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Archives April 2006

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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:

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