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The purpose of this page is to provide ideas and resources for your public policy research topics. The resources provided here are not intended to be comprehensive, rather, they are intended to give you a good start and to suppliment your own research. I have provided some of these resources because they are not readily available through normal internet research and are thus not easily accesible to most students.


Using the Library: The Media Center is going to have books on most of the subjects you will research.
  » Public Policy Packet
» Research & Presentation Rubric

2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
» Exit Polls

2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

» Exit Polls


2000 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
» Pre-election overview
» Exit Polls
» Election results, House and Senate
» Bush and Gore on the issues


» National Security Issues

GENERAL RESOURCES
» Youdebate


GENERAL RESOURCES FOR NATIONAL SECURITY


» NATIONAL SECURITY BLOG (VIDEO)
» FAS
» GLOBAL SECURITY
» NATIONAL SECURITYARCHIVES
» PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT SECRECY (FAS)
» BULLETIN OF ATOMIC SCIENTISTS
» NATIONAL SECURITY (NPR)
»
NATIONAL SECURITY ARCHIVES


EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION

» Extraordinary Rendition (Frontline)



ENHANCED INTERROGATION


» John Yoo on Gitmo decision
(Wall St. Jrnl)
» Cheney v Obama on torture
(Politico)

» Hayden on the release of memos (Wall St. Jrnl)
» Terror techiques described (ABC News)
» News Hour
(watch the streaming video)

» The Torture Question (Frontline)
» Senate Armed Services Committee Report on Treatment of Detainees
Bush Legacy on Torture (Time)


WAR ON TERROISM


»
War in Afghanistan
» Guantanamo Tribunals (CBS News interactive)
» National Security Blog (video on the predator)
» Civilians Killed in Drone Strikes (Wired)
» AirForces Command Center (US News)
» Center For Terrorism Law

CAPTURING OSAMA BIN LADEN

Missed opportunities (NBC news)

DRUG WARS / MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS

» Border Wars (Nat. Geographic)
» The Drug War at our Doorstep (LA Times Report)
» Drug war threatens to cross U.S. border (CNN)
» Cartels fueling violence (NPR)
» Mexican Drug Wars (NPR)


INTELLIGENCE
» CIA (home page)

» CIA (info from FAS)
» CIA World Fact Book
» NSA (National Security Agency)
» NSA ( CNN In depth)

» Echelon (FAS info)
» Echelon (Report on Echelon)

» European study of Echelon (NYTimes)


WEAPONS AND TECHNOLOGY


» Missile Wars (Frontline Special)
» MissleWars Video (NORAD) (RealPlayer Required)
» The Nuclear Football (Global Security)



9-11 (Preventing, Conspiracy Theories)

» Top Conspiracy Theories
» Debunking 9-11 Myths (Popular Mechanics)
» 9-11 Mystery Aircraft (CNN)

WIRETAPPING / DATA MINING / NSA

» Spy Factory (NOVA)
» Spying on the Homefront (Frontline)
» Interview with James Bamford, NPR
(Audio)
» Interview on Seattle Public Radio (Audio):
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
» Interview with James Bamford (Audio)
» James Bamford speech to the ACUL (Audio)
» Bamford on Spying Program
» Debate over wiretapping, News Hour (Streaming video & transcript...take note of the arguments presented for and against wiretapping)


WAR IN IRAQ, JUSTIFICATIONS, ETC.


» Democratic leaders speak on Iraq (video)
» The Dark Side (Frontline)
» Dead Wrong (CNN report into prewar intelligence)
» War based on false pretenses (MSNBC)
NIE Key Judgements (FAS)
» George Tenet's Slam Dunk (Washington Post)
» What happened to the WMD's? (view the interview "Confession of Sadam Hussein")
» Pro v. Con, War in Iraq
» Buying the War (Bill Moyers)
» War and Decision (Miller Center)

     

» Domestic Issues


GENERAL RESOURCES FOR DOMESTIC ISSUES:
» Youdebate
» Pro v. Con

» SIRS Knowledge Source, Leading Issues
» Balanced Politics


ABORTION

» Abortion Facts
» Who is Jane Roe(CNN)

» The Issues: Abortion
» Abortion interactive (CBS News)
» High Court Ducks Major Abortion Ruling
» Senate Passes Unborn Victims bill (CBS News March 04)
» President Bush Signs Unborn Victims bill (CBS News)
» The infamous case of Roe v. Wade
» Was Roe v. Wade rightly decided? (CNN)
» Abortion Debate at the Crossroads (CBS News, 2003)

CLONING

» Human is closer than you think (Time)

CORPORATE CRIME (WHITE COLLAR CRIME)

» House of Cards, The subprime mortgage crisis (CNBC report)
» Scam of the Century, Bernie Maddoff (CNBC report)
» Corruption business as usual



DEATH PENALTY


» The Death Penalty (The Pew Forum)

» Death Penalty Information Center

DNA TESTING

» The basics of dna testing


ENERGY POLICY

» The Bakken Formation (USGS web site)
» Bid to save a scenic landscape (CBS News)

ENVIRONMENT

» Reintroduction of the Wolf


GAY ADOPTION


» Pro and Con
(Time Article)



GAY MARRIAGE


» LDS Church Focus of Gay Marriage Debate (KSL News)
» Same Sex Marriage Debate (CBS News)
» Battle Over Gay Marriage, State by State (NPR)

» California Court upholds ban (CNN)
» Same-sex marriage, state to state
» The Secular Case Against Gay Marriage
(MIT College Newspaper)

» Gay Marriage (The Pew Forum)
» State by State

» Gay Marriage Info
» DOMA Watch
» Defense of Marriage Act (Thomas)


GUN CONTROL


» Assault Weapons ban (slide show)

GLOBAL WARMING

» Climategate (CNET)
» Congress to probe Climategate (CNET)
» CRU (Climate Research Unit)
Climategate emails


HEALTH CARE

» CNN Special Report

 

IMMIGRATION
» ICE Deportations Part 1 (KSL Video)
» ICE Deportations Part 2
»
A look inside ICE deportation flights
»
Battle over Immigration
(Washington Post)
» Border Fence (CNN)
» Migrant Population (Pew Research)
» Illegal Immigration (NPR)

MEDICAL MARIJUANA


» Marijuana Inc. (CNBC special report)

RELIGION IN SCHOOLS (Evolution v. Creationism)

» Judgement Day, Intelligent design on trial (NOVA)
» The Debate over Evolution
(The Pew Forum)

» Darwin under the microscope (Uncommon Knowledge)
» Debating Evolution in the classroom (NPR)
» Doubting Darwin (NPR)
» Lousiana Evolution Law
» Court rules against creationism
(Check for related video)
» Pro Evolution Blog

» Evolution Sceptics Blog



 

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