In the News
December 2006
December 31, 2006, Ian S. Lustick, Baltimore Sun, An All-Consuming 'War on Terror'
December 31, 2006, Mary Beth Sheridan and Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, Localities Operate Intelligence "Fusion Centers" To Pool Terror Data
December 31, 2006, Tim Golden, New York Times, For Guantánamo Review Boards, Limits Abound
December 31, 2006, Wire Services, The Abandoned Whistleblower of Abu Ghraib
December 31, 2006, Richard B. Schmitt, Los Angeles Times, In post-9/11 world, FBI seeks new ways to manage war on terror
December 30, 2006, Dahlia Lithwick, Washington Post, The Bill of Wrongs: The 10 most outrageous civil liberties violations of 2006.
December 30, 2006, Gregory D. Kesich, Portland (ME) Press Herald, Demanding Answers, Defending Privacy
December 30, 2006, Matt Apuzz, Associated Press, Appeals court won't take arguments from retired judges in Guantánamo case
December 30, 2006, Editorial, (Eugene, OR) Register Guard, Restore Habeas Corpus
December 29, 2006, New York Times Editorial, Under-the-Rug Oversight: The Privacy and Civil Liberties Board holds hearing on NSA warrantless wiretapping
December 29, 2006, Anne Flaherty, Associated Press, Dems want to help detainees; May give terror suspects right to appeal jailing
December 28, 2006, Gene Policinski, North Country (NY) Gazette, Inside the First Amendment
December 28, 2006, Nick Hawton, BBC News, Hunt for CIA 'black site' in Poland
December 28, 2006, Adel Kamel Abdulla, Op-Ed, The Media Line (Mideast), Surviving After Guantanamo Bay
December 28, 2006, Sadaqat Jan, Associated Press, Writer Back In Jail After Guantanamo Account; Liberty Short-lived For U.S. War Critic
December 28, 2006, Andrew Selsky, Associated Press, The case against Gitmo: 'Killers' handed over to other countries freed
December 28, 2006, Mike Tobin, Plain Dealer, Tax laws, informants enlisted against terror
December 28, 2006, Brett Shirk, Kansas City Star, AS I SEE IT: Rumsfeld must be held accountable for torture
December 27, 2006, Warren Richey, Christian Science Monitor, US creates terrorist fingerprint database
December 27, 2006, Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times, Guantanamo needs courthouse, Pentagon says
December 27, 2006, PR Newswire, Torture Exhibit Opens in San Francisco
December 26, 2006, Julie Hirschfield Davis, The Baltimore Sun, Bush Hires Lawyers to Shield Him from Congressional Probes
December 26, 2006, Joseph Goldstein, New York Sun, Courts side with NSA on wiretaps
December 26, 2006, Greg Krikorian, LA Times, Anonymous Testimony Pushes Limits
December 26, 2006, Dan Eggen, Washington Post, Justice Dept. Database Stirs Privacy Fears
December 26, 2006, Associated Press, Saudi Arabia frees 18 ex-Gitmo detainees
December 26, 2006, Bernd Debusmann, Reuters, Pressed in Iraq, U.S. Army turns out interrogators
December 24, 2006, Allison Hoffman, Associated Press, Man speaks out after Sept 11 aquittal
December 23, 2006, Colonel Ann Wright, Retired, Truthout, Five Years of Infamy: Close Guantanamo!
