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Archives April 2005
April 29, 2005, USA PATRIOT Act and libraries:
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Tom Brune, Newsday, Library data a sensitive topic
- Alan Elsner, Reuters, 9/11 hijackers booked airline tickets at library
- American Library Assoication Press Release, ALA President Carol Brey-Casiano responds to Oversight Hearing on Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act
April 29, 2005, William McCall, Associated Press, Portland first city to withdraw from FBI task force
April 29, 2005, Anna Griffin, The Oregonian, Joy in gallery as Portland quits FBI task force
April 29, 2005, Democracy Now!, Real ID Act Attached to "Must-Pass" Spending Bill Imposes Anti-Immigrant Measures
April 29, 2005, Pamela Hess, United Press International/The Washington Times, Analysis: Abu Ghraib scandal toll
April 29, 2005, Carol D. Leonnig, The Washington Post, Detainee Questioning Was Faked, Book Says, U.S. Military Denies Staging Interviews
April 29, 2005, Victoria Ward, Scotsman.com, Guantanamo Prisoners 'Subjected to Mock Grillings'
April 29, 2005, William Fisher, Dissident Voice, Your Tax Dollars At Work (Steve Kurtz case)
April 29, 2005, Devlin Barrett, Associated Press, Increase seen in number of court-ordered wiretaps
April 29, 2005, Siobhan Gorman, National Journal/GovExec, DHS chief floats idea of collecting private citizens' information
April 29, 2005, Ann Woolner, Bloomberg, Choosing Bin Laden's Privacy Over Open Government
April 28, 2005, Common Dreams, House Members Announce Patriot Act Reform Caucus
April 28, 2005, USA PATRIOT Act:
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Eric Lichtblau, The New York Times, Audit Finds Logjam in Efforts to Spy on Terror Suspects
- Dana Priest, The Washington Post, Panel Questions Patriot Act Uses
- Carol Brey-Casiano, Daily Herald, The Patriot act in action
- Opinion, The Baltimore Sun, Patriot defined
April 28, 2005, Portland to Withdraw from JTTF:
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Portland Communique, It's Official: Portland Leaving JTTF, City Is First In The Nation To Do So
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Tomas Alex Tizon, Los Angeles Times, Portland, FBI Unit to Part Ways
- Anna Griffin, The Oregonian, Terrorism task force: Bottom line for key players
April 28, 2005, Abu Ghraib:
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Helen Thomas, Hearst Newspapers, Pentagon Report On Abuse Has To Be Joke: Top Brass Exonerated; GIs Blamed
- Reed Brody, The American Prospect, A year ago, Colin Powell said that the U.S. would hold Abu Ghraib up to the light. That hasn't come true.
- Bob Herbert, The New York Times, On Abu Ghraib, the Big Shots Walk
- Agence France-Presse/Common Dreams, One Year On, Amnesty International Blasts US for Abu Ghraib Failings
- Amnesty International, One year after Abu Ghraib, torture continues
- Associated press/The New York Times, Group Says Abu Ghraib Case Part of Pattern
- Elizabeth Sullivan, Cleveland Plain Dealer/Common Dreams, Lesson of Abu Ghraib? Whatever
April 28, 2005, Democracy Now!, UN Human Rights Investigator in Afghanistan Ousted Under U.S. Pressure
April 28, 2005, Deborah Horan, Chicago Tribune, U.N. investigator charges U.S. removed him from post as cover up
April 28, 2005, Frazier Moore, Associated Press, PBS''Now' Visits Guantanamo Prison
April 28, 2005, Reuters/The New York Times, Interrogations Faked at Guantanamo, Witness Says
April 28, 2005, Secrecy News, CRS: White House Errs on Detention of Americans
April 28, 2005, Susan B. Glasser, The Washington Post, Global Terrorism Statistics Released: Clearinghouse Data Show Sharp Rise
April 28, 2005, Secrecy News, NCTC Terrorism Chronology 2004
