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Re: [privacy] Bush Says He Can Edit Security Reports
From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms () bsf-llc com>
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 17:39:45 -0400
Weird. Bush seems to be constantly trying to protect what he sees as his turf. Richard -----Original Message----- From: Fergie [mailto:fergdawg () netzero net] Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 5:28 PM To: privacy () whitestar linuxbox org Subject: [privacy] Bush Says He Can Edit Security Reports King George and his convenient signing statements... Dumbfounding, isn't it? Via The Boston Globe (AP). [snip] President Bush, again defying Congress, says he has the power to edit the Homeland Security Department's reports about whether it obeys privacy rules while handling background checks, ID cards and watchlists. In the law Bush signed Wednesday, Congress stated no one but the privacy officer could alter, delay or prohibit the mandatory annual report on Homeland Security department activities that affect privacy, including complaints. But Bush, in a signing statement attached to the agency's 2007 spending bill, said he will interpret that section "in a manner consistent with the President's constitutional authority to supervise the unitary executive branch." [snip] More here: http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/10/05/bush_says_h e_can_edit_security_reports/ - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy
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