<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>Senator Reveals Secret Bush Legal Opinions : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/"/><tagline>Senator Reveals Secret Bush Legal Opinions : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2008, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2008-11-18T15:00:22+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[Senator Reveals Secret Bush Legal Opinions]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/43574/1/" /><id>43574</id><summary><![CDATA[Senator Reveals Secret Bush Legal Opinions]]></summary><issued>2007-12-07T20:50:24+01:00</issued><modified>2007-12-07T20:50:24+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Whitehouse said that as a member of the Intelligence Committee, he had examined &quot;highly classified secret legal opinions&quot; issued by the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel, which the administration used to get legal support of its surveillance program.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Is Gonzales Next Bush, Rove and Cheney Fall Guy?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/13292/1/" /><id>13292</id><summary><![CDATA[Is Gonzales Next Bush, Rove and Cheney Fall Guy?]]></summary><issued>2007-03-16T00:24:47+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-16T00:24:47+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Does anyone notice a trend in the Bush administration:<ul style='list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 10px; padding: 0px 10px;'><li class='li'>Passing the buck and setting up others to be fall guys<br/><li class='li'>Truckloads of lies, deception and half truths<br/><li class='li'>Lack of accountability</ul>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Justice Dept. Probes Torture Memo Legality]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/58913/1/" /><id>58913</id><summary><![CDATA[Justice Dept. Probes Torture Memo Legality]]></summary><issued>2008-04-18T21:21:56+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-18T21:21:56+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[&quot;The abject failure of legal scholarship in the Office of Legal Counsel's analysis of torture suggests that what mattered was not that the reasoning was sound, or that the research was comprehensive, but that it delivered what the Bush administration wanted,&quot; Whitehouse said.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Bush Spy Bill Stance Called Fear-Mongering]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/50706/1/" /><id>50706</id><summary><![CDATA[Bush Spy Bill Stance Called Fear-Mongering]]></summary><issued>2008-02-15T07:59:05+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-15T07:59:05+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The administration admitted that the sweeping domestic surveillance originated in the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks. However, declassified documents obtained by the National Security Archive and testimony that is part of these lawsuits suggest the National Security Agency program was put into place shortly after Mr. Bush was inaugurated, long before 9/11.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Cheney's chief of staff subpoenaed]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/60859/1/" /><id>60859</id><summary><![CDATA[Cheney's chief of staff subpoenaed]]></summary><issued>2008-05-06T20:28:17+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-06T20:28:17+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[In a May 1 letter to the Judiciary Committee, Cheney legal adviser Kathryn Wheelbarger said Addington would agree to be subpoenaed if the committee limits questions to his &quot;personal knowledge of key historical facts&quot; and avoids questions about Cheney's discussions with President Bush.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[New Emails Obtained Suggest White House Aides Lied about Firings]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/13275/1/" /><id>13275</id><summary><![CDATA[New Emails Obtained Suggest White House Aides Lied about Firings]]></summary><issued>2007-03-15T21:53:33+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-15T21:53:33+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Just breaking, MTB has obtained excerpts from the leaked emails suggesting the WHite House targeted federal attorneys for firing because they were not &quot;Bush loyalists&quot;<br/>Another Bush administration scandal, lies and cover-ups. <br/><br/>This update provides access to the actual email and may be the first place on the Internet to find it.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Bush is A commander guy, not THE commander guy]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19102/1/" /><id>19102</id><summary><![CDATA[Bush is A commander guy, not THE commander guy]]></summary><issued>2007-05-05T02:10:12+01:00</issued><modified>2007-05-05T02:10:12+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The White House is trying to clarify something: President George W Bush is ''a commander guy'' but not ''the commander guy.''<br/><br/>Or something like that.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Memo: Bush's power trumps laws on torture]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/56736/1/" /><id>56736</id><summary><![CDATA[Memo: Bush's power trumps laws on torture]]></summary><issued>2008-04-02T07:47:28+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-02T07:47:28+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[&quot;It is no wonder that this memo ... could not withstand scrutiny and had to be withdrawn,&quot; said Leahy, D-Vermont. &quot;This memo seeks to find ways to avoid legal restrictions and accountability on torture and threatens our country's status as a beacon of human rights around the world.&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Legal aid for whistle-blower site]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/52510/1/" /><id>52510</id><summary><![CDATA[Legal aid for whistle-blower site]]></summary><issued>2008-02-28T22:40:58+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-28T22:40:58+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Whistle-blowing site Wikileaks is getting legal help to fight an attempt to keep it offline.<br/><br/>An update to <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/world/l/51152/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">this</a> by 2manyusernames]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Lawyer who knifed wife to death is let out to work at legal centre]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/28493/1/" /><id>28493</id><summary><![CDATA[Lawyer who knifed wife to death is let out to work at legal centre]]></summary><issued>2007-07-23T00:23:22+01:00</issued><modified>2007-07-23T00:23:22+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A wealthy lawyer who stabbed his wife to death is spending his jail term handing out advice at a legal centre.