April 28, 2005, Eric Schmitt, The New York Times, In New Manual, Army Limits Tactics in Interrogation
April 27, 2005, Mark Sherman, Associated press/The Washington Post, Congress: Secrecy Hurts Patriot Act Push
April 27, 2005, Ian Simpson, Reuters, Rights Group: Abu Ghraib Abuses 'Tip of Iceberg'
April 27, 2005, Human Rights Watch, U.S.: Abu Ghraib Only the 'Tip of the Iceberg'
April 27, 2005, Jan Sliva, The Washington Post, Rights Group Condemns U.S. Over Guantanamo
April 27, 2005, Associated Press, Human rights body condemns U.S. for Gitmo 'torture'
April 27, 2005, Associated Press, Man in 9/11 trial denies knowledge of Al Qaeda
April 27, 2005, Jessica Azulay, The NewStandard, Anti-immigrant Measures Negotiated by House, Senate
April 27, 2005, Opinion, The Boston Globe, A mistaken ID bill
April 27, 2005, Joe Conason, The New York Observer/Working for Change, Bush hides the truth about terror, torture
April 27, 2005, Susan B. Glasser, The Washington Post, U.S. Figures Show Sharp Global Rise In Terrorism
April 26, 2005, Arshad Mohammed, Reuters/Common Dreams, World Terror Attacks Tripled in 2004 by U.S. Count
April 26, 2005, Barry Schweid, Associated press/The Washington Post, Report Shows 2004 Rise in Terror Attacks
April 26, 2005, Reuters/truthout, Europe Invites the United States to Observe the Law
April 26, 2005, Agence France-Presse/truthout, Kennedy: One Year after Abu Ghraib, US Response Still Inadequate
April 26, 2005, Anna Griffin, The Oregonian, Portland mayor leaves chief out of loop
April 26, 2005, Charlie Savage, The Boston Globe, Some fear law would create national ID card
April 26, 2005, Pam Fessler, National Public Radio, Problems Plague 'No-Fly' List, TSA Considers Changes
April 26, 2005, Omar Khan, The Washington Post, Screening
in Need of Sense: Airline Databases and Bureaucracy Add Up
to Wasted Resources
April 26, 2005, Editorial, San Francisco Chronicle, No accountability for Abu Ghraib
April 26, 2005, Opinion, The Record, No accounting for torture
April 26, 2005, Chicago Tribune, ACLU seeks police files on infiltration of group
April 26, 2005, Dave Reynolds, The NewStandard, Peace Group Sues Chicago Police Over Infiltration Documents
April 26, 2005, William Norman Grigg, The New American, Patriot Act for Pranksters?
April 26, 2005, Manu Joseph, Wired News, Your Money Under More Scrutiny
April 26, 2005, Eric Lipton, The New York Times, Some U.S. Security Agents Chafe Under Speech Limits
April 25, 2005, George Lewis, MSNBC, Portland backs out of terrorism task force
April 25, 2005, Democracy Now!, Getting Away with Torture? Human Rights Watch Calls for Accountability Into U.S. Abuse of Detainees
April 25, 2005, Abid Aslam, OneWorldUS/Common Dreams, Rights Watchdog Demands Rumsfeld Abuse Inquiry
April 25, 2005, Nick Meo, The Independent (UK)/Common Dreams, UN Investigator Who Exposed US Army Abuse Forced Out of His Job
April 25, 2005, Ivan Eland, The Independent Institute, Evidence that the U.S. May Be Losing the Global War on Terror
April 25, 2005, Deborah Barfield Berry, Newsday, Ready to tackle ID Act
April 25, 2005, Brendan Coyne, The NewStandard, Artists Experience Déjà vu in Bioterror Case That Won't Go Away
April 25, 2005, Florence Olsen, Federal Computer Week, Proponent of open government, McDermott: Feds closing the door to information
April 25, 2005, Greg Miller, Los Angeles Times, Experts Call Spy Agency Practice an Eye-Opener
April 25, 2005, Chris Gonsalves, eWeek.com, Retire the Patriot Act
April 24, 2005, Severin Carrell, The Independent (UK), US Guards at Guantanamo Tortured Me, Says UK Man
April 24, 2005, Groups call for investigation of Rumsfeld's involvement in abuse of detainees:
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BBC News, Demand for Rumsfeld abuse inquiry
- Josh White, The Washington Post, Rights Groups Reject Prison Abuse Findings
- Raymond Whitaker, The Independent, Rumsfeld faces calls for criminal investigation into detainee torture
- David Johnston, The New York Times, Rights Group Cites Rumsfeld and Tenet in Report on Abuse
- Agence France-Presse/truthout, US Rights Groups Call for Special Prosecutor to Probe Alleged Torture
- Richard A. Serrano, Los Angeles Times, Group Says U.S. Sent Up to 150 to Possible Torture Sites
April 24, 2005, N.C. Aizenmann, The Washington Post, In a Jail in Cuba Beat the Heart of a Poet
April 24, 2005, Charlie Savage, The Boston Globe, In Terror War's Name, Public Loses Information
April 24, 2005, Jane Gordon, The New York Times, In Patriots' Cradle, the Patriot Act Faces Scrutiny
April 23, 2005, Portland plans to withdraw from FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force:
- William McCall, Associated Press, Portland plans to cut ties with FBI JTTF: City would be first nationwide to leave joint task force
- Anna Griffin & Scott Learn, The Oregonian, Portland opts out of anti-terror task force
- Sarah Kershaw, The New York Times, In Portland, Ore., a Bid to Pull Out of Terror Task Force
April 23, 2005, Top U.S. Army officials cleared in detainee abuse cases:
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BBC News, U.S. Top Brass Cleared Over Iraq Abuse
- Josh White, The Washington Post/truthout, Top Army Officers Are Cleared in Abuse Cases
- Eric Schmitt, The New York Times, Four Top Officers Cleared by Army in Prison Abuses
April 23, 2005, James Rupert, Newday, UN fires Afghan monitor: World body kneels to American pressure to eliminate post of independent human rights expert who has criticized U.S. military's violations
April 23, 2005, Carlotta Gall, The New York Times, U.N. Monitor of Afghan Rights Accuses U.S. on Detentions
April 23, 2005, Riaz Khan, Associated press/The Washington Post, Ex-Cuba Detainee Details Captivity
April 23, 2005, CNN, Moussaoui pleads guilty to terror charges, Defendant in 9/11 case says he will argue against death penalty
April 23, 2005, Henri E. Cauvin, The Washington Post, U.S. Yields In Anthrax Lawsuit Standoff: Some Questioning Allowed on Leaks
April 22, 2005, Associated Press, Hearing in FBI Translator's Case Remains Closed
April 22, 2005, Dana Priest, The Washington Post, Senate Urged to Probe CIA Practices
April 22, 2005, Secrecy News, SSCI Fractures Over CIA Detention Policy
April 22, 2005, Associated press/The New York Times, 5 Muslim - Americans Sue Homeland Security
April 22, 2005, Neil A. Lewis & David Johnston, The New York Times, Suspect Pleads Guilty to 9/11 Role and May Face Death Penalty
April 22, 2005, Associated Press, Moussaoui Set to Plead Guilty to Terrorism
April 22, 2005, Jeremiah Marquez, Associated Press, Air Marshal Sues Homeland Security Chief Over Speech Restrictions
April 21, 2005, Court bars public from hearing whistleblower Sibel Edmonds' case:
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Charles Lane, The Washington Post, Whistle-Blower Argument Closed, Court Gives No Reason for Move in Case of Fired FBI Translator
- Associated Press, D.C. Circuit closes arguments in FBI whistleblower case
- Secrecy News, Court Closes Hearing on Sibel Edmonds Case
- James Ridgeway, The Village Voice, The Silencing of Sibel Edmonds: Court won't let public hear what FBI whistleblower has to say
- Rebecca Carr, Cox News Service, Court Of Appeals Abruptly Closes Hearing To The Public
April 21, 2005, Onnesha Roychoudhuri, Mother Jones, Keeping the Fear Alive
April 21, 2005, Sara Kehaulani Goo, The Washington Post, Passenger Lists Sought For Flights Over U.S.
