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April 30, 2006, Mark Silva, Chicago Tribune, Bush Team Imposes Thick Veil of Secrecy
April 30, 2006, Mahvish Khan, Washington Post, My Guantanamo Diary: Face to Face With the War on Terrorism
April 30, 2006, Damien Cave, New York Times, No F.B.I. Intimidation Found at Conventions
April 30, 2006, P. Sabin Willett, Commentary, Statesman Journal, No garden, no hope for Gitmo detainee
April 30, 2006, Tim Golden, New York Times, Abuse concerns stall release of Guantanamo prisoners
April 30, 2006, Charlie Savage, Boston Globe, Bush challenges hundreds of laws
April 30, 2006, Marie Cocco, Boulder Daily Camera, U.S. Strangling its Democracy
April 29, 2006, Richard B. Schmitt, Los Angeles Times, Data Show How Patriot Act Used
April 29, 2006, Andrew Buncombe, lndependent (UK), Guantanamo Bay Prisoners Plant Seeds of Hope in Secret Garden
April 29, 2006, David Kravets, Associated Press, DOJ Seeks to Dismiss Domestic Spying Suit
April 29, 2006, Bernard Hibbitts, Jurist, US seeking dismissal of surveillance suit against telecommunications giant
April 29, 2006, Mark Feldstein, Washington Post, A chilling FBI fishing expedition
April 28, 2006, Associated Press, FBI Secretly Sought Data on 3,501 People in '05
April 28, 2006, Walter Pincus and Charles Babington, Washington Post, Specter Wants More Debate on Spying
April 28, 2006, Democracy Now!, Nixon White House Counsel John Dean and Pentagon Papers Leaker Daniel Ellsberg on Watergate and the Abuse of Presidential Power from Nixon to Bush
April 28, 2006, Tim Fought, Associated Press, Amnesty: Torture Allegations Undercut Work
April 28, 2006, Ben Fox, Associated Press, Little Progress in Latest Gitmo Hearings
April 27, 2006, Drew Brown, Knight Ridder, Hundreds of Detainees Abused, Report Finds
April 27, 2006, Andrew Buncombe, Independent (UK), Guantanamo Bay Prisoner 'Tried to Commit Suicide a Dozen Times'
April 27, 2006, Christopher Lee, Washington Post, Some Archives Files Wrongly Kept Secret
April 27, 2006, P. Sabin Willett, Washington Post, Wilting Dreams At Gitmo
April 27, 2006, David S. Broder, Washington Post, Tension Over Press Leaks
April 26, 2006, Craig Whitlock, Washington Post, EU Accuses CIA of Secretly Transporting Terror Suspects
April 26, 2006, Eric Schmitt, New York Times, Abuse Charge Set for a U.S. Colonel
April 26, 2006, Joseph Goldstein, New York Sun, One 'Granny' Dissatisfied With Disorderly Conduct Trial
April 26, 2006, Democracy Now!, Nat Hentoff on the Government Crackdown on Information From Whistleblowers to Journalists
April 26, 2006, Democracy Now!, FBI Seeks to Seize Control of Files of Deceased Investigative Journalist Jack Anderson
April 26, 2006, Democracy Now!, Pentagon Papers Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg to Government Insiders: Risk Prison to Leak Information Exposing Illegal Government Actions
April 25, 2006, Reuters, Guantanamo Bay conditions have 'improved'
April 25, 2006, Mark Mazzetti and Scott Shane, New York Times, Fired C.I.A. Officer Denies Role in Leak
April 25, 2006, Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times, Pentagon plans release of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay
April 25, 2006, David Morgan, Reuters, Saudi facing US tribunal, defense charges torture
April 25, 2006, Ben Fox, Associated Press, U.S. to Charge More Gitmo Bay Detainees
April 24, 2006, Scott Shane and Mark Mazzetti, New York Times, Moves Signal Tighter Secrecy Within C.I.A.
