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...part because so little is known about the phone-call collection program, experts say they aren't entirely sure whether it is legal. The consensus seems to be that it probably does not violate the Fourth Amendment ban on illegal search and seizure, but it may run afoul of several statutes governing the privacy of telephone records. The three companies that turned over their customers' records--AT&T, BellSouth and Verizon, which combined carry roughly 80% of the nation's landline calls and half the wireless ones--all issued terse statements saying they valued their customers' privacy and did nothing...
...March 2002, Ney had agreed to insert language in an election bill that was being negotiated that would have lifted a gambling ban on an Indian tribal client, the Tiguas of Texas, according to the Volz plea deal. That effort failed when Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut did not back it in the Senate, leaving Abramoff vulnerable to the Tiguas' wrath. Three days after they returned from the Scottish golfing trip, according to Volz's plea agreement, Volz "told Ney what Abramoff wanted him to say" in a meeting with the Tiguas. The Tiguas' lawyer, Mark Schwartz told the Senate...
...with the attempt to lift the Tigua casino ban, the effort to get explicit Congressional action on Abramoff's behalf failed. But as far as Safavian is concerned the damage was done. Four days later he wrote a letter to an ethics officer at GSA asking permission to go on the Scotland trip and said airfare would be paid for by a "lobbyist" who "has no business before GSA." The Justice department cited this as evidence of obstruction and making false statements on Safavian's part when it indicted him last year. Safavian goes on trial May 22. Safavian...
...effect if they continue to eat in a lunchroom that offers only marginally healthy food and vending machines stocked with unhealthy snacks. The removal of soft drinks from schools is but one step of many towards the goal of raising healthy children. An unfortunate effect of this soft-drink ban will be to eliminate one source of funding for many schools, in particular for extracurricular activities. Serious funding shortfalls in numerous school districts in recent years have caused these schools to rely on exclusive contracts with beverage companies and vending machine revenues for supplementary funding. Hopefully, the revenue from juice...
...mail battles ensued, it became apparent that HRL had succeeded in what they were attempting to do: generate a dialogue about abortion.In a period on campus where pro-choice groups were nowhere to be seen in response to the legislation in South Dakota—a proposed bill effectively banning abortion (and a potential first step in overturning Roe vs. Wade)—“Elena” filled just that void. HRL’s highly visible message on abortion, plastered in entryway stairwells and on dining hall doors everywhere, was the fodder that resparked...