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...part, because the process is "cumbersome and burdensome," said Gonzales. Convinced that it wasn't necessary, the Bush Administration did not ask Congress to streamline the procedures to perform these wiretaps. Senators cited five recent examples when changes in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) were passed at the request of the White House. When asked, Gonzales argued, it wasn't necessary because the President's constitutionally granted powers, as well as the specific wartime authority granted after 9/11, allow the President to authorize these types of wiretaps, without a change of existing law. The program "is an early-warning...
...retired social studies teacher from Hinsdale, Ill., had the same questions. After a recent trip to the Middle East, Flesher was curious if any of his phone calls or emails to the region are now in the NSA's database and sent a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to find out. The NSA responded that they could neither confirm nor deny that they intercepted copies of his communications. He's written an appeal and is still waiting for an answer. "It's not about getting money," said Flesher, leaning back in his gallery chair during the hearing...
...casket that once held the relics of Canterbury's martyr St. Thomas Becket, as well as rare objects such as a 5th century sandstone head of the Hindu god Shiva and a 13th century Buddhist plaque from Burma, above. Pilgrim mores often included leaving behind a symbol of a request-like eyes fashioned out of silver for better vision. And, like tourists, pilgrims have been keen to bring home souvenirs, such as a 19th century miniature ivory stupa (Buddhist shrine) or a 17th century collapsible model of Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre...
...casket that once held the relics of Canterbury's martyr St. Thomas Becket, as well as rare objects such as a 5th century sandstone head of the Hindu god Shiva and a 13th century Buddhist plaque from Burma, pictured. Pilgrim mores often included leaving behind a symbol of a request - like Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take...
...have written a sequel to it under any other circumstances," she says, referring to the fact that by 2007, 70 years after the author's death, the copyright on Peter Pan will have lapsed everywhere outside Britain where it enjoys perpetual protection. gosh has never disclosed, at Barrie's request, its income from stage and screen productions and other tie-ins, but the hospital is banking on a new Peter to plug the gap. Barrie took seven years to turn his play Peter Pan into a best-selling novel; McCaughrean has delivered Peter Pan in Scarlet in as many months...