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As part of the effort to keep America secure from future acts of violence, the U.S. is looking at monitoring Internet chat rooms to identify potential terrorists. According to CNET News.com, the CIA is quietly funding research into surveillance of online discussion halls. In April 2003, the intelligence agency reportedly agreed to finance a series of research projects that newly disclosed government documents indicate were intended to create "new capabilities to combat terrorism through advanced technology." One of the projects at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., centers on profiling the behavior of those who talk in chat rooms....

The U.S. State Department cracked open the door and now the invasion has begun. Foreign election monitors determined to oversee the U.S. election this November seem to be coming out of the woodwork. Even Jimmy Carter has gotten into the act. The bottom line is that the November election is being set up to humiliate the United States and place in doubt the legitimacy of our government. Those calling for the election monitors, like Democrat California Representative Barbara Lee, argue that the move is necessary in order to "make certain that every person’s voice is heard, every person’s vote is...

All right, you have finally chosen a topic that has this old mans blood boiling. My staff has informed me that a bunch of politicians have asked the “United Nations” to monitor elections inside the United States. YOU HAVE GOT TO BE PULLING THIS HALF ASSED GENERALS LEG. * What are they going to “monitor?” Which dictator to vote for? Which tyrant or communist they want to win? HORSE DUNG!

U.S. Invites Int'l Observers to Election By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press Writer August 10, 2004, 5:44 PM EDT WARSAW, Poland -- The United States has invited international observers to monitor November's presidential election, U.S. and European officials said Tuesday. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, or OSCE, said it received the request from the U.S. State Department and would send a team to the United States next month to determine whether to accept the task. The United States is a member of the 55-nation group, which has traditionally focused on monitoring elections in emerging democracies. Adam Ereli, a...

How they voted for the Rep Buyer,(R,IN) amendment to prohibit us of funds to petetion the UN to monitor U.S elections. Vote held 7/15/04 Who voted how http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2004/roll385.xml Amendment http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d108:6:./temp/~bdlPza:: H.AMDT.701 (A010) Amends: H.R.4818 Sponsor: Rep Buyer, Steve [IN-4] (offered 7/15/2004) AMENDMENT PURPOSE: An amendment to insert at the end of the bill (before the short title) a new section stating that none of the funds made available in the Act may be used by any official of the United States Government to request the United Nations to assess the validity of elections in the United States. STATUS: 7/15/2004 4:40pm:...

New Orleans to Become One of the Country's First Ports to Institute a New Monitoring System Mar 24, 2004 By Doug Simpson / Associated Press Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Since 1936, a lone federal worker has sat in a tower along the Mississippi River, scanning the water with binoculars and radioing ship captains on whether to proceed or stop their vessels. Not for long. The radioman will be gone by the end of the year, replaced by a new computerized system that will track and send messages to all large vessels on the lower Mississippi. The system will be...

Under Bush's presidency, Corporate America slashed paychecks that took you years to earn. They have cancelled holidays, including Good Friday -- they are trying to cancel the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, it seems. They have cut sick pay, rewritten family leave laws, cancelled bathroom breaks. It is even beginning to affect civil service professions such as the police force, now requesting to cut their sick pay to only thirteen weeks. Also under Bush's presidency, they have turned reservation offices into assembly line call centers. The union had warned of this but no one listened. We trusted Bush that it would...

UNITED NATIONS - U.N. weapons inspectors are planning for possible monitoring of Iraq's biological, chemical and missile programs despite being barred from the country by the United States, according to a report to the U.N. Security Council. The quarterly report released Wednesday by the U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission, known as UNMOVIC, outlines a range of activities undertaken by the U.N. inspectors to seek new information about Iraq's weapons programs and to prepare for a possible future role. U.N. inspectors were pulled out of Iraq in March, just before the U.S.-led war that toppled Saddam Hussein's regime. After the...