December 23, 2006, Rick Klein, Boston Globe, Probes of Bush Policies in Works
December 22, 2006, Ellen Nakashima and Del Quentin Wilber, Washington Post, Report Says TSA Violated Privacy Law
December 22, 2006, Andrea Estes, Boston Globe, Mass. Governor Patrick set to rescind plan for troopers to arrest undocumented immigrants
December 22, 2006, Nicole Gaouette, Los Angeles Times, Anti-terror laws stifle asylum seekers
December 21, 2006, Mike Rodoway, The Oregonian, Oregon Bar Investigates Lawyer Link to CIA and Torture Taxis
December 21, 2006, Zachary A. Goldfarb, Washington Post, GOP Congressman's Remarks on Muslims Criticized
December 21, 2006, Editorial/Washington Post, Congress should correct the mistake it made in eliminating habeas corpus for prisoners at Guantanamo Bay
December 21, 2006, Associated Press, 3 Kazakhs released from U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay return home
December 21, 2006, Eileen Hanson, Winona Daily News, Help put a stop to torture
December 21, 2006, Rachel L. Swarns, New York Times, Congressman Criticizes Election of Muslim
December 21, 2006, Editorial/Sacramento Bee, Stand up for U.S. values
December 20, 2006, Tim Harper, Toronto Star, Key Democrat Wants to Know Why Arar Still Barred from US
December 20, 2006, Editorial/New York Times, Only the Jailers Are Safe
December 20, 2006, Rekha Basu, Des Moines Register, To rebuild trust, fully probe conduct of war
December 20, 2006, Steve Larkin, Herald Sun (Australia), Government leaving Hicks to 'rot'
December 20, 2006, ABC News, Father Terry fears for David Hicks' mental health
December 20, 2006, Associated Press, Dutchman may face a U.S. trial
December 20, 2006, Associated Press, Pakistani court orders authorities to explain detention of man held by US
December 20, 2006, Chris Floyd, Atlantic Free Press, Let It Come Down: Forcing the Constitutional Crisis of Liberty
December 19, 2006, David Johnston, New York Times, U.S. Inquiry Falters on Civilians Accused of Abusing Detainees
December 19, 2006, Adam Liptak, New York Times, Prosecutors Drop A.C.L.U. Subpoena in Document Fight
December 19, 2006, Associated Press, Senator Seeks Detainee Abuse Case Update
December 19, 2006, James Travers, Toronto Star, U.S. must show cards or clear Arar's name
December 19, 2006, Associated Press (Australia), US military blocks Hicks's plea
December 18, 2006, David Kravets, Associated Press, Showdown Looms Over Domestic Spying
December 18, 2006, Jess Bravin, Wall Street Journal, At Guantanamo, even 'easy' cases have lingered
December 18, 2006, Associated Press, 6 Yemenis released from U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay return home
December 18, 2006, Michael Melia, Associated Press, U.S. military rehearses hearings for top terror suspects at Guantanamo
December 18, 2006, Michael Moss, New York Times, Former U.S. Detainee in Iraq Recalls Torment
December 18, 2006, Democracy Now!, Howard Zinn on The Uses of History and the War on Terrorism
December 17, 2006, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Pentagon:18 released from Guantánamo this weekend
December 17, 2006, New York Times Editorial, Congress's Unfinished Business
December 17, 2006, Richard A. Serrano, Los Angeles Times, Padilla terror case gets closer look
December 16, 2006, Associated Press, Most Gitmo Detainees Free in Homelands: Considered 'Most Dangerous' By U.S.; Cleared After Leaving Guantanamo
December 16, 2006, Craig Whitlock, Washington Post, Testimony Helps Detail CIA's Post-9/11 Reach; Europeans Told of Plans for Abductions
December 16, 2006, Anna Husarska, Washington Post, Old Allies, Tagged 'Terrorist'
December 16, 2006, Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, Feinstein Criticizes DHS on Foreigner Exit Program
