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NSA-Spying Files Bigger than White House Said
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/122405A.shtml
The National Security Agency has traced and analyzed large volumes of telephone and web communications flowing in and out of the United States as part of the eavesdropping program that President Bush approved after the September 11, 2001, attacks.

Enron's Ex-Accounting Chief Could Testify vs. Lay and Skilling
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/122405B.shtml
Federal prosecutors are engaged in plea negotiations with former Enron Corp. official Richard A. Causey, working toward a deal that could provide crucial momentum for the government heading into the signature trial of the corporate scandal era.

The Lincoln Group Cashes In on Iraq War
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/122405C.shtml
While working under a US military contract, the newly formed Lincoln Group paid Iraqi journalists to place highly controversial pro-democracy stories in the media.

Guilty of War Crimes for WMD Sale to Saddam
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/122405D.shtml
A Dutch chemicals merchant was sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday for selling Saddam Hussein's regime the materials used to kill thousands in lethal gas attacks on Kurdish villages in the 1980s.

Eight Iraqi Soldiers Killed in Checkpoint Attack
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/122405E.shtml
Eight Iraqi soldiers were killed and 17 wounded when gunmen stormed a checkpoint in a restive area north of Baghdad on Friday.

NBC Takes Control of MSNBC
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/122405F.shtml
NBC Universal announced today that it has reached a deal to acquire majority control of MSNBC, the 24-hour cable television news network, from Microsoft.

Military School Sexual Harassment Persists
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/122405G.shtml
Sexual assaults and harassment are still significant problems at the nation's military academies, polls of students at the schools show, despite recent scandals that triggered intensive training to prevent the behavior.

Ellen Goodman | Bush's False Choices
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/122405H.shtml
Ellen Goodman highlights the president's "whatever it takes" approach to post 9/11 counter-terrorism as "whatever the president says it takes," citing his continual division of the country, separating his supporters from his critics.

Santa's Chinese Elves
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/122405X.shtml
While Santa Claus lives it up with Rudolph at the North Pole, his elves have relocated to factories in southern China's atheist towns and villages.

US Airstrikes Take Toll on Civilians
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/122405Y.shtml
US Marine airstrikes targeting insurgents sheltering in Iraqi residential neighborhoods are killing civilians as well as guerrillas along the Euphrates River in far western Iraq.

Christmas in New Orleans
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/122405Z.shtml
At this time of year, Katrinia survivors are finding parallels to their tragedy and hardship from long ago: There was no room at the inn for the first Christmas, and there are few places for the people of New Orleans to rest their heads now.

Red State Road Trip: A 60-Minute Documentary
http://www.truthout.org/multimedia.htm
How could America have given George W. Bush a second term? Filmmaker Chris Hume decided to find out by embarking on a 6,000-mile, cross-country journey in search of America's soul. The result: a fascinating, hilarious, and often disturbing road-trip adventure.
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Impeach George W. Bush and Dick Cheney for violating the
Constitution of the United States
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/impeach_bush.htm