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Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Bush Blocked Investigation into Administration Spying Program

This is a re-hash of old news, but the wires were circulating updated reports about President Bush's block of Justice Department Investigators at the OPR (Office of Professional Responsibility). The group was originally tasked by the Attorney General to investigate accusations of illegal eavesdropping and monitoring of phone calls, internet surfing and email, and phone records of everyday Americans including members of both political parties. It was reported at the time that Bush had denied security clearance to the non-partisan investigators despite granting clearance to other lawyers from the administration at the time, who appeared according to published reports so far to have no national security interests in the matter other than maybe political defense of the administrations actions. The latest reports are mostly instigated by the Attorney General's testimony of the incident before Congress, who has the authority to exercise oversight over the executive branch along with the judiciary.
Tuesday, July 11, 2006

President Hu's Statement to North Korea

Forbes has picked up an AP story on President Hu's recent comments to the People's Republic of Korea (PRK aka North Korea).
Chinese President Appeals to North Korea - Forbes.com: "President Hu Jintao told the visiting vice president of the North's parliament, Yang Hyong Sop, 'We are against any actions that will aggravate the situation. We hope that relevant parties will do more things conducive to the peace and stability of the peninsula,' according to the official Xinhua News Agency."