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Full Story FBI: "No Need To Curb Domestic Surveillance" AP -- The FBI is resisting legislation that would put more restrictions on domestic surveillance of Americans' private records, saying the agency already has tightened its rules to crack down on wrongful use of national security letters. Full Story Paper money unfair to blind - court A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the U.S. Treasury Department is violating the law by failing to design and issue currency that is readily distinguishable to blind and visually impaired people. Full Story Looking for political candidates who defend the United States Constitution? Do you want to bring the troops home NOW, not launch another war, this time against Iran (or the Sudan), and have a more proactive policy to end the Israeli-Arab conflict? Do you want to defend our civil liberties by abolishing the USA Patriot Act, defend unions' rights and women's right to choose, as well as civil rights for the gay and lesbian communities, and equal rights for immigrants? Do you want universal health care? Do you want to spend more on education and less on incarceration. Full Story New Scanners for Tracking City Workers The Bloomberg administration is devoting more than $180 million toward state-of-the-art technology to keep track of when city employees come and go, with one agency requiring its workers to scan their hands each time they enter and leave the workplace. Full Story Central banks braced for a storm as food prices soar Central bankers across Asia are facing some hard choices as they confront the “silent tsunami” of surging food prices and what could be a decade of stubborn inflation. Full Story House Approves New Eavesdropping Rules WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House on Friday approved a Democratic bill that would set rules for the government's eavesdropping on phone calls and e-mails inside the United States. The bill, approved as lawmakers departed for a two-week break, faces a veto threat from President Bush. The margin of House approval was 213-197, largely along party lines. Full Story Feds to collect DNA from every person they arrest The government plans to begin collecting DNA samples from anyone arrested by a federal law enforcement agency — a move intended to prevent violent crime but which also is raising concerns about the privacy of innocent people. Full Story Why you need to meet the real John McCain A message from Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt, Sr. Policy Advisor, U.S. Dept. of Education (Reagan Admin) Full Story Consumer groups urge "do not track" registry Two consumer groups asked the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday to create a "do not track list" that would allow computer users to bar advertisers from collecting information about them. Full Story House Holds Secret Session Over Surveillance Law The House of Representatives has met in a rare closed session to consider proposed revisions to foreign intelligence surveillance law, the subject of continuing conflict between President Bush and Democrats. VOA's Dan Robinson reports, there were emotional exchanges about the unusual meeting, which came after President Bush repeated his opposition to Democratic legislation he asserts would harm U.S. security against possible new terrorist attacks. Full Story Bush signs Military Commissions Act authorizing police-state tribunals, torture President Bush signed the Military Commissions Act into law Tuesday morning, establishing a system of military tribunals to try prisoners designated as “unlawful enemy combatants.” This category will include both those now imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay and anyone else, citizen or non-citizen, whom the Bush administration so designates. Full Story Law enforcement requests for postal info granted WASHINGTON — U.S. postal authorities have approved more than 10,000 law enforcement requests to record names, addresses and other information from the outside of letters and packages of suspected criminals every year since 1998, according to U.S. Postal Inspection Service data Full Story Military Expanding Intelligence Role in U.S. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 — The Pentagon has been using a little-known power to obtain banking and credit records of hundreds of Americans and others suspected of terrorism or espionage inside the United States, part of an aggressive expansion by the military into domestic intelligence gathering. Full Story Judge Says Bush Wiretaps Illegal DETROIT - The Justice Department launched an appeal within hours of a federal judge’s ruling that, for the first time, struck down President Bush’s warrantless wiretapping program as an unconstitutional infringement on the right to privacy and free speech. Full Story \| COURT RULING: Click Here (PDF) Bush Sees No End to War on Terrorism WASHINGTON - President Bush said Tuesday that the foiled plot to blow up flights between Britain and the United States is evidence the U.S. could be fighting terrorists for years to come. Full Story Army Says: Doubting Official 9/11 Story Is "Disloyal To The United States" FT. SAM HOUSTON - Forty-one-year-old Sergeant First Class Donald Buswell is a hero. Having served over 19 years in the United States Army, Buswell has seen a lot of terrain. On April 15, 2004, he was injured in a rocket attack while serving a tour in Iraq. For this, SFC Buswell was given a Purple Heart. And until recently, Buswell was an Intelligence Analyst stationed at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas. Full Story White House Cover-Up Exposed Amid all the other news yesterday, the attorney general's startling revelation that President Bush personally blocked a Justice Department investigation into the administration's controversial secret domestic spying programs hasn't gotten the attention it deserves. Full Story EVIDENCE INDICATES Bush wire-tapped alternative media There is evidence that President Bush’s executive order authorizing eavesdropping on phone conversations of U.S. citizens, monitoring email and gaining access to private computers while failing to follow the law requiring court-ordered warrants may amount to criminal activity. Full Story U.S. Government Caught Red-Handed Releasing Staged Al-Qaeda Videos Immediate Congressional investigation demanded... Full Story