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Perot launches Web site about government spending - AP - Billionaire former presidential candidate Ross Perot has started a Web site to highlight what he calls the "economic crisis" facing the country because of deficit spending. [Yahoo! News]

Web site names U.S. government informants - The U.S. Justice Department is voicing concern about a Web site that posts government informants' names along with their pictures. [upi.com]

Conspiracy theorists: Feds, web hosts conspire against us

And the Illuminati are in on it too

[Theregister.co.uk]

White House Reverses Course on Spy Program - Bush administration reverses course on warrantless wiretapping program [CBS News Politics]

Millions of U.S. travelers given a "terrorist" risk rating - Without their knowledge, millions of Americans and foreigners crossing U.S. borders in the past four years have been assigned scores generated by U.S. government computers rating the risk that the travelers are terrorists or criminals. [Seattletimes.com]

U.S. digs for vote-machine links to Hugo Chavez - In the debate about the reliability of electronic voting technology, the South Florida parent company of one of the nation's leading suppliers of touch-screen voting machines is drawing special scrutiny from the U.S. government. [miami.com]

Report: Goverment Anti-Drug Ads Ineffective - The Government Accountability Office released a report Friday saying White House-sponsored antidrug ads aren't working [Fox News Politics]

Judge: NSA Case Can Proceed - Wired News - Wired News - Jul 20, 2006
In a landmark ruling Thursday, a federal district court judge forcefully refused to dismiss a civil liberties group's lawsuit against AT&T for its alleged complicity in widespread warrantless government surveillance, despite the government's argument that ...
Judge Denies Request To Throw Out AT&T Spy Suit InformationWeek
Lawsuit challenging surveillance programme to go forward MSNBC
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Coast Guard will reimburse government for beer - NEW LONDON, Conn. [ABC 6 News Rhode Island and Southeastern Mass]