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United States Senate Select Committee on Ethics Admonishment of Senator Burris (D-IL)

Dear Senator Burris, After an extensive investigation, the Select Committee on Ethics is issuing you this Public Letter of Qualified Admonition for Actions and statements reflecting unfavorably up...
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CRS Report: U.S. Nuclear Cooperation with India: Issues for Congress

India, which has not signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) and does not have International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards on all nuclear material in peaceful nuclear activities, explode...
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Justice David Souter Retirement Letter

Dear Mr. President: When the Supreme Court rises for the summer recess this year, I intend to retire from regular active service as a Justice, under the provisions of 28 US.C. § 371(b)(l), havin...
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  • Natch Greyes published this 05/02/2009
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Specter Letter to Elena Kagan

I write to express my dissatisfaction with many of the answers you provided to theCommittee in response to my written questions following your confirmation hearing. I believe these answers are inad...
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  • Natch Greyes published this 05/01/2009
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Economic Impact of Allowing Same-Sex Marriage in Vermont

Extending marriage to same-sex couples will boost Vermont‟s economy by over $30.6 million over three years, which would generate increases in state and local government tax and fee revenues by $3.3...
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  • Natch Greyes published this 04/07/2009
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Iowa Supreme Court Ruling Legalizing Gay Marriage

Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Robert B. Hanson, Judge. Defendant appeals from district court summary judgment ruling holding state statute limiting civil marriage to a uni...
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  • Natch Greyes published this 04/03/2009
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The snooping dragon: social-malware surveillance of the Tibetan movement

In this note we document a case of malware-based electronic surveillance of a political organisation by the agents of a nation state. While malware attacks are not new, two aspects of this case mak...
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  • Natch Greyes published this 03/30/2009
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Tracking GhostNet: Investigating a Cyber Espionage Network

Cyber espionage is an issue whose time has come. In this second report from the Information Warfare Monitor, we lay out the findings of a 10-month investigation of alleged Chinese cyber spying agai...
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  • Natch Greyes published this 03/30/2009
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Congressman McGovern and Wolf Call on U.S. Embassy in China to Demand Immediate Release of Charter 0

Dear Ambassador Randt: We write today to bring to your attention the recent arrest of Chinese human rights activist Liu Xiaobo. On December 10 a group of over 300 prominent Chinese citizens m...
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  • Natch Greyes published this 03/29/2009
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CRS Report: North Korean Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States

This report briefly reviews North Korea’s ballistic missile program. In summer 2007, North Korea tested modern, short-range missiles. In February 2009, South Korea reported the DPRK had deployed a ...
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  • Natch Greyes published this 03/18/2009
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CRS Report: Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier (CVN) Homeporting at Mayport: Background and Issues for Co

On January 14, 2009, the Navy announced that it wants to transfer one of its nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs) to the Navy home port at Mayport, FL, known formally as Naval Station (NAVSTA) ...
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  • Natch Greyes published this 03/18/2009
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CRS Report: The Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the 111th Congress: Conflicting Values and Difficult

The Endangered Species Act (ESA; P.L. 93-205, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531-1543) has been one of the more contentious environmental laws. This may stem from its strict substantive provisions, which can affect...
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  • Natch Greyes published this 03/18/2009
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CRS Report: Filling U.S. Senate Vacancies: Perspectives and Contemporary Developments

The presidential election of 2008 resulted, directly and indirectly, in the highest number of Senate vacancies associated with a presidential transition period in more than 60 years. The election o...
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  • Natch Greyes published this 03/18/2009
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CRS Report: Net Neutrality: The Federal Communications Commission's Authority to Enforce Its Network

In 2007, through various experiments by the media, most notably the Associated Press, it became clear that Comcast was intermittently blocking the use of an application called BitTorrent™ and, poss...
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  • Natch Greyes published this 03/18/2009
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CRS Report: The Constitutionality of Awarding the Delegate for the District of Columbia a Vote in th

Two proposals have been made in the 110th Congress regarding granting the Delegate of the District of Columbia voting rights in the House. On January 9, 2007, Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton of the ...
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  • Natch Greyes published this 03/05/2009
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Congress of the United States Freeman Letter (Republican Concern)

Dear Mr. Maguire, We are writing with concern over the appointment of Charles "Chas" Freeman as the next Chairman of the National Intelligence Council. Given his close ties to the Kingdom of Saud...
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  • Natch Greyes published this 03/04/2009
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Obama's Budget Proposal Fiscal Year 2010

Office of Management and Budget - "A New Era of Responsibility: Renewing America's Promise." Executive Office of the President Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Proposal We start 2009 in the midst of a c...
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  • Natch Greyes published this 02/26/2009
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CRS Report: China’s Economic Conditions

Since the initiation of economic reforms 30 years ago, China has become one of the world’s fastest-growing economies. From 1979 to 2007 China’s real gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an average ...
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  • Natch Greyes published this 02/25/2009
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CRS Report: China and Sub-Saharan Africa

While the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has been involved in sub-Saharan Africa for decades, its recent rise as a global industrial power has given it strong incentives to expand its role. A mor...
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  • Natch Greyes published this 02/25/2009
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CRS Report: China's Foreign Policy and "Soft Power" in South America, Asia, and Africa

A Study Prepared for the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations: April 2008. Dear Mr. Chairman: In response to your request, I am submitting a comprehensive memorandum examining the People’s Rep...
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  • Natch Greyes published this 02/25/2009
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