[Marxism] Military Spying

[Brian Shannon <Brian_Shannon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

One of the most interesting thing to consider from this Newsweek
revelation is that some of the Democratic members of the Senate
Intelligence Committee are liberal Democrats, including Dianne
Feinstein, California, and Barbara A. Mikulski, Maryland and that they
kept it hidden. No matter what their vote is in the committee and on
the floor, until this article there has been no leak regarding these
proposed provisions.

This is not news to us, of course, but is a useful talking point
regarding the Democratic Party.

Here are the Intelligence Committee members:

REPUBLICANS
Pat Roberts, Kansas
   Chairman
Orrin G. Hatch, Utah
Mike Dewine, Ohio
Christopher S. Bond, Missouri
Trent Lott, Mississippi
Olympia J. Snowe, Maine
Chuck Hagel, Nebraska
Saxby Chambliss, Georgia
DEMOCRATS
John D. Rockefeller IV, West Virginia
   Vice Chairman
Carl Levin, Michigan
Dianne Feinstein, California
Ron Wyden, Oregon
Evan Bayh, Indiana
Barbara A. Mikulski, Maryland
Jon S. Corzine, New Jersey
EX OFFICIO MEMBERS
Bill Frist, Tennessee
Harry Reid, Nevada
John Warner, Virginia

from Brian Shannon
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By Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball
Newsweek
Updated: 7:02 p.m. ET Oct. 5, 2005

But late last month, with no public hearings or debate, a similar
amendment was put back into the same authorization bill-an annual
measure governing U.S. intelligence agencies-at the request of the
Pentagon. A copy of the 104-page committee bill, which has yet to be
voted on by the full Senate, did not become public until last week.

At the same time, the Senate intelligence panel also included in the
bill two other potentially controversial amendments-one that would
allow the Pentagon and other U.S. intelligence agencies greater access
to federal government databases on U.S. citizens, and another granting
the DIA new exemptions from disclosing any 'operational files' under
the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). 'What they are doing is
expanding the Defense Department's domestic intelligence activities in
secret- with no public discussion,' said Kate Martin, director of the
Center for National Security Studies, a civil- liberties group that is
often critical of government actions in the fight against terrorism.

The devil is in the details:
FULL AT
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9602401/site/newsweek/?rf=nwnewsletter


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