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...focus briefly on what the President has done here. Exactly like Nixon before him, Bush has ordered the National Security Agency (NSA) to conduct electronic snooping on communications of various people, including U.S. citizens. That action is unequivocally contrary to the express and implied requirements of federal law that such surveillance of U.S. persons inside the U.S. (regardless of whether their communications are going abroad) must be preceded by a court order. General Michael Hayden, a former director of the NSA and now second in command at the new Directorate of National Intelligence, testified to precisely that point...
...them down with him. The plea agreement lays out in tantalizingly oblique strokes the way Abramoff raised millions of dollars on the sly from Indian tribal clients and then bought influence on Capitol Hill through lavish gifts of money, travel and entertainment. "Words will not be able to ever express how sorry I am for this," he told U.S. District Court Judge Ellen Huvelle. "I have profound regret and sorrow for the multitude of mistakes and harm I have caused...
...past. Folger Fund Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History Andrew D. Gordon ’74 wrote in an e-mail that he does not know of any comparable cases involving students at Harvard or elsewhere. “[I] have not heard colleagues express concern that their reading habits or class assignment habits are leading to state scrutiny,” he wrote. The story of the UMass-Dartmouth student comes at the same time as President Bush’s admission that he authorized a program of secret surveillance and the Senate struggle over...
...William D. Carter. But that information must pertain to a specific individual involved in an ongoing terrorism or intelligence investigation, Carter said.Director of the Harvard University Library Sid Verba ’53 said that, to his knowledge, the University has received no such requests for information. But Verba expressed concern about the powers granted to the FBI under the Patriot Act. “There is really a very serious principle here having to do with people’s rights to read whatever they want to read without anyone else knowing what they’re reading...
...hospitality also provided me with an opportunity for normalcy. Instead of sitting at home bemoaning the loss of half of my final undergraduate year, I spent a fantastic “semester abroad” where I felt completely welcome and at home. There are no words to express how thankful I am, and there is not enough room on this paper to list the names of those to whom I am eternally grateful. The amazing staff in Inge-lise Ameer’s and the College Dean’s office took 25 clueless kids and taught...