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Robert Scheer: A Disgraceful Attack on the New York Times

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jun 28, 2006 The Bush administration is starting to sound like a two-bit dictatorship by insisting that the media shouldn't have the right to report on the government's prosecution of the so-called "war on terror." UPDATE: The House passed a resolution condemning the N.Y. Times for its reporting. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bush Condemns, Keller Defends Bank Data Story

Staff / Truthdig Jun 26, 2006 President Bush said the N.Y. Times' disclosures about the administration's bank data-mining program did "great harm to the United States of America." The Times' editor, Bill Keller, said "nobody should think that we made this decision casually, with any animus toward the current administration, or without fully weighing the issues." Dig deeper

Sec. Snow, Cheney Defend Bank Searches

Staff / Truthdig Jun 24, 2006 Outgoing Secretary of the Treasury John Snow said the program to troll through the financial records of Americans without warrants is the thing "I'm proudest of It's really government at its best" . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Feds Secretly Reviewed Bank Data to Fight Terror

Staff / Truthdig Jun 23, 2006 Under a post 9/11 Bush administration program, CIA agents officials have gained access to financial records from a vast international database called SWIFT, examining banking transactions involving thousands of Americans without specific warrants in each case. (This program is working in parallel with the NSA's warrantless eavesdropping system) The N.Y. Times has the scoop The Washington Post has government officials confirming the story Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

FBI Discloses Its Own Warrantless Spying Info

Staff / Truthdig Apr 29, 2006 The Justice Dept. pored through the bank, library or telecom records of 3,501 U.S. citizens and legal residents--without a court's approval. Apparently this was legal--it's just the first time the FBI is publicly disclosing hard numbers. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Family Savings Look Scary Across the Board

Staff / Truthdig Mar 6, 2006 The Federal Reserve finds that the average family has only about $3,800 in the bank, no retirement account and no stocks or bonds, and can't pay off a $2,200 credit card balance Pretty grim But don't fear Tax cuts for the rich will make everything all better. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )