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...powers to grant roving wiretaps on unnamed suspects, and to force broad disclosure of documents, which some call the library records power; and the never-used authority, provided for in Intelligence Reform and Terrorist Prevention Act of 2004, for surveillance of lone wolf terrorists unaffiliated with any group or foreign nation. But on Wednesday, some liberals and open government advocates cheered Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to rewrite how and when the Administration invokes the state secret privilege. (Read why librarians hate the Patriot...
...called the state secrets move an important step toward rebuilding the public's trust in the governments use of this privilege, laid out the new guidelines in a four-page memo specifying that state secrecy would only be invoked when genuine or significant harm to national defense or foreign relations is at stake. Danielle Brian, executive director of the non-partisan watchdog Project on Government Oversight, called the state secrets privilege an executive branch abuse that really needed to be curtailed, and Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, a liberal Democrat, said he was pleased with the Administration's move...
...many of the sweeping powers of the Patriot Act. The bill would reauthorize the expiring Patriot Act provisions, but would add new limits: roving wiretaps could no longer target John Doe suspects and would require identification of the target. It would also leave in place the ability of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to compel document disclosure, but would limit that power to the records of people connected to terrorism or espionage. It would make numerous other changes, such as limiting use of National Security Letters - a power the FBI has misused in the past, according to the Inspector General...
...When these tainted ballots are discounted, the front-runner and incumbent, President Hamid Karzai, may yet emerge as the first-round winner, even though his loyalists were the most brazen vote riggers. But if his tally falls below 50%, Karzai might be forced into a runoff against his former Foreign Minister, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah. U.N. officials are already rushing to print new ballots so that a run-off election could be held in early November. Afghans and international sponsors of the election agree that the only way to salvage its credibility is to see the process through, and possibly prosecute...
...leadership crisis in Kabul casts a long shadow over plans to build up the Afghan military and police in order to allow the U.S. and its NATO allies to draw down troop levels. Foreign trainers admit privately that for the next few years, the Afghan security forces are woefully ill prepared to cope with the rising Taliban insurgency. For a monthly salary of $150, the loyalty of an Afghan cop will only go so far when his outpost at some bleak crossroads is ambushed by the Taliban. And while the Taliban forces are often highly motivated, there...