(2005-12-31) — In response to repeated requests from White House correspondents, the Bush administration today released a list of the president’s 2006 New Year’s resolutions.
Entries from December 2005
White House Releases Bush New Year’s Resolutions
by Scott Ott · 12 Comments
Tags: U.S. News
ACLU Slams Covert Assault on Civil Rights
by Scott Ott · 2 Comments
(2005-12-30) — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) today published a report detailing a privately-funded covert operation in which U.S. journalists were paid to uncover and reveal highly-classified national security information.
Tags: Media/Journalism
Bush Orders NSA to Secure Microsoft Windows XP
by Scott Ott · 3 Comments
(2005-12-30) — In a recently-leaked secret memo, written in October 2005, President George Bush authorized the National Security Agency (NSA) to “employ all of its tools and skills” to enhance the security of Microsoft Windows XP.
Tags: Technology
NSA Denies Snooping on News Media
by Scott Ott · 2 Comments
(2005-12-29) — The National Security Agency (NSA), accused in recent weeks of violating privacy by eavesdropping on American phone calls and emails, monitoring phone network traffic and placing ‘cookies‘ on personal computers of website visitors, today denied a new report in The New York Times alleging that it monitors major U.S. news organizations.
Tags: Media/Journalism
Circuit Court Upholds NY Times Right to Squelch News
by Scott Ott · 2 Comments
(2005-12-29) — The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today ruled that the First Amendment allows, but does not require, major news organizations like to The New York Times to actually report on newsworthy events.
Tags: Law · Media/Journalism · U.S. News
Bush Reads, Gives Books to Top Democrats
by Scott Ott · 2 Comments
(2005-12-28) — The White House, after revealing yesterday that President George Bush is currently reading a biography of former President Teddy Roosevelt, entitled When Trumpets Call, today released the list of books the president gave as Christmas gifts to top Democrats.
Tags: Media/Journalism
Merry Christmas to Our Freedom Fighters
by Scott Ott · 1 Comment
Tags: Global News · U.S. News