Lies, Damn Lies, and Your Privacy, Part II:
"AT&T, Bell South and Verizon have all issued statements denying that they’ve handed over phone records to the NSA ... But a presidential memorandum signed by the President on May 5 allows the Director of National Intelligence, John Negroponte, to authorize a company to conceal activities related to national security."

White House Concealing Abramoff Visits:
"If Judicial Watch, or anyone else, wants to find out how often Jack Abramoff visited the White House, they'll have to FOIA (and then probably sue) the Executive Office of the President. All they'll get from the Secret Service are Access Control Records, which ... don't tell you very much."

Moral Dilemma of Rumsfeldian Proportions:
"Don Rumsfeld admits that the pentagon is still weighing whether they need to treat "unlawful combatants" humanely or whether our military can be depraved barbarians and make them walk around on all fours and bark like dogs after sitting in their own vomit, excrement and feces for hours on end ... it is a moral failure of epic proportions."

Propaganda Minister Reveals Allegiance:
"White House press secretary and former Fox News radio host Tony Snow suggested he was still a member of the Fox News team -- describing a senator's interview with ABC's 'This Week' as being on a 'competing network.'"

Republican Leader Sentenced for 2002 Election Crimes:
"A former Republican National Committee official was sentenced Wednesday to 10 months in prison for his role in the jamming of New Hampshire Democrats' telephones on Election Day 2002..."

Happy Flying ... Air Marshals Disintegrating Under Bush:
"A damning investigation of the Federal Air Marshal program is set to be released by Congress next week ... Sensenbrenner said officials of the Air Marshal program "stonewalled" his staff and retaliated against air marshals who tried to reveal problems."