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August 31, 2006, Paul K. McMasters, Statesman Journal, Spying as a form of censorship
August 31, 2006, Phillip Coorey, Sydney Morning Herald, Five years' detention would not be deducted from Hicks sentence
August 31, 2006, Farah Stockman, Boston Globe, Detentions over charity ties questioned
August 31, 2006, Sonya Geis, Washington Post, Hearings Begin for Marines Accused of Killing Iraqi
August 30, 2006, ACLU Press Release, ACLU Seeks Information on Government Spying on Baltimore Peace Groups
August 30, 2006, David B. Caruso, Associated Press, Lawyers to seek White House documents on alleged spying program
August 30, 2006, Ashbel S. Green, Oregonian, Oregon charity's spying suit rests on 1 document
August 30, 2006, E.R. Shipp, New York Daily News, Insecure Americans are giving freedoms away
August 30, 2006, Tony Pugh, BBC News, Arabic T-shirt Sparks Airport Row
August 30, 2006, Colin Freeze, Globe and Mail, Ottawa voids Khadr decision
August 30, 2006, Amnesty International, 'War on terror' spawns new patterns of enforced disappearance
August 30, 2006, Paul K. McMasters, Asbury Park Press, Warrantless eavesdropping cases pit security against privacy rights
August 29, 2006, Tim Fought, Associated Press, Judge in Oregon hears arguments in domestic wiretapping case
August 29, 2006, US Newswire, Lawyers Will Subpoena Bush White House in Phone Company Spying Case
August 29, 2006, Haider Rizvi, Inter Press Service, U.S. States Widen Scope for Executions
August 29, 2006, Rhonda Chriss Lokeman, McClatchy Newspapers, Bush keeps chipping away at what U.S. stands for
August 29, 2006, Larry O'Dell, Associated Press, Navy charges lawyer in secrets case
August 29, 2006, Associated Press, Oldest detainee at Guantánamo freed
August 29, 2006, Reuters, Saudi Arabia releases 9 Guantánamo returnees
August 29, 2006, Josh Gerstein, New York Sun, Judge Refuses to Set Guidelines in Guantánamo Suicide Cases
August 29, 2006, Associated Press, Judge Blocks Florida Voter Registration Law
August 29, 2006, Dave Lindorff, CounterPunch, War? What War?
August 29, 2006, Dan Dovnarsky, Retriever Weekly, Tuition Increase to Fund Wiretapping
August 28, 2006, Don Van Natta, Jr., Elaine Sciolino and Stephen Grey, New York Times, Details Emerge in British Terror Case
August 28, 2006, Demian Bulwa, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Lodi residents refused entry back into U.S.
August 28, 2006, Steven Aftergood, Secrecy News, FISA Surveillance Can Target Non-Spies
August 28, 2006, Editorial, New York Times, A Fixation With Secrecy
August 28, 2006, United Press International, U.S. envoy defends Australian's detention
August 28, 2006, Josh White, Charles Lane and Julie Tate, Washington Post, Few Troops Tried For Killing Civilians
August 28, 2006, Spiegel Online, Learning to Walk without Chains: Difficult Re-Entry for Guantánamo Prisoner
August 28, 2006, Nahal Toosi, Associated Press, Arrest in terror TV case questioned
August 28, 2006, Paul Rolly, Salt Lake Tribune, Petition to indict Bush - in Utah
August 28, 2006, Rod McQuirk, Associated Press, Australia Applies New Anti-Terror Laws
August 28, 2006, Opinion/Des Moines Register, Wiretapping case: Reassert Constitution
August 28, 2006, John B. Quigley, McClatchy-Tribune News Service, Judge followed letter of law; ruling entirely constitutional
August 27, 2006, James Bovard, Los Angeles Times, Modest Proposal: Waterboard Congress
August 27, 2006, Jim Suhr, Washington Post, Activists Remark Starts FBI Probe
August 27, 2006, Charlie Savage, Boston Globe, Bush administration limits military lawyers' input on terrorist trials
August 27, 2006, Rhonda Chriss Lokeman Commentary, Kansas City Star, Bush keeps chipping away at what U.S. stands for
August 27, 2006, Jacob Heilbrunn, New York Times Magazine Book Review, Gonzales: Enforcer in Chief
August 26, 2006, Jim Suhr, Associated Press, Activist's Remark Starts FBI Probe
