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Lieberman Defiant As McCain's Wingman
Courant Staff WriterFor one untroubled day last week, Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman acted like his biggest concern was $600,000 due Our Piece of the Pie, a nonprofit youth program in Hartford. He did what politicians do when they are considering one more run, reminding voters of...Tags: John F Kerry, Primaries, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Polls, Government
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Other Republican vice-presidential contenders
7-1 Mike Huckabee The former governor of Arkansas is a witty, articulate candidate who brings moral values to the political arena. He wants the job, and McCain seems to like him. The Baptist minister would help McCain shore up support from conservative...Tags: Defense, Government, Baptist, Tom Ridge, National Security
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Guantanamo going nowhere soon
The SwampIn this image reviewed by the U.S. Military, a Guantanamo detainee, left, walks in a fenced-in exercise area as a guard patrols on the grounds of the maximum security prison at Camp 5, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, in......Tags: Prisons, Trials, Defense, Prisoners and Detainees, Government
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Gitmo jail unwanted but likely to linger
Washington BureauWASHINGTON — For years now, the U.S.-run prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has for many served as an indelible image of the overreach, even the abuse, of American power. Human-rights groups have excoriated it. Scores of lawyers have fought to...Tags: Prisons, Trials, Defense, Prisoners and Detainees, Government
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Agents can randomly seize travelers' laptops or PDAs
Bill Hogan was returning home from Germany in February when a customs agent at Washington Dulles International Airport pulled him aside. He could re-enter the country, she told him. But his laptop could not. U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents...Tags: Court Administration, Falls Church (Falls Church, Virginia), Electronic Devices, Electronics, Terrorism
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Bush close to Gitmo decision?
The Swampby James Oliphant ABC News is reporting that President Bush may decide in the coming days whether to close or revamp the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, that holds about 270 alleged terrorists. Closing Gitmo has been advocated by Defense......Tags: George Bush, Prisons, Trials, Michael Mukasey, Defense
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Obama hedges on gun ruling
Washington BureauWASHINGTON — Democrat Barack Obama offered a guarded response Thursday to the Supreme Court ruling striking down the District of Columbia's prohibition on handguns and sidestepped providing a view on the 32-year-old local gun ban. Republican rival...Tags: Government, Elections, Civil Rights, Barack Obama, Gun Control
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Laptop seizures at customs raise outcry
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBill Hogan was returning home to the U.S. from Germany in February when a customs agent at Dulles International Airport pulled him aside. He could reenter the country, she told him. But his laptop couldn't. U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents...Tags: Government, Court Administration, Falls Church (Falls Church, Virginia), Laws, Electronic Devices
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Kansans don't want Gitmo detainees
The Swampby Aamer Madhani The two U.S. senators from Kansas have what they say is the "gold standard" of military prisons in their back yard, but they have repeated their stance that Kansans want nothing to do with housing Guantanamo detainees.......Tags: John McCain, Pat Roberts, Barack Obama
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Unity, schmunity, McCain rep says of N.H.
The Swampby Jill Zuckman In the hours before Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton come together in the small hippie town of Unity, N.H., the McCain campaign is calling into Obama's bipartisan credentials - again. During a conference call with former......Tags: John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Wars and Interventions, Government, Elections
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