AP: Bush Administration Shelved MTBE Ban (AP)

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bush administration 06/07/2004 05:12 PM
a samizdat version .. memo itself .. reprint

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More Stonewalling from Bush
Administration

More Stonewalling from Bush
Administration 06/05/2004 12:01 PM

Knight Ridder: Rumsfeld to restrict senators' access to documents in Boeing deal. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has sharply limited the information he is willing to let Congress see on a controversial defense contract that is the focus of multiple investigations. Rumsfeld took a hard line even with fellow Republicans who want information from him about a proposed $23 billion deal for the Air Force to buy and lease 100 Boeing 767 aerial refueling tankers. Rumsfeld's refusal to give senators all the materials they requested could provoke a rare congressional subpoena.

Despair, Inc. should have a Bush
Administration collection :)

Despair, Inc. should have a Bush
Administration collection :) 03/13/2003 10:23 AM

Bush Administration Silences FBI
Whistleblower

Bush Administration Silences FBI
Whistleblower 07/07/2004 11:04 AM

Via Dave Farber's Interesting People mail list)

Boston Globe: Translator in eye of storm on retroactive classification. Sifting through old classified materials in the days after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, FBI translator Sibel Edmonds said, she made an alarming discovery: Intercepts relevant to the terrorist plot, including references to skyscrapers, had been overlooked because they were badly translated into English. Edmonds, 34, who is fluent in Turkish and Farsi, said she quickly reported the mistake to an FBI superior. Five months later, after flagging what she said were several other security lapses in her division, she was fired. Now, after more than two years of investigations and congressional inquiries, Edmonds is at the center of an extraordinary storm over US classification rules that sheds new light on the secrecy imperative supported by members of the Bush administration. In a rare maneuver, Attorney General John Ashcroft has ordered that information about the Edmonds case be retroactively classified, even basic facts that have been posted on websites and discussed openly in meetings with members of Congress for two years. The Department of Justice also invoked the seldom-used ''state secrets" privilege to silence Edmonds in court. She has been blocked from testifying in a lawsuit brought by victims of the Sept. 11 attacks and was allowed to speak to the panel investigating the Sept. 11 attacks only behind closed doors.

Why? Maybe, as Republican Sen. Charles Grassley says in this story, "''Frankly, it looks like an attempt to impede legitimate oversight of a serious problem at the FBI." Even now, Congress as a whole has yet to locate its spine. By the way, the story notes that Sens. Grassley and Leahy have, at the government's request, removed from their websites letters they wrote to the FBI demanding answers about this situation. The story also says the letters are available on the Internet but doesn't say where. They're here, at the invaluable Memory Hole. More information: The first major news organization to cover this story was CBS' 60 Minutes show. Here's that 2002 report, And the increasingly helpful Disinfopedia wiki has much more.

AP: Bush Administration to Revise OT
Plan (AP)

AP: Bush Administration to Revise OT
Plan (AP) 04/19/2004 09:53 PM
AP - Retreating under pressure, the Bush administration intends to revise a proposed overtime regulation to preserve eligibility for most white-collar workers making up to $100,000 a year as well as for police, firefighters and other first responders, Republican officials said Monday.

The Bush administration is not looking
to strengthen the NPT, but to destroy it

The Bush administration is not looking
to strengthen the NPT, but to destroy it 01/06/2005 05:08 PM
U.S. Plans Tidal Wave of Nuclear Proliferation They want to tell all the non-nuclear states: “Y’all must stay non-nuclear, but we’ll have as many nukes as we want. We’ll make new nukes but keep the old. And if you don’t like it, just take a good look at Iraq, because you could be next.” The message coming from the Bush administration and the U.S. media is clear. It’s not about the danger of weapons of mass destruction. It’s about using the fear of that danger, along with our own growing nuclear arsenal, as a club to rule the schoolyard roost.

