Tag: GEORGE BUSH

Among the many controversial policies enacted under the George W. Bush administration, perhaps the most legally nebulous was the National Security Agency's wiretapping program, which authorized federal agents to monitor Americans' phone calls and e-mails in the name of national security. When it was revealed that federal officials had been monitoring the phone calls of the now defunct Islamic ...

Who doesn't love a good political tell-all? While it may be a while before we get our first truly insightful or embarrassing look at the Obama administration, books exposing the inner workings of the Bush era have become somewhat of a cottage industry. The latest tome, 'Speech-less: Tales of a White House Survivor,' comes from Matt Latimer, a speechwriter for the White House during Bush's later ...

Remember those pesky little warrant-less wiretaps George W. Bush defended back in the day? Remember how he said that only those guilty of talking to terrorists would be targeted by surveillance? Well, it turns out -- surprise, surprise -- that wasn't exactly the whole truth. In an interview with MSNBC's Keith Olbermann last week, Russell Tice, a former National Security Agency (NSA) analyst, ...

Here's one that's bound to get your tinfoil hats in bunch. Mike Connell, a former senior White House IT worker, and key witness in an investigation surrounding an alternate (read: secret) White House communication system and an election fraud case in Ohio, has died after his private single engine plane went down on his way to DC last week on Friday night (December 19). Connell was responsible ...

Apparently when Obama talks about "change" he means absolutely everything. It's the only way that we can explain the fact that this confirmed Mac user is lugging a Microsoft Zune to the gym. We know that President Bush has an iPod, so the only reason we can figure that the President-elect is using a music player he can't even sync with his computer (Zunes are not yet Mac-compatible) is out of a ...

In the waning hours of his presidency, George Bush is pushing to effectively outlaw online gambling in the United States. These efforts have met strident opposition by Democrats, proponents of Internet betting, and even some financial institutions. The Bush administration's pursuit of these prohibitive laws follows on the coattails of a rider vaguely prohibiting online betting that was included ...

Dirty tricks used to mislead voters and keep them away from the polls, but new Web-centric attempts to disenfranchise voters are stoking fears amongst voters and activists. In the past, political trickery has relied on phone calls, fliers, and direct mailing, which are much easier to track and prosecute than the new wave of political scare tactics. Traditional calls, like the push polls in 2000 ...

Remember all those e-mails that went missing at the White House? The Bush administration is hoping you don't. According to an internal memo leaked to the Associate Press (AP) the government is pushing forward with its recovery "effort" the only way it knows how -- completely half-assed. According to the memo, the White House is missing as much as 225 days worth of e-mail that just so happen to ...

Believe it or not, President George "Dubya" Bush turns 61 years young today. And just in case one of his pals/cronies is stuck on what to buy him, we've made a few suggestions. Franklin's Speaking Language Master One bit of information that we picked up early in the president's career -- he's not too proficient with his native English language. Sure, it makes for good late night TV jokes, ...