April 21, 2005, Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters/The Union-Tribune, U.N. probes rights breaches in counter-terror acts
April 21, 2005, Reuters/The New York Times, U.N. Rights Body Rejects Call for Guantanamo Probe
April 21, 2005, Alexander G. Higgins, Associated Press, U.N. Rejects Bid to Probe Gitmo Treatment
April 21, 2005, Michelle Garcia, The Washington Post, Muslims Detained at Border Sue U.S. Homeland Security
April 21, 2005, Gene Warner, The Buffalo News, Muslims' lawsuit involves upholding religious liberties for all, lawyer says
April 21, 2005, Jill Barton, Associated Press, Controversial Crime Database Matrix Shuts Down
April 21, 2005, Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian, Warning on spread of state surveillance
April 21, 2005, John Lettice, The Register (UK), Smile: you're under global surveillance
April 21, 2005, Editorial, The Daily Astorian, Our rights and freedom are at stake, Patriot Act is only one of many laws that can be used against Americans
April 21, 2005, Larry Abramson, National Public Radio, Technologies Create New Challenges for Patriot Act
April 21, 2005, Eric Lichtblau, The New York Times, Judge Rules 9/11 Defendant Is Competent to Plead Guilty
April 21, 2005, Associated Press, Moussaoui Could Face Death Penalty
April 21, 2005, Nicole Brodeur, The Seattle Times, Deming's defender of words
April 20, 2005, United Press International/The Washington Times, Poll: Many think U.S. troops still torture
April 20, 2005, Eric Lichtblau, The New York Times, House Panel Studies Sharing of Intelligence
April 20, 2005, Anita Ramasastry, FindLaw, The Important But Flawed USA Patriot Act: Why Congress Should Allow Certain Provisions to Expire This Year
April 20, 2005, Bill Fisher, FinalCall.com News, Wiretaps are up sharply as Congress debates Patriot Act
April 20, 2005, Henry Silverman, City Pulse, Riding into the sunset with the Patriot Act
April 20, 2005, Associated Press, AP Sues Pentagon for Guantanamo Documents
April 20, 2005, Eric Lichtblau, The New York Times, Sept. 11 Suspect May Be Set to Admit Guilt
April 20, 2005, Associated press/The New York Times, Judge Weighs Moussaoui's 9 / 11 Guilty Plea
April 20, 2005, David Staba, The New York Times, Colleague Testifies in Case of Artist's Germ Use (Steve Kurtz case)
April 20, 2005, Opinion, Minnesota Daily, A war on terror gone awry: An Iraqi immigrant falsely imprisoned speaks volumes about the costs of the war on terror
April 20, 2005, Andrea Elliott, The New York Times, Five Muslims to Sue U.S. Over Border Detentions
April 20, 2005, Reuters/The New York Times, Muslim - Americans Sue Govt for Racial Profiling
April 20, 2005, WorldNetDaily, ACLU, CAIR decry anti-terror efforts
April 20, 2005, Josh White, The Washington Post, 18 More Detainees Leave Guantanamo
April 20, 2005, Carlotta Gall, The New York Times, 17 Afghans Freed From Guantánamo Prison
April 20, 2005, Associated press/The New York Times, Democrats: HSD Omits Right - Wing Threats
April 19, 2005, Seventeen Afghans released from Guantanamo:
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BBC News, US hands over Guantanamo inmates
- Associated Press, Gitmo Detainees Back In Kabul
- Reuters, US frees 17 Afghans from Guantanamo prison
April 19, 2005, Josh White, The Washington Post, Soldiers' 'Wish Lists' Of Detainee Tactics Cited
April 19, 2005, Will Dunham, Reuters/Common Dreams, Guantanamo Inmates Yield 'Valuable' Data
April 19, 2005, Reuters/Human Rights Watch, Guantánamo: Give U.N. Monitors Access to Detainees
April 19, 2005, Jerry Markon, The Washington Post, Moussaoui Planning To Admit 9/11 Role, Judge Will Weigh Mental Capacity
April 19, 2005, News24.com/Common Dreams, Terrorism Reports 'Had Errors'
April 19, 2005, Joel Wendland, Political Affairs/Common Dreams, Condoleezza Rice Orders Scrapping Of Terrorism Report
April 19, 2005, Abe Estimada, kgw.com, Portland delays vote on joining anti-terror task force
April 19, 2005, Secrecy News, State Secrets and Executive Power
April 19, 2005, Mimi Hall, USA TODAY, Truckers bristle at anti-terror rules
April 18, 2005, Richard A. Serrano, Los Angeles Times, Military Report on Guantanamo Highlights Danger of Al Qaeda
