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Did Hitler Inspire the U.S. Post-9/11 Tribunal System?Nothing scares U.S. interventionists more than any proceeding that might focus on the bad things that the U.S. government has been doing to people overseas, which has engendered the anger and rage that has led to terrorist retaliation.
Journalists detained to keep them from pestering doctor for Michael JacksonWe don't have a free press if police are allowed to play editor.
Ex-Jihadists on What Motivates--and Impedes--TerrorismSalon.com blogger Glenn Greenwald uses his space today to highlight an article by British journalist Johann Hari. Writing for London's The Independent, Mr. Hari examines a group of former Islamic militants who have committed themselves to teaching a more moderate form of Islam.
Left nor Right embracing libertyThese opponents are indeed a coalition of libertarians and American conservatives because libertarians oppose statism on principle and also for a variety of practical reasons, and American conservatives oppose it as a matter of the American political tradition — for example, th …
False Positives Equal False JusticeThis two-year scientific/legal investigation reveals a drug testing regime of fraudulent forensics used by police, prosecutors, and judges which abrogates every American's Constitutional rights.
Ali al-Marri's Eight-Year SentenceAl-Marri's long years of extra-legal detention and torture -- like those endured by two other Americans, Yasser Hamdi and Jose Padilla -- are a black mark on America's recent history, and it has always amazed me that even Americans who were -- and are -- content to let foreigners …
Arizona highway patrol seizes cash because ... it was thereThat's right: unidentified crimes. Oh yes, it's a fair bet that the money -- $49,000 in a hidden compartment and $104,000 in a shoe box -- came from some underground trade, with drugs as the safest guess.
Have Any Patriot Act Horror Stories Come True?It also doesn't help that among the already documented abuses is the intelligence community's failure to fully and accurately inform Congress about their use of those powers.
Obama Every Bit as Bad as Bush/Cheney on Patriot ActFeingold, Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and new Democrat Arlen Specter (Pa.) had the constitutional courage to oppose the Judiciary Committee bill eventually going to the floor that with few exceptions, leaves the Patriot Act intact.
Telecom Lobbying, Congress & the National Security StateFederal District Court Judge Jeffrey White denied a motion by the Obama administration that the court issue a 30-day stay to "release records relating to telecom lobbying over last year's debate over immunity for corporate participation in government spying," the Electronic Front …
Feingold Slams Fellow Democrats For Failure to Rein In Patriot Act AbusesBad news today from the Judiciary Committee. At the beginning of the year, I had high hopes for the Patriot Act reauthorization process. We had just elected a President with a strong civil liberties record in the Senate.
Big Brother FBIFrom the wholesale use of informants and provocateurs to stifle political dissent, to Wi-Fi hacking and viral computer spyware to follow our every move, the FBI has turned massive data-mining of personal information into a growth industry.
Police stop more than 1 million people on streetA teenager trying to get into his apartment after school is confronted by police. A man leaving his workplace chooses a different route back home to avoid officers who roam a particular street.
Dutchess County nurse sues to block mandatory flu vaccinesAn attorney for Suzanne Field, a nurse in Dutchess County, said she filed the lawsuit to protect the rights of nearly 60,000 medical workers covered by an emergency rule put in place in the wake of this year's swine flu scare.
Telephone Company Is Arm of Government, Feds Admit in Spy SuitThe Electronic Frontier Foundation wanted to see what role telecom lobbying of Justice Department played when the government began its year-long, and ultimately successful, push to win retroactive immunity for AT&T and others being sued for unlawfully spying on American citizens.
Ending it would be a patriot's actI can see the Dittoheads now on the one hand demanding that big government stay out of providing health insurance options, while on the other hand insisting that Big Brother be allowed to continue to peer into the financial, travel, communications and library records of anyone it …
Downsize DC a nonpartisan small government advocacy group has come out today in support the Justice Act. What the Justice Act entails is to put safeguards to prevent the Government from abusing the Patriot Act against it's own citizens.
Feingold Questions Department of Justice Officials on PATRIOT ActSenator Feingold questions Assistant Attorney General David Kris and Inspector General Glenn Fine at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on reauthorizing the USA PATRIOT Act on September 23, 2009.
English passengers told to show passports when arriving in ScotlandEnglish passengers arriving at Scottish airports on internal flights are being forced to show their passports, it has been revealed.
A Surveillance Society or a Free Society?Just how far is the American public willing to let the government go in order to assure public safety? Do the people want the police on every block, all emails read by the government, phone calls overheard, or every financial transaction monitored? Do the people want sensors plac …
Obama will bypass Congress to detain suspects indefinitelyThe move, which was controversial when the idea was first floated in The Washington Post in May, has sparked serious concern among civil liberties advocates.
It's Time for a Real Discussion on REAL IDWhy are our elected officials and DHS so afraid of debate/discussion about the Real ID Act 2005, the PASS ID Act and the Real ID Repeal and Identification Security Enhancement Act of 2009? The answer is very simple.
Taser Headlines Greatest HitsOver the past few years, tasers have been used for all sorts of....interesting events. See for yourself, and see what you think!
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