August 26, 2006, Reading (PA) Eagle, Proposed Changes to War Crimes Act Could Harm American Prisoners
August 26, 2006, Department of Defense, Guantánamo Detainee Transfer Announced
August 26, 2006, Shannon Smiley and Craig Whitlock, Washington Post, Turk Was Abused at Guantánamo, Lawyers Say
August 26, 2006, Arizona Star Editorial, Group's Attack on Wiretap Judge Clearly Selective
August 26, 2006, Hattiesburg American Editorial, Give Bush Flexibility, But Follow the Law
August 26, 2006, South Bend (IN) Tribune, Feds Don't Appeal Tariq Ramadan Decision
August 25, 2006, The Age (Australia), Hicks Won't Be Sentenced to Death
August 25, 2006, Reuters, Guantánamo inmate returns in chains to Germany-lawyer
August 25, 2006, Associated Press, Officer Wants Trial for War Objector
August 25, 2006, Democracy Now!, "I Was Made to Feel Like an Outsider in My Own Country" - Muslim-Americans Say Racial Profiling Led to Detention, Harassment at Airport
August 25, 2006, Walter Pincus, Washington Post, New Yorker Arrested for Providing Hezbollah TV Channel
August 24, 2006, Cameron Scott, Mother Jones, Bush’s Get-Out-Of-Court Free Card
August 24, 2006, Helen Thomas, Salt Lake Tribune, 'Can you hear me now?' Taylor opinion strikes down wiretaps
August 24, 2006, Molly Ivins, Creators Syndicate, The New Activist Judges
August 24, 2006, Editorial, Reading Eagle, Ruling underscores separation of power
August 24, 2006, United Press International, Gitmo inmate arrives in Germany Thursday
August 24, 2006, Rev. Robert F. Drinan, Boston Globe, Privacy: A right to defend
August 24, 2006, Jessica Azulay, NewStandard, ‘Conflict of Interest’ May Undermine Wiretap Judgment
August 23, 2006, Media Matters, McClatchy Newspapers, CNN's Toobin mischaracterized Specter's proposed legislation on Bush's domestic spy program
August 23, 2006, Jim Hightower, AlterNet.org, Where Bush's Arrogance Has Taken Us
August 23, 2006, Niraj Wariko, Detroit Free Press, Conservative group takes aim at judge in wiretap case
August 23, 2006, ABC News, Hundreds in candlelight vigil for Hicks
August 23, 2006, Verity Edwards, The Australian, Hicks lawyer plans citizenship appeal
August 23, 2006, Declan McCullagh, News.com, AT&T says cooperation in NSA spying was legal
August 23, 2006, Editorial, Plain Dealer, Judge stumbled to the right call
August 22, 2006, Associated Press, Feds Sue to Block Release of Records
August 22, 2006, Eric Lipton, New York Times, Officials Seek Broader Access to Airline Data
August 22, 2006, Guardian (UK), Airliners plot suspects appear in court
August 22, 2006, Opinion/Centre Daily Times, Bush, judiciary face showdown on power
August 21, 2006, Kate Martin, Nieman Watchdog, Specter’s ‘compromise’ limits judicial review and opens a Pandora’s Box
August 21, 2006, Associated Press, AOL Technology Chief Resigns Over Privacy Breach
August 21, 2006, Reuters, US drops one charge in Padilla terrorism case
August 21, 2006, Craig Whitlock, Washington Post, At Guantánamo, Caught in a Legal Trap
August 21, 2006, Christopher Lee, Washington Post, U.S. Moves to Reclassify Cold War Missile Data
August 21, 2006, Editorial, New York Times, Enter Search Term Here, Forever
August 21, 2006, Holger Stark and George Mascolo, Spiegel Online, US To Release German Resident from Guantánamo
August 21, 2006, Democracy Now!, Iraqi Peace Activist Forced to Change T-Shirt Saying Bearing Arabic Script Before Boarding Plane at JFK
August 21, 2006, Elaine Cassel, FindLaw, Should the U.S. Enact British-Type Laws To Fight Terrorism? Only If We Adopt the Protections of Civil Liberties Those Laws Include
August 21, 2006, Australian Associated Press, Ruddock tells of Hicks delay 'concern'
August 21, 2006, Madison Capital Times Editorial, Feingold was right on wiretaps
August 21, 2006, David Lindorff, Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel, Bush is Two Times a Criminal
August 20, 2006, Boston Globe Editorial, More casualties of war: The war against terrorism should not be a war against Americans' own constitutional rights.