April 24, 2006, Walter Pincus, Washington Post, Democrats Suggest Double Standard on Leaks
April 24, 2006, William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, Terror Case May Offer Clues Into Police Use of Informants
April 24, 2006, David Keene and David Cole, Centre Daily, Oversight board needs authority, resources
April 24, 2006, Australian Associated Press, Habib sues government for damages
April 24, 2006, Editorial/New York Times, The Anderson Files
April 24, 2006, William Fischer, truthout, Whistleblowing Past the Graveyard
April 23, 2006, Albany (NY) Times Union Editorial, The enablers: Senate poised to give White House broad surveillance powers
April 23, 2006, CIA Officer Fired for Secret Prisons Leak:
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Katherine Shrader, Associated Press, CIA officer fired over media leak was key senior analyst
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David S. Cloud, New York Times, Colleagues Say C.I.A. Analyst Played by the Rules
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R. Jeffrey Smith and Dafna Linzer, Washington Post, CIA Officer's Job Made Any Leaks More Delicate
April 22, 2006, Dafna Linzer, Washington Post, CIA Officer Is Fired for Media Leaks on Secret CIA Prisons
April 21, 2006, Paul Garwood, Associated Press, Guantanamo detainee list draws wave of complaints
April 20, 2006, Associated Press, Names of Guantanamo Detainees Released
April 20, 2006, William Fisher, Inter Press Service, PATRIOT Act: Muslim Charities Shut Down While Halliburton Goes Free
April 20, 2006, Scott Shane, New York Times, In New Job, Spymaster Draws Bipartisan Criticism
April 20, 2006, Walter Pincus, Washington Post, Intelligence Director's Budget May Near $1 Billion, Report Finds
April 19, 2006, Josh White, Washington Post, Top Officer Ordered To Testify on Abuse
April 19, 2006, Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, FBI Rebuffed on Reporter's Files
April 19, 2006, Haider Rizvi, OneWorld US, Rumsfeld Linked to Guantanamo Torture
April 19, 2006, Joel Wendland, Political Affairs, Chinese Human Rights Report Blasts US Record
April 19, 2006, Pete Yost, Associated Press, Rumsfeld can't testify, military judge says
April 18, 2006, Ruth Conniff, Progressive, Halliburton's Immigrant Detention Centers
April 18, 2006, Carl Bernstein, Vanity Fair, Senate Hearings on Bush, Now
April 18, 2006, Scott Shane, New York Times, National Archives Pact Let C.I.A. Withdraw Public Documents
April 18, 2006, Associated Press, General to Testify in New Abu Ghraib Trial
April 18, 2006, Dwight Ott, Philadelphia Inquirer, Andrews: U.S. in constitutional crisis
April 18, 2006, Linda Greenhouse, New York Times, Habeas Corpus Case Turns on Buttons Worn at Trial
April 18, 2006, Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, Former Fla. Professor to Be Deported
April 18, 2006, Josh White, Washington Post, Supreme Court Won't Hear Chinese Detainees' Case
April 18, 2006, James Gordon Meek, New York Daily News, Source: Sept. 11 relatives will ask jury to spare Moussaoui
April 18, 2006, Pete McCarthy, Gloucester County Times, Official decries Bush spying
April 18, 2006, Tori Barreto, The Poly Post, Redefining Academic Freedom
April 18, 2006, Scott Shane, New York Times, National Archives Pact Let C.I.A. Withdraw Public Documents
April 17, 2006, Katrin Bennhold, International Herald Tribune, Europe, Too, Takes Harder Line on Terror Suspects
April 17, 2006, Gina Holland, Associated Press, Justices Reject Gitmo Detainees' Appeal
April 17, 2006, Editorial/New York Times, AT&T and Domestic Spying
April 17, 2006, Democracy Now!, Jailed Palestinian Professor Sami Al-Arian to Be Deported After Prosecutors Fail to Convict Him on a Single Charge
April 17, 2006, Don Oldenburg, Washington Post, Government has 'Bad Guy List' for sellers
April 17, 2006, Editorial/Denver Post, The FBI's balancing act
April 16, 2006, Albany Times Union, A lesson on freedoms
April 16, 2006, Associated Press, Court concerned by feds' delay in Muslim scholar visa case
April 15, 2006, Reuters, Ex-Florida professor said to agree to deportation
April 15, 2006, Josh White, Washington Post, Memo Shows Officer's Shift on Use of Dogs
April 15, 2006, North Country Gazette, ACLU Challenges Ohio Patriot Act’s Oath Requirement
April 14, 2006, Associated Press, Gov't Can Monitor All AT&T Traffic, Lawsuit Says
April 14, 2006, Julia Preston, New York Times, Hearing for Muslim Barred by U.S.