December 16, 2006, Tim Golden, New York Times, Military Taking a Tougher Line With Guantánamo Detainees
December 16, 2006, Julia Preston, New York Times, Immigrants’ Families Figuring Out What to Do After Federal Raids
December 16, 2006, Rahim Fayez, Associated Press, 7 Afghans return home after years in Guantanamo Bay prison
December 16, 2006, David King, Daily Telegraph (Australia), Hicks to wait two years for his trial
December 15, 2006, Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, U.S. Preparing to Drop Tracking of Foreigners' Departures by Land
December 15, 2006, Con Coughlin, Telegraph (UK), No release for Guantanamo detainees
December 15, 2006, Editorial/New York Times, A Gag on Free Speech
December 15, 2006, Con Coughlin, Daily Telegraph, Guantanamo Detainees To Be Held Even Without Evidence
December 15, 2006, Associated Press, 16 Saudis return from Guantanamo
December 15, 2006, Editorial/Arizona Star, Bill of Rights Day is a fitting time to review document
December 14, 2006, Zofeen Ebrahim, Commondreams.org, 'Gitmo Is Like Being Alive in Your Own Grave'
December 14, 2006, Dan Eggen, Washington Post, 66% Think U.S. Spies on Its Citizens
December 14, 2006, Carol D. Leonnig, '04 Pentagon Report Cited Detention Concerns
December 14, 2006, David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, Federal judge issues split decision on new Military Commissions Act
December 14, 2006, Dan Eggen, Washington Post, U.S. Gets Subpoena to Force ACLU to Return Leaked Memo
December 14, 2006, Matt Apuzzo, Associated Press, Terror Case Shows Bush, Libertarian Rift
December 14, 2006, Monisha Bansal, Cyberspace News Service, Policy Expert Questions Data-Mining's Value in Counterterrorism
December 14, 2006, Associated Press, 16 Saudis return home from Guantanamo
December 14, 2006, Associated Press, Judge denies detainees right to court challenge
December 14, 2006, Charles Babington and Jonathan Weisman, Washington Post, Sen. Johnson in Critical Condition After Surgery
December 14, 2006, Laurie Kellman, Associated Press, Leahy Promises 'Real' Oversight of FBI
December 13, 2006, Associated Press, Judge Upholds Military Commissions Act Cancelling Hamdan's Habeas Rights
December 13, 2006, Reuters, Leahy Vows to Guard Privacy Rights
December 13, 2006, Associated Press, Al-Marri Terror Case Shows Bush, Libertarian Rift
December 13, 2006, Associated Press, Patriot Act Focus of Muslim Charity Case
December 13, 2006, Robyn Blumner, Tribune Media Services, Tribunals are show trials, plain and simple
December 13, 2006, Verity Edwards and Patricia Karvelas, Hicks to be among first to face trial
December 13, 2006, Jason Leopold, truthout, Army Targets Truthout for Subpoenas in Watada Case
December 12, 2006, George Monibot, Guardian (UK), Routine and Systematic Torture Is at the Heart of America's War on Terror
December 12, 2006, George Monbiot, Guardian (UK), Routine and Systematic Torture Is at the Heart of America's War on Terror
December 12, 2006, Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Fox News, Civil Liberties Protections Sought by Democrats on Law Enforcement, Intelligence Panels
December 12, 2006, Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times, Muslim Charity Sues Treasury Dept. and Seeks Dismissal of Charges of Terrorism
December 12, 2006, Los Angeles Times Editorial, NSA still needs more oversight
December 12, 2006, Samuel Maull, Associated Press, Sheehan, other war activists convicted
December 12, 2006, Maureen Webb, AlterNet, Government Spying Goes Global
December 11, John Abrams, Associated Press, Congress Limps to a Finish, Vows Changes
December 11, 2006, John Dunbar, Associated Press, Senate approves anti-pretexting bill
