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Cheney the focus of CIA leak court filing
May 13 2006 10:04PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a new court filing, the prosecutor in the CIA leak case revealed that Vice President Dick Cheney made handwritten references to CIA officer Valerie Plame _ albeit not by name _ before her identity was publicly exposed.
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Bush defends scope of domestic spying
May 13 2006 8:42PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush defended the scope of the government's domestic surveillance programs that have riled privacy advocates and threatened to impede the Senate confirmation of Bush's new pick to lead the CIA.
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Bush weighs deploying Guard to U.S. border
May 13 2006 8:39PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Once again the Bush administration is turning to the military to help solve a domestic problem. But instead of hurricane aid or preparations to cope with avian flu, the Pentagon is being asked to possibly provide thousands of National Guard troops to shore up the U.S. border with Mexico, as part of President Bush's effort to gather support for an overhaul of the nation's immigration laws.
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Experts debate Bush's use of his powers
May 13 2006 8:36PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush has made broad use of his executive powers: authorizing warrantless wiretaps, collecting telephone records on millions of Americans, holding suspected terrorists overseas without legal protections. His administration even is considering using the military to patrol the U.S. border.
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