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1 2ATallahassee Democrat Saturday, February 11, 2006 From Page 1A www.TUIAIIASSKE.com MISSING it Surveillance records requested by groups t0 5 i w.1 'i 1 the eavesdropping program. Congress is having difficulty getting the same information. The Electronic Privacy Information Center, the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Security Archive asked for the material shortly after The New York Times revealed the eavesdropping on Dec. 16. The only response from the government was agreeing to put the requests on a fast track for decision-making.

Justice Department lawyer Rupa Bhatta-charyya said the government would respond starting March 3, but she said she had no information on when the process might be completed. The Freedom of Information Act says the government shall respond "as soon as practicable." By Pete Yost THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON A federal judge said Friday he was considering setting a deadline for the Justice Department to produce records on the Bush administration's warrantless-surveillance program or to explain in court why it was refusing to do so. U.S. District Judge Henry Kennedy said he was convinced the public would suffer irreparable harm if the government dragged its feet in a lawsuit filed over access to the documents. The lawsuit was filed by three private groups who say the government is engaging in a pattern of delay and should be compelled to provide information on the underlying legal rationale for the surveillance and the scope of JONATHAN BETHEA Democrat Tallahassee police spokesman John Newland, right, takes a question as Tracy Smith, center, and others prepare to speak at a news conference for missing family member AM Gilmore.

Open mike catches Bush mniM 'imiiiui imi iiimi-l I I 1 V. l' i hnihUli! M'inli iiilmillln --J" ttmwma PHIL SEARS Democrat Weeping throughout the candlelight vigil, All Gilmore's sisters, Attallah McLawrence and Tracy Smith, say they miss Gilmore's cooking and inspirational e-mails. From Page 1A number of people that came to her house along Lorraine Court in the Wilson Green subdivision. Gilmore is four months pregnant, and police say they have few clues in her disappearance. She was reported missing after not showing up for work at the Department of Health on Feb.

3 and Monday. She was estranged from her husband and lived alone. Her family is from West Palm Beach. Although the case is being ruled as suspicious, Tallahassee police spokesman John Newland said there's nothing to suggest foul play. Newland said police don't have any suspects and are in need of tips.

"All we want is information," Newland said earlier Friday. "We're not hardly getting any information, and that's all we want." While friends and family wait for answers, they're relying on prayer for comfort. "Prayer can change a whole lot of things. Through God, all things are possible," said Kathy McGee, Gilmore's neighbor and president of the Wilson Green Home Owners Association. "We're praying for her speedy return." Sonja Bradwell sang as if she were using her voice to reach Gilmore wherever she was.

As she belted "The Lord's Prayer" and "His Eye Is On the Sparrow," some people wiped tears and prayed silently. Sheronika Denson knew Gilmore well since she worked with her at the Department of Health. At one point, she looked away from the group and fell to her knees, sobbing into her cupped hands. When her chance came to talk about Gilmore, she said her coworker was more than someone who shared her CROSBY From Page 1A ranging from illegal steroid use to rowdy barroom brawling, were as tight-lipped as Bush. But a lawyer for 10 prisoners who claim they were tortured said she suspects a link between a court ruling that strengthened her lawsuit and Crosby's forced resignation.

Cassandra Capobianco of Florida Institutional Legal Services in Gainesville said a federal judge on Wednesday permitted the inmates to amend their case against 28 DOC officials, including Crosby, Florida State Prison Warden Michael Rathmann and former regional director Allen CURTIS From Page 1A with his father. The family's only income is the monthly $603 disability pay Curtis receives for her 8-year-old daughter, who is legally blind. Curtis wants to go back to work. "I'm tired of being in pain and not being able to take care of my children," she said. And she's still dumbfounded by the turn of events.

"This could've been alleviated," said Curtis. "Now I must suffer an additional week." How did this happen? THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAMBRIDGE, Md. -The eavesdropping tables were turned on President Bush on Friday. The president apparently thought he was speaking privately when he talked about listening in without a warrant on domestic communications with suspected al-Qaida terrorists overseas. But reporters were the ones doing the listening in this time.

The incident happened at a House Republican retreat. After six minutes of public remarks by the president, reporters were ushered out. "I support the free press, let's just get them out of the room," Bush said, intending to speak behind closed doors with fellow Republicans and take lawmakers' popped into headlines repeatedly last year. Two beer-soaked beatings in separate incidents involving off-duty correctional officers and some supervisors caused Crosby to form a special "critical incident review task force" late last year. The task force decided "staff misconduct is not systemic" in the department but recommended training for supervisors to recognize "red flag" behavior that may indicate emotional or psychological problems.

In forming the task force, Crosby declared a zero-tolerance for violence in the ranks. Crosby, 53, grew up in the tightly-knit corrections community of Bradford County. After getting a journalism degree at the University of Florida, he i i Gilmore's disappearance. Smith said the family did not have plans to leave Tallahassee anytime soon. Smith, the oldest of the sisters, gripped McLawrence's hand when the vigil ended.

They both said their sister is a sincere, loving person. When they thought about some of the things they missed about Gilmore, they agreed on her cooking, especially her red-velvet cake and her inappropriate for us to comment on an ongoing law-enforcement investigation." The FDLE and FBI also said they had nothing to release about Crosby's situation. David Murrell, a lobbyist for the Police Benevolent Association, said "the governor's office gave us a heads-up that it was coming" but did not tell the union representing correctional officers why Crosby had to go. "We were told that there would be 'further and you can read anything you want into that," said Murrell. He praised Crosby "as a very gregarious person, always concerned about the rank-and-file officers and always very approachable and responsive." Parts of the vast This is what the AHCA spokesman said happened: KePRO sent the doctor's office a fax the morning of Jan.

