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    Jun 19, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  1. As fires rage, feds cut funding on prevention

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — As the West battles one catastrophic wildfire after another, the federal government is spending less and less on its main program for preventing blazes in the first place.
    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — As the West battles one catastrophic wildfire after another, the federal government is spending less and less on its main program for preventing blazes in the first place. A combination of government austerity and...

    Tags: Mark Udall, National Government, Barack Obama, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Senate

    2. Jun 16, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. Pitiful story of boy's slaying should melt 'cold' hearts

    "The murder was committed in a cold, calculated and premeditated manner," said Assistant Cook County State's Attorney Maureen O'Brien, speaking last week to reporters about the recent stabbing death of a 14-year-old River Grove youth, allegedly at the...

    Tags: U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, National Security Agency, River Grove, Autism, Murder

    3. Jun 15, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  3. Column: Head-in-the-sand Congress

    Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., a former chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is hopping mad. Sensenbrenner considers himself the father of the Patriot Act, the 2001 law that gave the federal government new powers to investigate potential...

    Tags: Barbara A. Mikulski, Mark Udall, Jeff Merkley, National Security Agency, The Washington Post

    4. Jun 14, 2013 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  4. Tim Weiner: Open up rulings of secret court to protect democracy

    The U.S. has forsworn secret prisons. But we have reams of secret laws for our secret intelligence agencies, interpreted by a secret court that hands down secret rulings.
    The U.S. has forsworn secret prisons. But we have reams of secret laws for our secret intelligence agencies, interpreted by a secret court that hands down secret rulings. The time is ripe to declassify the rulings, enough to reassure us that the rule of...

    Tags: National Government, Barack Obama, National Security Agency, Judges, The New York Times

    5. Jun 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Too much comfort in secret-keeping

    Los Angeles Times
    President Obama's response to the troubling news of indiscriminate government collection of communication information was meant to be reassuring: The NSA is operating under supervision by all three branches of government, he assured us. Even if this were...

    Tags: Mark Udall, Barack Obama, National Security Agency, Justice System, Security Measures

    6. Jun 13, 2013 | Chicago Tribune

  6. Fire James Clapper, then put him in the dock

    Change of Subject
    I invite my most clever, lawyerly comment contributors to make the case that National Intelligence Director James Clapper (right) did not brazenly commit perjury during his testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee on March 12. Oregon Democrat Ron...
    7. Jun 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. U.S. loses millions on coal leases, inspector general report says

    This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details.
    WASHINGTON -- The Interior Department is losing tens of millions of dollars in revenue annually because it leases public land for coal mining at rock-bottom prices, according to a report by the agency’s inspector general The report focuses on coal...

    Tags: U.S. Department of the Interior, Boston, Mining, Metal and Mineral, Environmental Issues

    8. Jun 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Senators introduce bill requiring greater disclosure of NSA programs

    WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of senators is introducing new legislation that they say will provide greater transparency of National Security Agency surveillance programs, the first significant legislative response to the revelation of the...

    Tags: Barack Obama, Jeff Merkley, National Security Agency, Patrick Leahy, Justice System

    9. Jun 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Edward Snowden: Hero or criminal?

    Over the weekend, as Americans were still absorbing double-barreled revelations about the extent of the National Security Agency's electronic surveillance, the source of that information outed himself. Edward J. Snowden, a 29-year-old former employee of a government contracting firm, acknowledged with no apparent regrets that he was responsible for providing journalists at the Guardian and the Washington Post with evidence of what he called an "architecture of oppression."
    Over the weekend, as Americans were still absorbing double-barreled revelations about the extent of the National Security Agency's electronic surveillance, the source of that information outed himself. Edward J. Snowden, a 29-year-old former employee of a...

    Tags: Prosecution, Electronics, Barack Obama, National Security Agency, The Washington Post

    10. Jun 7, 2013 |Story| AP Member Choice Limited

  10. NSA call monitoring revealed

    WASHINGTON -- A leaked document has laid bare the monumental scope of the government's surveillance of Americans' phone records -- hundreds of millions of calls -- in the first hard evidence of a massive data collection program aimed at combating terrorism under powers granted by Congress after the 9/11 attacks.
    Associated Press
    WASHINGTON -- A leaked document has laid bare the monumental scope of the government's surveillance of Americans' phone records -- hundreds of millions of calls -- in the first hard evidence of a massive data collection program aimed at combating...

    Tags: Republican Party, National Government, Mark Udall, Barack Obama, National Security Agency

    11. Jun 6, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Government is tracking all U.S. phone calls

    WASHINGTON — The federal government has amassed a database for at least seven years containing details on virtually every telephone call made within the United States or between this country and telephones abroad, officials said Thursday, providing the first glimpse of a vast secret domestic surveillance operation.
    WASHINGTON — The federal government has amassed a database for at least seven years containing details on virtually every telephone call made within the United States or between this country and telephones abroad, officials said Thursday,...

    Tags: Republican Party, National Government, Mark Udall, Barack Obama, Mining

    12. Jun 6, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. NSA, Verizon surveillance program: What you need to know

    The government has secretly amassed an enormous database of telephone call records. Here are the answers to some questions about the program:
    The government has secretly amassed an enormous database of telephone call records. Here are the answers to some questions about the program: Q: What information does the government have? A: It has collected the equivalent of phone logs showing...

    Tags: Saxby Chambliss, USA Today, Jeff Merkley, National Security Agency, Dianne Feinstein

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