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...following revelations that Bush has allowed the secret surveillance of Americans without warrants, Democrats have shifted their concern to Alito's robust defense of Executive power. In a 2000 speech, for instance, Alito argued that the framers viewed the Executive Branch of government "as necessary to balance the huge power of the legislature and the factions that may gain control over it." Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy has said he would question Alito about a 1984 memo in which he argued the Attorney General should be immune from lawsuits even if he authorized illegal domestic wiretapping...
...Chertoff is claiming that the formula is much better. ?It?s going to be more robust, it?s going to be more precise,? he said. So this year, 35 metropolitan areas, including New York City, Washington, D.C., and Chicago, will get some portion of the total $765 million. Most of those cities got money last year, too. Only Memphis, Tenn., is new to the list. But 11 areas that got money in 2005 are now essentially on probation; they will get more funding only if they convince DHS that they need more money to finish projects they?ve already started...
...Ukraine over natural-gas prices. Illarionov told TIME last Saturday that he simply could not, as asked, take the role of a "propagandist" explaining Russia's position as a reflection of its claimed liberal economic policies. To Putin, what matters is that Russia's economy is growing at a robust 6%. But without Illarionov at Putin's side, Russia's commitment to free markets will look less encouraging to the West...
Finally, presidential defenders have argued that efficiency demands bypassing the courts. There again, the clear language of the law does them in. Even pre--Patriot Act law provided a very robust mechanism through which a President, facing what he believes is such an emergency that the short time needed to secure court approval for a wiretap would obviate the need for one, can order a tap without prior court approval as long as he eventually gets an O.K. within three days. If that degree of flexibility does not suit a President, it is hard to imagine what provision would...
...extension, which Congress passed Dec. 22, was an encouraging sign for members of the Harvard community previously critical of the Patriot Act’s civil-liberties provisions. “It is a positive development that an extension was necessary, driven by a conflict over just how robust the protections for privacy should be,” Casey wrote in an e-mail. According to Director of the University Library Sidney Verba ’53, the extent of federal access to patron information is a serious concern for libraries. Under current Patriot Act provisions, the FBI can demand...