Secrecy
New Spying Law Quickly Challenged
New Spying Law Quickly Challenged
by William Fisher
NEW YORK - Civil liberties advocates have lost no time in asking a federal court to stop the government from conducting surveillance under the new wiretapping law passed by Congress and signed by President George W. Bush last week.
Nine Reasons to Investigate War Crimes Now
Nine Reasons to Investigate War Crimes Now
by Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
Retired General Antonio Taguba, the officer who led the Army’s investigation into Abu Ghraib, recently wrote in the preface to the new report, Broken laws, Broken Lives:
Spying Uncovered: Documents Show State Police Monitored Peace and Anti-Death Penalty Groups
Spying Uncovered: Documents Show State Police Monitored Peace and Anti-Death Penalty Groups
by Nick Madigan
BALTIMORE - Undercover Maryland State Police officers repeatedly spied on peace activists and anti-death penalty groups in recent years and entered the names of some in a law-enforcement database of people thought to be terrorists or drug traffickers, newly released documents show.
The Motivation for Blocking Investigations Into Bush Lawbreaking
The Motivation for Blocking Investigations Into Bush Lawbreaking
Harper’s Scott Horton yesterday interviewed Jane Mayer about her new book, anonymous – July 15, 2008 – 4:53pm
US Still Shielding View of War Dead: Putting Her Foot Down and Getting the Boot
US Still Shielding View of War Dead: Putting Her Foot Down and Getting the Boot
by Dana Milbank
The ghost of Rummy is proving difficult to exorcise.Defense Secretary Robert Gates has tried to sweep out the symbols of his predecessor’s capricious reign, firing acolytes of Donald Rumsfeld and bringing glasnost to the Pentagon.
Today’s Coverup of Surveillance Crimes and Barack Obama
Today’s Coverup of Surveillance Crimes and Barack Obama
What we learned in December, 2005 that George Bush and the telecoms were doing — listening in on the private conversations of American citizens without warrants — is a felony under clear U.S.
August 8, 1974 v. July 9, 2008
August 8, 1974 v. July 9, 2008
The votes in the Senate on various amendments to the FISA “compromise” bill and to the underlying bill itself were originally scheduled for today, but have been postponed until tomorrow (Wednesday, July 9) to enable Senators to attend the funeral of Jesse Helms.
Obama, FISA and the Netroots
Obama, FISA and the Netroots
by Bob Ostertag
The Political Establishment and Telecom Immunity — Why It Matters
The Political Establishment and Telecom Immunity — Why It Matters
Nancy Soderberg was deputy national security advisor and an ambassador to the United Nations in the Clinton administration.
How Dare They Rip the Fourth Amendment?
How Dare They Rip the Fourth Amendment?
by Joseph L. Galloway
Early next week the U.S. Senate will vote on an extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, with a few small amendments intended to immunize telecommunications corporations that assisted our government in the warrantless and illegal wiretapping it has grown to love.
