Forward Intelligence is the secret surveillance department of the Special Branch of Scotland Yard, used to spy on citizens and residents of the United Kingdom who are suspected by the police of seditious or revolutionary activity. Forward Intelligence's surveillance activities are unaccountable to the general public, and are similar in scope and purpose to those of the Red Squads employed by many municipal police forces in the United States. Special Branch is the arm of the British and many Commonwealth police forces that deals with national security matters. ... Alternative meanings: Scotland Yard (band), Scotland Yard board game New Scotland Yard, London New Scotland Yard, often referred to as simply Scotland Yard or The Yard, is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, responsible for policing Greater London (although not the City of London itself). ...
This became an issue in 2005, when the president signed controversial legislation forwarded and voted on by only three members of the United States Senate to intiate federal intervention in the court battle of Terri Schiavo, a comatose Florida woman who ultimately died.
Bush's domestic agenda carried forward themes of increased responsibility for performance from his days as Texas governor, and he worked hard to lobby the adoption of the No Child Left Behind Act, with Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy as chief sponsor.
Bush also backed secret programs to gather intelligence through the monitoring of bank funds and telephone records, and signed the USA Patriot Act, which gave law enforcement agencies increased powers.
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