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News Report on US detention of wife of Iraqi insurgent [US DOD]
Report on US detention of wife of Iraqi insurgent [US DOD]
Bernard Hibbitts
January 27, 2006 11:19:00 pm

Memorandum for Record - Report of Violations of the Geneva Conventions and the International Laws of Land Warfare, US Department of Defense, June 10, 2004 [Defense Intelligence Agency report of a May 2004 incident where a non-combatant wife of a...

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News Incoming Canadian PM asserts Arctic sovereignty against US
Incoming Canadian PM asserts Arctic sovereignty against US
Bernard Hibbitts
January 27, 2006 09:54:00 am

Canadian Prime Minister-designate Stephen Harper , elected earlier this week and slated to be sworn in February 6 by Canada's Governor-General , went out of his way at his first news conference Thursday to reassert the...

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News Air passenger identification policy ruling [9th Circuit]
Air passenger identification policy ruling [9th Circuit]
Bernard Hibbitts
January 26, 2006 10:59:00 pm

John Gilmore v. Alberto R. Gonzales et al., United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, January 26, 2006 . Read...

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News Domestic surveillance questions [US Senate Judiciary Comm.]
Domestic surveillance questions [US Senate Judiciary Comm.]
Bernard Hibbitts
January 25, 2006 11:10:00 pm

Letter from Senator Arlen Specter to US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales setting out questions to be addressed by the AG in scheduled US Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on "Wartime executive Powers and the NSA's Surveillance Authority", January 24, 2006. Read...

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News Gonzales speech on legality of NSA surveillance [US DOJ]
Gonzales speech on legality of NSA surveillance [US DOJ]
Bernard Hibbitts
January 24, 2006 02:50:00 pm

Prepared Remarks for US Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales at the Georgetown University Law Center, January 24, 2006 . Read the full text of the address. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

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News CIA prisons and rendition report [COE]
CIA prisons and rendition report [COE]
Bernard Hibbitts
January 24, 2006 01:58:00 pm

Alleged secret detentions in Council of Europe member states, Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, January 24, 2006 [asserting that not only did alleged secret prisons run by the CIA in Europe exist, but...

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News Canadian Conservatives pledge to clean up corruption, fight crime after election win
Canadian Conservatives pledge to clean up corruption, fight crime after election win
Bernard Hibbitts
January 24, 2006 09:42:00 am

Canadian Prime Minister-elect Stephen Harper pledged Monday night to clean up government corruption and get tough on crime after his Conservative Party defeated the governing Liberals in Canada's federal election and won enough seats [Elections...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Saddam court postpones next session until January 29
BREAKING NEWS ~ Saddam court postpones next session until January 29
Bernard Hibbitts
January 24, 2006 06:23:00 am

AP is reporting that the Iraqi High Criminal Court trying ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and co-defendants for crimes against humanity has canceled its session scheduled for Tuesday and has instead set January 29 as the...

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News Procedures for Military Executions [US Army]
Procedures for Military Executions [US Army]
Bernard Hibbitts
January 23, 2006 10:39:00 pm

US Army Corrections System: Procedures for Military Executions, US Army, January 17, 2006 . Read the full text of the regulations . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

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News NSA surveillance program address [ODNI]
NSA surveillance program address [ODNI]
Bernard Hibbitts
January 23, 2006 09:24:00 pm

What American Intelligence and Especially the NSA have been Doing to Defend the Nation, National Press Club, Deputy Director of National Intelligence General Michael Hayden, January 23, 2006 . Read...

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President Lincoln signed first US federal income tax act

On July 1, 1862, the Tax Act of 1862 was passed and signed by President Lincoln, establishing a 3% federal tax on income above $600 and a 5% tax on income above $10,000.

Compliance with the act was poor, even though there were needs for the Civil War. After the war the act was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Review a brief history of the US income tax from the Library of Congress.

UK returns Hong Kong to China

On July 1, 1997, the United Kingdom returned Hong Kong to China at the conclusion of a 99-year lease. The foundation for the transfer of power was set in December of 1984, when China and UK signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong. The Declaration affirmed the handover of Hong Kong along with governing principles. Most significantly, the Chinese agreed not to impose their socialist system on Hong Kong.

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