Daily Archives: 9 July 2003

Elouise Cobell vs. MAAD

WASHINGTON, July 9 — Elouise Cobell, who has been leading a successful, 7-year legal fight to secure a full accounting of the government’s Indian Trust accounts, urged Congress today to reject so-called compromise legislation that would effectively kill her lawsuit. … Continue reading

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Embedding the message

“It is very likely that we will want to embed if there are troops that actually go into Liberia,” said Lt. Col. John Robinson, who oversees the embedding program from U.S. Central Command in Tampa, Fla. “It has been proven … Continue reading

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RFID Right to Know Act of 2003

CASPIAN (Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering) has called for a moratorium on the use of these chips. Albrecht paints a picture of the implications: “Imagine walking into a store and having a computer take an inventory of everything … Continue reading

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Sticker Shock

Speaking to reporters at a news conference in Pretoria, South Africa, Bush made a committment to help Liberia, so long as it doesn’t overextend the forces. Bush did not say whether he will deploy troops to Liberia. He promised that … Continue reading

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9-11 Commission Obstacles

In their interim report, Kean and Hamilton said the degree of cooperation has varied by office and agency: _The commission is receiving access to “a wide range of sensitive documents” from Bush’s office and from the National Security Council, but … Continue reading

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