By Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy Newspapers Under a little-noticed provision in the USA Patriot Act, the Treasury Department has ordered severe restrictions against foreign banks or countries for reasons beyond the stated purpose of the law and without producing evidence. Section 311 of the 2001 Patriot Act was drafted to halt terrorist financing and money…
SEATTLE TIMES – … Documents and interviews indicate that Harriet Miers, who was then the White House counsel, suggested in February 2005 that all the prosecutors be dismissed and replaced with new Republican appointees for Bush’s second term. … [The documents] show that the White House and other administration officials were more deeply involved in…
therawstory Michael Roston Published: Monday March 12, 2007 The Chairman of the House’s Oversight and Government Reform Committee today demanded that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice respond to 11 outstanding requests for information sent by his office since 2003. The letters primarily concerned claims, later proved erroneous, on the threat posed to the United States…
RAWSTORY- … “Claims that the FBI’s reported Patriot Act abuses were the ‘unintentional’ result of outmoded computer systems and human error are not credible, … citing evidence that agents contracted with phone companies to obtain customer records and later sought to cover up the illegal requests,” … “It seems that every time the American people…
