Only Montgomery Project Leader May Know the Truth, but She’s Not Talking
What’s beyond dispute is that [Wynn] Witthans is the missing star witness today as the Montgomery County Planning Board opens the final phase of its probe of Clarksburg Town Center. At issue are allegations that the developer, San Diego-based Newland Communities, and four local builders violated a series of binding agreements on building heights and setbacks, the style and configuration of homes, and retail and recreation plans.
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MoCo GP Meeting
Home of Irv Riskin
7911 Kentbury Dr, Bethesda, MD (301)942-0071
Saturday, November 5th at noon
1 hour — Social hour (pot luck)
5 minutes — Introductions, selection of Recording Secretary (we don’t have a permanent one) and time keeper
30 minutes — Speech and Q&A (Roger Berliner, candidate for councilmanic dist. #1 — http://www.friendsofrogerberliner.com)
10 minutes — Treasurer’s Report (Joseph Horgan)
10 minutes — TP/SS local report (Mary Rooker)
10 minutes — State CC report (Nathan Bahn)
10 minutes — past outreach activities (Becky Schaaf) BTW, plz note we do not have a perm. outreach coordinator
5 minutes — Membership report (Bahram Zandi)
In the 1990s, “rule of law” was hot.
In the 2000s, not so much.
Republicans, who impeached and tried to remove a president who lied about his private sex life, have now decided that the whole “rule of law” thing really isn’t all it’s cut out to be.
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So now perjury is a “technicality”?
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Also, check out Howard Kurtz.
Secret Surveillance Lacked Oversight
In one case, FBI agents kept an unidentified target under surveillance for at least five years — including more than 15 months without notifying Justice Department lawyers after the subject had moved from New York to Detroit. An FBI investigation concluded that the delay was a violation of Justice guidelines and prevented the department “from exercising its responsibility for oversight and approval of an ongoing foreign counterintelligence investigation of a U.S. person.”
In other cases, agents obtained e-mails after a warrant expired, seized bank records without proper authority and conducted an improper “unconsented physical search,” according to the documents.
Although heavily censored, the documents provide a rare glimpse into the world of domestic spying, which is governed by a secret court and overseen by a presidential board that does not publicize its deliberations. The records are also emerging as the House and Senate battle over whether to put new restrictions on the controversial USA Patriot Act, which made it easier for the government to conduct secret searches and surveillance but has come under attack from civil liberties groups.
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