The Associated Press The Homeland Security Department is breaking the law by not telling the public exactly how personal information is used to screen international travelers, including Americans, congressional investigators said Wednesday. One of the screening programs at issue is a computer-based system called the Automated Targeting System that is used by the Customs and…
Nick Juliano, rawstory.com Two Democratic senators leading an investigation into whether Alberto Gonzales was involved in firing eight US Attorneys for political motives are calling for a vote of “no confidence” in the embattled Attorney General. Sens. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., and Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., plan to introduce a nonbinding resolution expressing the sense the Senate…
New York Times — … Mr. Bush has acknowledged authorizing surveillance without a court order of communications between people abroad and people in the United States. That alone violates the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Domestic spying without a warrant would be an even more grievous offense. The question cannot be answered because Mr. Bush…
By Joseph Rhee and Dana Hughes, ABC News A Texas businessman listed as a major fundraiser for President George Bush has made millions of dollars in profits from a federal reading program that critics say favored administration cronies at the expense of schoolchildren. A company founded and owned by Randy Best, who is listed by…
