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  <title>Open Congress : Blog Articles for Rep. Trent Franks [R, AZ-2]</title>
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  <updated>2008-06-27T00:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/person/blog/400141</id>
  <entry>
    <title>Wingnuts Want Addington in the Witness Protection Program After ...</title>
    <link href="http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/06/rightie-bloggers-display-contempt" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-27:/commentary/2393917</id>
    <updated>2008-06-27T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Comments from Left Field </name>
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The ranking Republican on the subcommittee, Trent Franks of Arizona, noted that &#226;&#8364;&#339;detainee treatment has been the subject of over 60 hearings, markups and briefings during the last Congress in the House Armed Services Committee alone, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/06/rightie-bloggers-display-contempt"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Cheney aide quizzed on detainee interrogations</title>
    <link href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=11765" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-27:/commentary/2393916</id>
    <updated>2008-06-27T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Michael Moore - This Just In </name>
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But the ranking Republican, Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), disagreed. Franks said torture is illegal, but harsh interrogation did not amount to torture and should be viewed in the context of the threat of international terrorism. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=11765"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Mask Heads to the Republican Convention</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-25:/commentary/2388306</id>
    <updated>2008-06-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Potomac Flacks </name>
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... the Republican staff of the House Education and Labor Committee, leaves Monday to join the communications shop at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, MN. Mask previously was Press Secretary for Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ). ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.potomacflacks.com/pf/2008/06/mask-heads-to-t.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Panel seeks testimony from Rumsfeld aide</title>
    <link href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20080624/torture-memo" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-24:/commentary/2391704</id>
    <updated>2008-06-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Politics | AP | Huffington Post Wires </name>
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Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., said Feith justifiably believed the hearing would not be a respectful discussion about terror detainees if Wilkerson shared the microphone. Republicans asked the Democrats who control the panel to give Feith ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20080624/torture-memo"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Douglas Feith: &#226;&#8364;&#339;Come On Down!!&#226;&#8364;&#157;</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-24:/commentary/2386940</id>
    <updated>2008-06-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Suzie-Q </name>
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Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., said Feith justifiably believed the hearing would not be a respectful discussion about terror detainees if Wilkerson shared the microphone. Republicans asked the Democrats who control the panel to give Feith ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://suzieqq.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/douglas-feith-come-on-down/"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Whining on FISA</title>
    <link href="http://chaosinmotion.blogspot.com/2008/06/whining-on-fisa.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-23:/commentary/2374908</id>
    <updated>2008-06-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Untitled </name>
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&amp;quot;The price of freedom is eternal vigilance,&amp;quot; Rep Trent Franks (R-AZ) intoned on the floor of the House of Representatives, purporting to invoke the authority of Thomas Jefferson on behalf of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, which passed ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://chaosinmotion.blogspot.com/2008/06/whining-on-fisa.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Congress caves on telecomms immunity</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-22:/commentary/2393919</id>
    <updated>2008-06-22T18:45:24Z</updated>
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      <name>Wicked Boring</name>
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Congress last week passed the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, which expands executive branch surveillance authority and "provides retroactive amnesty for telecoms implicated in warrantless NSA wiretapping." Ars Technica writes:"The price of freedom is eternal&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://debgeisler.livejournal.com/1009674.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>House renews FISA, approves telecom immunity</title>
    <link href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/06/21/house-renews-fisa-approves-telecom-immunity/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-21:/commentary/2368388</id>
    <updated>2008-06-21T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>CrunchGear </name>
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&#226;&#8364;&#339;The price of freedom is eternal vigilance,&#226;&#8364;&#157; said Rep. Trent Franks. Wow, really, is it? That, quite literally, doesn&#226;&#8364;&#8482;t sound like freedom, then. If you&#226;&#8364;&#8482;re &#226;&#8364;&#339;eternally&#226;&#8364;&#157; being watched, I would say your liberty is under constant &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/06/21/house-renews-fisa-approves-telecom-immunity/"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Capitulation Report</title>
    <link href="http://www.juliansanchez.com/2008/06/21/capitulation-report/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-21:/commentary/2365144</id>
    <updated>2008-06-21T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Julian Sanchez </name>
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&#226;&#8364;&#339;The price of freedom is eternal vigilance,&#226;&#8364;&#157; Rep Trent Franks (R-AZ) intoned on the floor of the House of Representatives, purporting to invoke the authority of Thomas Jefferson on behalf of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, which passed ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.juliansanchez.com/2008/06/21/capitulation-report/"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Abramoff's Flies Have Come Home to Roost on Rep. Trent Franks</title>
    <link href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/6/19/181949/124/17/537970" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-19:/commentary/2365146</id>
    <updated>2008-06-19T22:26:02Z</updated>
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      <name>Daily Kos: State of the Nation</name>
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Abramoff's Flies Have Come Home to Roost on &lt;strong class="keyword"&gt;Rep&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;strong class="keyword"&gt;Trent&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong class="keyword"&gt;Franks&lt;/strong&gt; by Raquel   10 comments&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/6/19/181949/124/17/537970"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>State Of Arizona</title>
