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A federal judge has ordered the
Justice Department to put aside
all other matters so that hundreds
of cases challenging detentions at
Guantanamo Bay may be resolved
as quickly as possible. US District
Judge Thomas F. Hogan said any
further delays at this point would
“reflect badly” on the US
government and would cause him
to become “concerned and
suspicious”. Hogan is in charge of
coordinating and handling
procedural rulings for more than
250 lawsuits involving some 643
current and former detainees.
Hogan did not rule on a Justice
Department request that it be
allowed to present new evidence
in the cases. Defense attorneys
for the detainees adamantly
oppose the move, which they say
is primarily designed as a delaying
tactic. Government lawyers have
asked for at least another eight
weeks to compile the new
evidence. Hogan appeared
skeptical of the request, saying of
the original evidence against the
detainees, “If it wasn’t sufficient,
then they shouldn’t have been
picked up.”
Defense lawyers have predicted
that the government will never
allow judicial review of the
evidence. Shayana Kadidal of the
Center for Constitutional Rights
told the Associated Press that
once the court orders that the
evidence be made available, he
believes the Bush administration
will release most of the detainees
to prevent the judges from seeing
it. Some detainees have been held
for almost seven years without a
single hearing. it's all true
Justice Department to put aside
all other matters so that hundreds
of cases challenging detentions at
Guantanamo Bay may be resolved
as quickly as possible. US District
Judge Thomas F. Hogan said any
further delays at this point would
“reflect badly” on the US
government and would cause him
to become “concerned and
suspicious”. Hogan is in charge of
coordinating and handling
procedural rulings for more than
250 lawsuits involving some 643
current and former detainees.
Hogan did not rule on a Justice
Department request that it be
allowed to present new evidence
in the cases. Defense attorneys
for the detainees adamantly
oppose the move, which they say
is primarily designed as a delaying
tactic. Government lawyers have
asked for at least another eight
weeks to compile the new
evidence. Hogan appeared
skeptical of the request, saying of
the original evidence against the
detainees, “If it wasn’t sufficient,
then they shouldn’t have been
picked up.”
Defense lawyers have predicted
that the government will never
allow judicial review of the
evidence. Shayana Kadidal of the
Center for Constitutional Rights
told the Associated Press that
once the court orders that the
evidence be made available, he
believes the Bush administration
will release most of the detainees
to prevent the judges from seeing
it. Some detainees have been held
for almost seven years without a
single hearing. it's all true
A Justice Department program, already
being implemented in several states, will
train and deploy police officers,
firefighters and first responders, and
even utility workers and representatives
of select private sector industries and
companies to monitor and report on
“suspicious activity” that may be related
to terrorism. The specially trained
“Terrorism Liaison Officers” will work
with the growing network of surveillance
fusion centers, adding their observations
to a database that will be available to law
enforcement agencies across the
country. The TLO program has been
condemned by civil liberties advocates,
who generally oppose deputizing private
groups or individuals in quasi-law
enforcement capacities.
California, Arizona, and Colorado were
the first states to deploy TLOs, largely
being implemented in several states, will
train and deploy police officers,
firefighters and first responders, and
even utility workers and representatives
of select private sector industries and
companies to monitor and report on
“suspicious activity” that may be related
to terrorism. The specially trained
“Terrorism Liaison Officers” will work
with the growing network of surveillance
fusion centers, adding their observations
to a database that will be available to law
enforcement agencies across the
country. The TLO program has been
condemned by civil liberties advocates,
who generally oppose deputizing private
groups or individuals in quasi-law
enforcement capacities.
California, Arizona, and Colorado were
the first states to deploy TLOs, largely
because these states had highly
developed intelligence-gathering
operations already in place. Fusion
centers, which collate intelligence and
perform data-mining tasks, are state-run
entities, typically with some federal
presence. Illinois, Wisconsin, Tennessee,
and Florida have also implemented TLO
pilot programs. According to the
Denver Post, among the suspicious
activities the Justice Department advises
TLOs to report are “taking photos of no
apparent aesthetic value, making
measurements or notes, espousing
extremist beliefs, [and] conversing in
code.”
