Subject:  More Than 755,000 on US Terrorist Watch List
Date:  Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:58:56 -0500
Over 755,000 names on US terrorist watch list; Turkey's PM warns that US will not stop Turkey from crossing into Iraq; Democrats think they have a veto-proof majority on expanding the State Children's Health Insurance Program; Andrew Greeley lists how he is ashamed for America; Iraq embassy contractor gets more contracts; French hold summit on environment; Boxer questions White House editing of testimony on climate; and more ... Browse our continually updating front page at http://www.truthout.org

t r u t h o u t | 10.25

More Than 755,000 on US Terrorist Watch List
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/102507A.shtml
Agence France-Presse reports: "The US terrorist watch list includes more than 755,000 names and continues to grow, the US Government Accountability Office said Wednesday. The list exploded from fewer than 20 entries before the September 11, 2001 attacks to more than 150,000 just a few months later, after the Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) was created in December 2003 to keep tabs on terrorist suspects, according to the GAO, the non-partisan investigative arm of Congress."

Turkey: US Will Not Stop Iraq Incursion
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/102507B.shtml
The Associated Press reports: "Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that US objections would not stop Turkey from crossing into Iraq to eliminate Kurdish rebels. The Turkish military said it had killed more than 30 insurgents who were poised to launch an attack on the border."

Democratic Presidential Candidates Threaten New Surveillance Bill
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/102507C.shtml
Michael Isikoff, reporting for Newsweek, writes, "A White House campaign to win quick passage of a major surveillance bill has hit a new snag in recent days: four Democratic presidential candidates have signaled their intention to oppose the measure as it is currently written."

Democrats Tweak SCHIP in Effort to Override Veto
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/102507D.shtml
Jeffrey Young, Jackie Kucinich and Jonathan E. Kaplan, reporting for The Hill, write, "After tinkering with their bill, House Democrats believe they have made the necessary concessions to attract a veto-proof majority on legislation expanding the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)."

Andrew Greeley | Those Who Love America Feeling Brokenhearted
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/102507E.shtml
Andrew Greeley, in an op-ed for The Chicago Sun-Times, writes: "I am ashamed for America. Note carefully that I do not say I am ashamed of America. Despite all its inherent flaws and all its tragic mistakes, the United States stands, however incompletely and with whatever imperfections, for the highest standards of freedom and democracy that the world has yet known. I am ashamed for America because all the evil done in the nation's name in recent years is turning off the light on the mountaintop."

Firm Blamed for Baghdad Embassy Flaws Gains New Jobs
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/102507F.shtml
Warren P. Strobel, reporting for the McClatchy Newspapers, writes, "The Kuwaiti contractor that's building the new US Embassy in Baghdad - behind schedule and plagued by allegations of shoddy construction and safety flaws - is still winning lucrative new contracts to build US diplomatic installations overseas."

Economic Growth and France's Summit for the Environment
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/102507G.shtml
In Le Monde, Herve Kempf derides a French growth commission that failed to take environmental considerations into account, even though its chair, the Socialist former Finance Minister Jacques Attali, wrote about such folly as a young economist. Meanwhile, in counterpoint, Gaelle Dupont provides an overview of the French "Summit for the Environment" that has been in preparation since July and which convenes Wednesday, October 24, and Thursday, October 25.

Boxer Seeks Answers on Edited Climate Testimony
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/102507H.shtml
Juliet Eilperin, reporting for The Washington Post, writes, "Bush administration officials acknowledged yesterday that they heavily edited testimony on global warming, delivered to Congress on Tuesday by the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, after the president's top science adviser and other officials questioned its scientific basis."


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