April 18, 2005, Associated press/CNN, Gonzales doing things differently as Attorney General
April 18, 2005, Jill Barton, Associated Press, Controversial terror database Matrix shuts down
April 18, 2005, Caroline Drees, Reuters/The Union-Tribune, More bank data may not aid fight against terrorism
April 18, 2005, Martin C. Evans, Newsday, Army chaplain, wrongly imprisoned on terror charges, tells audience that U.S. law and anti-Muslim hysteria jeopardizes civil rights
April 17, 2005, Editorial Board, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, USA Patriot Act: Restoring liberty
April 17, 2005, Editorial, Argus Leader, Change Patriot Act: Ease provisions that violate basic human rights and freedoms
April 15, 2005, Associated press/Los Angeles Times, Guantanamo Detainee Wins Order Against Transfer
April 15, 2005, Associated press/The New York Times, West Nations Try to Deport Terror Suspects
April 15, 2005, Robert Verkaik, The New Zealand Herald, Terror suspects at risk of torture, report claims
April 15, 2005, Nat Hentoff, The Village Voice, The CIA's Kidnapping Ring
April 15, 2005, Douglas Jehl, The New York Times, No. 2 Intelligence Nominee Testifies on Privacy Rules
April 15, 2005, Jonathan S. Landay, Knight Ridder Newspapers/truthout, Bush Administration Eliminating 19-year-old International Terrorism Report
April 15, 2005, Rep. John Conyers, Jr., TomPaine.com, Scapegoating Immigrants
April 15, 2005, Editorial, The Monitor, Patriot Act Sunset: Congress should let troubling sections expire
April 14, 2005, New suit details abuse at Guantanamo:
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Carol Leonnig, The Washington Post, Guantanamo Detainee Suing U.S. to Get Video of Alleged Torture
- Neil A. Lewis, The New York Times, Guantánamo Detainee's Suit Says Prison Guards Beat Him
- Reuters/The New York Times, Suit Details Abuse Allegations at Guantanamo
- Associated press/The New York Times, Lawyers Sue Over Alleged Guantanamo Abuse
- BBC News, Guantanamo Bosnians cry 'torture'
- Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, US faces new claims of jail abuse
April 14, 2005, Richard A. Serrano, Los Angeles Times, Gitmo 'Lifetime,' Interrupted
April 14, 2004, Diana Elias, Associated Press, Ex-Guantanamo Prisoner Didn't Know of 9/11
April 14, 2005, Associated press/The New York Times, U.S. Can't Move Detainee Without Notice
April 14, 2005, Carol Rosenberg, Knight Ridder Newspapers, U.N. fact-finders press for access to Guantanamo detainees
April 14, 2005, Peter A. Sutters Jr., Times Ledger, Queens Village girl eyed in terror plot
April 14, 2005, Associated press/MSNBC, Bush defends need for records privacy
April 14, 2005, Associated Press, Kurtz Prosecution Provokes Unease Among Artists
April 14, 2005, Editorial, The Nation, Patriot Act Evasions
April 14, 2005, Coleen Rowley, Twin Cities Pioneer Press, RIGHTS AT RISK: Accountability is crucial to balance liberties and security
April 14, 2005, Walter Pincus, The Washington Post, London Ricin Finding Called a False Positive
April 13, 2005, Eric Lichtblau, The New York Times, Specter Voices Frustration Over Briefing on Patriot Act
April 13, 2005, Editorial, Florida Today, Protect civil liberties
April 13, 2005, Charlie Savage, The Boston Globe, Guantanamo detainee is alleging he was brutalized, Suit to seek data about 6 Algerians
April 13, 2005, Rowan Scarborough, The Washington Times, Abu Ghraib convict breaks silence
April 13, 2005, Andrea Weigl, The News & Observer (NC)/truthout, Court Unseals Passaro Papers: Tenet, Gonzales on Witness List
April 13, 2005, R. Jeffrey Smith, The Washington Post, Interrogator Says U.S. Approved Handling of Detainee Who Died
April 13, 2005, Spencer Ackerman, The New Republic/truthout, Sealed Lips (Negroponte confirmation hearings)
April 12, 2005, Jeffrey Fleishman, Newsday, Man's Claims May Be a Look at Dark Side of War on Terror
April 12, 2005, Editorial, The Cincinnati Post, Sorting fact from fiction
April 12, 2005, Shawn Ban, The Brown Daily Herald, Representing Guantanamo detainees
April 12, 2005, Editorial, The New York Times, Guilty Until Proven Innocent
