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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: steve dietrich who wrote (736793)	4/14/2006 12:45:10 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

2006 Muzzle Awards: President Bush and the Justice Department are among the "winners" of the 2006 Jefferson Muzzle awards, given by the non-profit Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression to the worst First Amendment violators of the year. Bush won First Place for authorizing the National Security Agency to tap the phones of U.S. citizens. The Justice Department won Second Place for its demand that Google turn over thousands of personal internet records, a move the Center feels could throttle online freedom of expression. Other winners: the Department of Homeland Security for stopping an air marshal from expressing concerns about public safety; the Yelm, Wash., City Council for banning the words "Wal-Mart" and "big-box stores" at public hearings; and University of Connecticut students who heckled rightwing columnist Ann Coulter. Source: 2006 Jefferson Muzzle awards: tjcenter.org