April 14, 2006, David M. Halbfinger and Allison Hope Weiner, New York Times, F.B.I. Files Link Big Film Names to a Detective
April 14, 2006, Paul Vitello, New York Times, Path to Deportation Can Start With a Traffic Stop
April 14, 2006, Reuters, Judge Criticizes US Over Muslim Scholar's Visa
April 14, 2006, Reuters, U.S. pressures Germany to accept group from Guantanamo
April 14, 2006, Associated Press, AT&T, Group Challenge U.S. Spy Program
April 14, 2006, Editorial/Philadelphia Inquirer, US and the UN Human Rights Council
April 14, 2006, Editorial/Times Herald-Record, The disorderly justice: Scalia
April 14, 2006, Editorial/Daily Progress, Settle in Favor of Freedom
April 14, 2006, Editorial/Journal News, Patriot Act Case
April 14, 2006, Democracy Now!, Iraqi CBS Cameraman Released After 1 Year Imprisonment by U.S. Forces Without Due Process
April 13, 2006, Anahad O'Connor, New York Times, Librarians Win as U.S. Relents on Secrecy Law
April 13, 2006, John Markoff and Scott Shane, New York Times, Documents Show Link Between AT&T and Agency in Eavesdropping Case
April 13, 2006, Australian Associated Press, No obstacle to Hicks return: govt
April 13, 2006, Vikram Dodd and Carlene Bailey, Guardian (UK), Terror law an affront to justice - judge
April 13, 2006, Bobbie Johnson, Guardian (UK), Alleged hacker may face jail in Guantánamo Bay
April 12, 2006, Associated Press, Prosecutors Drop Appeal in Patriot Act Librarian Case
April 12, 2006, Elise Ackerman, Mercury News, Tangled up in spying controversy
April 12, 2006, BBC News, UK loses Guantanamo passport case: court backs inmate's right to be British
April 12, 2006, Clare Dyer, Guardian (UK), Blair's Guantánamo 'shame' - ex-law lord
April 12, 2006, Gail Russell Chaddock, Christian Science Monitor, Felony Threat Rouses Immigrants
April 12, 2006, Fairfax Age, Hicks in solitary confinement
April 12, 2006, Pablo Bachelet, Miami Herald, Patriot Act bars Cuban rebels from asylum
April 12, 2006, Editorial/New York Times, People Power
April 11, 2006, Editorial/New York Times, Adventures in Testifying
April 11, 2006, Dan Balz and Darryl Fears, Washington Post, Pro-Immigration Rallies Are Held Across Country
April 11, 2006, Democracy Now!, Eighth Grader Commits Suicide After Being Threatened by School Official With Jail Time for Organizing Walkouts
April 11, 2006, United Press International, Former Kuwaiti Gitmo detainees on trial
April 11, 2006, Robyn Blumner, Salt Lake Tribune, Pathological lies in the name of national security
April 11, 2006, Associated Press, Vermont lawyers represent Guantanamo detainees
April 11, 2006, Emily Bazelon, Slate, Meet the New Padilla
April 11, 2006, Associated Press, Bush, Justice Department get 'Muzzles'
April 11, 2006, Peter Rothberg, The Nation, IRS Privacy Nightmare
April 11, 2006, Stephen Lendman, OpEd News, The War on Immigrants
April 11, 2006, David Utter, SecurityProNews, Spyware Bill Microsoft Crafted Not OK
April 10, 2006, Randal C. Archibold, New York Times, Prosecution falters in U.S. terror trial
April 10, 2006, Nat Hentoff, Canton Repository, Bush guided by ‘unitary executive’ powers
April 10, 2006, Claire Morgenstern, Carnegie Mellon Tartan, FBI investigates peace protest
April 10, 2006, Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, Across the U.S., Growing Rallies for Immigration
April 9, 2006, Robin E. Blumner, St. Petersburg (FL) Times, Lies Lurk Behind U.S. Terror Policy
April 8, 2006, Josh White, Washington Post, Suicidal Detainee's Condition A Mystery
April 7, 2006, Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Gonzales Suggests Legal Basis for Domestic Eavesdropping
April 7, 2006, New York Times, Court Filings Tell of Internet Spying
April 7, 2006, Warren Hoge, New York Times, US Won't Seek a Seat on the UN Rights Council
April 7, 2006, Abid Aslam, One World, New Findings, Old Questions on U.S. Secret Flights, Torture
April 7, 2006, Dan Eggen, Washington Post, Warrantless Wiretaps Possible in U.S.
