http://www.coxwashington.com The latest headlines from CoxWashington en-us Copyright 2008, Cox Newspapers Inc., CoxWashington Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:03:42 EST Newspapers COXnet RSS Generator v1.0 5 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/04/29/SECRET_SERVICE29_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/04/29/SECRET_SERVICE29_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Sat, 31 May 2008 12:23:26 EDT The U.S. Secret Service has placed a white agent on leave after an African American employee reported finding a noose hanging at the service's main training facility outside the nation's capital. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/04/20/MILITARY_MISTREAT20_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/04/20/MILITARY_MISTREAT20_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Sat, 31 May 2008 11:49:29 EDT A handful of high-profile rape cases is spurring Congress to examine whether the government is adequately protecting military service members and contractors who allege sexual assault. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/04/13/SUNLIGHT13_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/04/13/SUNLIGHT13_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:13:52 EDT There is nothing unusual about an open government group advocating new legislation that would shine the light on the secretive ways of Congress and the executive branch. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/03/16/SECRECY_POLITICS16_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/03/16/SECRECY_POLITICS16_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:38:04 EDT Government secrecy is emerging as a hot political issue among the presidential contenders despite the Iraq war, a sagging economy and domestic policy failures such as immigration. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/03/13/REPORTER_SHIELD13_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/03/13/REPORTER_SHIELD13_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:35:16 EDT The prospect of former USA Today reporter Toni Locy paying $5,000 per day for failing to reveal her sources is spurring the Senate to fast track legislation that would protect journalists from being compelled to reveal confidential sources in most cases. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/03/05/AIR_SAFETY05_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/03/05/AIR_SAFETY05_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:28:51 EDT The Federal Aviation Administration lacks an adequate system for checking the quality of commercial airplane parts, creating a potential safety risk for airline passengers, according to a new oversight report. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/03/02/REPORTERS_SHIELD02_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/03/02/REPORTERS_SHIELD02_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:26:55 EDT Former USA Today Reporter Toni Locy is fast becoming a poster child for legislation that would protect journalists from being compelled to reveal their confidential sources in most cases. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/21/SECRETSERVICE_SUIT21_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/21/SECRETSERVICE_SUIT21_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:19:35 EDT A senior U.S. Secret Service inspector admitted Wednesday that she destroyed original evidence sought in a long-standing lawsuit alleging that the service routinely discriminates against African American agents. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/13/FISA13_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/13/FISA13_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:12:28 EDT The Senate approved legislation Tuesday that overhauls the nation's electronic surveillance rules and provides legal cover to telephone companies that participated in a secret terrorist eavesdropping program without a court warrant. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/12/TELECOM_IMMUNITY12_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/12/TELECOM_IMMUNITY12_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:11:43 EDT The Senate is expected to vote Tuesday on whether to expand the nation's electronic surveillance powers and give legal protection to telephone companies that participated in a secret eavesdropping program without a court warrant. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/08/AG08_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/08/AG08_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:07:37 EDT Attorney General Michael Mukasey rejected demands Thursday for an investigation into whether intelligence officers broke the law when they used waterboarding as an interrogation method on al-Qaida detainees. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/29/WIRETAP29_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/29/WIRETAP29_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:59:20 EDT A majority of Democratic Senators killed a Republican motion Monday that would have forced a vote on legislation that overhauls the nation's electronic surveillance rules. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/17/CIA_EMAILS17_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/17/CIA_EMAILS17_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:50:54 EDT The White House admitted Wednesday that it taped over back-up computer tapes of executive office e-mails before October 2003. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/12/20/IRAQ_RAPE20_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/12/20/IRAQ_RAPE20_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:26:44 EDT Republicans and Democrats lambasted the Justice Department Wednesday, charging it with failing to promptly investigate allegations that several Halliburton/KBR workers gang-raped a fellow employee in Iraq. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/12/19/RAPE_CONTRACTOR19_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/12/19/RAPE_CONTRACTOR19_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:26:16 EDT A Texas woman who says she was gang-raped by Halliburton-KBR co-workers in Iraq testifies Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee about the safety of Americans working overseas for U.S. contractors. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/12/19/FOIA_OVERHAUL19_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/12/19/FOIA_OVERHAUL19_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:26:13 EDT Legislation that strengthens the Freedom of Information Act advanced Tuesday to the White House, signaling that Congress intends to buck the growth of government secrecy. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/12/14/CONTEMPT_ROVE14_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/12/14/CONTEMPT_ROVE14_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:21:36 EDT The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12-7 Thursday to find Karl Rove, one of the president's former top advisers, and current White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with subpoenas seeking their testimony about the dismissal of nine U.S. attorneys last year. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/12/08/SECRET_SERVICE08_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/12/08/SECRET_SERVICE08_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:15:35 EDT A long-running federal lawsuit that alleges systemic discrimination against African Americans in the U.S. Secret Service could take a new turn on Monday. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/12/07/SECRET_SERVICE07_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/12/07/SECRET_SERVICE07_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:14:27 EDT A long-running federal lawsuit that alleges systemic discrimination against African Americans in the U.S. Secret Service — including the Atlanta field office — could take a new turn on Monday. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/12/01/HUD_HOLLIS_1STLEDE01_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/12/01/HUD_HOLLIS_1STLEDE01_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:08:31 EDT Federal investigators are probing how Atlanta entrepreneur Michael R. Hollis landed a series of hefty government contracts to run the Virgin Islands Housing authority without any known experience in public housing. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/11/16/FISA_OVERHAUL16_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/11/16/FISA_OVERHAUL16_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 05:50:42 EDT The Senate Judiciary Committee narrowly approved expanded terrorist surveillance authority Thursday but the legislation does not give the Bush administration what it wants: immunity protection for the telecommunications industry for participating in its secret eavesdropping program in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/11/13/W_HOUSE_EMAILS13_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/11/13/W_HOUSE_EMAILS13_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 05:46:47 EDT U.S. District Judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr. issued a temporary restraining order Monday against the White House, ordering its executive office to preserve all records and back-up copies of millions of missing e-mails. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/11/07/BC_MUKASEY07_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/11/07/BC_MUKASEY07_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 05:35:46 EDT President Bush's pick to run the troubled Justice Department advanced Tuesday despite concerns that he has refused to declare waterboarding an illegal torture method. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/10/31/BC_TANNER_JUSTICE31_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/10/31/BC_TANNER_JUSTICE31_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:42:53 EDT The head of the Justice Department's voting rights section apologized Tuesday for his assertion that minorities are more likely to die before whites so they are not as affected by voter identification laws. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/10/27/BC_PREZ_RECORDS27_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/10/27/BC_PREZ_RECORDS27_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:29:44 EDT A Kentucky senator is blocking legislation that would overturn President Bush's 2001 executive order giving presidents and former presidents more power to halt indefinitely the release of their White House records. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/10/24/BC_JUSTICE_POLITICS24_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/10/24/BC_JUSTICE_POLITICS24_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:59:48 EDT A former attorney general with close ties to the Bush administration testified Tuesday that he believes the Justice Department is pursuing a high-profile Pennsylvania Democrat for political reasons. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/10/24/BC_HOUSE_WALKER.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/10/24/BC_HOUSE_WALKER.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:16:22 EDT The House Judiciary Committee is now investigating whether the Justice Department selectively prosecuted former Georgia State Sen. Charles Walker. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/10/24/BC_SPY_IMMUNITY21_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/10/24/BC_SPY_IMMUNITY21_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:30:43 EDT Texas Republican Rep. Lamar Smith is a prime example of why the House Democratic leadership failed to clear legislation overhauling the nation's electronic surveillance rules and why the bill's future is uncertain. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/10/19/BC_FISA_TELECOM19_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/10/19/BC_FISA_TELECOM19_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:23:26 EDT Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., pledged Thursday to block indefinitely electronic surveillance legislation that would give the telecom industry legal cover for participating in President Bush's secret terrorist surveillance program without warrants. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/10/17/BC_SHIELD_LAW17_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/10/17/BC_SHIELD_LAW17_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:10:35 EDT The House overwhelmingly passed legislation Tuesday that would give reporters limited protection from being forced to reveal confidential sources in a federal court. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/10/11/BC_SPY_POWERS11_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/10/11/BC_SPY_POWERS11_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:44:35 EDT Key House committees cleared legislation Wednesday that would give intelligence agencies more surveillance powers, but President Bush opposes the bill because it does not give telephone companies liability protection for participating in his warrantless eavesdropping program. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/10/10/BC_NAZI_HUNTER08_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/10/10/BC_NAZI_HUNTER08_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:18:41 EDT Every day, Eli Rosenbaum pulls a 26-inch blue suitcase past photographs hanging in his office suite of starving children behind barbed wire, a pit filled with naked bodies, a frail elderly woman blocked by a German soldier's whip. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/10/04/BC_CORNYN_SHIELD04_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/10/04/BC_CORNYN_SHIELD04_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Thu, 4 Oct 2007 11:11:48 EDT The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote on a bill Thursday that for the first time would give journalists limited protection from revealing their sources in federal courts. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/09/26/BC_SPYING_FISA26_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/09/26/BC_SPYING_FISA26_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:42:50 EDT The nation's top spy chief urged Congress on Tuesday to make permanent a law that gives intelligence agencies broad authority to eavesdrop without warrants on people in the United States and suspected foreign terrorists. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/09/18/BC_FISA_CHANGE16_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/09/18/BC_FISA_CHANGE16_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:37:12 EDT The Democratic-led Congress plans to overhaul the recently passed electronic-surveillance law this fall, saying it was a mistake to give the Bush administration broad authority to eavesdrop on foreign phone calls and e-mails without a warrant. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/09/14/BC_AG_THOMPSON14_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/09/14/BC_AG_THOMPSON14_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:25:56 EDT When Senate majority leader Harry Reid vowed earlier this week to block Ted Olson from becoming attorney general if he is nominated, speculation swirled anew over who the president would tap for the post. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/09/06/BC_SECRECY_FISA06_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/09/06/BC_SECRECY_FISA06_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Thu, 6 Sep 2007 11:27:53 EDT The House Judiciary Committee began tackling legislation Wednesday that temporarily gives the Bush administration expanded authority to eavesdrop on international telephone calls and e-mails of Americans without a warrant. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/09/03/BC_SECRECY01_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/09/03/BC_SECRECY01_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 3 Sep 2007 10:11:53 EDT Government secrecy is expanding at an unprecedented clip, despite growing public concern about barriers to information, a report expected to be released Saturday found. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/09/03/BC_CONGRESS_INVESTIGATE02_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/09/03/BC_CONGRESS_INVESTIGATE02_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 3 Sep 2007 09:27:45 EDT Nine U.S. attorneys allegedly fired for partisan reasons. White House officials allegedly using political party e-mails for official business. Wiretapping without a warrant. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/08/29/BC_GONZALES28_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/08/29/BC_GONZALES28_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:12:27 EDT Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced his resignation Monday, ending months of increasingly bipartisan calls for an end to his stewardship of a department demoralized by ongoing investigations of the firing of nine U.S. attorneys and controversy over Gonzales' testimony about the administration's warrantless wiretapping program. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/08/22/BC_WIRETAPPING21_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/08/22/BC_WIRETAPPING21_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:05:16 EDT The White House failed to meet a Monday deadline for turning over to Congress documents related to a secret terrorist surveillance program, but a senior Democratic lawmaker signaled a willingness to discuss an administration offer to reach a "possible accommodation." http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/08/10/BC_BIOSURVEILLANCE10_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/08/10/BC_BIOSURVEILLANCE10_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:41:45 EDT The nation's biological surveillance system is "falling short" of its goals some three years after President Bush ordered the Homeland Security Department to consolidate biological threats uncovered by agencies like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention into a central early warning system, a new report found. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/08/09/BC_GONZALES02_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/08/09/BC_GONZALES02_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Thu, 9 Aug 2007 11:40:11 EDT No one expects Karl Rove to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, raising the specter of a contempt citation for President Bush's closest aide for refusing to answer questions about the firing of nine U.S. attorneys. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/08/06/BC_FISA_05_2NDLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/08/06/BC_FISA_05_2NDLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 6 Aug 2007 11:57:58 EDT President Bush extracted a major victory Saturday evening from the Democratic-controlled House to temporarily expand surveillance of suspected terrorists overseas without a court order. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/08/06/BC_FISA05_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/08/06/BC_FISA05_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 6 Aug 2007 11:40:40 EDT President Bush urged the House to quickly pass legislation Saturday to temporarily expand the government's power to eavesdrop on suspected terrorists overseas without a court order. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/08/06/BC_FOIA04__COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/08/06/BC_FOIA04__COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 6 Aug 2007 11:32:50 EDT A behind-the-scenes agreement reached Friday night clears the way for swift passage of a bill that strengthens the Freedom of Information Act for the first time in a decade. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/08/03/BC_FIRED_PROSECUTORS03_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/08/03/BC_FIRED_PROSECUTORS03_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Fri, 3 Aug 2007 10:12:03 EDT "Senator, pursuant to the president's assertion of executive privilege, I must respectfully decline to answer your question at this time." http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/08/02/BC_GONZALES01_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/08/02/BC_GONZALES01_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Thu, 2 Aug 2007 13:54:55 EDT The nation's top spy chief provided key support Tuesday for beleaguered Attorney General Alberto Gonzales against allegations that he lied to Congress about internal division over a secret terrorist surveillance program. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/07/13/BC_SECRECY13_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/07/13/BC_SECRECY13_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:34:32 EDT Government secrecy is growing at an unprecedented rate, harming the public's right to know about its government's activities and protect itself against terrorist threats, a report released Thursday found. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/07/13/BC_ATTORNEYS13_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/07/13/BC_ATTORNEYS13_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:57:15 EDT A House Judiciary panel took the first step Thursday toward bringing a criminal contempt charge against former White House Counsel Harriet Miers after she refused to appear at a hearing on the firing of nine U.S. attorneys. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/07/11/BC_BUSH_PRIVILEGE10_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/07/11/BC_BUSH_PRIVILEGE10_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:41:13 EDT The White House on Monday churned toward a possible high-stakes legal battle with Congress by defying two committees' orders to cooperate with their investigation of the firing of federal prosecutors. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/07/09/BC_EARMARKS_08_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/07/09/BC_EARMARKS_08_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 9 Jul 2007 10:28:24 EDT As Congress delays action on open government initiatives, a transparency revolution is spreading among the states. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/07/05/BC_FOIA03_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/07/05/BC_FOIA03_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Thu, 5 Jul 2007 10:25:51 EDT On May 5, 1987, the Church of Scientology filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act seeking State Department records related to the church. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/06/29/BC_FIRED_PROSECUTORS29_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/06/29/BC_FIRED_PROSECUTORS29_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:51:35 EDT President Bush formally rejected congressional demands Thursday for information about the dismissals of nine U.S. attorneys last year. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/06/28/BC_SUBPOENA_WHITEHOUSE28_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/06/28/BC_SUBPOENA_WHITEHOUSE28_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:56:42 EDT The Senate Judiciary Committee subpoenaed the White House and the vice president's office Wednesday for documents about President Bush's secret domestic eavesdropping program. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/06/27/BC_CIA_SECRETS27_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/06/27/BC_CIA_SECRETS27_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:23:45 EDT The CIA released hundreds of pages of long-kept secret documents Tuesday detailing illegal actions that include domestic spying on Americans, infiltrating war protest movements and recruiting a mobster to assassinate Cuban President Fidel Castro. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/06/26/BC_SECRECY_SENATOR24_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/06/26/BC_SECRECY_SENATOR24_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:53:15 EDT Legislation that would strengthen the beleaguered Freedom of Information Act had all the makings of what Capitol Hill politicos call a "hotline bill." http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/06/22/FIRED_PROSECUTORS_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/06/22/FIRED_PROSECUTORS_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:47:58 EDT Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty testified Thursday that he was kept in the dark about the planned dismissals of nine U.S. attorneys until late last year, some two years after the process began. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/06/14/BC_FIRED_PROSECUTORS_2NDLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/06/14/BC_FIRED_PROSECUTORS_2NDLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:32:37 EDT The House and Senate Judiciary Committees issued subpoenas Wednesday to compel two former White House officials to testify about their roles in the questionable firing of nine U.S. attorneys last year. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/06/13/BC_GONZALES12_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/06/13/BC_GONZALES12_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:30:20 EDT Senate Democrats failed to win enough Republican support Monday to move forward with a rare "no-confidence" vote against embattled Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/06/13/BC_GONZALES_METCALFE11_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/06/13/BC_GONZALES_METCALFE11_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:01:50 EDT Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, the subject of a Senate no-confidence motion Monday, has run the Justice Department like "a political arm of the White House," a former senior department official claims. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/06/10/METCALFE_QA_WEB.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/06/10/METCALFE_QA_WEB.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Sun, 10 Jun 2007 23:54:48 EDT Dan Metcalfe says he thought he had seen it all as a former senior Justice Department lawyer whose career stretches back to the Watergate scandal of the Nixon administration. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/06/06/BC_FIRED_PROSECUTOR06_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/06/06/BC_FIRED_PROSECUTOR06_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Thu, 7 Jun 2007 03:00:11 EDT Democratic senators accused a senior Justice Department official Tuesday of violating federal rules for pursuing a voter fraud case just days before last fall's congressional election. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/05/29/BC_JOHNSON25_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/05/29/BC_JOHNSON25_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 30 May 2007 11:31:26 EDT Georgia Democratic Rep. Hank Johnson patiently waited until the senior members of the House Judiciary Committee had questioned Monica Goodling, who is at the center of the storm over the firing of nine U.S. attorneys last year. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/05/24/BC_GOODLING24_2NDLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/05/24/BC_GOODLING24_2NDLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Thu, 24 May 2007 11:57:55 EDT The Justice Department's former White House liaison testified Wednesday that she "crossed the line" by asking job candidates to pledge Republican loyalty before hiring them but she didn't mean to break the law. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/05/23/BC_GOODLING23_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/05/23/BC_GOODLING23_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 23 May 2007 14:32:15 EDT To some, Monica Goodling is the source of all answers in the congressional investigation into the questionable firing of at least nine U.S. attorneys last year. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/05/16/BC_FIRED_PROSECUTORS_16_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/05/16/BC_FIRED_PROSECUTORS_16_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 16 May 2007 11:03:01 EDT As White House counsel three years ago, Alberto Gonzales urged then-Attorney General John Ashcroft to authorize a terrorist surveillance program that the Justice Department believed "lacked adequate legal basis." http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/05/08/BC_GAOINFO06_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/05/08/BC_GAOINFO06_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Tue, 8 May 2007 09:44:50 EDT Last December, Government Accountability Office auditors asked to see inspection reports for federally funded jails housing foreign detainees to ensure that safety standards were being met. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/05/08/BC_FIRED_PROSECUTORS04_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/05/08/BC_FIRED_PROSECUTORS04_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Tue, 8 May 2007 08:46:19 EDT The former deputy attorney general testified Thursday that nearly all eight fired U.S. attorneys did outstanding work, contradicting statements by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/04/27/SECRETSERVICE_RECORDS_1STLDCOX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/04/27/SECRETSERVICE_RECORDS_1STLDCOX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:53:36 EDT An ethics watchdog group is battling the Bush administration to prevent the Secret Service from destroying White House visitor records. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/04/26/BC_FIRED_PROSECUTORS26_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/04/26/BC_FIRED_PROSECUTORS26_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:30:47 EDT The House Judiciary Committee granted immunity protection Wednesday to Monica Goodling, a high-level Justice Department aide at the center of the congressional investigation into the questionable firing of eight federal prosecutors. