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Saturday, March 25, 2006 |
Patriot Act: "The board game that brings the thrill of trampling the Constitution right into your home... newly updated for 2006 to include NSA wiretaps and renewal of provisions!"
12:44:54 PM 
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Boston: "When President Bush signed the reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act this month, he included an addendum saying that he did not feel obliged to obey requirements that he inform Congress about how the FBI was using the act's expanded police powers.
Bush signed the bill with fanfare at a White House ceremony March 9. But after the reporters and guests had left, the White House quietly issued a 'signing statement', an official document in which a president lays out his interpretation of a new law.
In the statement, Bush said that he did not consider himself bound to tell Congress how the Patriot Act powers were being used and that, despite the law's requirements, he could withhold the information if he decided that disclosure would 'impair foreign relations, national security, the deliberative process of the executive, or the performance of the executive's constitutional duties'."
11:55:55 AM
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CBS2: "Former first lady Barbara Bush gave relief money to a hurricane relief fund on the condition that it be spent to buy educational software from her son Neil's company [Ignite]."
And I bet Barbara Bush now gets tax relief. It remains all in the family.
Update via TalkingPointsMemo: It now appears "George and Barbara Bush - like a lot of other folks investment for non-economic reasons - are actually investors in Ignite!"
11:49:52 AM
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© Copyright 2006 Hetty Litjens.
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