August 20, 2006, New York Times Editorial, Hokum on Homeland Security
August 20, 2006, Frank Rich, New York Times, Five Years After 9/11, Fear Finally Strikes Out
August 20, 2006, Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, DHS Terror Research Agency Struggling
August 20, 2006, Christopher Caldwell, New York Times Magazine, The Post-8/10 World
August 20, 2006, Richard B. Schmitt, Los Angeles Times, U.S. Measures Anti-Terror Laws vs. Britain's
August 20, 2006, Richard B. Schmitt, Los Angeles Times, FBI Races the Clock to Reinvent Itself: Intercepting plots requires a culture change for agents
August 20, 2006, Jonathan Chaitt, Los Angeles Times Op-Ed, The Real Anti-Terrorists: Despite the facts, Republicans buy Bush's line that Democrats are soft on terror
August 20, 2006, David Irvine, Salt Lake Tribune, A Free Pass on War Crimes?
August 19, 2006, Brian Bennett and Timothy J. Burger, Time, The Wiretapping Decision: Legal Blow or Political Boon?
August 19, 2006, New York Times Editorial, Save the Endangered Whistle-blower
August 19, 2006, Adam Liptak, New York Times, Experts Fault Reasoning in Surveillance Decision
August 19, 2006, Ray McGovern, The Constitution: Checking a Would-Be King
August 19, 2006, Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Bush Predicts Appeals Court Will Lift Ban on Wiretaps
August 19, 2006, Jonathan Weisman, Washington Post, Ruling Against Wiretaps Further Sharpens Partisan Divide
August 19, 2006, Dan Froomkin, Columnist, Washington Post, The White Palace
August 18, 2006, David Ignatius, Collumnist, Washington Post, Are We Fighting 'Islamic Fascists'?
August 18, 2006, David Ashenfelter and Joe Swickard, Detroit Free Press, Challenge promised over ruling in spy case
August 18, 2006, New York Times Editorial, Ruling for the Law
August 18, 2006, Adam Liptak and Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Judge Finds Wiretap Actions Violate the Law
August 18, 2006, David S. Cloud, New York Times, Marines May Have Excised Evidence on 24 Iraqi Deaths
August 18, 2006, Dan Eggen and Griff Witte, Washington Post, The FBI Upgrade That Wasn't
August 17, 2006, Washington Post, Judge Orders Halt To Warrantless Wiretapping; Read the opinion (PDF)
August 17, 2006, Jim Rutenberg, New York Times, President Joins in G.O.P. Attacks on Democrats About Terrorism
August 17, 2006, Eric Lipton, New York Times, Faces, Too, Are Searched at U.S. Airports
August 17, 2006, Sari Horwitz, Washington Post, FBI Training in Post-9/11 World
August 17, 2006, Tom Brune, Newsday, Bomb plot spurs AG to urge more authority for feds
August 17, 2006, Estes Thompson, Associated Press, Ex-CIA Contractor Guilty of Assault in Death of Afghan Detainee
August 17, 2006, Don Walton, Lincoln (NE) Journal Star, Mitch McConnell: U.S. safer with GOP in control
August 17, 2006, Sarah Karush, Associated Press, Suspected terror case becomes fraud probe
August 16, 2006, Peter Baker, Washington Post, Bush Says U.S. Safer But Far From Secure
August 16, 2006, Dan Balz, Washington Post, Governors Oppose Federal Control of National Guard
August 16, 2006, Newsday Editorial, Do the right thing: Efforts to expand surveillance in U.S. should be undertaken lawfully
August 16, 2006, Leslie Miller, Associated Press, US defends X-raying of travelers' shoes
August 15, 2006, Neil A. Lewis, New York Times/TruthOut, Uighers Freed From Guantánamo but Stranded Far From Home
August 15, 2006, Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, In Wake of Plot, Justice Dept. Will Study Britain’s Terror Laws
August 15, 2006, Eric Lipton and Scott Shane, New York Times, Airport Security: Plot Shows Need for More Passenger Data, Officials Say
August 15, 2006, Detroit Free Press, Mich. Officials Hold 3 on Terror Charges Despite FBI View
August 15, 2006, Scot Lehigh, Boston Globe columnist, Even now, gaping holes in airport security
August 15, 2006, Carl Hulse, New York Times, Democrats see security as key issue for fall