April 12, 2005, Opinion, USA TODAY, 'Trust me' just doesn't fly
April 12, 2005, Editorial, The Toledo Blade, Curbing the Patriot Act
April 12, 2005, Editorial, The Montgomery Advertiser, Sessions should see difference
April 12, 2005, Reuters/The New York Times, Negroponte Vows Spying Revamp, 'Unvarnished Truth'
April 12, 2005, Associated press/The New York Times, Confirmation Hearing Begins for Intelligence Nominee
April 11, 2005, Nat Hentoff, Washington Times Editorial, Ending torture outsourcing
April 11, 2005, Editorial, The Keene Sentinel, Prisoner abuse
April 11, 2005, Opinion, The Record, Snooping in the USA
April 11, 2005, Opinion, The Quad-City Times, Republicans and Democrats at last can agree: Fix the Patriot Act
April 10, 2005, Eric Lichtblau, The New York Times, U.S. Seeks Access to Bank Records to Deter Terror
April 10, 2005, New York Times Editorial, Revising the Patriot Act
April 10, 2005, Nolan Finley, Detroit News Editorial, Five Reasons Why Conservatives Should Fight the Patriot Act
April 10, 2005, Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, The Calm After the Patriot Act Storm
April 10, 2005, Raymond Bonner, The New York Times, Australia Uneasy About U.S. Detainee Case
April 10, 2005, Stephen Vincent Kobasa, Common Dreams, Mocked by Terror
April 9, 2005, Pete Yost & Matt Kelley, Associated Press, Records Give Voice to Guantanamo Detainees, see also court documents of several Guantanamo detainees, including testimony in so-called "tribunals"
April 9, 2005, Nina Bernstein, The New York Times, Teachers and Classmates Express Outrage at Arrest of Girl, 16, as a Terrorist Threat
April 9, 2005, The Washington Post/The Kansas City Star, Patriot Act cited in clandestine search
April 9, 2005, Editorial, The Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), Curb Patriot Act powers now
April 8, 2005, Guantanamo:
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Reuters/The New York Times, U.S. Military Drafts New Detainee Operations Rules
- Neil A. Lewis, The New York Times, Group Says Pentagon's Plan Would Expand Its Enemy List
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Carol D. Leonnig, The Washington Post, Justice Dept. Defends Value Of Military Trials
- Neil A. Lewis, The New York Times, Administration Urges Appeals Court to Let Guantánamo War Crimes Trials Resume
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Adam Brookes, BBC News, Inside Guantanamo's secret trials
- Associated Press, U.S. defends terror trials
April 8, 2005, Noelle Crombie & Jeff Kosseff, The Oregonian, Mayfield case stokes debate on Patriot Act
April 8, 2005, Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation, Sweet Victory: Montana Acts Patriotic
April 8, 2005, David Sarasohn, The Oregonian, A new word on Mayfield, the Patriot Act
April 8, 2005, Editorials on the USA PATRIOT Act:
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Editorial, Contra Costa Times, Examine Patriot Act
- Beth Wilson, The Kentucky Post, Time to refine Patriot Act
- Editorial Board, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Closely Review USA Patriot Act
- David Thigpen, The Daily Mississippian, Patriot Act proves unpatriotic
- Opinion, The Macon Telegraph, Patriot Act provisions demand close scrutiny
- Caron Carlson, eWeek.com, Congress Eyes Patriot Act Tweaks
April 8, 2005, Nina Bernstein, The New York Times, Girl Called Would-Be Bomber Was Drawn to Islam
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Richard B. Schmitt, Los Angeles Times, Gonzales Argues Against Expiration Date on Patriot Act
- Editorial, The San Francisco Chronicle, Time to fix the Patriot Act
- Gail Russell Chaddock, The Christian Science Monitor, Patriot Act: What's not known feeds debate
- Editorial, The Denver Post, Update the USA Patriot Act
- Tom Engelhardt & Jonathan Schell, Tom Dispatch, Faking Civil Society
- Lisa Friedman, Los Angeles Daily News, Gonzales acknowledges shortcomings in policy
April 7, 2005, Dan Eggen, The Washington Post, Flawed FBI Probe Of Bombing Used A Secret Warrant
April 7, 2005, Guantanamo:
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Tom Curry, MSNBC, Court weighs legality of Guantanamo tribunals