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[FBI: No Need To Curb Domestic Surveillance]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/58513/1/" /><id>58513</id><summary><![CDATA[FBI: No Need To Curb Domestic Surveillance]]></summary><issued>2008-04-16T07:49:06+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-16T07:49:06+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[&quot;Some of us think that 'checks and balances' means that you check with another branch of government,&quot; Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., said during the hearing. &quot;All these (Department of Justice) employees are checking and balancing themselves.&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[U.S. Ends Protection for Wolves in 3 States]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/51633/1/" /><id>51633</id><summary><![CDATA[U.S. Ends Protection for Wolves in 3 States]]></summary><issued>2008-02-21T22:31:32+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-21T22:31:32+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The Bush administration on Thursday announced an end to federal protection for gray wolves in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho, concluding that the wolves were reproductively robust enough to survive.<br/><br/>EDIT: When I first saw this article I thought it said &quot;gay&quot; wolves. Gray wolves are just not that interesting. My bad.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Special Counsel's Office Raided By FBI]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/60860/1/" /><id>60860</id><summary><![CDATA[Special Counsel's Office Raided By FBI]]></summary><issued>2008-05-06T20:41:50+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-06T20:41:50+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Whistle-blower groups demanded that Bloch follow suit, and called on the White House to secure his resignation immediately. White House spokesman Tony Fratto declined comment.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Official fined for leaving secret files on train]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/80461/1/" /><id>80461</id><summary><![CDATA[Official fined for leaving secret files on train]]></summary><issued>2008-10-28T18:55:31+01:00</issued><modified>2008-10-28T18:55:31+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A senior civil servant who left secret intelligence files relating to Iraq and al Qaeda on a train was fined 2,500 pounds on Tuesday.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[White House delaying chemical tests]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/59932/1/" /><id>59932</id><summary><![CDATA[White House delaying chemical tests]]></summary><issued>2008-04-28T21:32:37+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-28T21:32:37+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The administration&#8217;s decision to give the Defense Department and other agencies an early role in the process adds to years of delay in acting on harmful chemicals and jeopardizes the program&#8217;s credibility, the Government Accountability Office concluded.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Senate bows to Bush, approves surveillance bill ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/68232/1/" /><id>68232</id><summary><![CDATA[Senate bows to Bush, approves surveillance bill ]]></summary><issued>2008-07-09T22:11:22+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-09T22:11:22+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Bowing to President Bush's demands, the Senate approved and sent the White House a bill Wednesday to overhaul bitterly disputed rules on secret government eavesdropping and shield telecommunications companies from lawsuits complaining they helped the U.S. spy on Americans.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Qtrax - The future of music downloads is free and legal]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/48532/1/" /><id>48532</id><summary><![CDATA[Qtrax - The future of music downloads is free and legal]]></summary><issued>2008-01-27T08:34:16+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-27T08:34:16+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Due to launch later today, Qtrax signifies that the music business is finally coming to accept the reality of free music downloads.<br/><br/>Instead of charging you for the music, Qtrax will feed you adverts while you download, but without spyware or any other malicious software required (at least they claim).<br/><br/>What makes this really significant is that it has the backing of the major labels and they are claiming to have a catalogue of 25 million tracks by <b>major</b> artists available.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Copying HD DVD and Blu-ray discs may become legal]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/21272/1/" /><id>21272</id><summary><![CDATA[Copying HD DVD and Blu-ray discs may become legal]]></summary><issued>2007-05-24T12:00:58+01:00</issued><modified>2007-05-24T12:00:58+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Under a licensing agreement in its final stages, consumers may get the right to make several legal copies of HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc movies they&#8217;ve purchased, a concession by the movie industry that may quell criticism that DRM (digital rights management) technologies are too restrictive.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[59 Reasons why Bush Sucks]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/68223/1/" /><id>68223</id><summary><![CDATA[59 Reasons why Bush Sucks]]></summary><issued>2008-07-09T18:09:27+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-09T18:09:27+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[There are so many reasons to oppose four more years of George W. Bush it can be hard to keep them all straight. And so we provide you with this handy guide, listing 60 reasons (in no particular order) why this administration sucks major butt.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[If actual torture is legal, why is consensual S&amp;M porn illegal?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/79181/1/" /><id>79181</id><summary><![CDATA[If actual torture is legal, why is consensual S&amp;M porn illegal?]]></summary><issued>2008-10-10T11:00:57+01:00</issued><modified>2008-10-10T11:00:57+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Paul F. Little was sentenced to 3 years and 10 month in prison for distributing to consensual customers videos of adults engaging in consensual and legal behavior. Even though he lived in California, they forced his trial to be in Tampa which would have harsher local standards. He tried the Bush Administration defense, but it wasn't successful.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Bush to relax protected species rules]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/72019/1/" /><id>72019</id><summary><![CDATA[Bush to relax protected species rules]]></summary><issued>2008-08-11T16:03:44+01:00</issued><modified>2008-08-11T16:03:44+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The Bush administration wants federal agencies to decide for themselves whether highways, dams, mines and other construction projects might harm endangered animals and plants.]]></content></entry></feed>