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    Jun 12, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Racial profiling provision of immigration bill scrutinized

    A coalition of civil liberties and immigrant-rights advocates led by Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland wants to strengthen a provision in the Senate's sweeping immigration bill that would prohibit law enforcement agencies from racial profiling.
    A coalition of civil liberties and immigrant-rights advocates led by Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland wants to strengthen a provision in the Senate's sweeping immigration bill that would prohibit law enforcement agencies from racial profiling. The 867-page,...

    Tags: FBI, U.S. Congress, Elections, Minority Groups, Human Rights

    2. Jun 13, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. NSA surveillance defeats democracy

    "And so the charges of the hysterics are revealed for what they are: castles in the air. Built on misrepresentation. Supported by unfounded fear. Held aloft by hysteria. On this and every other tool provided in the Patriot Act, charges of abuse of power...

    Tags: FBI, U.S. Congress, Elections, Personal Data Collection, U.S. Department of Defense

    3. May 30, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Likely FBI nominee James Comey seen as levelheaded

    WASHINGTON — Twenty years ago, James B. Comey was a young federal prosecutor in New York trying to put two Gambino brothers away for life. They were charged with murder, selling drugs, money laundering, racketeering — "the whole kitchen sink," recalled Patrick J. Fitzgerald, Comey's partner on the case.
    WASHINGTON — Twenty years ago, James B. Comey was a young federal prosecutor in New York trying to put two Gambino brothers away for life. They were charged with murder, selling drugs, money laundering, racketeering — "the whole kitchen sink,"...

    Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Terrorism, FBI, Trials, Personal Data Collection

    4. May 30, 2013 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  4. Tim Weiner: James Comey understands power of FBI and saying 'no'

    James Comey is the grandson of an Irish cop. But it's not the policeman in his DNA that makes him the right choice to run the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It's his deep understanding of the power of secret intelligence.
    James Comey is the grandson of an Irish cop. But it's not the policeman in his DNA that makes him the right choice to run the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It's his deep understanding of the power of secret intelligence. Comey arrived as the No. 2...

    Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Richard Nixon, National Security, FBI, Police Investigations

    5. May 29, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Obama to nominate Bush-era Justice Dept. official to head FBI

    WASHINGTON — President Obama plans to nominate James B. Comey, a former senior Justice Department official who famously challenged warrantless eavesdropping under President George W. Bush, to replace Robert S. Mueller III as director of the FBI, officials said Wednesday.
    WASHINGTON — President Obama plans to nominate James B. Comey, a former senior Justice Department official who famously challenged warrantless eavesdropping under President George W. Bush, to replace Robert S. Mueller III as director of the FBI,...

    Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Central Intelligence Agency, Terrorism, FBI, Trials

    6. May 29, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Obama to nominate James Comey to lead the FBI

    WASHINGTON — President Obama plans to nominate James B. Comey, a former senior Justice Department official who famously challenged a secret eavesdropping program during the George W. Bush administration, to replace Robert S. Mueller III as director of the FBI, officials said Wednesday.
    WASHINGTON — President Obama plans to nominate James B. Comey, a former senior Justice Department official who famously challenged a secret eavesdropping program during the George W. Bush administration, to replace Robert S. Mueller III as...

    Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Politics, Police Investigations, FBI

    7. May 20, 2013 |Column| Allentown Morning Call

  7. How Obama can rescue his candidacy

    Here's the White House view of the current trilogy of so-called scandals: Republicans are trying to destroy President Barack Obama's second term by magnifying bureaucratic miscues and distorting policy realities. This isn't without some merit.
    Here's the White House view of the current trilogy of so-called scandals: Republicans are trying to destroy President Barack Obama's second term by magnifying bureaucratic miscues and distorting policy realities. This isn't without some merit. On none...

    Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon, Taxation, Republican Party

    8. Feb 7, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV

  8. NM abortion complaint highlights privacy concerns

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A woman from New York came to New Mexico to terminate her pregnancy at one of the nation's four late-term abortion clinics after she found out the fetus she had been carrying for more than eight months had severe brain...

    Tags: Politics, Personal Data Collection, Abortion, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Cesarean Section

    9. Jan 14, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  9. The scandal of loyalty

    WASHINGTON -- President Obama hasn't even begun his second term, yet already he has been ensnared by scandal.
    WASHINGTON -- President Obama hasn't even begun his second term, yet already he has been ensnared by scandal. Republicans have uncovered a shocking level of wrongdoing in the Oval Office, and I'm afraid what they say is true: The president is brazenly...

    Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Central Intelligence Agency, Mike Johanns, Elections, John Brennan

    10. Jan 14, 2013 |Story| KY3-TV

  10. Gov. Nixon's second term starts with icy ceremony (read his short speech here)

    JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon's second term began with a chill.  The air was 24 degrees on Monday as the governor took his oath of office.  Earlier, he and the first lady rode in an inaugural parade to the Capitol, then watched as a variety of marching bands and other entrants passed by before they took their oaths of office and made speeches.
    JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon's second term began with a chill.  The air was 24 degrees on Monday as the governor took his oath of office.  Earlier, he and the first lady rode in an inaugural parade to the Capitol, then watched as a...

    Tags: Human Interest, Wars and Interventions, Politics, Elections, Church and State Relations

    11. Aug 26, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. Nothing unique in Akin's nonsense

    Rep. Todd Akin's fame — more accurately, his infamy — now reaches all the way to the Congo.
    Rep. Todd Akin's fame — more accurately, his infamy — now reaches all the way to the Congo. There, Eve Ensler, the award-winning American author of “The Vagina Monologues” and herself a survivor of rape, wrote an open letter...

    Tags: Schindler's List (movie), Todd Akin, Rush Limbaugh, Movies, Politics

    12. Nov 6, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  12. Sheila Krumholz -- she follows the money

    It was a California politico, Jesse Unruh, who nailed the relationship between dough and democracy: "Money is the mother's milk of politics." Where does it come from, and where does it go? Sheila Krumholz makes it her business to tell us. As executive director of the nonpartisan, nonprofit Center for Responsive Politics, she monitors the witches' brew of federal lobbying and loot at <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/,">http://www.opensecrets.org</a> which names donors and tracks categories like earmarks, interest groups, even contributions by ZIP Code. Just before election day, she talked about this year's political cash cows, and the 20-plus years she's spent following the Watergate admonition to follow the money.
    It was a California politico, Jesse Unruh, who nailed the relationship between dough and democracy: "Money is the mother's milk of politics." Where does it come from, and where does it go? Sheila Krumholz makes it her business to tell us. As executive...

    Tags: Political Fundraising, Finance, Politics, Elections, Upper East Side

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