Bush: Administration Will Heed 9/11
Panel (AP)

Bush: Administration Will Heed 9/11
Panel (AP) 07/24/2004 09:53 AM
AP - Without promising what specific steps he will take, President Bush is committing his administration to relying on the recommendations of the Sept. 11 commission in waging the war on terrorism.

AP: Bush administration to revise
overtime plan

AP: Bush administration to revise
overtime plan 04/20/2004 09:52 AM

Bush administration revising overtime
plan

Bush administration revising overtime
plan 04/19/2004 08:27 PM

a column praising the Bush
Administration for its candor

a column praising the Bush
Administration for its candor 12/14/2003 06:48 AM
Bush is drunk on truth serum

nytimes.com/2003/12/13/opinion/13BROO.html
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Bush Administration Drawing Up
Immigration Plan

Bush Administration Drawing Up
Immigration Plan 12/24/2003 04:55 PM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 24 2003 3:43PM ET

Bush administration has used 27
rationales for war in Iraq, study says

Bush administration has used 27
rationales for war in Iraq, study says 05/13/2004 06:32 AM
UIUC study (a senior's thesis) shows the Bush admin has used a total of 27 differing rationals for our military adventure in Irak .. STUDY FINDS THERE WERE 27 RATIONALES FOR WAR

news.uiuc.edu/news/04/0510war.html
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Josh enumerates his complaints against
the Bush administration

Josh enumerates his complaints against
the Bush administration 11/15/2003 06:40 AM
In a link-rich post .. dump George W. Bush

joshclaybourn.com/blog/archives/001477.html
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Al Gore claims the Bush administration
is not helping

Al Gore claims the Bush administration
is not helping 11/10/2003 10:48 PM
Al Gore claims the Bush administration is not helping America, but hurting it by focusing on all the wrong things. Gore:The administration is still not investing in local government training and infrastructures where they could make the biggest difference. The first responder community is still being shortchanged. In many cases, fire and police still don?t have the communications equipment to talk to each other. The CDC and local hospitals are still nowhere close to being ready for a biological weapons attack. The administration has still failed to address the fundamental disorganization and rivalries of our law enforcement, intelligence and investigative agencies. In particular, the critical FBI-CIA coordination, while finally improved at the top, still remains dysfunctional in the trenches. The constant violations of civil liberties promote the false impression that these violations are necessary in order to take every precaution against another terrorist attack. But the simple truth is that the vast majority of the violations have not benefited our security at all; to the contrary, they hurt our security.

Bush administration won't appeal phone
decision

Bush administration won't appeal phone
decision 06/09/2004 03:42 PM

the Bill of Rights and how the Bush
administration has violated it

the Bill of Rights and how the Bush
administration has violated it 01/10/2004 04:31 PM
What Good is the Bill of Rights? (Op-Ed)

kuro5hin.org/story/2004/1/7/231137/2285
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Bush Administration Blocked on Assisted
Suicide

Bush Administration Blocked on Assisted
Suicide 05/26/2004 06:24 PM
Reuters via Wired News May 26 2004 9:23PM GMT

Bush Administration Blocked on Oregon
Suicide Law

Bush Administration Blocked on Oregon
Suicide Law 05/27/2004 01:41 AM
Reuters via Wired News May 27 2004 5:27AM GMT

Slamming the Bush administration for
'misleading Congress and the public'

Slamming the Bush administration for
'misleading Congress and the public' 05/13/2004 03:45 AM
it's been conned, too .. distort the truth .. end the lies .. WaPo

washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19207-2004May11.html
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Tiny theater in a box showcases the Bush
administration doing the thing it does
best

Tiny theater in a box showcases the Bush
administration doing the thing it does
best 05/09/2004 10:40 PM
Artist Mars Tokyo has created a 3" x 4" peep box entitled "The Theater of the Liars" featuring George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz, and Colin Powell. Link (Thanks, s. mericle!)

