Politics: Wyden 1, Poindexter, 0
Adam Clymer in the New York Times says that the House-Senate Conference Committee working on the Omnibus Spending bill has decided to keep Senator Ron Wyden's amendment putting some conditions on the Pentagon's Office of Total Information Awareness.
House floor travel-hog Representative John Murtha (D-PA) has a great quote. He is talking about his Republican counterpart in the House Defense Approps Subcommittee, the humorously-named Representative Jerry Lewis (R-CA): "Jerry's against it, and I'm against it, so we kept the Senate amendment." Of the Pentagon, he said, "They've got some crazy people over there."
The Wyden Amendment compels the executive branch to report on how TIA won't attack privacy, and other reports, or the funding gets yanked.
Adam Clymer in the New York Times says that the House-Senate Conference Committee working on the Omnibus Spending bill has decided to keep Senator Ron Wyden's amendment putting some conditions on the Pentagon's Office of Total Information Awareness.
House floor travel-hog Representative John Murtha (D-PA) has a great quote. He is talking about his Republican counterpart in the House Defense Approps Subcommittee, the humorously-named Representative Jerry Lewis (R-CA): "Jerry's against it, and I'm against it, so we kept the Senate amendment." Of the Pentagon, he said, "They've got some crazy people over there."
The Wyden Amendment compels the executive branch to report on how TIA won't attack privacy, and other reports, or the funding gets yanked.
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