The program is similar in scope to the
now defunct TIPs program, in which the
FBI sought to create a national network
of informants to report on activities of
certain target groups. it's all true
developed intelligence-gathering
operations already in place. Fusion
centers, which collate intelligence and
perform data-mining tasks, are state-run
entities, typically with some federal
presence. Illinois, Wisconsin, Tennessee,
and Florida have also implemented TLO
pilot programs. According to the
Denver Post, among the suspicious
activities the Justice Department advises
TLOs to report are “taking photos of no
apparent aesthetic value, making
measurements or notes, espousing
extremist beliefs, [and] conversing in
code.”
The program is similar in scope to the
now defunct TIPs program, in which the
FBI sought to create a national network
of informants to report on activities of
certain target groups. it's all true
Terrorism Watchers All Wound Up
Government Stalling
Beyond Appalling
Beyond Appalling
Former White House deputy chief of
staff Karl Rove last week refused to
testify before a Congressional panel,
ignoring a subpoena issued by the House
Judiciary Committee in the latest
episode in a legal battle over Bush
administration claims of sweeping
executive privilege.
Rove had been scheduled to appear
before a subcommittee hearing
investigating allegations of his
involvement in the political firings of up
to 11 US Attorneys, and claims that he
influenced the controversial criminal
prosecution of former Alabama
Governor Donald Siegelman. Rove is
now likely to become the third senior
Bush adviser to face contempt of
Congress charges, joining former White
House chief of staff Joshua Bolten and
former White House counsel Harriet
staff Karl Rove last week refused to
testify before a Congressional panel,
ignoring a subpoena issued by the House
Judiciary Committee in the latest
episode in a legal battle over Bush
administration claims of sweeping
executive privilege.
Rove had been scheduled to appear
before a subcommittee hearing
investigating allegations of his
involvement in the political firings of up
to 11 US Attorneys, and claims that he
influenced the controversial criminal
prosecution of former Alabama
Governor Donald Siegelman. Rove is
now likely to become the third senior
Bush adviser to face contempt of
Congress charges, joining former White
House chief of staff Joshua Bolten and
former White House counsel Harriet
Miers, who also ignored subpoenas in
the US Attorneys probe.
Rove, the top Republican political
strategist who ran a succession of
successful political campaigns for Bush,
has insisted that the White House has
barred him from testifying. His lawyer’s
offers of informal discussions off the
record have not satisfied Congressional
Democrats, who want him to answer
direct questions under oath. House
Judiciary Committee Chairman John
Conyers has sharply rebuked Rove for
freely discussing the matters under
investigation by Congress on his regular
television appearances as paid political
commentator. Rove has also ignored a
separate subpoena from the Senate
Judiciary Committee.
Representative Linda Sanchez, the
the US Attorneys probe.
Rove, the top Republican political
strategist who ran a succession of
successful political campaigns for Bush,
has insisted that the White House has
barred him from testifying. His lawyer’s
offers of informal discussions off the
record have not satisfied Congressional
Democrats, who want him to answer
direct questions under oath. House
Judiciary Committee Chairman John
Conyers has sharply rebuked Rove for
freely discussing the matters under
investigation by Congress on his regular
television appearances as paid political
commentator. Rove has also ignored a
separate subpoena from the Senate
Judiciary Committee.
Representative Linda Sanchez, the
A poll of residents in ten developed
countries found that Americans are
the least satisfied with their health
care system. Researchers found that
more than 60 percent of Americans
said that their health care system
requires “fundamental changes” to
make it work better and 33 percent
said that they thought the system
should be completely rebuilt.
This compares with countries such as
England and France, where only 15
percent feel that their health care
system needs to be overhauled, and
Canada and Spain, where 12 percent
of the citizens called for fundamental
changes in their health care system.
The poll found that the Dutch were
most happy with their health care
system, with only 9 percent calling
for change. The poll also found that
majorities of people in England and
France believe their health systems
to be “the envy of the world”. The
United States is the only country of
the ten western developed countries
polled by the Harris polling company
that does not have some form of
universal health care or nationalized
health care system. it's all true
countries found that Americans are
the least satisfied with their health
care system. Researchers found that
more than 60 percent of Americans
said that their health care system
requires “fundamental changes” to
make it work better and 33 percent
said that they thought the system
should be completely rebuilt.
