DOCUMENTS IN THE NEWS - 2002
United States Government and Its Officials

FBI Reorganization

Attorney General's Guidelines on FBI Investigations (May 30, 2002)
• FBI Undercover Operations
• Confidential Informants
• General Crimes, Racketeering and Terrorism Investigations
• Lawful, Warrantless Monitoring of Verbal Communications
FBI Strategic Focus
• Plan announced by Director Robert Mueller on May 29, 2002
• Lists new priorities of FBI with counterterrorism at the top
• Establishment of "flying squads"
• Reorganization chart
FBI Flaws Alleged by Field Staff (Washington Post)
• Coleen Rowley of the Minnesota Field Office alleged the FBI central office ignored numerous search warrants of Zacarias Moussaoui's communications before September 11
• Article dated May 23, 2002
• Cnn Article
• Coleen Rowley's Memo on Moussaoui Investigation (Time Magazine)
  • Edited text of Minnesota FBI agent's memo to FBI Director Robert Mueller
  • On difficulties investigating Zacarias Moussaoui
Senators Question Author of Phoenix Memo
• Kenneth Williams of FBI office in Phoenix requested FBI investigate Osama Bin Laden supports attended U.S. flight schools on July 10, 2001

Income Tax

Canadian Tax Forms
• Site includes forms and instructions for individuals, business and non-profits
• Recommendations for tax advice
Detroit Tax Forms
• Tax forms for the 1998-2001 filing years
Federal Tax Forms (IRS)
• Tax forms, instructions, and publications in PDF (Adobe Acrobat), PCL, PostScript, and SGML format
• See "eyeglasses" at the bottom of the screen for keyword searching
• Although the tax forms print well, the tax booklets may be too long to effectively print
• Many reproducible tax forms also available at the Documents Center
Michigan 2001 Tax Forms (Treasury Department)
• All forms available in Adobe Acrobat
• Provides link for free Acrobat software and tax assistance information
Michigan State and City Tax Forms
• Alternative source for state tax forms since 1996
• Best links to Michigan city tax forms
State Tax Forms (LSU)
• Clear listing of links to tax forms from various states

National Security Strategy

National Security Strategy Document
• Chapters on championing human dignity, defeating terrorism, preventing threats from weapons of mass destruction, encouraging free markets and open societies, and transforming national security institutions
• Greatest danger is the intersection of radicalism with technology
• Dated September 17 and released September 20, 2002
• Another copy

Presidential Records Protection

Executive Order 13233
• Issued by George W. Bush on November 1, 2001
• Allows former presidents to protect their records from public access for longer than 12 years
H.R.4187
• Introduced by Rep. Steve Horn on April 11, 2002
• Negates the Executive Order
Presidential Records Act of 1978
• Public Law 95-591 (92 Stat. 2523) established ownership and access restrictions/privileges to Presidential records
Nixon v. Administrator of General Services
• Supreme Court case in which Richard Nixon sued the General Services Administration for protection of his Presidential papers
• 433 US 425 (1977)

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