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/04/25/BC_FIRED_PROSECUTORS24_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/04/25/BC_FIRED_PROSECUTORS24_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:07:10 EDT Attorney General Alberto Gonzales pledged Monday to remain in office despite growing opposition on Capitol Hill over his handling of the firing of eight U.S. attorneys last year. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/04/20/BC_FIRED_PROSECUTORS1STLEDE_CO.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/04/20/BC_FIRED_PROSECUTORS1STLEDE_CO.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:57:32 EDT Attorney General Alberto Gonzales struggled to defend his credibility and keep his job Thursday in the face of growing bipartisan criticism and a new call for his resignation from a Republican senator. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/04/19/BC_FIRED_PROSECTORS19_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/04/19/BC_FIRED_PROSECTORS19_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:27:24 EDT Florida Republican Tom Feeney said Wednesday that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales "badly bungled" the firing of eight U.S. attorneys last year. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/04/17/BC_FIRED_PROSECUTORS17.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/04/17/BC_FIRED_PROSECUTORS17.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:01:26 EDT Leading conservatives called for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to resign Monday, saying he has "brought the rule of law into disrepute" by firing eight U.S. attorneys for questionable reasons. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/04/17/BC_US_ATTY13_2NDLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/04/17/BC_US_ATTY13_2NDLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:04:11 EDT The White House's admission that it may have lost e-mails possibly linked to the controversial firing of eight U.S. attorneys sparked skepticism and outrage Thursday on Capitol Hill. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/03/30/BC_USATTY30_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/03/30/BC_USATTY30_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:27:50 EDT A former top aide to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testified Thursday that his boss was far more involved in the firing of eight U.S. attorneys than has been previously disclosed and he fingered President Bush's top political adviser as playing a role in at least one dismissal. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/03/29/BC_USATTY29_2NDLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/03/29/BC_USATTY29_2NDLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:31:18 EDT A former senior Justice Department official will testify Thursday that the firing of eight U.S. attorneys was "badly mishandled" but that the prosecutors were ousted for valid reasons. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/03/27/BC_JUSTICE_POLITICS25_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/03/27/BC_JUSTICE_POLITICS25_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 10:48:13 EDT Allegations of excessive political influence in the Justice Department go beyond the current controversy surrounding the firing of eight federal prosecutors. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/03/24/BC_US_ATTY22_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/03/24/BC_US_ATTY22_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Sat, 24 Mar 2007 15:13:47 EDT A House panel authorized the use of subpoenas Wednesday to force senior White House aides to testify about the firing of top federal prosecutors, setting the stage for a constitutional collision. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/03/21/BC_US_ATTY21_2NDLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/03/21/BC_US_ATTY21_2NDLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:22:59 EDT President Bush voiced unqualified support for embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Tuesday and teed up a confrontation with the Democratic Congress by refusing to allow top aides, including Karl Rove, to publicly testify to congressional committees looking into the firing of federal prosecutors. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/03/20/BC_US_ATTY20_2NDLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/03/20/BC_US_ATTY20_2NDLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:41:41 EDT The Justice Department released some 3,000 pages of documents Monday night to congressional committees before a top White House lawyer headed to the Capitol Tuesday in an attempt to contain the political damage from the firing of eight U.S. attorneys. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/03/19/BC_USATTY_WHITEHOUSE_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/03/19/BC_USATTY_WHITEHOUSE_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:08:58 EDT The White House failed Friday to turn over documents and commit to allowing high ranking officials to testify in congressional investigations into whether political chicanery played a role in the firing of eight U.S. attorneys. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/03/16/BC_GONZALES16_3RDLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/03/16/BC_GONZALES16_3RDLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:28:45 EDT Attorney General Alberto Gonzales attempted to restore congressional confidence in his office Thursday as the Senate Judiciary Committee approved subpoenas to compel his top aides to testify about whether U.S. attorneys were fired for political reasons. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/03/15/BC_SUNSHINE_FOIA15_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/03/15/BC_SUNSHINE_FOIA15_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:09:13 EDT The House overwhelmingly approved a package of bills Wednesday that would pry open government records as a Senate panel heard testimony about how federal agencies routinely fail to release public information as required by law. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/03/14/BC_USATTY_INVESTIGATE_1STLDCOX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/03/14/BC_USATTY_INVESTIGATE_1STLDCOX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:32:45 EDT Attorney General Alberto Gonzales rebuffed calls for his resignation Tuesday as lawmakers demanded answers about the White House's role in the firing of U.S. attorneys across the country. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/03/14/BC_FOIA_NOW14_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/03/14/BC_FOIA_NOW14_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:15:42 EDT Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., unveiled legislation Tuesday that would overhaul the beleaguered Freedom of Information Act. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/03/14/BC_E_FOIA_FAIL12_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/03/14/BC_E_FOIA_FAIL12_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:19:02 EDT Most federal agencies are failing to comply with a law requiring them to post records on the Web, provide online guidance to obtain records and use new technologies to make government more transparent. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/03/11/BC_FOIA_FAILURE_ADV11_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/03/11/BC_FOIA_FAILURE_ADV11_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 00:03:18 EST With much fanfare in December 2005, President Bush ordered all federal agencies to reduce notoriously large backlogs of Freedom of Information Act requests, help the public file requests under the law, and become more transparent. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/03/07/BC_CONGRESS_USATTY07_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/03/07/BC_CONGRESS_USATTY07_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 7 Mar 2007 11:02:41 EST One fired U.S. attorney testified Tuesday that he felt "leaned on" to hasten an investigation involving a Democrat, while another revealed that a Republican congressional office had prodded him about a political investigation. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/03/06/BC_USATTY_FIRE06_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/03/06/BC_USATTY_FIRE06_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Tue, 6 Mar 2007 09:28:39 EST The mass firing of eight U.S. attorneys is sparking outrage on Capitol Hill. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/02/15/BC_JUDGES_PAY15.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/02/15/BC_JUDGES_PAY15.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 23:43:09 EST Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy urged senators Wednesday to raise the pay of federal judges or face a steady erosion of the judicial branch. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/02/03/BC_SIGNING_STATEMENTS01_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/02/03/BC_SIGNING_STATEMENTS01_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Sat, 3 Feb 2007 18:22:32 EST House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., fired an opening salvo Wednesday in what is expected to be a series of hearings into allegations that the Bush administration is operating in excessive secrecy. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/01/22/BC_MORE_LEAKS22_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/01/22/BC_MORE_LEAKS22_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:02:56 EST The Bush administration's efforts to crack down on leaks of sensitive government information may have just found its nemesis. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/01/17/BC_IRAQ_REFUGEE17_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/01/17/BC_IRAQ_REFUGEE17_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 17 Jan 2007 10:00:19 EST From behind a wooden, government-issue screen, a 48-year-old Iraqi truck driver described Tuesday how he was severely beaten twice by insurgents for delivering water to American servicemen. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/01/12/BC_DATA_MINING11_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/01/12/BC_DATA_MINING11_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 23:30:36 EST Congress should approve more safeguards to prevent personal information from being scooped up into government data mining programs, a panel of privacy experts said Wednesday. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/01/07/BC_BLOGGERS_TRANSPARENCY07.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2007/01/07/BC_BLOGGERS_TRANSPARENCY07.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Sun, 7 Jan 2007 00:03:11 EST A new online movement is trying to shed light on the murky inner workings of Congress by assigning citizens to watch every congressional committee. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2006/06/21/BC_STATESECRETS21_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2006/06/21/BC_STATESECRETS21_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:32:16 EDT The Bush administration is invoking a rarely used legal tool more often than any previous administration to block lawsuits it claims would harm national security, two recent studies show. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2006/06/07/BC_LEAK_REPORTER07_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2006/06/07/BC_LEAK_REPORTER07_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:26:45 EDT Senators sharply questioned on Tuesday the White House's assertion that journalists can be prosecuted for publishing classified material as new information emerged in the FBI's search for secret documents among deceased columnist Jack Anderson's papers.