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Before the Spine of the Free Internet Is Broken
Lessig also revealed there is already in existence a cyber equivalent of the Patriot Act waiting for a cyber terrorism event in order to implement its provisions.Law Professor: Counter Terrorism Czar Told Me There Is Going To Be An i-9/11 … Continue reading
McCain, Anthrax and the Afghan Blunder
McCain: Let’s see. Bin Laden? Afghanistan? Yes, let’s invade Iraq. See Video of McCain on Letterman in 2001 below. ‘Barely a month after the 9/11 attacks and while the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan was still underway, McCain was already eyeing … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Bin Laden, Campaign Tactics, Iraq, Iraq War, McCain, Presidential Campaign, Terrorism, Video, War on Terror
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BushCo: Violations of Geneva Conventions Persist
Secret “War on Terror” Prison on Diego Garcia ConfirmedBy Andy Worthington / August 02, 2008 Six “High-Value” Guantánamo Prisoners Held, Plus “Ghost Prisoner” Mustafa Setmariam Nasar The existence of a secret, CIA-run prison on the island of Diego Garcia in … Continue reading
Travelers’ Laptops May Be Detained At Border
No suspicion required under Homeland Security policiesBy Ellen Nakashima / August 1, 2008 Federal agents may take a traveler’s laptop computer or other electronic device to an off-site location for an unspecified period of time without any suspicion of wrongdoing, … Continue reading
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Tagged Border Searches, Civil Liberties, Computers, Homeland Security, Surveillance, Terrorism, War on Terror
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Existential Threats to the Larger National Body
Death as a Way of Lifeby Joseph Nevins / July 28th, 2008 Esequiel Hernández Jr. was only 18-years-old when Clemente Manuel Banuelos, a U.S. Marine corporal, shot and killed him in Redford, Texas in May 1998. Hernández, a high school … Continue reading
ACLU : ‘Mukasey calls on Congress to subvert Constitution’
Atty. Gen. John Mukasey. Photo by Noah Berger / AP.Under Attorney General’s plan detainees could be held indefinitelyBy Stephen C. Webster / July 21, 2008 Attorney General Michael Mukasey prompted Congress Monday morning, during a speech to the conservative American … Continue reading
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Tagged ACLU, Civil Liberties, Guantanamo, Habeas Corpus, Human Rights, Terrorism, War on Terror
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Emblematic of the Gang That Can’t Shoot Straight
Some people worry too much about the wrong things. For instance, Bush’s security people have created a watch list with a million names on it. How could that possibly be useful in counter-terrorism, a million names? Most of them are … Continue reading
Stop the New FISA
Allowing the new surveillance law to stand would seriously cripple our free pressby Chris Hedges / July 11, 2008 If the sweeping surveillance law signed by President Bush on Thursday — giving the U.S. government nearly unchecked authority to eavesdrop … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Presidency, Civil Liberties, Congress, Freedom of Press, Privacy, Surveillance, Telecoms, War on Terror
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More Evidence of the Amerikkkan Police State
The FBI’s plan to “profile” MuslimsBy Juan Cole / July 10, 2008 It’s unconstitutional, un-American — and it might hurt, rather than help, the FBI’s effort to stop real acts of terror. The U.S. Justice Department is considering a change … Continue reading
What Scott McClellan (and Jay Rockefeller) Didn’t Tell Us
The Story Behind George Bush’s Lies By Richard W. Behan / July 1, 2008 Long accused of signature dishonesty, the Bush Administration now stands twice indicted, by Scott McClellan’s book and by two damning reports from Jay Rockefeller’s Senate Select … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Bush Administration, Bush Lies, Corruption, George W. Bush, Iraq War, Propaganda, War on Terror
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