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Fecal Matter in Soldiers’ Water? Sure, Says Senate

Staff / Truthdig Jun 21, 2006 Senate Republicans shot down a measure that would have enacted oversight on the practices of private contractors in Iraq. As a result, companies like Halliburton are free to continue doing things like exposing U.S. soldiers in Iraq to water contaminated with fecal matter. The Nation has the details. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Feds Getting Phone Data Without Warrants

Staff / Truthdig Jun 20, 2006 Officials from the Dept of Homeland Security and the FBI are paying private data brokers to gather personal phone record information--circumventing the need to obtain warrants for such data It's ironic that some federal agents are availing themselves of this potentially illegal service; other federal agents (from the FCC) are already investigating the practice See "Feds Probe Sale of Private Phone Records" And earlier: All Your Phone Call Records Are for Sale, Cheap. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Eating at Lobbyists’ Troughs, Congress Votes Itself a Pay Raise

Staff / Truthdig Jun 15, 2006 House and Senate lawmakers embraced a $3,300 pay raise that would increase their salaries to $168,500. Meanwhile, it's been reported that members of the House's own ethics committee took over $1 million in privately funded (read: lobbyist-funded) trips last year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush: Spy Program Isn’t ‘Mining’ Private Info

Staff / Truthdig May 11, 2006 "We're not mining or trolling though the personal lives of millions of innocent Americans,'' Bush says, without directly addressing the NSA program reported in USA Today. Meanwhile, GOP Sen. Arlen Specter demands that phone company executives testify before Congress about the data they provided to the NSA. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Sneaks Social Security Privatization Into Budget

Staff / Truthdig Feb 9, 2006 The president put in the $700-billion proposal without announcement or fanfare. | storyPerhaps he thought no one would notice? Maybe he missed the standing ovation Democrats gave the sinking of that scheme during his State of the Union speech? | video Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Finally, Brokers Get Sued for Selling Private Phone Records

Staff / Truthdig Jan 23, 2006 Illinois becomes the first state to bring suit against companies that sell logs of private phone calls. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )