U.S. May Ease Police Spy Rules

Washington Post by Spencer S. Hsu, Carrie Johnson | Aug. 16, 2008 (News Report)
More Federal Intelligence Changes Planned

Quietly unveiled late last month, the proposal is part of a flurry of domestic intelligence changes issued and planned by the Bush administration in its waning months. They include a recent executive order that guides the reorganization of federal spy agencies and a pending Justice Department overhaul of FBI procedures for gathering intelligence and investigating terrorism cases within U.S. borders.

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 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

The article reports on the bush/cheney administration covertly trying to lock in their idealistic concepts for a police state before skulking out of office. The article presents some opposition views, but gives more space to administration arguments. Putting peace groups on the no-fly list via illegal surveillance somehow gets vanilla coverage.

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