Take another look on signing statements in case you haven't seen this.

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From Citizen's For Legitimate Government

News and Commentary from Citizens for Legitimate Government
27 Jun 2006
http://www.legitgov.org/
All links to articles as summarized below are available here:
http://www.legitgov.org/index.html#breaking_news
Congress: Bush claims he can ignore laws he signs 27 Jun 2006 The White House on Tuesday defended Dictator Bush's prolific use of statements that tend to limit the impact of bills he signs into law, saying they help him uphold the Constitution and defend the nation's security. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter opened hearings on Bush's use of bill signing statements saying he reserves the right to revise, interpret or disregard a measure on national security and constitutional grounds. Such statements have accompanied some 750 statutes passed by Congress - including a ban on the torture of detainees and the renewal of the Patriot Act.

Congress Questions Bush's Use of Signing Statements 27 Jun 2006 The Senate Judiciary Committee is opening hearings this week into what has become the White House's favorite tool for overriding Congress in the name of 'wartime national security' - signing statements. "It's a challenge to the plain language of the Constitution," the committee's chairman, Senator Specter, a Republican of Pennsylvania, said in an interview with the Associated Press.

Governor Bush's veto halts access to documents 27 Jun 2006 Gov. Jeb Bush on Monday vetoed a bill that would have allowed lawmakers to gain access to secret documents held by executive branch agencies.

EU urges all nations to sign global anti-torture convention 26 Jun 2006 The European Union today urged all nations to sign a global anti-torture convention, calling the practice "cruel, inhuman and degrading" not only to victims but to perpetrators. "No culture of impunity is acceptable," the 25-nation bloc warned in a Vienna statement coinciding with observances of the International Day to Support the Victims of Torture.

CIA secret flights: EU official admits terror suspects handed to U.S. agents 27 Jun 2006 The European Union's top justice official on Tuesday acknowledged that terror suspects have been transferred to U.S. intelligence agents on European territory.

EU agents 'colluded with CIA' 27 Jun 2006 European secret services collaborated with CIA agents in the detention and transfer of terror suspects in or across the continent, the author of a report on the renditions told the Council of Europe rights watchdog on Tuesday

[Karenca]

1. k & R ........nt

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2. Thanks Karenca and DU & CLG thanks you for staying informed!

And I'm doing the thanking on their behalf :hi:

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3. K and R n/t

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4. kick!