In the News
Archives April 2004
April 30, 2004, IPI Press Release, IPI urges United States to review visa policy for foreign journalists
April 30, 2004, Jane Black, Business Week, Bush's Double Vision on Privacy
April 30, 2004, Washington Post Editorial, Citizens and Enemies
April 30, 2004, Karen Hunter, New York Daily News, Even suspects in terror cases deserve a trial
April 29, 2004, Dan Eggen, Washington Post, Patriot Act Suppresses News Of Challenge to Patriot Act (About ACLU case re: FBI national security letters)
April 29, 2004, Supreme Court's hearing of U.S. enemy combatants cases:
- Charlie Savage, Boston Globe, Justices struggle to find balance on detainee policy
- Linda Greenhouse, New York Times, Court hears case on U.S. detainees
- Charles Lane, Washington Post, Presidential authority at issue for detainees
April 28, 2004, Phil Hirschkorn and Bill Mears, CNN, High court hears 'enemy combatant' cases: At issue is power of the president to hold detainees indefinitely
April 28, 2004, Floyd J. McKay, Seattle Times, Court Must put Brakes on Grab for Power
April 28, 2004, James Risen, New York Times, How Pair's Finding on Terror Led to Clash on Shaping Intelligence
April 28, 2004, Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan Editorial, See the Light: Keep Patriot Act Accountable
April 28, 2004, Macon (GA) Telegraph Editorial, Reject Patriot Act Extensions
April 28, 2004, Ann McFeatters, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Rethinking the Rights-Robbing USA Patriot Act
April 27, 2004, Timothy Egan, New York Times, Computer Student on Trial for Aid to Muslim Web Sites
April 26, 2004, Jennifer Barrett, Newsweek, Promoting the Patriot Act
April 26, 2004, Andrew Buncombe, Independent/UK, Lawyers Try to Gag FBI Worker over 9/11
April 25, 2004, Deborah Sontag, New York Times, Jose Padilla: Terror Suspect's Path From Streets to Brig
April 25, 2004, Bill Dedham, Boston Globe, US to hold detainees at Guantánamo indefinitely
April 25, 2004, Times-Herald Editorial, Patriot Act puts our rights in jeopardy; Bush's support raises questions
April 25, 2004, Peter Wallsten, Los Angeles Times, Politics of Patriot Act turn right for Bush
Winter-Spring 2004, Kate Martin, SAIS Review, Domestic Intelligence and Civil Liberties (PDF)
April 23, 2004, People For the American Way, Press Release
April 23, 2004, Philip Shenon, New York Times, Federal Appeals Court Restores Sept. 11 Prosecution of Zacarias Moussaoui
April 22, 2004, Joe Strupp, Editor & Publisher, Hatch, Leahy Debate Patriot Act, FOIA
April 21, 2004, Craig Gilbert, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Sensenbrenner won't rush to tinker with Patriot Act before next year
April 21, 2004, Missoulian Editorial, Show, Don't Just Tell Patriot Act's Value
April 21, 2004, New York Times Editorial, Politics and the Patriot Act
April 20, 2004, David Cole, New York Times Op-Ed, America's Prisoners, American Rights
April 20, 2004, Kim Zetter, Wired News, First Foreigners, then Americans (interview with David Cole)
April 20, 2004, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Felicia R. Lee, New York Times, Bush Nominee for Archivist Is Criticized for His Secrecy
April 20, 2004, Washington Post Editorial, Mr. Ashcroft's Smear
April 20, 2004, President Bush's tour to make Patriot Act Sunshine Provisions Permanent:
- CNN International, Bush Urges Patriot Act Renewed, Expanded
- Mike Allen, Washington Post, President Campaigns to Make Patriot Act Permanent
- Judy Keen, Gannett News Service, Bush: Patriot Act defends liberty
April 20, 2004, Carolyn Thompson, Associated Press, President's visit sheds new light on Lackawanna case
April 19, 2004, USA Today Editorial, Treatment of terror captives diminishes U.S. values
April 19, 2004, Gail Russell Chaddock, Christian Science Monitor, Patriot Act gets boost from9/11 hearings
April 19, 2004, Deb Reichman, Associated Press, Bush to Tout Patriot Act in Pennsylvania
April 19, 2004, Daniel Klaidman, Michael Isikoff and Evan Thomas, Newsweek, The 9/11 Commission: Justice's Blind Spot
April 18, 2004, Washington Post Editorial, Still Unready for terrorist attacksApril 18, 2004, Jaimie S. Gorelick, Washington Post, The truth about 'the wall'
April 18, 2004, Charlie Savage, Boston Globe, Testimony illuminates flaws in US intelligence agencies
