Posts Tagged ‘intelligence surveillance’

My First Official Craving Sortie

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

In total, 43 close-air-support missions were flown as part of the ISAF and Afghan security forces, reconstruction activities and route patrols. Eleven Air Force intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft flew missions as part of operations in Afghanistan. In Iraq, an Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon dropped a GBU-38 in order to destroy a house-borne improvised [...]

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Blue Dog Democrats Become Blue Lapdog Democrats

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

Lawmakers approved a bill that not only fails to provide liability protection for phone companies that assisted the government after 9/11 but actually greases the skids for trial lawyers. The real purpose of the legislation, which ostensibly updates the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), was to cover political backsides as the House adjourned for [...]

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Blue Dog Democrats Become Blue Lapdog Democrats

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

Lawmakers approved a bill that not only fails to provide liability protection for phone companies that assisted the government after 9/11 but actually greases the skids for trial lawyers. The real purpose of the legislation, which ostensibly updates the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), was to cover political backsides as the House adjourned for [...]

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Blue Dog Democrats Become Blue Lapdog Democrats

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

Lawmakers approved a bill that not only fails to provide liability protection for phone companies that assisted the government after 9/11 but actually greases the skids for trial lawyers. The real purpose of the legislation, which ostensibly updates the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), was to cover political backsides as the House adjourned for [...]

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Sneddon And Blue Dog Democrats

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

Lawmakers approved a bill that not only fails to provide liability protection for phone companies that assisted the government after 9/11 but actually greases the skids for trial lawyers. The real purpose of the legislation, which ostensibly updates the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), was to cover political backsides as the House adjourned for [...]

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Blue Dog Dem Follows Obama

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

Lawmakers approved a bill that not only fails to provide liability protection for phone companies that assisted the government after 9/11 but actually greases the skids for trial lawyers. The real purpose of the legislation, which ostensibly updates the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), was to cover political backsides as the House adjourned for [...]

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