Archives for December 2005
Justice Department Opens NSA Spy Leak Probe
Published on 30 Dec 2005 at 11:26 am.
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Fox News WASHINGTON ? The Justice Department has opened an investigation into who leaked information about an NSA domestic eavesdropping program to the media, senior Justice Department officials confirmed Friday.
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Convict sentenced in second robbery
Published on 30 Dec 2005 at 10:26 am.
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By CHAD WEIHRAUCH Staff Writer – Courier News A Plainfield man already convicted of helping rob a cosmetics store at gunpoint has received an additional 16 years in prison for robbing a Hispanic man as part of a crime wave that contributed to fears of a larger pattern of racist attacks.
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Padilla Lawyers Want Supreme Court to Clarify War Powers
Published on 29 Dec 2005 at 8:22 am.
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Fox News WASHINGTON ? Lawyers for Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen held as an “enemy combatant” for nearly four years, want the Supreme Court to resolve how much power a president has while the nation is at war.
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Alito pushed consensus as chairman
Published on 28 Dec 2005 at 7:46 am.
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BY ROBERT SCHWANEBERG Star-Ledger Staff Leader of problem-solving panel worked with Roberts and other appointees If confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court, Samuel Alito Jr. will regularly be called upon to resolve disputes among the 13 federal circuit courts of appeal.
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Bush Makes Holiday Calls to U.S. GIs
Published on 25 Dec 2005 at 8:34 am.
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WASHINGTON ? President Bush called nine U.S. service members deployed from Japan to the Persian Gulf on Saturday to recognize their service to the nation and wish them holiday cheer.
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Alito rejected abortion as a right
Published on 23 Dec 2005 at 11:03 am.
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By Bill Sammon THE WASHINGTON TIMES Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr., President Bush’s Supreme Court nominee, wrote that “the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion” in a 1985 document obtained by The Washington Times.
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Disabled teenager loses discrimination lawsuit
Published on 20 Dec 2005 at 5:57 am.
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Jury’s verdict vindicates North Plainfield schools’ treatment of boy with cerebral palsy BY MATTHEW REILLY Star-Ledger Staff A jury yesterday rejected the claims of a 16-year-old boy with cerebral palsy that the North Plainfield school system discriminated against him.
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Clinton NSA Eavesdropped on U.S. Calls
Published on 19 Dec 2005 at 5:58 pm.
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Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff Link to Bill Clinton Signed Executive Order that allowed Attorney General to do searches without court approval During the 1990′s under President Clinton, the National Security Agency monitored millions of private phone calls placed by U.S. citizens and citizens of other countries under a super secret program code-named Echelon.
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Lawyers give closing remarks at discrimination civil trial against North Plainfield school board
Published on 19 Dec 2005 at 5:48 am.
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Courier News NORTH PLAINFIELD (AP) — A lawyer for a 16-year-old boy with cerebral palsy told jurors his client was humiliated by school officials, but the district’s attorney said there was no evidence of discrimination against the student.
Bush Acknowledges Approving Eavesdropping
Published on 17 Dec 2005 at 2:35 pm.
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ByJENNIFER LOVEN WASHINGTON – President Bush said Saturday he personally has authorized a secret eavesdropping program in the U.S. more than 30 times since the Sept. 11 attacks and he lashed out at those involved in publicly revealing the program.