Bush Administration Eases Economic
Sanctions on Libya

Bush Administration Eases Economic
Sanctions on Libya 04/23/2004 04:16 PM
President Bush rewarded Libya for renouncing weapons of mass destruction and opened the country to U.S. companies.

"Bush Administration Imposes Flat Tax
System on Iraq 11/2"

"Bush Administration Imposes Flat Tax
System on Iraq 11/2" 11/02/2003 09:45 PM

Bush Administration Imposes Flat Tax
System on Iraq 11/2

Bush Administration Imposes Flat Tax
System on Iraq 11/2 11/02/2003 08:43 AM
they can .. reports .. more)

washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50031-2003Nov1.html
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" Dean Says Bush Administration Is 'Most
Dangerous' In His Lifetime "

" Dean Says Bush Administration Is 'Most
Dangerous' In His Lifetime " 01/01/2004 03:19 AM

Dean Says Bush Administration Is 'Most
Dangerous' In His Lifetime

Dean Says Bush Administration Is 'Most
Dangerous' In His Lifetime 12/31/2003 05:00 AM
raising the minimum wage .. Dean

washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A39768-2003Dec29?language=printer
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"Bush administration planning $1.5
billion drive to promote ma..."

"Bush administration planning $1.5
billion drive to promote ma..." 01/16/2004 10:58 AM

Bush Tells Muslims His Administration
Rejects Bigotry

Bush Tells Muslims His Administration
Rejects Bigotry 10/29/2003 01:15 AM
Bush Tells Muslims His Administration Rejects Bigotry. But with Bush refusing to penalize Gen. Boykin after his Xtian fundamentalist remarks regarding Islam and the US Senate quickly pulling funding for Malaysia after Mahathir Mohamad's remarks, it seems a double-standard is at work here and many Muslims remained unconvinced of Bush's statements. NYTimes' Paul Krugman calls this Bush's Willful Ignorance.

Republican Energy Bill Blocked Over MTBE
Lawsuits

Republican Energy Bill Blocked Over MTBE
Lawsuits 12/02/2003 12:57 AM
The Republican-crafted energy bill was blocked from coming to a vote Friday in the United States Senate. One of the main issues that led to the bill being blocked was a series of provisions shielding corporations from product liability lawsuits over groundwater contamination caused by the gasoline additive MTBE. These provisions of the bill bring into sharp focus some of the more disagreeable themes of the Bush administration.

All text is verbatim from senior Bush
Administration officials and advisers

All text is verbatim from senior Bush
Administration officials and advisers 01/05/2004 06:08 AM
A history of the Iraq war, told entirely in lies .. very interesting picture .. Sam Smith

harpers.org/RevisionThing.html?pg=1
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Colin Powell described neo-conservatives
in the Bush administration as 'fucking
crazies'

Colin Powell described neo-conservatives
in the Bush administration as 'fucking
crazies' 09/14/2004 10:50 AM
Colin Powell in Four-letter Neo-con 'crazies' Row Perhaps Colin should have said they were cheney crazies.

Bush administration appears reluctant to
embarrass the UN by pressing for answers

Bush administration appears reluctant to
embarrass the UN by pressing for answers 05/21/2004 03:48 AM
Leaked UN audit proves Oil-for-Food shambles

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Financial Times: "The Bush
administration has misled the American
people"

Financial Times: "The Bush
administration has misled the American
people" 06/19/2004 04:40 AM

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Bush Administration Welcomes Early
Transfer of Power in Iraq

Bush Administration Welcomes Early
Transfer of Power in Iraq 06/28/2004 03:39 AM
As President George W. Bush gathered with world leaders for a NATO summit, the administration applauded the early transfer of political power as a proud day for Iraq.

