create digital wiretap files of
conversations that can be stored or
subjected to data mining. The DCSN
system can tap landlines, cell phones and
voice-over-internet communications.
The scope of the DCSN system was not
known before the court ordered the
release of the documents to the
EFF. The system was developed
over the past thirteen years after the
Clinton administration passed a law
that was intended to modernize
wiretapping to keep up with cellular
and digital technology. The
Communications Assistance for Law
Enforcement Act mandated that
phone companies build surveillance
“back doors” into all existing and
future telecommunications switching
equipment. The FBI has spent more
than $600 million to develop the
system that allows agents to log-on
directly to the switching equipment
of the nation’s telecommunications
companies. it's all true
EFF. The system was developed
over the past thirteen years after the
Clinton administration passed a law
that was intended to modernize
wiretapping to keep up with cellular
and digital technology. The
Communications Assistance for Law
Enforcement Act mandated that
phone companies build surveillance
“back doors” into all existing and
future telecommunications switching
equipment. The FBI has spent more
than $600 million to develop the
system that allows agents to log-on
directly to the switching equipment
of the nation’s telecommunications
companies. it's all true
Staff attorneys at the Justice
Department are increasingly
unwilling to participate in cases
involving the detainees being held
by the Bush administration as
“enemy combatants” at
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Up to a
quarter of the department’s civil
appellate lawyers have quietly
refused to handle cases against
the detainees’ appeals, which are
to be argued in the District of
Columbia Circuit Court,
according to US News and
World Report. Observers say
the silent rebellion will only add
to the turmoil at the department,
which will be run on an interim
basis by Solicitor General Paul
Clement after Attorney General
Alberto Gonzales steps down
later this month.
The appeals were placed under
the jurisdiction of the civil
appellate staff by a judge’s order
last February. Although the
Justice Department has no formal
procedure allowing staff attorneys
to decline certain cases, US
News found that a significant
number have “opted out” of the
detainee litigation because of
their disagreements with the
government’s legal position, and
that the “objectors have created
some tension among the
appellate staff.” Department
spokesmen declined to comment
on the report.
While the detainees’ appeals
proceed in the DC Circuit Court,
the ruling that landed the cases
there is due to be revisited by the
US Supreme Court during its fall
session, as it reviews the Military
Commissions Act. it's all true
Department are increasingly
unwilling to participate in cases
involving the detainees being held
by the Bush administration as
“enemy combatants” at
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Up to a
quarter of the department’s civil
appellate lawyers have quietly
refused to handle cases against
the detainees’ appeals, which are
to be argued in the District of
Columbia Circuit Court,
according to US News and
World Report. Observers say
the silent rebellion will only add
to the turmoil at the department,
which will be run on an interim
basis by Solicitor General Paul
Clement after Attorney General
Alberto Gonzales steps down
later this month.
The appeals were placed under
the jurisdiction of the civil
appellate staff by a judge’s order
last February. Although the
Justice Department has no formal
procedure allowing staff attorneys
to decline certain cases, US
News found that a significant
number have “opted out” of the
detainee litigation because of
their disagreements with the
government’s legal position, and
that the “objectors have created
some tension among the
appellate staff.” Department
spokesmen declined to comment
on the report.
While the detainees’ appeals
proceed in the DC Circuit Court,
the ruling that landed the cases
there is due to be revisited by the
US Supreme Court during its fall
session, as it reviews the Military
Commissions Act. it's all true
With the contract between the big three
US auto manufacturers and the United
Auto Workers Union set to expire in
less than two weeks, the industry is
pressuring the union to agree to major
new concessions in pay and benefits.
Two of the companies, Ford and
General Motors, have told union
negotiators that they will consider
moving all manufacturing operations
overseas in an effort to reduce labor
costs they say are making the American
auto industry uncompetitive, according
to a report in the British Observer
newspaper. The threat to close down all
North American operations was revealed
as the UAW membership voted on a
strike authorization ballot last week.
The companies say they need to cut
“labor costs,” which are primarily
pension and benefit commitments, by up
US auto manufacturers and the United
Auto Workers Union set to expire in
less than two weeks, the industry is
pressuring the union to agree to major
new concessions in pay and benefits.
Two of the companies, Ford and
General Motors, have told union
negotiators that they will consider
moving all manufacturing operations
overseas in an effort to reduce labor
costs they say are making the American
auto industry uncompetitive, according
to a report in the British Observer
newspaper. The threat to close down all
North American operations was revealed
as the UAW membership voted on a
strike authorization ballot last week.
The companies say they need to cut
“labor costs,” which are primarily
pension and benefit commitments, by up
to a third, to operate profitably in the
US market. Talks are underway to
arrange a reallocation of the pension and
healthcare costs for retirees, with the
companies seeking to transfer the
obligations to the union. According to
the Observer, “If a deal cannot be
reached, Ford and GM negotiators have
said the companies will have no choice
but to move their North American
operations to countries in Latin America
and Asia where manufacturing costs are
cheaper.”
