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Saturday, May 13, 2006
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Coyote Gulch's domain registrar, who also does telephony, includes this tidbit in their updated privacy policy: "... 2. Upon receipt of a warrant issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, we may be required to provide any of the above information or more, or allow wiretaps by a law enforcement agency. Under no circumstances will we provide information to, or allow wiretaps by, any entity in the absence of a warrant issued by a court of competent jurisdiction."
Category: 2008 Presidential Election
11:13:09 AM 
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Tracy Velazquez (via New West): "Does gender matter? The answer to this question, it appears to me, is 'yes.' First, a little history on women in politics: Nineteen states - including Montana - have absolutely no female representation in Congress. Women make up over half the population, but hold only 15.2% of the seats in the U.S. House and Senate, 220 years after our country's independence. To gain equal representation by 2020, the hundredth anniversary of women's suffrage, women would need to win nineteen more seats every two years."
Category: 2008 Presidential Election
8:52:40 AM
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Bull Moose: "The Moose weighs in on the latest NSA flap.
"Once again the battle lines are drawn on another controversy over liberty vs. security in the war against terrorism. Cries of Big Brother and fascism are being heard.
"It is time for some reasoned clarity.
"This is not a program intended to deprive us of our liberty, but rather one that attempts to employ twenty-first century technology to stop seventh century theocratic killer fascists. Here is the key point in the USA Today story, 'The government is collecting 'external' data on domestic phone calls but is not intercepting internals,' a term for the actual content of the communication, according to a U.S. intelligence official familiar with the program. This kind of data collection from phone companies is not uncommon; it's been done before, though never on this large a scale, the official said.'
"As of yet, there is no evidence that the government was eavesdropping on private conversations of innocent citizens. What we know is that it is a collection of phone numbers that were put into super computers to detect patterns of suspect activity. The Bushies were not using information to destroy their political opponents. The NSA is legitimately obtaining data to thwart terrorists."
Captains Quarters: "Richard Falkenrath, the former deputy Homeland Security advisor to the President and now a fellow at the center-left Brookings Institute, writes a passionate defense of the NSA phone-call database in today's Washington Post. He also pushes back against the notion that the involvement of General Michael Hayden in the two controversial NSA surveillance programs disqualify him to lead the CIA. In fact, as Falkenrath explains, it underscores his potential value at Langley."
Category: 2008 Presidential Election
8:48:37 AM
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Colorado's native son U.S. Senator Ken Salazar has been given a seat at the table to craft the compromise immigration bill between the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate if a bill passes the Senate, according to the Rocky Mountain News. From the article, "It's an unusual opportunity for a freshman senator, one that will put him in what's likely to be a near war-room. Many House Republicans oppose any legislation that would grant legal status to illegal immigrants. Salazar has not yet sat on a conference committee. Members are normally appointed by seniority...
"Reid asked Salazar as he was putting together a deal with Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn. that allows the bill to come up for debate. Immigration legislation languished for more than a month because the two leaders couldn't agree on the parameters for debating the legislation, and what would happen to it once it's passed. Reid wanted to protect provisions Democrats support, such as a guest worker program and a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants. He believed the best way to do that would be to have a say in who shapes the final legislation that goes to the president, said Reid spokesman Jim Manley...
"Salazar said he wants to make sure the final package deals with border security, enforcement of current laws, and what he calls 'the reality' of the '11 million undocumented workers in this country...'
"If the Senate passes legislation with guest worker and citizenship for illegal immigrants, Tancredo said he doubts the conference committee will be able to unify the disparate House and Senate immigration bills. Too many Republicans in the House would reject he Senate version, he said...
"President Bush's planned speech Monday night is an effort to influence the legislation, [U.S. Representative Tom Tancredo] said. Bush is expected to talk about putting military troops at the border. Tancredo said, to assuage critics who say border security needs to be beefed up before a guest worker plan can be considered."
Category: 2008 Presidential Election
8:34:08 AM
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