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Pay Your Bills, Become Terror Threat

A retired Texas schoolteacher pays off a larger-than-usual chunk of his credit card bill—and the payment gets frozen as Homeland Security investigates. “It’s scary how easily someone in Homeland Security can get permission to spy,” says the teacher.

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Ex-CIA Chief Blasts Bush on Iraq Intel

America’s former top spy for the Middle East accuses the White House of “cherry-picking information” to justify a decision it had already made to go to war. | story
Who wants to bet on how long it will take the CIA to start swift-boating this guy?

Posted on Feb 10, 2006 READ MORE  |  1 COMMENT


Republican Who Oversees NSA Calls for Wiretap Inquiry

Rep. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.) breaks with the White House and calls for a full congressional inquiry into Bush’s spy program. | story
The dam hasn’t just cracked—it’s gushing.

Posted on Feb 8, 2006 READ MORE


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Lying About the State of the Union

As our government renames a civil liberties-trampling spying program and suppresses the results of its own studies, Americans are being left in an information vacuum regarding the true state of our union.

Posted on Jan 31, 2006 READ MORE  |  46 COMMENTS


Sen. Feingold Claims Gonzales Misled Him on Wiretaps

Two years ago, the attorney general dismissed questions about warrantless spying as “hypothetical.” In fact, the program was already in place. | story
Sorry, but what’s the difference again between “intentionally misleading” and “lying”?

Posted on Jan 31, 2006 READ MORE  |  7 COMMENTS


NSA Whistleblower to Testify

A former NSA agent tells Democracy Now! that he will testify to Congress about Bush’s “unlawful and unconstitutional” spy program. Story.

Posted on Jan 3, 2006 READ MORE  |  4 COMMENTS


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