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January 31, 2005, Federal judge rules Guantanamo military tribunals are unconstitutional:

January 31, 2005, Hannah K. Strange, United Press International/The Washington Times, Guantanamo Briton alleges U.S. torture

January 31, 2005, Michael Powell & Michelle Garcia, The Washington Post, Amid Praise, Doubts About Nominee's Post-9/11 Role

January 31, 2005, i-Newswire, Can the FBI Monitor Your Web Browsing Without a Warrant?

January 31, 2005, Jim Bronskill, The Globe and Mail, Ottawa to stop data taps by FBI

January 30, 2005, Torture and abuse at Guantanamo:

January 30, 2005, Theodora Blanchfield, TechNewsWorld, Biometric Screening: Easy or Dangerous?

January 30, 2005, John Wilfong, MSNBC, Contract could create 60 new jobs near airport

January 29, 2005, Dana Priest, The Washington Post, Guantanamo Detainee Sent Home to Australia

January 29, 2005, David Johnston, Neil A. Lewis, & Douglas Jehl, The New York Times, Security Nominee Michael Chertoff Gave Advice to the C.I.A. on Torture Laws

January 29, 2005, Associated Press, Boston Security Tip Did Not Warrant Alert, DHS Says

January 29, 2005, Christopher Brauchli, Common Dreams, Smoke Gets In FBI's Eyes

January 29, 2005, Nick Turse, Common Dreams & TomDispatch, Bringing It All Back Home: The Emergence of the Homeland Security State, Part I and Part II

January 28, 2005, Democracy Now!, Michael Ratner: Gonzales "Has His Hand Deep in the Blood of the Conspiracy Of Torture"

January 28, 2005, Guantanamo:

January 28, 2005, Associated press/CNN, Ashcroft: Nuclear terror greatest threat

January 28, 2005, Nat Hentoff, The Village Voice, Condi Rice: Misrule of Law

January 28, 2005, Richard B. Schmitt and Greg Miller, Los Angeles Times, FBI in Talks to Extend Reach

January 28, 2005, AFP/ABC News, CIA's 'ghost prisoners' spark rights concerns

January 27, 2005, Logan C. Adams, Axcess News, House Judiciary Committee chair announces bill to limit terrorists' travel

January 27, 2005, Senate Judiciary Committee confirms Gonzales:

January 27, 2005, Guantanamo:

January 27, 2005, Nick Turse, Mother Jones, The Emergence of the Homeland Security State

January 26, 2005, Gonzales nomination:

January 26, 2005, Britons released from Guantanamo:

January 26, 2005, Associated press/The New York Times, Group Chides Congress on Whistleblowers

January 26, 2005, Associated press/The Washington Post, Radio Transmitters May Speed Border Crossings

January 25, 2005, Documents reveal more abuse of Iraqi detainees:

January 25, 2005, Britons released from Guantanamo:

January 25, 2005, Associated press/The New York Times, 23 at Guantanamo Tried Mass Suicide in '03

January 25, 2005, Jane Sutton, Reuters, U.S.: Guantanamo Protests Weren't Suicide Attempts

January 25, 2005, Robert Collier, San Francisco Chronicle, Exonerated in terror case, 4 brothers still locked up; Supporters say Iranians pawns in post-9/11 chess game

January 25, 2005, Secrecy News, US Asserts State Secrets Privilege Again

January 24, 2005, Michael Isikoff & Mark Hosenball, Newsweek, Exclusive: Ashcroft on Triumphs And Threats

January 24, 2005, Frank Bass & Randy Herschaft, Associated Press, U.S. Foresaw Terror Threats in 1970s

January 24, 2005, Editorial, The Washington Post, FBI Accountability for Computer System

January 24, 2005, Eric Schmitt, The New York Times, Pentagon Sends Its Spies to Join Fight on Terror

January 24, 2005, Charlie Savage, The Boston Globe, Guantanamo tip tied to arrests of 22 in Germany

January 23, 2005, Reuters, Biden Says He Is Leaning Against Gonzales Confirmation

January 23, 2005, Sonni Efron, Los Angeles Times, Torture Becomes a Matter of Definition

January 21, 2005, Nat Hentoff, The Village Voice, The Ghosts of Torture

January 21, 2005, Editorial, The Washington Post, Setting Rules for Detainees

January 21, 2005, Amelia Buragas, The Capital Times, Libraries, law officers sometimes clash

January 20, 2005, Associated Press, Gonzales questions put Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation vote on hold

January 20, 2005, Charles Lane & John Mintz, The Washington Post, Detainees Lose Bid For Release

January 20, 2005, Associated Press, Guantanamo Bay Detainees Can't Challenge Confinement