This compares with countries such as
England and France, where only 15
percent feel that their health care
system needs to be overhauled, and
Canada and Spain, where 12 percent
of the citizens called for fundamental
changes in their health care system.
The poll found that the Dutch were
most happy with their health care
system, with only 9 percent calling
for change. The poll also found that
majorities of people in England and
France believe their health systems
to be “the envy of the world”. The
United States is the only country of
the ten western developed countries
polled by the Harris polling company
that does not have some form of
universal health care or nationalized
health care system. it's all true
Over a year after being ordered by the
US Supreme Court to determine
whether greenhouse gases are a threat
to public health and take action under
that Clean Air Act, the head of the
Environmental Protection Agency,
Stephen Johnson, said that his agency
would take no action because the law is
“the wrong tool for addressing
greenhouse gases.”
Johnson said that the “complexity and
magnitude of the question” of regulating
green house gases would be too
expensive for his agency and too costly
for American businesses and called upon
congress to make new laws to address
the issue. Johnson’s assessment was
contained in a 1000 page document that
brought together opinions from White
House environmental officials and
economists asserting that regulating
greenhouse gases would necessitate the
expansion of EPA authority and require
costly changes in many of America’s
industrial sectors.
Johnson said, “The potential regulation
of greenhouse gases under any portion
of the Clean Air Act could result in an
unprecedented expansion of EPA
authority and would have a profound
effect on virtually every sector of the
US Supreme Court to determine
whether greenhouse gases are a threat
to public health and take action under
that Clean Air Act, the head of the
Environmental Protection Agency,
Stephen Johnson, said that his agency
would take no action because the law is
“the wrong tool for addressing
greenhouse gases.”
Johnson said that the “complexity and
magnitude of the question” of regulating
green house gases would be too
expensive for his agency and too costly
for American businesses and called upon
congress to make new laws to address
the issue. Johnson’s assessment was
contained in a 1000 page document that
brought together opinions from White
House environmental officials and
economists asserting that regulating
greenhouse gases would necessitate the
expansion of EPA authority and require
costly changes in many of America’s
industrial sectors.
Johnson said, “The potential regulation
of greenhouse gases under any portion
of the Clean Air Act could result in an
unprecedented expansion of EPA
authority and would have a profound
effect on virtually every sector of the
economy and touch every household in
the land.”
The assessment guarantees that the EPA
will have taken no action regarding green
house gases in America over the course
the eight years of the Bush
administration. As previously reported
by redstateupdate.net, after forestalling
any action under that Clean Air Act since
2000, the Bush administration was sued
by several states to force the federal
government to take action under the act
to regulate the pollutants that cause
global warming. The Bush
administration, contrary to previous
administrations, did not recognize
greenhouse gases as atmospheric
pollutants. The case was argued in the
US Supreme Court in 2006 and in 2007
the court ordered the EPA to determine
if the gases were harmful to the public
and, if so, to develop and enforce
regulations to protect the public health.
White House spokesperson Dana
Perino told reporters at a briefing
recently that it would be wrong to
protect citizen's health and America's
air quality by "sharply increas(ing)
gasoline prices, home heating bills,
and the cost of energy for American
businesses." it's all true
the land.”
The assessment guarantees that the EPA
will have taken no action regarding green
house gases in America over the course
the eight years of the Bush
administration. As previously reported
by redstateupdate.net, after forestalling
any action under that Clean Air Act since
2000, the Bush administration was sued
by several states to force the federal
government to take action under the act
to regulate the pollutants that cause
global warming. The Bush
administration, contrary to previous
administrations, did not recognize
greenhouse gases as atmospheric
pollutants. The case was argued in the
US Supreme Court in 2006 and in 2007
the court ordered the EPA to determine
if the gases were harmful to the public
and, if so, to develop and enforce
regulations to protect the public health.
