Sat, Jul 11th, 2009
Related topics:
A review by top U.S. government investigators says a secret surveillance program approved by President George W. Bush after the September 11 terror attacks got too little legal review when it started.
The program included wiretaps without court approval and some unprecedented intelligence collection efforts. News accounts say it is not clear how effective the highly controversial program was in producing useful intelligence.
Related stories from top sites:
Bush-era wiretap program had limited results, report finds
Jun 30th, 2009 - CNN
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Federal agents found much of the information produced by the Bush administration's top-secret warrantless surveillance program vague and difficult to use...
Report: Bush surveillance program was massive
Jun 30th, 2009 - Houston Chronicle
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration built an unprecedented surveillance operation to pull in mountains of information far beyond the warrantless wiretapping previously acknowledged...
Texas warehouse is current home to archives of George W. Bush's 2 presidential terms
Jun 30th, 2009 - StarTribune.com
LEWISVILLE, Texas - Spread upon a table are a sampling of gifts to former President George W. Bush: a purse made of vines from the Thai queen, a Texas Rangers jersey autographed by pitcher Nolan Ryan and a framed mosaic of St...
Former president George W. Bush to speak at 4th of July celebration in remote Oklahoma town
Jun 30th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
WOODWARD, Okla. (AP) - Former President George W. Bush, who has turned up in a handful of out-of-the-way places since leaving office, was set to spend part of Independence Day speaking at a remodeled rodeo arena in northwestern Oklahoma.
Bush-era judges check Obama's power
Jun 30th, 2009 - POLITICO.com
President Barack Obama’s claims of broad executive authority to carry out the war on terror are drawing fire from an unexpected source: federal judges nominated by President George W...
Related videos from YouTube:
- Bush Program Extended Way...Airing Date July.10, 2009 Bush Program Extended Way Beyond Wiretapping WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration authorized secret surveillance activities that still have not been made public ...
- President Bush still backs...The White House says President Bush still has confidence in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, despite controversy over his handling of the firing of federal prosecutors and of the reauthorization of a clandestine surveillance program ...
- NSA Surveillance Program...5/11/2006 President Bush Discusses NSA Surveillance Program
- Audit The Fed: HR 1207 &...All references mentioned in the video are sourced here below: First: A MUST READ Article (for the 'Audit the Fed' crowd): West Wing: The Shrinking Influence of the US Federal Reserve ... Jun 26, 2008 ...
Related stories from Digg:
The Progress Report: Bush's Secret Spy Programs
When Congress passed the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 last year, it mandated that the inspectors general of the different branches of the intelligence community that participated in President Bush's surveillance operations, known as the President's Surveillance Program, conduct a comprehensive review of the program. On Friday, the inspectors general(Political Opinion)
enssssWed, Jul 15th, 20091 Diggs, 0 CommentsKeeping George W. Bush in the Dark
One passage on the IGs report on surveillance suggests something that perhaps shouldn't come as a surprise -- that President Bush was kept in the dark by members of the White House staff about about serious objections to the surveillance program raised by others in the administration.(Political News)
Heartagram93Mon, Jul 13th, 20091 Diggs, 0 CommentsYoo Gave Bush WH Retroactive Legal Cover to Spy on
A 38-page declassified report prepared by inspectors general of the CIA, National Security Agency, Department of Justice, the Department of Defense, and the Office of National Intelligence released Friday said that the first legal opinion "explicitly addressing the legality of the [President's Surveillance Program] was not drafted [by Yoo] til [No(Political News)
BobbleBingnutSun, Jul 12th, 20093 Diggs, 0 Comments
Leave a Reply