January 20, 2005, William Glaberson, The New York Times, Focus Changes in Terror Case Against Sheik

January 20, 2005, Robert O'Harrow Jr., The Washington Post, In Age of Security, Firm Mines Wealth Of Personal Data

January 19, 2005, Neil A. Lewis, The New York Times, Federal Judge Deals Setback to Guantánamo Bay Detainees

January 19, 2005, Associated Press, Al-Qaeda Case Undermined by FBI Informant

January 19, 2005, Gonzales nomination for Attorney General:

January 19, 2005, Chertoff nomination for Homeland Security Director:

January 19, 2005, Democracy Now!, Rice Refuses to Describe Detainee Abuse at Abu Ghraib As Torture

January 18, 2005, Michelle Mittelstadt, Dallas Morning News, Gonzales offers senators little new on policy role

January 18, 2005, Associated press/newsday, Supreme Court sidesteps Guantanamo Bay case

January 18, 2005, Reuters/The New York Times, Supreme Court Won't Rule on Guantanamo Tribunals

January 18, 2005, John P. Mello, TechNews World, Internet Group Demands Surveillance Data from DOJ

January 18, 2005, Faye Bowers, The Christian Science Monitor, In US stand on torture, more trials to come

January 18, 2005, Jennifer Van Bergen, CounterPunch, Federal Judge: Abuses "Reasonably Foreseeable"

January 18, 2005, John Files, The New York Times, Security Dept. Eases Its Nondisclosure Rule

January 17, 2005, Nat Hentoff, The Washington Times, Defying the Supreme Court

January 17, 2005, Shaun Waterman, United Press International/The Washington Times, U.S. frees Kuwaiti from Guantanamo

January 17, 2005, Mike Allen and Brian Faler, Washington Post, On Gonzales, Kennedy Breaks with Colleagues

January 17, 2005, Michael Isikoff, Newsweek, Unanswered Questions

January 16, 2005, Associated press/The Washington Post, Kuwaiti Held At Guantanamo Returns Home

January 16, 2005, William O'Rourke, Chicago Sun-Times, Feigned Ignorance Is Strength (Gonzales Senate Judiciary Committee Confirmation Hearing)

January 15, 2005, Dan Eggen, The Washington Post, Official Faults FBI Probe Of Translator's Complaint

January 15, 2005, Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Inspector General Rebukes F.B.I. Over Espionage Case and Firing of Whistle-Blower

January 15, 2005, Geov Parrish, Working for Change, Shred the Constitution, Win a Promotion: On Michael Chertoff, the new Bush nominee to head the Department of Homeland Security

January 15, 2005, Eleanor Holmes Norton, The Washington Post, Questions for Gonzales . . .

January 15, 2005, Marian Wilkinson, The Age, Are we all torturers now?

January 14, 2005, Eric Lichtblau, The New York Times, Justice Dept. Opens Inquiry Into Abuse of U.S. Detainees

January 14, 2005, Sonni Efron, Los Angeles Times, Prison Abuse Seen as Hurting U.S. Credibility

January 14, 2005, Secrecy News, Inspector General Releases Review of Sibel Edmonds Case

January 13, 2005, Democracy Now!, Whistleblower Charges Justice Dept. with Misconduct in Chertoff's Prosecution of John Walker Lindh

January 13, 2005, Chertoff nominated to head Homeland Security:

January 13, 2005, Douglas Jehl & David Johnston, The New York Times, White House Fought New Curbs on Interrogations, Officials Say

January 13, 2005, Kim Zetter, Wired News, Brave New Era for Privacy Fight

January 13, 2005, Matthew L. Wald, The New York Times, Ridge Wants Fingerprints in Passports

January 13, 2005, John S. Hutton, The Cincinnati Post, Reading is optional in Congress

January 13, 2005, Megan K. Stack & Bob Drogin, Los Angeles Times, Detainee Says U.S. Handed Him Over for Torture

January 13, 2005, Kate Allen, The Times, Ghosts in a legal limbo

January 13, 2005, Andrew Sullivan, The New York Times, Atrocities in Plain Sight

January 12, 2005, Chertoff's nomination criticized:

January 12, 2005, Guantánamo:

January 12, 2005, Detainee abuse:

January 12, 2005, Associated Press, Judge in Seattle largely dismisses challenge to `no fly' list

January 12, 2005, Caryle Murphy, The Washington Post, Family Of Saudis' Detainee Set Back

January 11, 2005, 5 Guantanamo detainess from UK and Australia will be freed:

January 11, 2005, AFP/Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Few at Guantanamo of intelligence value: US official

January 11, 2005, Carol Rosenberg, Knight Ridder/The Mercury News, Scandals cloud future of detention at Guantánamo

January 11, 2005, Chertoff nominated to head Homeland Security:

January 10, 2005, Guantanamo:

January 10, 2005, Ivan Eland, The Independent Institute, Will the U.S. Senate Endorse Torture?