White House spokesperson Dana
Perino told reporters at a briefing
recently that it would be wrong to
protect citizen's health and America's
air quality by "sharply increas(ing)
gasoline prices, home heating bills,
and the cost of energy for American
businesses." it's all true
Congress has agreed with the president
that government agents can spy on
Americans without a court order if the
vague threat of terrorism is raised as an
excuse. Although some Democrats
offered a vigorous defense of American's
civil liberties, the new surveillance law
passed the Senate on a vote of 69-28
with only Democrats voting against the
measure, many democrats, including
candidate Barack Obama voted to give
the executive branch new and expansive
powers to monitor the telephone calls
and e-mails of US citizens and provide
retroactive immunity for the
telecommunications companies who
cooperated with Bush as he performed
illegal wiretapping for several years
that government agents can spy on
Americans without a court order if the
vague threat of terrorism is raised as an
excuse. Although some Democrats
offered a vigorous defense of American's
civil liberties, the new surveillance law
passed the Senate on a vote of 69-28
with only Democrats voting against the
measure, many democrats, including
candidate Barack Obama voted to give
the executive branch new and expansive
powers to monitor the telephone calls
and e-mails of US citizens and provide
retroactive immunity for the
telecommunications companies who
cooperated with Bush as he performed
illegal wiretapping for several years
beginning in early 2001.
In debate before the Senate passed the
new surveillance law, Russ Feingold (D-
WI) reiterated arguments against key
provisions of the bill noting correctly
that the new law “would authorize the
government to collect all
communications between the US and
the rest of the world…with absolutely
no suspicion of any wrong doing.”
Feingold reminded the Senate that the
president broke the law by spying on
Americans and “affirmatively misled
Congress and the American people
about it for years.” Feingold warned his
colleagues, “If we grant these new
powers to the government and the
In debate before the Senate passed the
new surveillance law, Russ Feingold (D-
WI) reiterated arguments against key
provisions of the bill noting correctly
that the new law “would authorize the
government to collect all
communications between the US and
the rest of the world…with absolutely
no suspicion of any wrong doing.”
Feingold reminded the Senate that the
president broke the law by spying on
Americans and “affirmatively misled
Congress and the American people
about it for years.” Feingold warned his
colleagues, “If we grant these new
powers to the government and the
effects become known to the
American people, we will realize
what a mistake it was, of that I am
sure.”
A whistle blower who advised the
public of AT&T’s participation
in the government's dragnet of US
citizens' electronic communications,
Mark Klein, said the “surveillance
system now approved by Congress
provides the physical apparatus for
the government to collect and store
a huge database on virtually the
entire population…all in the hands
of an unrestrained executive power.
It is the infrastructure for a police
state.” it's all true
American people, we will realize
what a mistake it was, of that I am
sure.”
A whistle blower who advised the
public of AT&T’s participation
in the government's dragnet of US
citizens' electronic communications,
Mark Klein, said the “surveillance
system now approved by Congress
provides the physical apparatus for
the government to collect and store
a huge database on virtually the
entire population…all in the hands
of an unrestrained executive power.
It is the infrastructure for a police
state.” it's all true
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victory...
of success is
victory...
"And so, so
long as I'm the
President...
long as I'm the
President...
..and success."
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Democratic Support for Constitutional Protections All Tapped Out
California Democrat who chairs the
House Judiciary subcommittee on
commercial and administrative law
said, ”We are unaware of any proper
legal basis for Mr. Rove’s refusal to
even appear today as required by the
subpoena. The courts have made
clear that no one—not even the
president—is immune from
compulsory process.” Legal experts
have said that even in cases where
executive privilege may properly be
raised it must be invoked in response
to specific inquiries, not treated as a
form of blanket immunity from
obeying court orders.
Even after Bolten and Miers were
held in contempt of Congress,
Attorney General Michael Mukasey
refused to enforce the subpoenas
against them. it's all true
House Judiciary subcommittee on
commercial and administrative law
said, ”We are unaware of any proper
legal basis for Mr. Rove’s refusal to
even appear today as required by the
subpoena. The courts have made
clear that no one—not even the
president—is immune from
compulsory process.” Legal experts
have said that even in cases where
executive privilege may properly be
raised it must be invoked in response
to specific inquiries, not treated as a
form of blanket immunity from
obeying court orders.
Even after Bolten and Miers were
held in contempt of Congress,
Attorney General Michael Mukasey
refused to enforce the subpoenas
against them. it's all true
Obstruction Can't Conceal Executive Contempt For Congress
EPA Defies High Court on Clean Air Action
Americans Sick of
Health Care System
Health Care System