    <link href="http://state-of-arizona.blogspot.com/2008/06/state-of-arizona_19.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-19:/commentary/2365145</id>
    <updated>2008-06-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>State Of Arizona </name>
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State Of Arizona Website . human right and stand for the freedom of all people to choose their religious beliefs,&#226;&#8364;&#157; said Trent Franks, US Congressional representative from the state of Arizona and co-chair of the Congressional Religious ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://state-of-arizona.blogspot.com/2008/06/state-of-arizona_19.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Abramoff&amp;#39;s Flies Have Come Home to Roost on Rep. Trent Franks</title>
    <link href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/6/19/181949/124" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-19:/commentary/2351569</id>
    <updated>2008-06-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Daily Kos </name>
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Money, in the form of contributions from corrupt PAC lobbies, was filtered through lackeys to the congressional campaign of Trent Franks. Contributions ranging from $500 to $20000 were linked to dirty money and Abramoff&amp;#39;s shifty ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/6/19/181949/124"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Good Night! Sweet Prince ...</title>
    <link href="http://vimandvinegar.blogspot.com/2008/06/good-night-sweet-prince.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-19:/commentary/2349159</id>
    <updated>2008-06-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Vim and Vinegar </name>
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Remarkably, Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) admitted on the record in his opening statement that we have engaged in torture by waterboarding 3 high-level terror suspects. Franks further asserted that the time spent waterboarding these suspects ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://vimandvinegar.blogspot.com/2008/06/good-night-sweet-prince.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>More Than Half Of &#8216;Democrats For McCain&#8217; List Have GOP Ties</title>
    <link href="http://www.seriouslypolitics.com/2008/06/17/more-than-half-of-democrats-for-mccain-list-have-gop-ties/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-18:/commentary/2338080</id>
    <updated>2008-06-18T01:06:06Z</updated>
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      <name>seriouslypolitics </name>
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More Than Half Of &#8216;Democrats For McCain&#8217; List Have GOP Ties0     [ Vote down]   [ Vote up] ... , who actually contributed McCain (as well as GOP &lt;strong class="keyword"&gt;Rep&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;strong class="keyword"&gt;Trent&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong class="keyword"&gt;Franks&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.seriouslypolitics.com/2008/06/17/more-than-half-of-democrats-for-mccain-list-have-gop-ties/"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Top Upcoming Stories</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-18:/commentary/2351570</id>
    <updated>2008-06-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Top News around the World </name>
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Arizona Representative Trent Franks took contributions from Abramoff lackeys. Asterisk + Twitter = Call Monitor. Posted: 18 Jun 2008 04:49 PM CDT. How to link your asterisk PBX and twitter together to give you caller ID over twitter/SMS ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://online-press.blogspot.com/2008/06/top-upcoming-stories_19.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>ANN 17 June 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-18:/commentary/2347053</id>
    <updated>2008-06-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Youth Ministries Saptamarga Weblog </name>
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Trent Franks, US Congressional representative from Arizona and keynote speaker for the sixth annual Religious Liberty Dinner, told attendees that protecting freedom of religion at home is key to ensuring similar freedoms around the ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://gyds.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/ann-17-june-2008/"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Abramoff&amp;#39;s Flies Have Come Home to Roost on Rep. Franks</title>
    <link href="http://digg.com/politics/Abramoff_s_Flies_Have_Come_Home_to_Roost_on_Rep_Franks" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-18:/commentary/2347052</id>
    <updated>2008-06-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Digg / upcoming </name>
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Something stinks in Congress, and if you want to find something that stinks just follow the flies. Flies are attracted to fresh feces, corpses, and anything that is rotten. Arizona Representative Trent Franks took contributions from ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://digg.com/politics/Abramoff_s_Flies_Have_Come_Home_to_Roost_on_Rep_Franks"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>More Than Half Of &amp;#39;Democrats For McCain&amp;#39; List Have GOP Ties</title>
    <link href="http://feeds.huffingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=4effae86749f3bdfa9a52d0aae1046e5" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-17:/commentary/2393918</id>
    <updated>2008-06-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com </name>
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In an effort to demonstrate his broad political appeal, Sen. John McCain on Saturday released a list of &amp;quot;prominent Democrats and Independents&amp;quot; who were supporting his candidacy. The whole concept was disputed from the get-go. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://feeds.huffingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=4effae86749f3bdfa9a52d0aae1046e5"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>More Than Half Of &amp;#39;Democrats For McCain&amp;#39; List Have GOP Ties</title>
    <link href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/17/more-than-half-of-democra_n_107683.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-17:/commentary/2348581</id>
    <updated>2008-06-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>huffpolitics on The Huffington Post </name>
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Take, for example, former Phoenix Mayor Paul Johnson, who actually contributed McCain (as well as GOP Rep. Trent Franks) in 2004. Like Johnson, Phil Hubbard, a former Democratic state legislator, also finds himself on McCain&amp;#39;s new list. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/17/more-than-half-of-democra_n_107683.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>McCain&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s deceptive list</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-17:/commentary/2338078</id>
    <updated>2008-06-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Axt113&amp;#39;s Desk </name>
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Take, for example, former Phoenix Mayor Paul Johnson, who actually contributed McCain (as well as GOP Rep. Trent Franks) in 2004. Like Johnson, Phil Hubbard, a former Democratic state legislator, also finds himself on McCain&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s new list. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://axt113.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/mccains-deceptive-list/"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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