"Under the government’s reading of Section 215, the government could simply demand the periodic submission of all firearms dealers’ transaction records, then centralize them in a database indexed by the buyers’ names for later searching," the brief read. When that government-mandated data is combined with phone call logs obtained by the National Security Agency -- including gun owner's calls to shooting ranges, gun stores or the NRA -- the government could predict with "near certainty" who owns a firearm, the organization argued.
When that government-mandated data is combined with phone call logs obtained by the National Security Agency -- including gun owner's calls to shooting ranges, gun stores or the NRA -- the government could predict with "near certainty" who owns a firearm, the organization argued.
Over the past 12 years, John C. Beale was often away from his job as a high-level staffer at the Environmental Protection Agency. He cultivated an air of mystery and explained his lengthy absences by telling his bosses that he was doing top-secret work, including for the CIA. For years, apparently, no one checked.
For years, apparently, no one checked.
Lawyers for a Florida man this week cited President George W. Bush’s pre-emptive war in Iraq and the “Bush Doctrine” as a defense after their client killed two neighbors and attempted to kill a third on Labor Day.
Navy training and testing could inadvertently kill hundreds of whales and dolphins and injure thousands over the next five years, mostly as a result of detonating explosives underwater, according to two environmental impact statements the military released [last week] [...] Most of the deaths would come from explosives, though some might come from testing sonar or animals being hit by ships.
Most of the deaths would come from explosives, though some might come from testing sonar or animals being hit by ships.
Men made $221,297 a year, while women made just $165,278. In fact, women’s earnings are just now reaching the level of what men made 20 years ago: $168,795. Women account for one-third of all doctors and half of medical school students.
The TSA is allowed to lie in its responses to Freedom of Information Requests. Its court-granted ability to lie to the public it nominally serves isn't limited to sensitive issues, either: they're allowed to pretend that they don't have CCTV footage of their own officers violating their own policies, even when they do.