August 14, 2006, Bryan Bender, Boston Globe, Chertoff wants US to review antiterror laws
August 14, 2006, New York Times Editorial, Rewriting the Geneva Conventions
August 14, 2006, Beth Slovic, Willamette Week, Distant
Justice:
Portland (OR) lawyer helps one Guantánamo detainee
August 14, 2006, Erik Leaver, TomPaine/Common Dreams, Panic as Policy
August 14, 2006, Randy Schultz, Palm Beach Post/Common Dreams, When All Else Fails, GOP Dials 9/11
August 14, 2006, Missy Comley Beattie, Common Dreams, Wanted: Terrorists to Resuscitate Republican Party
August 14, 2006, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Los Angeles Times, Privacy an issue with computerized medical records bill
August 14, 2006, Jamie Stengel, Associated Press, Wife of Mich. terror suspect assails arrests for cellphone resale
August 13, 2006, Dan Eggen and Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, U.S. Responded to Plot With Speed, Secrecy
August 13, 2006, Byron Calame, New York Times, Eavesdropping and the Election: An Answer on the Question of Timing
August 13, 2006, William Greider, The Nation/Common Dreams, Fear and Smear
August 13, 2006, Les Payne, New York Newsday/Common Dreams, Sorting Through the Terror Plot
August 13, 2006, Scott Shane, New York Times/TruthOut, Terrorism Experts Say Focus on Al Qaeda Misses a Broader Threat
August 12, 2006, John Tirman, Common Dreams, Six Lessons from the London Airline Bombing Plot
August 12, 2006, Robert Kuttner, Boston Globe/Common Dreams, A Convenient Threat
August 11, 2006, Democracy Now!, Britain Names Suspects in Alleged Airline Bomb Plot; British Muslims Skeptical, Fear Backlash
August 11, 2006, Jim VandeHei & Peter Baker, Washington Post, Both Parties Claim Edge as Terror Is Reinforced as a Campaign Topic
August 11, 2006, Nat Hentoff, Village Voice, Bush's Invisible Ink
August 11, 2006, Jerry Markon, Washington Post, Judge Rejects Dismissal of Pro-Israel Lobbyists Case
August 11, 2006, Jeremy Pelofsky, Reuters, NSA telecom lawsuits sent to California court
August 11, 2006, Mary Foster, Associated Press, Psychologists Adopt Anti-Torture Policy
August 11, 2006, Craig Whitlock & Dafna Linzer, The Washington Post, Tip Followed '05 Attacks on London Transit
August 10, 2006, Estes Thompson, Associated Press, 2 Testify CIA Questioner Beat Detainee
August 10, 2006, Jamie Jansen, Jurist, Federal judge delays wiretapping suit pending DOJ state secrets appeal
August 10, 2006, Christopher Lee & Del Quentin Wilber, Washington Post, Computer Theft Puts Floridians At Risk
August 10, 2006, Pete Yost, Associated Press, Retroactive War Crime Protection Proposed
August 9, 2006, Karen DeYoung, Washington Post, A Fight Against Terrorism -- and Disorganization
August 9, 2006, Op-Ed/Washington Post, Principle and Pragmatism in the War on Terrorism
August 9, 2006, Alan Cooperman, Washington Post, Muslim Charities Say Fear Is Damming Flow of Money
August 9, 2006, R. Jeffrey Smith, Washington Post, War Crimes Act Changes Would Reduce Threat Of Prosecution
August 9, 2006, Tara Godvin, Associated Press, Lawyers' Group Attacks Bush Revisions
August 9, 2006, Editorial, Newsday, Dropped ball
August 8, 2006, Editorial, New York Times, Listening to the lawyers on Guantánamo
August 8, 2006, Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, AOL Takes Down Site With Users' Search Data
August 8, 2006, United Press International, Classified intelligence bills go unread
August 8, 2006, Matthew Bigg, Reuters, CIA contractor goes on trial over Afghan abuses
August 7, 2006, Steve Benen, FAIR, If a report falls in a forest…
August 7, 2006, Carrie Sturrock, San Francisco Chronicle, Stanford Ideological War Leads to Suit
August 7, 2006, Kevin Wack, Press Herald, U.S. Threatens Suit if Maine Probes Verizon Ties to NSA
August 7, 2006, Editorial, Kennebec Journal, Surveillance case: Feds and Verizon not above the law
August 7, 2006, David Wallechinsky, The Huffington Post, Is George Bush Guilty of War Crimes...and Who Cares?