April 7, 2006, Associated Press, Detainee Claims Moroccans Tortured Him
April 6, 2006, Associated Press, Gonzales Draws Criticism From Panel Chief
April 6, 2006, CQ/Washington Post, Transcriptions from the House Judiciary Committee Hearing on the Department of Justice
April 6, 2006, Jason Leopold , truthout, Evidence Suggests White House Conspiracy
April 6, 2006, Jane Sutton, Reuters, Guantanamo defendant calls tribunals a sham
April 6, 2006, Editorial/New York Times, Resolving the Wiretap Debate
April 6, 2006, Andrew Selsky, Associated Press, Defense Asks Judge to Halt Gitmo Hearing
April 6, 2006, Washington Post, Is Uncle Sam Watching?
April 6, 2006, Reuters, Pentagon Says Improper Data in Security Database
April 5, 2006, John Dean, FindLaw, Bush's Unprecedented Arrogance
April 5, 2006, Erik Cooke, Minuteman Media, Torture's Roots Run to Washington
April 5, 2006, Andrew Buncombe, Independent (UK), Revealed: The Plight of Prisoners Caught Up in US Rendition
April 5, 2006, Robert O'Harrow Jr., Washington Post, Agencies Not Protecting Privacy Rights, GAO Says
April 5, 2006, Jane Sutton, Reuters, Canadian on trial at Guantanamo boycotts tribunal
April 5, 2006, Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times, Guantanamo Judge Delays Suspect's Tribunal 3 Months
April 5, 2006, CNN, CIA flights: Amnesty accuses U.S.
April 5, 2006, Democracy Now!, Military Tribunals Resume at Guantanamo Despite Pending Supreme Court Case on Legality of Hearings
April 4, 2006, Andrew Selsky, Associated Press, Court Rules Questioned at Gitmo Hearing
April 4, 2006, Associated Press, Pentagon Releases New Gitmo Transcripts
April 4, 2006, Editorial/New York Times, The High Court Punts
April 4, 2006, Linda Greenhouse, New York Times, Justices Decline Terror Case of a U.S. Citizen
April 4, 2006, Neil A. Lewis, New York Times, Jurors Permit Death Penalty for Moussaoui
April 4, 2006, B. Sullivan, San Diego Union-Tribune, One man's battle for U.S. credibility
April 4, 2006, Aziz Huq, TomPaine.com, In the Dark on Wiretaps
April 4, 2006, Holly Manges Jones, Jurist, Federal judge rejects review of NSA wiretaps in terrorism case
April 4, 2006, Associated Press, Hanover, NH residents will see impeachment proposal
April 3, 2006, Agence France Presse, US 'Intoxicated' by Power: Gorbachev
April 3, 2006, Editorial/Boston Globe, Standing Up To Bush
April 3, 2006, Nina Bernstein, New York Times, 9/11 Detainees in New Jersey Say They Were Abused With Dogs
April 3, 2006, Editorial/New York Times, Terrorists or Victims?
April 3, 2006, Associated Press, Supreme Court Rejects Padilla's Appeal
April 3, 2006, Anne Gearan, Associated Press, Rice: Guantanamo will close - someday
April 3, 2006, Declan Walsh, Guardian (UK), Return My Work, Says Guantánamo Poet
April 3, 2006, Michael Kranish, Boston Globe, A 'chasm' in Congress deepens over immigration
April 3, 2006, Nancy Jo Tubbs, Timberjay (MN), Lifting the curtain, we find Guantanamo behind myth of the good war
April 2, 2006, Craig Whitlock, Washington Post, Courted as Spies, Held as Combatants
April 2, 2006, New York Times Editorial, Scalia: The Over-the-Top Justice
April 2, 2006, Marc M. Harrold, Mississippi Clarion-Ledger, U.S. Suffers if Dissent is Considered 'a Bad Thing'
April 1, 2006, Boston Globe Editorial, The FBI on Trial
April 1, 2006, Laurie Kellman, Associated Press, John Dean Blasts Warrantless Eavesdropping



