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USA-News« Previous EntriesDNA contract reveals plan to probe offenders’ familiesTuesday, September 23rd, 2008Now you see it, now you don't: A proposed $300,000 contract between Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas and a British DNA lab provided for software that would help track down criminals by identifying their relatives. The method, called "familial searching," is rarely used in the United States because of privacy concerns, although California Attorney General Jerry Brown has said he would consider opening the state database to such searches on ... tagged Database-State and USA-NewsBanks race to profit from US bailoutTuesday, September 23rd, 2008By Barry Grey | The announcement of a virtually open-ended government bailout of Wall Street has set off a frenzied competition among the biggest banks and financial firms to grab the lion’s share of the super profits to be reaped from the program. Banks, brokerage houses, insurance firms, mortgage lenders, private equity companies and asset managers are furiously lobbying the Bush administration and Congress to make sure that the legislation ... tagged USA-NewsTreasury Seeks Authority to Buy $700 Billion AssetsMonday, September 22nd, 2008By Alison Fitzgerald and John Brinsley | The Bush administration asked Congress for unchecked power to buy $700 billion in bad mortgage investments from U.S. financial companies in what would be an unprecedented government intrusion into the markets. The plan, designed by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, is aimed at averting a credit freeze that would bring the financial system and economic growth to a standstill. The bill would bar ... tagged USA-NewsRon Paul on the Financial CrisisFriday, September 19th, 2008“Our problems start with the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve is a monopoly and it controls interest rates artificially low, causing people to make mistakes. That’s the basic source. But then on top of that in the housing market we had the Community Reinvestment Act which told investors that they had to loan to risky borrowers, and that was the complication. HUD contributes to this. ... tagged USA-NewsThe NSA Teams Up with the Chinese Government to Limit Internet AnonymityFriday, September 19th, 2008Via Bruce Schneier | Definitely strange bedfellows: A United Nations agency is quietly drafting technical standards, proposed by the Chinese government, to define methods of tracing the original source of Internet communications and potentially curbing the ability of users to remain anonymous.The U.S. National Security Agency is also participating in the "IP Traceback" drafting group, named Q6/17, which is meeting next week in Geneva to work on the traceback proposal. Members ... tagged USA-NewsSources: Charges against Blackwater guards debatedFriday, September 19th, 2008Defense attorneys for Blackwater Worldwide employees are trying to head off Justice Department charges against the company's bodyguards who were involved in the deadly shooting of 17 Iraqi civilians exactly one year ago. In a meeting with prosecutors Tuesday, the Blackwater guards' legal team outlined legal and factual reasons the Justice Department would lose at trial if they are indicted, three people close to the investigation said. They spoke on condition ... tagged USA-NewsWhat illegal “things” was the government doing in 2001-2004?Wednesday, September 17th, 2008Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com | For the second consecutive day, The Washington Post has published an excerpt from reporter Barton Gellman's new book on the Cheney Vice Presidency, and it provides still more details on the intense confrontation in March, 2004 between the Bush Justice Department and the Cheney-led White House over the DOJ's refusal to certify the legality of the NSA's domestic spying activities. As ... tagged USA-NewsThe Gang’s All Here - Bush, McCain and the Old Iran-Contra TeamWednesday, September 17th, 2008By PAM MARTENS | The vetting of Sarah Palin for the McCain campaign by an Iran-Contra alumnus brought an epiphany. (See “The Man Who Vetted Palin,” CounterPunch, September 8, 2008.) The American people’s inability to control this crime spree we call the Bush administration is not because we’re lazy, narcissistic or willfully blind to human rights violations, as much of the world now views us. It’s because we’ve ... tagged USA-NewsSo, the President May Kill Anybody He Pleases, Right?Wednesday, September 17th, 2008Lew Rockwell | Among the many cock-and-bull stories set afoot by the Bush administration during the lead-up to its attack on Iraq was the one about the now-infamous drones of death. Later, it became sufficiently clear that this alleged threat had no more substance than the others the administration and the lapdog mainstream media had served up to a credulous public. Although the ludicrously primitive Iraqi drones had no capacity whatsoever to harm the American public, the lethality ... tagged USA-NewsThe Wall Street crisis and the failure of American capitalismWednesday, September 17th, 2008By Barry Grey | The end of Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch, two of the largest Wall Street investment banks, one week after the government takeover of the mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, marks a new stage in the convulsive crisis of American capitalism. On Monday, global markets fell sharply in a sign of mounting panic and doubt over the stability of the entire US banking system. ... tagged USA-NewsWiretap Cases a Go Despite FISA ChangeWednesday, September 17th, 2008By Evan Hill | Though Congress put a damper this summer on legal efforts to prove the Bush administration unlawfully spied on Americans' phone calls and e-mails, flagship litigation in the Northern District of California will still proceed. Chief Judge Vaughn Walker laid out a briefing schedule at a hearing Friday for In re National Security Agency Telecommunications Records Litigation, MDL 06-1791 -- the consolidated suits against the government and numerous ... tagged USA-NewsBush Admin - The Most Secretive Govt Ever?Tuesday, September 16th, 2008(IPS) | The administration of President George W. Bush continues to expand government secrecy across a broad array of agencies and actions -- and at greatly increased cost to taxpayers, according to a coalition of groups that promote greater transparency. Dr. Patrice McDermott, director of Open the Government, a watchdog group, told IPS, "The federal government under the Bush administration has shown its commitment to secrecy by where it has put ... tagged Bush and USA-NewsQuebec man changes name to dodge relentless airport screeningTuesday, September 16th, 2008A Quebec businessman whose name is one of the many that have erroneously landed on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's flight passenger watch list has decided to change his name to avoid lengthy security hassles at the airport. Mario Labbé, an executive with a Montreal-based record company, says his Canadian passport triggers a red alert on the computers of U.S. customs agents every time he tries to board a flight ... tagged USA-NewsMcCain Now Claims to be Reformer of Wall StreetTuesday, September 16th, 2008By Matthew Rothschild | Today is not a good day if you’re a free marketeer. Lehman Brothers has collapsed. Merrill Lynch sold itself off to Bank of America. The stock market tumbled badly out of the gate. And the specter of 1929 has reared its frightening head. In taking stock, if you’ll excuse the expression, a couple of conclusions leap to mind. First, this is what happens when you deregulate the financial markets. With the repeal of ... tagged USA-NewsArmy scientists want to create ‘brain-wave helmet’Tuesday, September 16th, 2008By Mark Thompson / Washington | Soldiers barking orders at each other is so 20th Century. That's why the U.S. Army has just awarded a $4 million contract to begin developing "thought helmets" that would harness silent brain waves for secure communication among troops. Ultimately, the Army hopes the project will "lead to direct mental control of military systems by thought alone." If this sounds insane, it would have been ... tagged USA-News« Previous Entries |
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