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5/6/2009
Cashing in on 'Government Sachs' The fact that the chairman of the New York Federal Reserve Bank made millions off his secret purchase of Goldman Sachs stock, "in violation of Federal Reserve policy," as the WSJ put it, at a time when the N.Y. Fed was ostensibly overseeing the antics of the Wall Street firm, has barely registered a blip of outrage (Huffington Post)
Gillibrand to face another test on gun control She even jumped ahead of McCarthy, who reintroduced her bill closing the gun-show loophole at a news conference Wednesday, by co-sponsoring the Senate version of that measure two weeks ago (Newsday)
Goldman Sachs's $100 Million Trading Days Hit Record Goldman Sachs’s trading results reflected the firm’s willingness to take on more risk during the period. Value-at- risk, an estimate of how much the firm could lose in any given day, surged to an average of $240 million in the first quarter from $157 million in the first quarter of 2008 (Bloomberg)
Protecting Victims, Preserving Freedoms When so-called free speech leads to bullies having free-reign to threaten kids, it is time to act. The Supreme Court recognizes that in some instances words can be harmful. (Huffington Post)
Bilderberg Preview It's that time of year - The press treatment of the Bilderberg meeting may change if a mid-March piece in Politico by Kenneth P. Vogel, "Bilderbergers Excite Conspiracists," gains a little more currency (Slate)
Concerns Raised Over Makeup of 'Diversity Committee' at FCC There is a growing voice of concern over the ideological makeup of a diversity committee at the Federal Communications Commission -- which critics charge is made up mostly of liberal activists. (FOX)
EU wants 'Internet G12' to govern cyberspace wants the US to dissolve all government links with the body that 'governs' the internet, replacing it with an international forum for discussing internet governance and online security (EU Observer)
GCHQ denies developing mass surveillance tech The government's electronic eavesdropping agency has denied developing technology that will enable the mass surveillance of UK citizens' web communications
The Bush Administration Homicides For five years as a researcher for Human Rights Watch and reporter, John Sifton helped investigate homicides resulting from the Bush administration's torture policy (The Daily Beast)
Agency denies internet spy plans The UK's electronic intelligence agency has taken the unusual step of issuing a statement to deny it will track all UK internet and online phone use (BBC)
Canadian Mohawk admits assaulting US government agent “We had been getting threats from numerous hate groups,” Miller told U.S. Magistrate Judge Hugh Scott while pleading guilty in U.S. District Court. “Not in a million years did we think they were U.S. agents, being in Canada.’’ (Native American Times)
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