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Tuesday, June 9, 2009 12:00 AM

Defeat of Graham-Lieberman and the ongoing war on transparency

Arguments for suppressing torture photos are grounded in the worst aspects of the Bush/Cheney mindset.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Tuesday, June 9, 2009 12:06 PM

    Here's the FDA tobacco bill amendment

    SA 1274. Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself and Mr. GRAHAM) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1256, to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement System, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

    At the end of division B, add the following:

    TITLE __X--DETAINEE PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDS PROTECTION...

    http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HR01256:

    This time, they didn't tack on Leahy's Open FOIA Act.

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