April 18, 2004, Washington Post Editorial, Captain Yee's Muzzle
Supreme Court April cases on Guantánamo Bay and U.S. citizen enemy combatants Hamdi and Padilla:
- April 18, 2004, Charles Lane, Washington Post, High Court to Hear 'Enemy Combatant' Cases
- April 18, 2004, Linda Greenhouse, New York Times, Detention Cases Before Supreme Court Will Test Limits of Presidential Power
April 18, 2004, Richard W. Stevenson and Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Bush Pushes for Renewal of Antiterrorism Legislation
April 17, 2004, Dale McFeatters, Scripps-Howard News Service, Treating Detainees Fairly
April 17, 2004, CNN, 9/11 commissioner Gorelick has received death threats since Ashcroft introduces "wall" memo
April 17, 2004, Michael Janofsky, New York Times, 9/11 Panel Calls Policies on Immigration Ineffective
Bush 3-day tour to promote making Patriot Act permanent:
- April 16, 2004, WIVB News, Security preparations for Bush visit; attorney for Lackawanna Six denies Bush claim that they are sleeper cell
April 16, 2004, Editorial, St. Petersburg Times, Wall of Blame
April 16, 2004, Editorial, Detroit Free Press, U.S. Intelligence: An overhaul of the system is clearly needed (Last 2 par. on Patriot Act)
April 16, 2004, Curt Anderson, Associated Press, Big rise in surveillance warrants swamps agents; Justice Dept. unable to handle 85 percent increase
April 15, 2004, Jason Zengerle, The New Republic, John Ashcroft: 'Not My Fault'
Senator Orrin Hatch's 4/14/04 congressional hearing on the Patriot Act in Salt Lake City:
April 15, 2004, Angie Welling, Deseret Morning News, Patriot Act cheered and jeered at the U.
April 14, 2004, Michael McGough, Toledo Blade, U.S. SUPREME COURT: Public to get quick access to tapes of arguments in 3 high-profile cases
April 14, 2004, Dallas Morning News, Ashcroft Blames Clinton Administration for Terrorism Failures
April 14, 2004, Editorial, New York Times, The Failed FBI
April 14, 2004, UPI, Reno: Patriot Act overwhelmingly positive
April 13, 2004, WorldNetDaily, Ashcroft nails Clintonite in setting blame for 9-11, states panel member Gorelick wrote memo that became 'single greatest structural cause'
April 11, 2004, Rex Weyler, Alternet, Ashcroft Pursues Greenpeace for "sailor mongering"
April 7, 2004, Christian Charisius, Swissinfo, Sept
11 suspect freed pending retrial
Jon Silverman, BBC News, 9/11
bail exposes security rifts
April 7, 2004, Elizabeth M. Gillespie, Associated Press, Security chief Ridge defends Patriot Act; Civil liberties not threatened
April 7, 2004, Amy Rolf, The Daily of the University of Washington-Seattle, Ridge stops to talk terror
April 7, 2004, Paul Shukovsky, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Ridge met by tough crowd
April 7, 2004, Geoff Earle, "This should be all about national security, and less about pork and politics"
April 5, 2004, Jeannine Aversa, Associated Press, U.S. OKs Editing of Foreign Manuscripts
April 5, 2004, Mark Jensen, Tacoma Weekly, Tacoma Fire Dept. to Stall Opening of Tacoma's Homeland Security Prison (See related article in BORDC newsletter 4/2/04.)
April 5, 2004, Ralph Z. Hallow, Washington Times, Patriot Act Divides Bush Loyalists
April 5, 2004, Beshara Doumani, The Electronic Intifada, Be Careful What You Say on Campus
April 4, 2004, David Johnston and Eric Schmitt, New York Times, Uneven Response Seen on Terror in Summer of 2001
April 4, 2004, Mike Carter, Seattle Times, Trials May Hear From Ujaama and Ressam
April 2, 2004, Nancy Talanian, CommonDreams.org, License to Criticize Patriot Act
April 2, 2004, Jim Bencivenga, Christian Science Monitor, Software: Weak Link in Cybersecurity?
April 2, 2004, Beshara Doumani, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Be Careful What You Say On Campus
April 2, 2004, Karen MacPherson, Post-Gazette, Patriot Act Under Literary Assault
April 2, 2004, Edward Kennedy, Washington Post, For Rights, A Wrong Choice
April 2, 2004, Nicholas Benton, Falls Church News Press, Cole Assails 'Preventative Detention' Policy for Damaging U.S. Security
April 1, 2004, Nicole Colson, Counter Punch, Inside America's Concentration Camp
April 1, 2004, Christopher Lee, Washington Post, Most Say They Are Less Safe Since 9/11