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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 2009-10
Research & Presentation Rubric


2000 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

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


2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION


Exit Polls

» National Security Issues

GENERAL RESOURCES FOR NATIONAL SECURITY

NATIONAL SECURITY BLOG (VIDEO)
FAS

GLOBAL SECURITY
NATIONAL SECURITYARCHIVES
PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT SECRECY (FAS)
BULLETIN OF ATOMIC SCIENTISTS


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


Guantanamo Tribunals (CBS News interactive)

National Security Blog (video on the predator)
Center For Terrorism Law

THE CAPTURE OF OSAMA BIN LADEN

Missed opportunities (NBC news)

DRUG WARS / MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS


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:

Pro v. Con

SIRS Knowledge Source, Leading Issues


ABORTION

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

Bid to save a scenic landscape (CBS News)

GAY ADOPTION


Pro and Con
(Time Article)



GAY MARRIAGE


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)


HEALTH CARE

CNN Special Report

IMMIGRATION
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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