Lawmaker Questions Legality of Administration's Satellite Plan
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The chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security today questioned the legal basis of a new Bush administration plan to expand domestic law enforcement agencies' access to powerful satellite and aircraft sensor surveillance technology, contending that the administration has failed to build in...
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A plan to use U.S. spy satellites for domestic security and law-enforcement missions is moving forward after being delayed for months because of privacy and civil liberties concerns.
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By ALICIA CHANG and JEREMIAH MARQUEZ LOS ANGELES - Dennis V. Byrnes, a veteran engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, fired off a 1,300-word letter to his congressman in April complaining of &quot;unwarranted intrusion&quot; into his life.
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A U.S. communications regulator  sought a probe on Thursday into whether commentator Armstrong  Williams broke the law by promoting the Bush administration's  education plan on television and radio without properly  disclosing compensation his firm received.
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DALLAS, Texas -- A former Apollo astronaut blasted the U.S. space agency today in its handling of a Congressionally-mandated study on dealing with the threat of Near Earth Objects (NEOs) striking the Earth.
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A key U.S. lawmaker said on Thursday he had not yet seen a workable approach to creating an approval pathway for generic versions of expensive biotechnology medicines.
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Rep. Duncan Hunter says his son, a Marine artillery officer who has served in Iraq, asked him for two favors. One was to fix his Ford Bronco. The other was to stand firm in opposing an intelligence bill that would strip authority from the Pentagon.
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Lawmakers say the deal may pose a threat to national security.
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The highly classified program has provoked opposition from lawmakers questioning its necessity and rapidly escalating price.
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Democrats in Congress are building a legislative roadblock to the Bush administration's plan to place elements of a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic.
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Democrats and others question the FCC chief's request to allow an official with a conflict of interest to break an expected tie vote.
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Defining limits on 'alternative' interrogation methods is major concern of key US lawmakers.
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A U.S. lawmaker ousted as a federal judge in 1989 on corruption charges tried on Wednesday to convince Democratic colleagues he deserves to head a congressional committee designed to help protect America's security.
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Parsing the senator's position on Gov. Eliot Spitzer's controversial proposal.
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The public may yet learn what thousands of pilots told NASA about air safety. Congress moved Monday to analyze data from a project that the space agency cast aside and then withheld results in fear they could alarm the public and hurt airline profits.
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A proposal for a wireless phone directory raises concerns in Congress.
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The U.S. Congress still needs to deal with network neutrality, and supporters in Congress are willing to block any legislation favored by broadband providers until the issue is resolved, a leading Democratic lawmaker said Wednesday.