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Stories from 2004-02-10

ACLU Blasts Louisiana For Traffic Camera Proposal

STAFF | Government Security | February 10, 2004

"The American Civil Liberties Union issued a condemnation Thursday of St. Bernard Parish Sheriff Jack Stephens' plan to seek Homeland security grants to install cameras at the parish line to photograph motorists' faces and license plates as they come and go." [more]

Canadian Tried in Secret

Michelle Shephard | Toronto Star | February 10, 2004

"While it has been reported that Jabarah had been co-operating with American agents and faced unknown charges, his case has been shrouded in secrecy. Hearings have been held in private. There is no listing of his case on New York court databases and prosecutors with the Southern District of New York state won't comment to reporters." [more]

Japan's Military Sculpts New Image in Iraqi Sand

Anthony Faiola | Washington Post | February 10, 2004

"The dispatch of soldiers to Iraq has jarred the national psyche. No Japanese soldier has fallen — or killed an enemy — since the surrender to the United States in 1945." [more]

Service Chiefs Challenge White House on the Budget

Eric Schmitt | New York Times | February 10, 2004

"Appearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, three of the four chiefs of the armed services expressed concerns about a financing gap, perhaps of four months, for the two missions, whose combined cost is about $5 billion a month." [more]

Voting Machine Showdown

Farhad Manjoo | Salon | February 10, 2004

"A leading maker of computer election equipment defends itself in court against charges that it overreached itself in trying to stifle critics." [more]

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