January 10, 2005, Fran Quiqley, The News-Sentinel, Our acts in war on terror aren't morally superior

January 10, 2005, H.G. Reza, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jailed Iranians Awaiting Release

January 10, 2005, Sara Kehaulani Goo, The Washington Post, Metro Officers Keep a Keen Eye on Riders

January 10, 2005, Library Journal, ALA To Begin Patriot Act Study Announced in Orlando

January 9, 2005, Paisley Dodds, Associated Press, Families of Guantanamo Prisoners Waiting (The Kansas City Star) and Guantanamo takes on look of permanence (The Boston Globe)

January 9, 2005, Editorial, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/The News-Sentinel, Don't confirm Gonzales

January 9, 2005, Andrew P. Napolitano, The Day, The Patriot Act Just Got A Whole Lot Worse

January 8, 2005, Lois Romano, Washington Post, 3 Iraqi Detainees to Testify In Abu Ghraib Abuse Case

January 8, 2005, Hannah Naiditch, Pasadena Star Op-Ed, We're Fighting an Unconstitutional War

January 8, 2005, Gonzales:

January 8, 2005, Alexandra Olson, Associated press/The Kansas City Star, Guantanamo Tribunals Hear 2 Prisoner Cases

January 8, 2005, Associated press/The Mercury News, Deal Offered to Ex-Guantanamo Translator

January 8, 2005, Times Wire Reports, Los Angeles Times, Muslim Chaplain Gets Honorable Discharge

January 7, 2005, Nat Hentoff, Village Voice, Targeting Congress on Torture

January 7, 2005, Gonzales:

January 7, 2005, Nat Hentoff, The Village Voice, Targeting Congress on Torture

January 7, 2005, Letter to the Editor by Thomas Ellis (Hampton Roads BORDC), The Washington Post, Limits and Liabilities in the 'War on Terror'

January 6, 2005, Gonzales:

January 6, 2005, Guantanamo:

January 6, 2005, Kate Zernike, The New York Times, Newly Released Reports Show Early Concern on Prison Abuse

January 6, 2005, Mark Danner, The New York Times, We Are All Torturers Now

January 6, 2005, Associated press/The New York Times, Attorneys Challenge U.S. on Terror Case

January 6, 2005, Lynne Stewart case:

January 6, 2005, Pam Zubeck, The Gazette (Colorado Springs, CO), Airports warned of wristwatch danger

January 6, 2005, Ashlee Vance, The Register, Patriot Act used to quell laser pointer terror

January 6, 2005, Jannell McGrew, Montgomery Advertiser, High-tech licenses put security first

January 6, 2005, U.S. Newswire, Legal Experts Disagree on USA PATRIOT Act's Effectiveness and Impact on Civil Rights

January 6, 2005, Associated press/The New York Times, Specter Questions Patriot Act in Hearing

January 6, 2005, Mary G. Mendler, Opinion, The Boston Globe, Cruel treatment of detainees

January 5, 2005, Gonzales and torture:

January 5, 2005, Nat Hentoff, AlterNet/The Village Voice, What Did Rumsfeld Do?

January 5, 2005, Brent Hopkins, Los Angeles Daily News, Patriot Act provision has banks, planners fretting

January 4, 2005, Guantanamo:

January 4, 2005, Gonzales:

January 4, 2005, The Boston Globe/International Herald Tribune, The torture memos

January 3, 2005, Guantanamo:

January 3, 2005, Gonzales:

January 3, 2005, Sara Paretsky, Guardian, Grannie, look what we're doing to the land of freedom

January 3, 2005, Associated press/USA TODAY, Holyoke to install surveillance cameras downtown

January 3, 2005, Associated press/The New York Times, U.S. Taking Fewer Prisoners in Afghanistan

January 2, 2005, Dana Priest, The Washington Post, Long-Term Plan Sought For Terror Suspects

January 2, 2005, The Observer, Guantanamo Briton 'in handcuff torture'

January 1, 2005, Walter Pincus, The Washington Post, Congress Resists Key Recommendation of 9/11 Panel

January 1, 2005, Neil A. Lewis, The NewYork Times, Fresh Details Emerge on Harsh Methods at Guantánamo

January 1, 2005, Neil A. Lewis, The New York Times, Justice Dept. Toughens Rule on Torture

January 1, 2005, Matt Kelley, Associated Press, US security contracts draw scrutiny: Questions raised on bidding process