U.S. Attorney Carol Lam Resigns

    This makes the third (?) resignation by this group of attorneys in a week and a half.

    Ms. Lam will step down on February 15.

    From North County Times

By: WILLIAM FINN BENNETT - Staff Writer

January 17,2007         Entire Article

The release did not provide a reason for Lam's resignation nor did it say if she had been asked to resign. Reached by phone late Tuesday, a spokeswoman for the 47-year-old Lam said that there would be no other comment.                          In a Tuesday phone interview from his Washington office, U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista, said Lam was asked to step down.                                                                                     Issa declined to name the source of the information, but said "it was a high-ranking administration official involved in the decision process.                                                               In a speech on the Senate floor Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said that it was recently brought to her attention that several U.S. attorneys have been asked to resign, some by the end of the month and prior to the end of their terms.                                                                      She said the resignation requests were not based on any allegation of misconduct.                                                       "In other words, they are forced resignations," Feinstein said.                                                                                      She expressed concern that Gonzales plans to appoint interim replacements and "potentially avoid Senate confirmation."                                                                          A little-known provision in the Patriot Act reauthorization last year changed existing law so that if a vacancy occurs, the attorney general can appoint a replacement for an indefinite period of time.         MORE!

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    As you can see, the Bush Crime Family continues its onslaught against law and order and against the American people! Sen. Feinstein hit it on the nose with her concerns about Gonzales wanting to skirt the Senate confirmation of the new 'replacements.'

    I am now placing Gonzales on my list of top  Bush Crime Family "warlords." This is another one who has to go!

 

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Early Morning News Blast

According to The Washington Post

By Lori Montgomery and Jeffrey H. Birnbaum
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, January 17, 2007

The Senate Finance Committee is considering a proposal to sharply limit the earnings corporate executives and other highly paid employees can place tax-free into deferred compensation plans, one of the most popular executive benefits in corporate America.          Entire Article

     Next up is an article on the eyes of modern technology. This follows Mrs. Kitty Bernard  throughout her day from home to work and back home again.

    The point of this article is to show the reader just how much all of this modern technology keeps records of you in your daily activities.

   The Washington Post

Enjoying Technology's Conveniences But Not Escaping Its Watchful Eyes

By Ellen Nakashima
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, January 16, 2007

The tracking of Kitty Bernard begins shortly after she wakes up. All through the 56-year-old real estate agent's day, from walking in her building's lobby to e-mailing friends and shopping and working, the watchful eye of technology records her movements and preferences.                    Welcome to the 21st century.      Entire Article

    ...and speaking of your personal records. Here is one on the legality's of obtaining your private emails,phone calls, ect. This deals mostly with the ways that the Bush Crime Family interprets and uses them for our 'protection' against terrorist and such non-sense.

    The Washington Post

The Legal Tangles Of Data Collection

By Ellen Nakashima
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, January 16, 2007

When it comes to data collection, federal laws often have been outpaced by technology, critics say. And sometimes, the executive branch carves out its own exception.             U.S. law requires that law enforcement officials obtain a warrant to tap someone's phone or intercept e-mail. But President Bush, drawing on decades-old precedent, asserts that he has "inherent authority" to authorize agents to intercept electronic communications without a warrant in the interest of national security.