Alternative View 2006 - for john schou

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29.06.2006 Wash Post 1 The report concluded that the three major electronic voting systems in use
have significant security and reliability vulnerabilities. But it added that most of
these vulnerabilities can be overcome by auditing printed voting records to
spot irregularities. And while 26 states require paper records of votes - ALL
states should have paper trails for voting machines
30.06.2006 Antiwar 1 US is a recovering nucleo-holic. It used 60 years ago and has miraculously stayed
"sober" ever since. But lately it has been drifting dangerously close to using again ...
it will be that much harder to stay sober the 2nd time around
01.07.2006 Telepolis 1 In einer mehrheitlich angenommenen Resolution des US-
Repräsentantenhauses werden die Zeitungen, besonders die New York
Times, angegriffen, weil sie das Programm zur Überwachung der
internationalen Finanztransaktionen bekannt machten und damit der
Regierung im Krieg gegen den Terrorismus in den Rücken gefallen sind
01.07.2006 WRH 1 What people see from the US these days is: Raw aggression against sovereign
countries, expressed as pre-emptive wars because its own economy is shaky. The
absolute contempt in which this Administration holds most of its citizens. The
breaking of innumerable treaties and covenants. Torture. {Social injustice.
Indiscriminate support of Israel. Undemocratic foundation. Orwellian control of own
people and stretching abroad. Widespread ignorance. 9/11 – a government killing its
own people}
01.07.2006 Raw Story 1 NSA asked AT&T Inc. to help it set up a domestic call monitoring site 7
months before [9/11], lawyers claimed
03.07.2006 X 1 Judge Jack Weinstein acknowledged [the men were] guilty of being the most corrupt cops in
NYPD history ... "The evidence at trial overwhelmingly established the defendants' participation
in a large number of heinous and violent crimes. Nevertheless . . . the five-year statute of
limitations mandates granting the defendants a judgment of acquittal on the key charge against
them: racketeering conspiracy," a decision that the judge admitted would appear "peculiar to
many people."
03.07.2006 LA_Times 1 Jack Abramoff improperly obtained a top-secret FBI document and tried to
use the information to aid his clients in the Pacific Island territories ... The
lobbyist feared information in the document could be damaging to his clients'
interests .. and he used his knowledge of its contents to warn them and to
devise a counterattack
03.07.2006 Baltimore Sun 1 The Bush adm. admitted that it was conducting warrantless surveillance of
the financial transactions of Americans and others only after newspapers
exposed the program. According to some Republicans, the solution is to
imprison journalists who blow the whistle on gov. wrongdoing
03.07.2006 X 1 North American Union - Happy Dependence Day!
04.07.2006 BAZ 1 In den USA können die Daten aller Sexualstraftäter des Landes künftig auf einer
Internet-Seite eingesehen werden ... Die Datenbank umfasst nun 500'000 verurteilte
Sexualstraftäter ... Bürgerrechtler .. fordern unter anderem, dass auch die Daten der
Nutzer gespeichert werden, die auf die Website zugreifen
06.07.2006 USA today 1 The federal government will pay a Texas law school $1 million to do research
aimed at rolling back the amount of sensitive data available to the press and
public through freedom-of-information requests
07.07.2006 X 1 The White House, inspired by Vice President Dick Cheney, has argued that in time of
great danger, the President has unlimited powers. If he cites national security, he can
do whatever he wants -- ignore Congress, disobey laws, disregard the courts,
override the Constitution's Bill of Rights, -- without being subject to any review.
Separation of powers no longer exists under this view. The President need not
consult Congress or the courts
07.07.2006 X 1 The Secret Service revealed 4 more visits to the White House in 2001 by
disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, including one to see a domestic policy aide
to Vice President Dick Cheney
12.07.2006 Raw Story 1 ~ 5 years after the 2001 attacks, the Dept. of Homeland Security still has been
unable to produce a reliable list of critical national assets, considered a fundamental
first step in developing a risk-based domestic security system
12.07.2006 X 1 The Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday heard testimony from Steven
Bradbury, head of the Justice Department‘s office of legal counsel. When
questioned .. on whether the President‘s interpretation of the Hamdan case
was right or wrong, Bradbury replied, “The President is always right”
13.07.2006 Raw Story 1 The ACLU has filed a lawsuit challenging a provision of the Patriot Act that is
being used to deny visas to foreign scholars whose political views the
government disfavors ... the provision, known as the "ideological exclusion"
provision, is being used to prevent US citizens and residents from hearing
speech that is protected by the First Amendment