US eyes plan to dismantle North Korea's nuclear program Wed Nov 26, 9:06 PM ET TOKYO, (AFP) - The United States is devising a comprehensive plan to dismantle North Korea (news - web sites)'s nuclear weapons program that would involve nuclear experts from the five declared nuclear states, press reports said. Washington believes the involvement of Britain, China, France, the United States and Russia is essential to verify a complete dismantlement of Pyongyang's nuclear arms program, Kyodo News and Japan's top-selling daily Yomiuri Shimbun said. The United States will brief North Korea about the plan at a second round of...

WASHINGTON - Civil liberties groups and politicians raised the prospect Sunday that FBI (news - web sites) monitoring of anti-war protesters could stifle legitimate dissent and jeopardize people's First Amendment right to speak their mind. "What is the chilling effect that will be felt by Americans all across the country if they think they will come under FBI scrutiny just by going to a protest?" said Anthony Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (news - web sites). An FBI official on Sunday denied any effort to collect intelligence on people exercising their rights to free speech. The...

"FReepranslation" by "AmericanInTokyo" (Iraq War: Day Two) Summary from original Asian sources (as of 16:45 Eastern Time) Day Two, Folks. Just took a brief tour of a number of reputable Japanese, Korean and English news websites, looking for any threatening action or threats made by communist North Korea in response to the ongoing Iraq conflict. (This is an ongoing daily report for FR.) Asian news sources viewed were (from Korea): Choson Ilbo Daily, Hanguk Ilbo Daily, Dong-A Ilbo Daily, YTN TV, KBS TV, Yonghap News, Yahoo News Korea and (from Japan): Kyodo News, Yomiuri News, Mainichi News, Sankei News, Nikkan...

Satellites To Profile Weather, Improve Forecasts Through GPS A revolutionary, globe-spanning satellite network will furnish round-the-clock weather data, monitor climate change, and improve space weather forecasts by intercepting signals from the Global Positioning System (GPS). Using atmosphere-induced changes in the radio signals, scientists will infer the state of the atmosphere above some 3,000 locations every 24 hours, including vast stretches of ocean inadequately profiled by current satellites and other tools. Nearly 100 scientists from over a dozen countries are meeting in Boulder on August 21--23 to help plan the use of data from this $100 million mission, which will...

RESPONDING TO GROWING CUSTOMER INQUIRIES AND MEDIA INTEREST, APPLIED DIGITAL SOLUTIONS HIGHLIGHTS ANTI-KIDNAPPING POTENTIAL OF ITS "PERSONAL SAFEGUARD" TECHNOLOGIES Digital Angel Corporation's upcoming, matchbook-size, emergency location device can be more easily hidden or camouflaged in the form of bracelets, necklaces, pendants, and belt buckles Three Washington, D.C.-area Company executives, including Vice President-Government Solutions Frank E. Lalley, "get chipped™" on August 14, 2002, with subdermal VeriChip™ personal verification microchip PALM BEACH, FL– AUGUST 15, 2002 – Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSX), an advanced technology development company, , responded today to growing customer inquiries and media interest by highlighting the anti-kidnapping...

National Desk; Section A TRACES OF TERROR: AIRLINE SECURITY U.S. Considers Requiring Cameras Providing Cabin Views By MATTHEW L. WALD 05/31/2002 The New York Times Page 21, Column 1 c. 2002 New York Times Company CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, May 30 -- The Sept. 11 hijackings have left pilots wanting more knowledge about activity in the passenger cabin, without stepping through their newly fortified doors. Now the Transportation Department, with encouragement from Congress, is considering requiring video cameras that will provide images of passengers to the cockpit. Manufacturers, working to anticipate a demand, are developing systems, including one that would transmit...

<p>WASHINGTON — A company plans to begin selling a computer ID chip that can be embedded beneath people's skin, now that the Food and Drug Administration has said it will not regulate the implant as long as it contains no medical data.</p>

For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary April 2, 2002 President Announces Early Childhood Initiative Presidential Action President Bush today announced a new initiative to improve early childhood education for millions of America's youngest children. The President's initiative will: Strengthen Head Start to improve the quality of experiences for young children, including training the nearly 50,000 Head Start teachers in the latest and best techniques; Ensure that pre-school programs are more closely coordinated with state K-12 education goals; and Improve the information available to parents and caregivers about the best practices in early childhood development, including an unprecedented...