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"Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day - 23 minutes - and that's supposed to be enough." -Walter Cronkite, RE TV news. The Web has changed that for many, however, and here is an extra dose for your daily news cocktail. This prescription tends to include surveillance and now war-related links, along with the occasional pop culture junk and whatever else seizes my attention as I scan online news sites.:: 2.26.2003 ::
:: In other news ::
From the Austin American-Statesman: Senate Criticizes FBI on Anti-Terror Law
By JIM ABRAMS
WASHINGTON (AP)--The FBI has done a poor job with an anti-terrorism law that permits unprecedented levels of domestic surveillance, Senate Judiciary Committee lawmakers said Tuesday.
``The lack of professionalism in applying the law has been scandalous,'' said Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., who wrote the committee report with Sens. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Charles Grassley, R-Iowa. ``The real question is if the FBI is capable of carrying out a counterintelligence effort,'' Specter said.
The report contended that the FBI and the Justice Department were guilty of excessive secrecy, inadequate training, weak information analysis and the stifling of internal dissent in using the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a key tool in the war on terrorism.
Information on the report can be found online.
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