Science group accuses Bush
administration of twisting research

Science group accuses Bush
administration of twisting research 02/19/2004 02:15 PM
San Jose Mercury News Feb 19 2004 6:50PM GMT

Looking toward reelection, the Bush
administration does shuffle-back on cuts
in strategically important s

Looking toward reelection, the Bush
administration does shuffle-back on cuts
in strategically important s 05/20/2004 04:16 AM
Just like he did in the last election, Bushclaims credit for programs he tried to cut. .. shameless

nytimes.com/2004/05/19/politics/campaign/19GRAN.html?hp
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U.S. News: The Bush administration is
doing the public's business out of the
public eye. Here's how-and why. A
secrecy timeline(12/22/03)

U.S. News: The Bush administration is
doing the public's business out of the
public eye. Here's how-and why. A
secrecy timeline(12/22/03) 12/14/2003 06:48 AM
The Bush administration is doing the public's business out of the public eye. Here's how--and why 12/14 .. reversal of a decades-long trend of openness in government .. MAG: INSIDE WHITE HOUSE SECRECY MACHINE .. obsession with secrecy .. Keeping Secrets

usnews.com/usnews/issue/031222/usnews/22secrecy.htm
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Documentation of the routine use of
torture as Bush Administration policy,
or how we lost the war on terrorism

Documentation of the routine use of
torture as Bush Administration policy,
or how we lost the war on terrorism 06/12/2004 12:01 AM
Human Rights Watch has issued a chilling report documenting how George W. Bush has turned the United States into a nation that uses regularly tortures and "disappears" people. As the summary says: In fact, the only exceptional aspect of the abuse at Abu Ghraib may have been that it was photographed. Detainees in U.S. custody in Afghanistan have testified that they experienced treatment similar to what happened in Abu Ghraib -- from beatings to prolonged sleep and sensory deprivation to being held naked -- as early as 2002. Comparable -- and, indeed, more extreme -- cases of torture and inhuman treatment have been extensively documented by the International Committee of the Red Cross and by journalists at numerous locations in Iraq outside Abu Ghraib. This pattern of abuse did not result from the acts of individual soldiers who broke the rules. It resulted from decisions made by the Bush administration to bend, ignore, or cast rules aside.... Among the most disturbing cases, perhaps unprecedented in U.S. history, are the detainees who have simply been "disappeared." Perhaps out of concern that Guant�namo will eventually be monitored by the U.S. courts, certainly to ensure even greater secrecy, the Bush administration does not appear to hold its most sensitive and high-profile detainees there. Terrorism suspects like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused architect of the September 11 attacks, and Abu Zubaydah, a close aide of Osama bin Laden, are detained by the United States instead in "undisclosed locations," presumably outside the United States, with no access to the ICRC, no notification to families, no oversight of any sort of their treatment, and in most cases no acknowledgement that they are even being held. Human Rights Watch has pieced together information on 13 such detainees, apprehended in places such as Pakistan, Indonesia, Thailand, Morocco, and the United Arab Emirates, who have "disappeared" in U.S. custody... the administration is now finding that it may be losing the war for hearts and minds around the world precisely because it threw those rules out. Rather than advance the war on terror, the widespread prisoner abuse has damaged efforts to build global support for countering terrorism. Indeed, each new photo of an American soldier humiliating an Iraqi could be considered a recruiting poster for al-Qaeda. Policies adopted to make the United States more secure from terrorism have in fact made it more vulnerable. I couldn't say it any better myself...

A lot of gun-rights advocates are from
mildly upset to livid over President
Bush and his administration

A lot of gun-rights advocates are from
mildly upset to livid over President
Bush and his administration 04/14/2004 06:22 AM
questioning their support .. Los Angeles Times .. LATimes story .. tide turns .. suggests

latimes.com/news/politics/2004/la-na-gunpolitics13apr13,1,2 467557.story?coll=la-home-headlines
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Bush Insists His Administration Seeking
'new Ways to Harm Our Country' - from
TBO.com

Bush Insists His Administration Seeking
'new Ways to Harm Our Country' - from
TBO.com 08/05/2004 07:41 PM
Bush Insists His Administration Seeking 'new Ways to Harm Our Country' - from TBO.com .. runs with it: .. Linky link

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