December 11, 2006, Al Jazeera.net, Court weighs Rumsfeld torture claim
December 11, 2006, Jim Harper, Cato Institute, Data mining: No mother lode here
December 11, 2006, United Press International, Abu Ghraib was Rumsfeld's 'worst day'
December 11, 2006, Editorial/New York Times, The Road to Reliable Elections
December 10, 2006, Associated Press, U.S. military postpones plan to build complex for war-crimes trials at Guantanamo
December 10, 2006, Michael Melia, Associated Press, U.S. officer hands in report on Guantanamo abuse probe
December 10, 2006, Richard A. Serrano, Los Angeles Times, Ashcroft Book Ties Enemy Combatant to L.A. Plot
December 10, 2006, Dahlia Lithwick, New York Times, Redefining Torture
December 10, 2006, AAP, Hicks to Be Charged in 2007: Ruddock
December 10, 2006, Kosta Harlan, Fight Back News, Students in Chapel Hill, NC, Confront Ashcroft
December 10, 2006, Robyn Blumner, Salt Lake Tribune, Blumner: Due process is denied at Guantanamo show trials
December 9, 2006, Penelope Debelle, The Age (Australia), Please, get me out of here: desperate plea from Guantanamo detainee David Hicks
December 9, 2006, Spencer S. Hsu and Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, Traveler Data Program Defied Ban, Critics Say; Congress Barred Funds for DHS Development
December 9, 2006, R. Jeffrey Smith, Washington Post, U.S. Denies Liability in Torture Case; Attorney Urges Dismissal of Detainee Suit Against Officials
December 9, 2006, Paul von Zeilbauer, New York Times, Former Detainees Argue for Right to Sue Rumsfeld Over Torture
December 9, 2006, Dan Eggen, Washington Post, Illinois Man Charged With Plot to Wage 'Jihad' in Mall
December 8, 2006, Karen Greenberg, TomDispatch.com, Impunity and Immunity: The Bush Administration Enters the Confessional
December 8, 2006, Associated Press, U.S. Prosecutors Move to Block Padilla's Questioning of Pentagon
December 8, 2006, Carol D. Leonnig, Washington Post, Ex-Detainees Seek to Sue U.S. Officials
December 8, 2006, Kari Lydersen, Washington Post, Diversity of Opinion on Imams' Dispute With Airline
December 8, 2006, Ian Urbina and Christopher Drew, New York Times, Sweeping Changes Expected in Voting by 2008 Election
December 8, 2006, Marie Cocco, Asbury Park Press, Congress must address abuses of Guantanamo detainees
December 8, 2006, Michael Melia, Associated Press, Guantanamo detainees going to new prison
December 7, 2006, Ryan Singel and Kevin Poulsen, Wired News, Clues To How the NSA Spies on Americans and Possible Immunity for Telecoms for Helping Gov Spy
December 7, 2006, Anita Ramasastry, FindLaw, Homeland Security's Automated Program of Risk Assessments for Travelers: Why It Fails to Sufficiently Protect Individual Privacy
December 7, 2006, Michael J. Sniffen, Associated Press, Traveler Risk System May Violate Ban
December 7, 2006, Amy Goodman, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, It's Bigotry That Should Be Silenced
December 7, 2006, Eric Lichtblau, International Herald Tribune, Senate Democrats intent on scrutinizing Bush anti-terror policies
December 7, 2006, R. Jeffrey Smith, Washington Post, Anti-Torture Statute Used to Indict Son of Liberia's Ex-Leader
December 7, 2006, Anne Broache, New York Times, Bush's privacy watchdogs make public debut
December 7, 2006, Jim Kouri, Lincoln Tribune, Pelosi and Conyers Teaming Up to Help Terrorists, Illegal Aliens
December 7, 2006, William Fisher, Commondreams.org, Near-Total Isolation Sought for Guantanamo
December 7, 2006, Associated Press, Guantanamo detainee pledges to help U.S. fight terrorism if released
December 7, 2006, Jane Lampman, Christian Science Monitor, At swearing in, congressman wants to carry Koran. Outrage ensues.
