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* The [[No Child Left Behind]] Act | * The [[No Child Left Behind]] Act | ||
* The [[USA PATRIOT Act]] | * The [[USA PATRIOT Act]] | ||
| − | * The Invasion & Occupation of Iraq | + | * The [[US Invasion of Iraq|Invasion & Occupation of Iraq]] |
* Lackadaisical [[response to Hurricane Katrina]] | * Lackadaisical [[response to Hurricane Katrina]] | ||
* Skyrocketing secrecy: "Government secrecy has reached a historic high, even compared to the Cold War (San Diego Union July 3). Federal departments are classifying documents at a rate of 125 per minute... or two per second... and inventing new kinds of classification, while declassification efforts that peaked under the [[1992-1999 US Presidential Adminstration|Clinton Administration]] have slowed to a crawl." ([http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/] 2005-09-02 entry) | * Skyrocketing secrecy: "Government secrecy has reached a historic high, even compared to the Cold War (San Diego Union July 3). Federal departments are classifying documents at a rate of 125 per minute... or two per second... and inventing new kinds of classification, while declassification efforts that peaked under the [[1992-1999 US Presidential Adminstration|Clinton Administration]] have slowed to a crawl." ([http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/] 2005-09-02 entry) | ||
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This page covers the actions of George W. Bush's administration during the time he was in office.
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- The No Child Left Behind Act
- The USA PATRIOT Act
- The Invasion & Occupation of Iraq
- Lackadaisical response to Hurricane Katrina
- Skyrocketing secrecy: "Government secrecy has reached a historic high, even compared to the Cold War (San Diego Union July 3). Federal departments are classifying documents at a rate of 125 per minute... or two per second... and inventing new kinds of classification, while declassification efforts that peaked under the Clinton Administration have slowed to a crawl." ([1] 2005-09-02 entry)
- Repeated incidents of action against whistleblowers:
- Bunnatine Greenhouse: The Washington Post The Carpetbagger Report (possibly problematic links: [2] [3])
- 2004-11-14: Bush Plans to Purge the 'Disloyal' at CIA: "The White House has ordered the new CIA director ... to purge the agency of officers believed to have been disloyal to President George W. Bush..." (a clear case of Equating the Individual with the Office) (also another source)
- ...and that guy whose undercover agent wife was exposed after he said something...