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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush said on Friday he had installed Alabama Attorney General William Pryor on an Atlanta appeals court, the second time this year he has bypassed Congress on a judicial selection. "I am proud to name this leading American lawyer to the appellate bench," Bush said in a statement. Pryor, an outspoken foe of abortion rights, was blocked by Democrats when Bush first nominated him 10 months ago. But the president used a "recess appointment" -- naming him while Congress was on a five-day break -- to circumvent Senate approval. — Reuters.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Employees of the Transportation Security Administration acted "outside the spirit of the Privacy Act," in 2002 when they facilitated the transfer of 1.5 million passenger records from the budget airline JetBlue to a defense contractor, but did not break the law, according to a report published Friday. ... The officials "acted without regard to the privacy interests of the private citizens whose data was transferred, outside the spirit of the Privacy Act of 1974," O'Conner Kelly said, especially because their "participation was essential (to project), because a number of airlines had been approached (and) all had refused because of the lack of involvement of a regulatory body with authority over the airlines." — UPI

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[ragnus.livejournal.com]

Tobin: do you have AIM? IM me at "yisheng jiang 78".

Btw, I think I saw you last week on Gayley St. You were wearing a blue shirt and talking on cellphone (otherwise I would have yelled hi).

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[nibot.livejournal.com]

No AIM.

That was probably me.. I work on Gayley/Piedmont.. pretty much.