- Associated Press, Court Weighs Gitmo Trial Procedures
- Nina Totenberg, National Public Radio, Court Considers Guantanamo Detainee's Rights Plea
- Carol Rosenberg, The Miami Herald, Lawyers swarm to defense of 'enemy' detainees
- James Vicini, Reuters, Guantanamo prisoner's lawyers: trial is unfair
April 7, 2005, ABC News, Homeland Security Head Chertoff Reconsidering Terror Color Code
April 7, 2005, Kyle A. Torok, Hornell Evening Tribune, Chaudhry defends '96 donation to Muslim charity
April 6, 2005, Congressional debates on the USA PATRIOT Act:
- Dan Eggen, The Washington Post, Congress Urged to Renew Patriot Act
- Eric Lichtblau, The New York Times, Antiterrorism Law Defended as Hearings Start
- Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Hearst Newspapers/truthout, Key GOP Senator Expresses Patriot Act Doubts
- Frank Davies, Detroit Free Press, Gonzales makes plea to renew Patriot Act
- Julian Sanchez, Reason Online, Hearing No Evil: Rosy visions of the PATRIOT Act
- Kim Zetter, Wired News, Patriot Act Gets a Hearing
- Thomas C Greene, The Register (UK), Feds beg Congress to expand PATRIOT Act
- Editorial, Helena Independent Record, Patriot Act unites politicians
April 6, 2005, Associated Press, Attorney General admits use of Patriot Act in Mayfield case
April 6, 2005, Sarah Ferren, KVAL-TV, Patriot Act Used in Mayfield Case
April 6, 2005, Douglas Jehl, The New York Times, White House Has Tightly Restricted Oversight of C.I.A. Detentions
April 6, 2005, Angela Woodall, United Press International/The Washington Times, Analysis: Detainees rights questioned
April 6, 2005, Declan McCullagh, CNET News, Homeland Security panel picks controversial chief
April 6, 2005, Rhonda Chriss Lokeman, Knight Ridder Newspapers, Making sure the whistles keep blowing
April 5, 2005, Debates on reauthorization of UPA "sunset" provisions begin:
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Bob Dart, Cox News Service, Congress begins talks on Patriot Act renewal
- Dan Eggen, The Washington Post, Patriot Act Changes to Be Proposed: Gonzales Will Seek to Respond to Critics, Get Law Renewed
- Associated Press, Gonzales to Defend Patriot Act Renewal
- Declan McCullagh, CNET News, Feds uncloak the Patriot Act
- Tom Curry, MSNBC, Congressional hearings scrutinize Patriot Act
- MSNBC, FBI seeks expanded search powers, Justice Dept. also wants expiring Patriot Act provisions renewed
- Eric Lichtblau, The New York Times, Justice Dept. Defends Patriot Act Before Senate Hearings
- Mark Sherman, Associated Press, Officials urge renewal of Patriot Act
- Brett Lieberman, The Patriot-News, Patriot Act raises doubts in onetime supporters
- Reuters/The New York Times, Gonzales Urges Renewal of Patriot Act
April 5, 2005, Associated Press, Patriot Act used in Portland attorney investigation, attorney general says
April 4, 2005, Andrew Zajac, Chicago Tribune/KRT, Patriot Act up for renewal, but law's effectiveness unclear
April 4, 2005, Associated Press, Patriot Act Provisions Expiring
April 4, 2005, Declan McCullagh, CNET News, The next chapter in the Patriot Act
April 4, 2005, Nat Hentoff, The Village Voice, Whitewashing Rumsfeld: Circling the wagons around the defense secretary and his commander in chief
April 4, 2005, Associated Press, U.N., U.S. can't agree on Guantanamo visit
April 4, 2005, Reuters, UN Torture Envoy Confident of Visit to Guantanamo
April 4, 2005, Opinion, Baltimore Sun, Prisoners of the new war
April 4, 2005, Reuters/The New York Times, Abu Ghraib Probe Suggests CIA Role in Iraqi Deaths
April 4, 2005, Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Fox News, 'Real ID' Bill Caught in Legislative Limbo
April 4, 2005, Editorial, The New York Times, Guns for Terrorists
April 4, 2005, Associated press/The New York Times, Muslim Americans Question Border Screening
April 3, 2005, Associated Press, Translator who downloaded classified files says he made innocent mistake
April 1, 2005, Associated press/truthout, Government Wiretaps, Searches Up 75 Percent
April 1, 2005, Reuters/truthout, US Citizen Held in Iraq as Suspected Insurgent
April 1, 2005, Bob Herbert, The New York Times Op-Ed, We Can't Remain Silent