H.R.2082 - Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes. view all titles (5)

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  • Short: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 as reported to house.
  • Short: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 as introduced.
  • Short: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 as passed house.
  • Official: To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 as passed senate.

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03/28/08
Voice of the Reader

President George Bush has vetoed HR 2082, the Intelligence Authorization Bill, which prevents US agents from using waterboarding, sexual ...

Source: The Southern, IL
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03/25/08
America should oppose torture

While I applaud Congress for rejecting bogus arguments validating torture as an interrogation tactic and passing HR 2082, I was extremely...

Source: News-Leader.com, MO
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03/25/08
Letter: President’s Veto Shameful

... the use of torture — a tactic rubber-stamped by high-ranking Bush administration officials — by passing the Intelligence Authorizatio...

Source: Alexandria Gazette Packet, VA
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03/22/08
Despite church pleas, Bush vetoes ...

A letter from the National Religious Campaign Against Torture said that signing HR 2082 "would return our country to the paths of goodnes...

Source: The Christian Century
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03/22/08
Gerlach said the torture element w...

The first was HR 2082, to override President Bush's veto of a ''torture ban.'' The vetoed measure, the feature said, would have required ...

Source: Allentown Morning Call, PA
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03/21/08
Letter to the Editor

I am so dismayed to hear that George Bush vetoed HR 2082, the Intelligence Authorization Bill. This bill banned torture of detainees in t...

Source: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, AK
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03/21/08
Bush shouldn't have vetoed interro...

I am extremely disappointed that President Bush has vetoed HR 2082, the Intelligence Authorization bill, which... Welcome to onlinesentin...

Source: Central Maine Morning Sentinel, ME
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03/19/08
Bush Vetoes Anti-Torture Legislation

Passed by both the House and the Senate, HR 2082 would have required the CIA to obey the Geneva Conventions and stay withing the interrog...

Source: BostonNOW, MA
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03/19/08
Kirk, Bush, moving country backward

On March 11, Congressman Mark Kirk had the opportunity to overrride President Bush's veto of The Intelligence Authorization Act of 2008 (...

Source: Chicago Daily Herald, IL
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03/17/08
Activism on Women's Issues and the...

At that time, HR 2082 - The Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 2008, was awaiting the stroke of President Bush's pen. ...

Source: Huffington Post, NY
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Blog Coverage

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05/31/11
H.R.2082: To amend the Internal Re...

Hmmmm, no blog posts found for this bill at this time. This means that this this bill has not yet been mentioned on a publicly-searchable...

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12/23/08
Wyden Leads and Succeeds in 110th ...

ü Fighting Torture: Senator Wyden and other members of a joint House-Senate conference committee on H.R. 2082, the annual bill authorizi...

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12/06/08
oneheartforpeace: Letter to citize...

H.R. 2082, the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, as reported out of conference on December 6, 2007, would generally ba...

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12/06/08
Deeper Inside the Mountain: 111th ...

House Votes - H.R. 2082: Intelligence Authorizatio... House Vote on the Vote on the Veto - H.R. 3963: SC... House Votes - H.R. 4351: AMT ...

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12/04/08
Well Behaved Women Seldom Make His...

(H.R. 2082, Vote 22, 2/13/08). · McCain Also Supported Outsourcing at Walter Reed. McCain opposed an amendment to prevent the outsourcin...

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12/01/08
Ainnbeen: GEORGE WALKER BUSH.

On March 8, 2008, Bush vetoed H.R. 2082,[139] a bill that would have expanded Congressional oversight over the intelligence community and...

Source: Ainnbeen
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11/30/08
Alan Fineberg: Opencongress.org

I just discovered Open Congress, a pretty sweet site for bringing clarity and perspective to US politics + legislation. For example, chec...

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11/29/08
Group Against Torture in Sudan: Fo...

Citibank Ghost House in Downtown Khartoum, Sudan · توصيات سمنار المصالحة الوطنية · ► March (1). CNN: Bush vet...

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11/27/08
Jewish Currents Magazine: ... The ...

Bush vetoes HR 2082, a bill that would have expanded Congressional oversight over the intelligence community and banned waterboarding and...

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11/23/08
Mike's and Albaiza's Common Sense:...

I voted for the Intelligence Authorization bill for 2008, H.R. 2082, which requires the intelligence agencies to adopt the Army Field Man...

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