December 6, 2006, Secrecy News, Specter, Leahy Introduce Bill to "Restore" Habeas Corpus
December 6, 2006, Associated Press, Senators Rap FBI Over Domestic Spying
December 6, 2006, Angus M. Theurmer Jr., Jackson Hole News & Guide, Spence: $2M settlement underscores loss of freedom
December 6, 2006, Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, Civil Libertarians Protest Privacy Policy
Dceember 6, 2006, Associated Press, Guantanamo interrogators seek detainee rapport with movies, fast food
December 5, 2006, International Herald Tribune, U.S. Justice Department Says Secrecy Needs Bar Surveillance Suit
December 5, 2006, Hope Yen, Washington Post, Civil Liberties Board Has 1st Session
December 5, 2006, Christian Science Monitor/Opinion, Truth, justice, and the un-American way
December 5, 2006, Nicole Gaouette, Los Angeles Times, Smuggling, theft, bribery at agency
December 5, 2006, therawstory, Fed court to hear 'landmark torture case' against Rumsfeld
December 5, 2006, Josh White, Lawyers Demand Release of Chinese Muslims
December 5, 2006, Curt Anderson, Associated Press, Lawyers submit Padilla images
December 5, 2006, Associated Press, Kuwait appeals court overturns conviction of former Guantanamo prisoner
December 4, 2006, Curt Anderson, Associated Press, Lawyers show images of Padilla in chains
December 4, 2006, Alfred W. McCoy, History News Network, The U.S. Has a History of Using Torture
December 4, 2006, Carol D. Leonnig, Washington Post, Judge Gladys Kessler's Opinion on Blocking of Guantanamo Detainees' Complaints
December 4, 2006, Miami Herald, Pentagon Puts Guantanamo Court Project On Fast Track
December 4, 2006, Steve Swann, BBC News, Insight Into Guantanamo Justice
December 4, 2006, Colin Freeze, Globe and Mail, EU official debriefs Khadr about CIA flight
December 4, 2006, Tom Steadman, Greensboro (NC) News-Record, Greensboro woman grateful to be free
December 3, 2006, James Risen, New York Times, The War On Terror, Under New Scrutiny
December 3, 2006, Clive Thompson, New York Times Magazine, Open-Source Spying
December 3, 2006, Mark Weiner, Syracuse (NY) Post Standard, Rep. Walsh Balks at Bush Emergency Request to Fund Gitmo Courtroom
December 3, 2006, John Heilprin, Associated Press, Judge Blasts Detention Policy at Guantanamo
December 3, 2006, David Sarasohn, The Oregonian, A train bombing. A mistaken fingerprint. Secret surveillance. Brandon Mayfield and the problems to come for the Patriot Act
December 3, 2006, Laura Smitherman, Baltimore Sun, U.S. data spying extends to mutual funds
December 3, 2006, Gary Benoit, The John Birch Society, A "Terrorist" Who Wasn't
December 3, 2006, Michael Levenson and Jonathan Saltzman, Boston Globe, Troopers Can Arrest Illegal Immigrants in Romney Deal
December 3, 2006, Brenda Goodman, New York Times, Georgia Legislator’s Wife Battles Deportation Order
December 3, 2006, Jonathan Weisman, Washington Post, Lame-Duck Congress May Run Out the Clock; GOP Leaders Plan Quiet 1-Week Session
December 2, 2006, Nat Hentoff, Village Voice, Spying on Big Brother
December 2, 2006, Michael J. Sniffen, Associated Press, Leahy to scrutinize traveler screening; Database fuels privacy concerns
December 2, 2006, Rick Anderson, Seattle Weekly, Boeing: Accused of Running Torture Travel Agency
December 2, 2006, Jim Doyle, San Francisco Chronicle, Key lawmaker calls spy program illegal
December 2, 2006, Anne M. Peterson, Associated Press, Wrongly Detained, Mayfield Wins $2 Million
December 2, 2006, Natalie O'Brien, The Australian, Habib complains of ASIO harassment
December 2, 2006, Declan McCullagh and Anne Broache, CNET News, FBI taps cell phone mic as eavesdropping tool
December 1, 2006, Jim Doyle, San Francisco Chronicle, Senator Specter takes on anti-terrorism policies of Bush; New bill would let detainees challenge 'combatant' status
December 1, 2006, Associated Press, U.S. Assigns Terror Score to International Travelers
December 1, 2006, Anniston (AL) Star Editorial, The Gitmo Games
December 1, 2006, Ann Wright, Truthout, Torture, the Geneva Conventions and the School of the Americas