It's Time to break up the Media The media is a fully-integrated part of the state power-structure. In its practical application, it is more valuable than the military. There are definite drawbacks to using force, whereas, propaganda and public relations tend to be less disruptive to the normal flow of business. Full Story American Voters Must Not Reward Failure Full Story New Scanners for Tracking City Workers The Bloomberg administration is devoting more than $180 million toward state-of-the-art technology to keep track of when city employees come and go, with one agency requiring its workers to scan their hands each time they enter and leave the workplace. Full Story New York Governor's Debate Censored Questions that Ithaca Journal readers sent us to ask gubernatorial candidates at tonight's debate at Cornell University were rejected by the event's media organizer. Because we cannot present our readers' questions to Republican John Faso and Democrat Eliot Spitzer, The Journal has withdrawn from participating in the event. Full Story -- List of Questions for the NY Governors Debate Read White House actions are not democratic Torture of prisoners, secret renditions, arrests without warrants, indefinite imprisonment without charges, warrantless wiretaps and military trials in which the accused can't review the evidence collected against them were all instruments of the Soviet Union, China and Cuba. Full Story Voters everywhere agree political system "badly broken" U.S.A. - A plurality of voters in each of 32 states agree that the political system in the U.S. is "badly broken." Percentages range from a high of 63% in Vermont to 47% in Nebraska, but all point in the same direction. The Rasmussen Reports surveys were conducted as part of a series of Election 2006 polls on Senate and Governor's races across the nation. Full Story Take Back Washington Helping to Unite All Political Parties Under The Banner of The United States Constitution Due to the groundswell of interest being generated by the recently released shock-doc "One Nation Under Siege," Take Back Washington will be solely committed to finding realistic ways for Americans to collectively re-institute a federal government that is under the control of "We The People." This new website will be a guidebook published by "the people" for regaining control of a government overrun with fraud, profiteering, and corruption that work singularly to undermine our U.S. Bill of Rights. Full Press Release: Click Here to view on Indy Media They've taken the lawyers & now they are coming for you NEW YORK, NY—Next month 67-year old defense lawyer Lynne Stewart will be sentenced by a federal judge magistrate to between 30 and 40 years in federal prison. She was convicted last year of conspiracy, providing material support to terrorists, and defrauding the United States government. Her 7-month trial, ended with 13 days of jury deliberations. Her trial ironically took place in the same federal courthouse where the Rosenberg's were tried and convicted for espionage more than 50 years ago. The circle is now almost complete, and we have succumbed to a fascist government run by people who know what's best for us as a nation. Full Story `CHAPTER 3: "GRAND ILLUSION" Segment taken from Washington, You're Fired` Half a billion RFID tags shipped in 2005 More than 565 million high-frequency RFID integrated circuits were shipped in 2005, according to the latest findings of ABI Research's RFID Tag IC Market Sizing Database. Full Story Air America Out of Cash & Up For Sale Cash- starved Air America Radio is broke and up for sale, the Radio Equalizer has learned exclusively. In addition, a liberal website is reporting that the so- called "progressive" radio network will announce a bankruptcy filing on Friday. As of this moment, the story has yet to be verified. Full Story Judge blocks Florida voter registration law A federal judge on Monday declared a new Florida voter registration law unconstitutional, ruling that its stiff penalties for violations threaten free speech rights and that political parties were improperly exempted. Full Story U.S. troops face court-martial in Iraq murder-rape case A U.S. army investigator recommended that four American soldiers be court-martialed for raping and killing a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and murdering her family, a lawyer for one of the accused soldiers said on Tuesday, according to Reuters news agency. The four soldiers are charged with raping Abeer Qassim al-Janabi in her family's home in the village of Mahmoudiya, then killing her along with her parents and her 6-year-old sister. Full Story DECLASSIFIED MEMO: Top Military Leaders Wanted 911-Like Event to Shape Public Opinion on Terror-War In March of 1962, the highest-ranking officers of each branch of the military, known more popularly as the Joint Chiefs of Staff, proposed a risky plan that would forever change the landscape of diplomatic international relations and forever cast doubt on a government willing to subvert its laws, and stage-manage its sovereigns. Full Story Voters everywhere agree political system "badly broken" A plurality of voters in each of 32 states agree that the political system in the U.S. is "badly broken." Percentages range from a high of 63% in Vermont to 47% in Nebraska, but all point in the same direction. The Rasmussen Reports surveys were conducted as part of a series of Election 2006 polls on Senate and Governor's races across the nation. Full Story Congressmember Murtha: "I'm Disappointed" by Hillary Clinton's Refusal to Endorse Troop Withdrawal Plan Democracy Now! interviews Congressmember John Murtha (D - PA) about his position on the Iraq war, the Haditha massacre and Sen. Hillary Clinton's refusal to endorse his troop withdrawal plan. On Clinton, Murtha says, "I'm disappointed. I'm not sure why that's happened...I don't know what the reason is she's decided not to endorse my position. Full Story *NOTICE:* The writers at *TakeBackWashington.com* do not necessarily endorse or promote the political views or opinions expressed in the articles contained on or linked from this website. We try to present an assortment of political viewpoints and let the reader judge for themselves. ...because, divided we fall...	CELL PHONE PRIVACY ISSUES BUSH WIRETAP ABUSE SPYING ON AMERICAN'S TERROR WATCH LIST ERRORS UCLA TASER-TORTURE Segment from "Washington, You're Fired"