31, stating the request form was incomplete. Dr. Burns called KePRO that morning, gave information to complete the request form and was given verbal approval to do the surgery. Dr. Burns gave a different account.

She denied her office sent an incomplete request form, and she said she was not given verbal approval on Jan. 31 to do the surgery. "If we got the approval, we would've done the surgery," Dr. Burns said. Dr.

Burns' medical assistant, Sandy Kessler, who filled out the request form, said she was never told by KePRO it was incomplete, GEORGIA CASH 3: CASH 3: CASH 4: (Noon) (Night) (Noon) 210-7-61 210-6-2-0 210-01-3-6 LOTTO SOUTH: 28 3-6-13-18-21-35 MEGA MILLIONS: 210 24 340 446 2 For more on Florida Fantasy 8 and questions. When reporters left, Bush spoke about the National Security Agency program that he authorized four years ago and which has drawn criticism from Democrats and Republicans alike. However, the microphones stayed on for a few minutes. That allowed journalists back at the White House to eavesdrop on Bush's defense of the eavesdropping. His private statements were basically no different from what he's said in public.

"I want to share some thoughts with you before I answer your questions," Bush began. "First of all, I expect this conversation we're about to have to stay in the room. I know that's impossible in Washington." He was right. started as an intake supervisor for the prison system in 1975 working his way up to warden of the state's toughest prison. He served a stint as mayor of Starke and volunteered in President Bush's 2000 campaign, serving as a delegate to the GOP convention.

The governor chose him to succeed Michael Moore, his first-term Corrections secretary, who had come to Florida after stints in Texas and South Carolina. Returning an insider to the department was very popular with the rank-and-file security officers, who loudly applauded Crosby at annual legislative lobbying days and he reciprocated by helping with their pay and benefits during budget talks. Contact political editor Bill Cotterell at (850) 671-6545 or bcotterelltalIahassee.com. Tallahassee, FL 32301 or Tallahassee, FL 32302-0990 To subscribe: 1-800-999-2271 EDITORIAL HOW TO HELP Ali Gilmore, 30, is a black woman, is 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 180 pounds. She is four months pregnant.

If you have any information about her, call TPD's Crime Stoppers at 891-4357. ONLINE EXTRA To hear a recording of Sonja Bradwell singing during Friday's vigil, visit Tallahassee.com. potato salad, her love for gardening and her daily inspirational e-mails. The family is leaning on each other and their faith in God. is the only thing we have right now," Smith said.

Angelina Little was among the many co-workers that came to the vigil. "I just want them to know that we're praying for them," Little said, in a somber whisper. "We're all praying for them daily." Contact TaMaryn Waters at (850) 599-2162 or tlwaterstallahassee.com. department have been in turmoil, starting with an investigation into steroid abuse by some correctional officers in 2004. By late last year, eight officers had been charged with crimes ranging from steroid use to embezzlement; personal vehicles of two prison officials were seized when a former inmate gave investigators a record of work he said guards forced him to do for them, and a Panhandle prison library employee was charged with theft involving a no-show job he was given, supposedly so he could play in departmental softball matches.

Crosby himself gave investigators a metal firewood rack, a leaf blower and a ladder from his Tallahassee home. He was not charged with any criminal offenses in the inquiry that but officials told her by phone that the request was denied. "I felt really bad for her (Curtis)," Kessler said. "It didn't need to happen this way." The next day, Kessler said she sent KePRO a fax explaining why the procedure should be done and two days later KePRO approved the surgery. Curtis' hysterectomy is scheduled for Tuesday.

Until then, she takes prescribed narcotics to ease pain. "I just want to get it taken care of as fast as I can," Curtis said. "I don't want this to happen to anyone else." Contact Stephen D. Price at (850) 671-6548 or spricetallahassee.com. LOTTERY CASH 4: (Night) 2109-79 FANTASY 8: 210 -1J20 27-31 32 Georgia Fantasy 8, tee Paga 2B.

job title. "I couldn't afford to go home for Thanksgiving. Ali took me home with her family," said Denson, a statistical analyst. "They made me feel not like a stranger, but like one of the family." Nine family members, including Gilmore's parents and brother, Amon McLawrence, traveled earlier this week from West Palm Beach, hoping to unearth some clues about Clark, who resigned in August. Capobianco said prisoners allege "systematic torture," including burning with chemical sprays.

"It's very interesting to us that he resigned right after we were allowed to amend our complaint and to add injunctive claims against Florida State Prison," she said. "We have alleged that Secretary Crosby has encouraged policies that were responsible for systematic torture." Alia Faraj, Bush's communications director, declined to comment. She said she and Russell Sch-weiss, the governor's press secretary, not only couldn't say but actually didn't know why Crosby was ousted. "I know nothing more than the statement we put out," she said. "It would be The answer depends on whom you ask.

Her doctor and the state agency that oversees Medicaid have conflicting accounts of what transpired. But everyone involved said it is highly unusual for surgery to be canceled at that late a point in the process. Curtis' doctor said she was surprised at Medicaid's decision. "It was a procedure that needed to be done," said Dr. Jolita Burns.

Jonathan Burns, spokesman for the Agency for Health Care Administration, which administers Medicaid, said Dr. Burns' office sent an incomplete request form on Jan. 26. "She did not get an approval but scheduled surgery," Jonathan Burns said. Tallahassee Democrat 277 N.

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