Breaking: Bush vetoes bill outlawing CIA waterboarding 
 
Resent-Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 23:39:31 -0600 (CST)


News Updates from Citizens For Legitimate Government 08 Mar 2008
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http://www.legitgov.org/#breaking_news Breaking: Bush vetoes bill
outlawing CIA waterboarding 08 Mar 2008 President [sic] George W.
Bush on Saturday vetoed legislation passed by Congress that would
have banned the CIA from using waterboarding and other controversial
interrogation techniques. Lawmakers included the anti-torture measure
in a broader bill authorizing U.S. intelligence activities.

Bush Uses Signing Statement to Legalize Warrantless Searches of US
Citizens' Mail By Jesse Wendel 06 Mar 2008 On December 20, 2007,
President [sic] Bush signed routine postal legislation. In a "Signing
Statement", the President claims Executive Power to search the mail
of U.S. citizens inside the United States without a warrant, in
direct contradiction of the bill he had just signed.

Bush says feds can open mail without warrant 04 Jan 2007 President
[sic] Bush quietly has claimed sweeping new powers to open Americans'
mail without a judge's warrant. Bush asserted the new authority
Dec. 20 after signing legislation that overhauls some postal
regulations. He then issued a "signing statement" that declared his
right to open mail under emergency conditions, contrary to existing
law and contradicting the bill he had just signed, according to
experts who have reviewed it.

Reporter held in contempt for anthrax case 08 Mar 2008 federal judge
has ordered a former USA TODAY reporter to begin paying fines of
up to $5,000 per day after finding her in contempt of court for
failing to identify sources who named former Army scientist Steven
Hatfill as a possible suspect in the 2001 [Fort Detrick] anthrax
attacks. The decision late Friday night by U.S.

District Judge Reggie Walton also requires Toni Locy -- not her
former employer or others -- to pay the fines as long as she refuses
to identify her sources.

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