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- "Court leaves
intact secret hearings on [deportation of foreigners]."
... "The U.S. Supreme Court said Tuesday that it would not review government
anti-terrorism policies that allowed secret deportation hearings for hundreds
of foreigners swept up after the Sept. 11 attacks." ... "At issue was a
policy change made immediately after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
The government ordered all immigration hearings closed if the foreigner
was a "special interest" case. The government alone can decide if a case
is of special interest to its war on terrorism."
-AP via -IHT.com
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- "White
House refuses to release Sept. 11 info." ... "The
Bush administration and the nation's intelligence agencies are blocking
the release of sensitive information about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, delaying publication of a 900-page
congressional report on how the terrorist assault happened." ... "Intelligence
officials insist the information must be kept secret for national security
reasons. But some of the information is already broadly available on the
Internet or has been revealed in interim reports on the investigation,
leading to charges that the administration is simply trying to avoid enshrining
embarrassing details in the report." -By Frank Davies
with contributions by James Kuhnhenn -Knight
Riddervia-Miami/Herald
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- "From
Iraq's secret files, a trail of mass murder." ...
"Over the past few days, the US Army has taken custody of hundreds of thousands
of Iraqi secret-police files. The dossiers - an impeccable detailing of
two decades of mass murder reminiscent of the meticulous recordkeeping
of Hitler's Germany or Stalinist Russia - could contain crucial evidence
in any trial that former President Saddam Hussein or his top officials
might face." ... "Already the files have yielded fragments of Iraq's secret
past. The group of former prisoners who gathered the documents have so
far gleaned the names of more than 5,500 prisoners who were executed, according
to the files. The Committee of Free Prisoners has posted them on the walls
of its makeshift headquarters by the Tigris River. Every day, thousands
of ordinary men and women crowd around the rosters, seeking names of missing
relatives." -By Peter Ford
-CSMonitor
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- "Higher
Espionage: The CIA finds a warmer reception
on campus since 9/11, as it openly seeks scholars' expertise. But critics
say such close ties compromise academic values." ... "The promise of closer
university/CIA ties is a better-informed government, perhaps resulting
in a US foreign policy that is wiser or more grounded. But concerns abound
- especially when it comes to preserving the standard of scholarly objectivity
and meeting the CIA's demand for secrecy." ... "... many on campus voice
concern about the lifetime secrecy agreements scholars must sign in order
to see classified material. From then on, they must submit for agency review
anything that bears on the topics covered by the pact." -By
Mark Clayton -CSMonitor
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- "Bush's
new tax cut bid stirs outcry." ... "The Bush administration
is pushing for a new round of tax cuts even before it explains how much
war with Iraq will cost the American taxpayer, triggering cries of fiscal
irresponsibility and charges of a Texas political two-step." ... "''It's
indecent that we are debating reducing taxes for wealthy individuals when
our American servicemen are being fired upon in Iraq,'' Kennedy said."
-By Glen Johnson
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- "'67
Study Discouraged Use of Nuclear Weapons in Vietnam War."
... "A secret 1967 government study on the possible use of tactical nuclear
weapons in the Vietnam War that was declassified and released yesterday
found that the political cost of using such devices far outweighed its
military benefits." ... "The study was undertaken after nuclear scientists
working on governmental scientific analyses as part of the so-called Jason
Group heard informal remarks by senior military officers about possible
use of tactical nuclear weapons." ... "The 36-year-old study also disclosed
the United States was trying to develop a "research earth borer," an air-dropped
nuclear bomb that could dig into the ground to a certain depth before exploding."
-By Walter Pincus-WashingtonPost
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- "US
plan for new nuclear arsenal: Secret talks
may lead to breaking treaties." ... "The Bush administration is planning
a secret meeting in August to discuss the construction of a new generation
of nuclear weapons, including "mini-nukes", "bunker-busters" and neutron
bombs designed to destroy chemical or biological agents, according to a
leaked Pentagon document." ... "The meeting of senior military officials
and US nuclear scientists at the Omaha headquarters of the US Strategic
Command would also decide whether to restart nuclear testing and how to
convince the American public that the new weapons are necessary." -By
Julian Borger -Guardian.co.uk
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- "Ashcroft
proposes vast new surveillance powers: Proposed
legislation leaked to the Internet on Friday would criminalize some uses
of encryption, and dramatically increase federal law enforcement's domestic
spying powers." ... "A sweeping new anti-terrorism bill drafted by the
Justice Department would dramatically increase government electronic surveillance
and data collection abilities, and impose the first-ever federal criminal
penalties for using encryption in the U.S." ... "A draft of the Domestic
Security Enhancement Act of 2003 dated January 9th was obtained by the
non-partisan Center for Public Integrity and released Friday. The 120-page
proposal would further expand many of the surveillance powers Congress
granted federal law enforcement in the USA-PATRIOT Act in 2001, while increasing
the secrecy surrounding some government functions." -By
Kevin Poulsen -BusinessWeek/Daily