This summer, Detroit’s three largest
auto makers saw their combined share
of the US market drop below 50 percent
for the first time in history. Analysts
note that tight credit and decreased
consumer spending, fallout from the
mortgage banking crisis, can be expected
to impact US auto sales. it's all true
US market. Talks are underway to
arrange a reallocation of the pension and
healthcare costs for retirees, with the
companies seeking to transfer the
obligations to the union. According to
the Observer, “If a deal cannot be
reached, Ford and GM negotiators have
said the companies will have no choice
but to move their North American
operations to countries in Latin America
and Asia where manufacturing costs are
cheaper.”
This summer, Detroit’s three largest
auto makers saw their combined share
of the US market drop below 50 percent
for the first time in history. Analysts
note that tight credit and decreased
consumer spending, fallout from the
mortgage banking crisis, can be expected
to impact US auto sales. it's all true
Iranian uranium enrichment activities
have slowed considerably since May, with
the nuclear facility at Natanz operating
well below the capacity required to
produce weapons-grade material,
according to a report by the United
Nations nuclear watchdog agency.
The modest rate of production and the
relatively low quality of the enriched
uranium mean that the nation is a long
way from mounting a secret nuclear
weapons program, say sources familiar
with the latest round of negotiations
between Iranian officials and UN
inspectors. The report, which was
prepared by the International Atomic
Energy Agency, also noted that Tehran
had cooperated with agency efforts to
resolve outstanding issues, and had
scaled back construction work on a
planned reactor at Arak. Despite the
have slowed considerably since May, with
the nuclear facility at Natanz operating
well below the capacity required to
produce weapons-grade material,
according to a report by the United
Nations nuclear watchdog agency.
The modest rate of production and the
relatively low quality of the enriched
uranium mean that the nation is a long
way from mounting a secret nuclear
weapons program, say sources familiar
with the latest round of negotiations
between Iranian officials and UN
inspectors. The report, which was
prepared by the International Atomic
Energy Agency, also noted that Tehran
had cooperated with agency efforts to
resolve outstanding issues, and had
scaled back construction work on a
planned reactor at Arak. Despite the
evidence of the largely upbeat report,
representatives of the Bush
administration continued to escalate
allegations that Iran is pursuing nuclear
weapons.
The conclusions of the report are likely
to dampen international support for a
US-backed initiative seeking tough new
UN sanctions against Tehran. IAEA
inspectors found that the Natanz facility
had about 2000 operational centrifuges,
arranged in 12 cascades, in place in mid-
August, well below the amount needed
to produce the highly-enriched material
needed for a weapons program. The low-
grade uranium being produced is suitable
for nuclear power generation, which is
the stated purpose of the Iranian
research. A senior UN official told the
Reuters news service, “Iran made a fast
start but then there was a leveling off.
representatives of the Bush
administration continued to escalate
allegations that Iran is pursuing nuclear
weapons.
The conclusions of the report are likely
to dampen international support for a
US-backed initiative seeking tough new
UN sanctions against Tehran. IAEA
inspectors found that the Natanz facility
had about 2000 operational centrifuges,
arranged in 12 cascades, in place in mid-
August, well below the amount needed
to produce the highly-enriched material
needed for a weapons program. The low-
grade uranium being produced is suitable
for nuclear power generation, which is
the stated purpose of the Iranian
research. A senior UN official told the
Reuters news service, “Iran made a fast
start but then there was a leveling off.
We don’t know the reasons, but the
slow pace continues.”
Nuclear technology experts were
surprised by the lack of progress at
Natanz, saying that the plant is
producing only 15 percent of the
enriched uranium projected by recent
analyses. While it is possible that
Iranian scientists have encountered
significant technical obstacles,
diplomatic observers say that Tehran
may have intentionally slowed the
program for political reasons. But
increased cooperation with the IAEA
did not affect the US push for a new
package of sanctions against Iran,
with President Bush saying last week
that Iranian development of nuclear
technology puts the entire Middle
East “under the shadow of a nuclear
holocaust.” it's all true
slow pace continues.”
Nuclear technology experts were
surprised by the lack of progress at
Natanz, saying that the plant is
producing only 15 percent of the
enriched uranium projected by recent
analyses. While it is possible that
Iranian scientists have encountered
significant technical obstacles,
diplomatic observers say that Tehran
may have intentionally slowed the
program for political reasons. But
increased cooperation with the IAEA
did not affect the US push for a new
package of sanctions against Iran,
with President Bush saying last week
that Iranian development of nuclear
technology puts the entire Middle
East “under the shadow of a nuclear
holocaust.” it's all true
Surveillance Substructure Simplifies Spying on Citizens
Bank Provides Statements to CIA, Waives Fees
US Health Care
Fails to Deliver
Fails to Deliver
Negotiators Get Mileage From Auto Industry Breakdown
White House Unveils New Threats in Face of Iranian Cooperation
Appellate Mutiny
Draws Little Scrutiny
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