Bad Deeds for 1-30-07

Evidence shows that senior Bush administration officials sought repeatedly “to mislead the public by injecting doubt into the science of global warming – “We know that the White House possesses documents that contain evidence of an attempt by senior administration officials to mislead the public by injecting doubt into the science of global warming and minimize the potential danger,” said Rep. Henry Waxman, chairman of a House panel examining the government’s response to climate change.

FBI conducting sweeping Internet wiretaps that mirror warantless NSA surveillance – “The FBI appears to have adopted an invasive Internet surveillance technique that collects far more data on innocent Americans than previously has been disclosed,” according to a story posted Tuesday on ZDNet, a technology news website. “Such a technique is broader and potentially more intrusive than the FBI’s Carnivore surveillance system, later renamed DCS1000,” ZDNet’s Declan McCullagh writes. “It raises concerns similar to those stirred by widespread Internet monitoring that the National Security Agency is said to have done, according to documents that have surfaced in one federal lawsuit, and may stretch the bounds of what’s legally permissible.”

Bush signs landmark executive order increasing power over federal agencies – The President “signed a directive that gives the White House much greater control over the rules that the federal government develops to regulate public health, safety,” privacy and other issues. In an executive order published last week in the Federal Register, Bush said that each federal agency must have a regulatory policy office run by a political appointee” who will monitor the creation of process and procedures and the associated documentation. The White House will thus have a gatekeeper in each agency.

Fox News Claims that the Weather Channel has a political agenda

Regards,

Jim