August 7, 2006, Ian Bruce, The Herald , US general: free terror suspects to kill them later
August 6, 2006, David S. Broder, Washington Post, Governors Wary of Change on Troops
August 6, 2006, Associated Press, Officials Didn't Lie to Sept. 11 Panel, Pentagon Says
August 5, 2006, Editorial, The N.Y.Times, The Sound of One Domino Falling
August 4, 2006, Grant Gross, IDG News Service, DOJ files to block AT&T wiretapping suit again
August 4, 2006, Oliver Burkeman, Guardian UK, 9/11 Tapes Expose Flaws in Military Chiefs' Testimony
August 4, 2006, Barb Guy, Editorial, Salt Lake Tribune, Signing Off on a Constitutional Crisis
August 4, 2006, Molly Ivins, TruthDig, Media With No Guts, No Grace
August 4, 2006, Marie Cocco, Opinion/Boulder Daily Camera, Bush is After Our Rights
August 4, 2006, Dan Eggen, Washington Post, Specter's NSA Plan Hits Snag
August 4, 2006, Anushka Asthana, Washington Post, Advocates Say U.S. Bars Many Academics
August 3, 2006, Associated Press, Judge Agrees To Delay Trial Of Jose Padilla
August 3, 2006, New York Times Editorial, Dishonorable Service: Maj. Gen. Geoffrey D. Miller Gets Distinguished Service Medal
August 3, 2006, Kate Zernike, New York Times, White House Asks Congress to Define War Crimes
August 3, 2006, R. Jeffery Smith, Washington Post, Top Military Lawyers Oppose Plan for Special Courts
August 3, 2006, Andy Mosher, Washington Post, Soldier Testifies About Comrades' Threats
August 3, 2006, Borzou Daragahi & Julian E. Barnes, The Los Angeles Times, Officers Allegedly Pushed "Kill Counts"
August 3, 2006, Anne Plummer Flaherty, Associated Press, Gonzales Pushes Lenient Hearsay Rules for Detainees
August 3, 2006, Dan Froomkin, Washington Post, Signing Statements Strike a Nerve
August 3, 2006, Dan Eggen, Washington Post, 9/11 Panel Suspected Deception by Pentagon
August 3, 2006, Associated Press, Fight for Frist's Seat Crucial in Larger Battle for Senate Control
August 3, 2006, David Swanson, TruthOut, The Shame of Not Being Mexican
August 2, 2006, Col. Daniel Smith, Forge in Policy In Focus, No Standards, No Accountability
August 2, 2006, Martha Baskin, The NewStandard, White House Digs Heels in Over Terror War Captives
August 2, 2006, Charles Lane, Washington Post, New York Times Must Surrender Reporters' Phone Data
August 2, 2006, Justin Rood, TPM, Bush Admin May Have Violated 26 Statutes, Dems Say
August 2, 2006, R. Jeffery Smith, Washington Post, White House Proposal Would Expand Authority of Military Courts
August 2, 2006, Editorial, New York Times, America's courts under siege
August 1, 2006, Patrick Martin, ICFI, Bush seeks to extend Guantánamo procedures to American citizens
August 1, 2006, Sibel Edmonds, Press Release/Op-Ed News, NSA Whistleblower's Grand Jury Appearance Postponed
August, 1, 2006, Stephen Soldz, Counter Punch, Psychologists, Guantánamo and Torture
August 1, 2006, David Clark, The Guardian/UK, How Can "Terrorism" Be Condemned While War Crimes Go Without Rebuke?
August 1, 2006, Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, Washington Post, A Rallying Cry for Democratic Populism
August 1, 2006, Dia Hadid, Associated Press, Ohio Prof Claims Interrogation in Israel
August 1, 2006, Associated Press, Administration Appeals Spy Suit Ruling
August 1, 2006, Jeremiah Marquez, Associated Press, Islamic
Charity Fundraiser Released
August 1, 2006, Josh White, Washington Post, General
Who Ran Guantánamo Bay Retires
August 1, 2006, Diane Cardwell, New York Times, In Court Papers, a Political Note on '04 Protests
August 1, 2006, Charles Babington & Jim VandeHei, Washington Post, Hill Democrats Unite to Urge Bush to Begin Iraq Pullout
August 1, 2006, Gretchen Ruethling, New York Times, A Skeptic on 9/11 Prompts Questions on Academic Freedom
August 1, 2006, Associated Press, Court Posts 9/11 Trial Evidence Online