February 28, 2006, Bob Kerr, Providence Journal, Pay too much and you could raise the alarm

February 28, 2006, Associated Press, Byrd Regrets Vote for USA Patriot Act

February 28, 2006, Charlie Savage, Boston Globe, Deal on spy program in works

February 28, 2006, Josh Gerstein, New York Sun, Patriot Act E-Mail Searches Apply to Non-Terrorists, Judges Say

February 28, 2006, Associated Press, New York Times Sues Gov't Over Surveillance Records

February 28, 2006, Editorial/Republican, USA Patriot Act-Lite going down in history

February 28, 2006, John Hutson, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Accountability Absent in Prisoner Torture

February 28, 2006, Anthony Lagouranis, New York Times Op-Ed, Tortured Logic

February 27, 2006, Philippe Gélie, Le Figaro, Guantanamo, Fortress of the Absurd

February 27, 2006, Nicola Castle-Bauer, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, There We Go Again, Restricting Rights

February 27, 2006, Associated Press, Senate to Renew Patriot Act Consideration

February 27, 2006, NewStandard, Despite Govt. Cries, Privacy Laws Trail Technology

February 27, 2006, Democracy Now!, "Worse" Than Guantanamo: U.S. Expands Secretive Prison Inside Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan

February 27, 2006, Democracy Now!, "They've Ruined My Life": Torture Survivor Maher Arar Recalls how U.S. Sent Him to Syria Where He Was Jailed and Tortured For 10 Months

February 27, 2006, Editorial/Cincinnati Post, An endgame for Guantanamo

February 27, 2006, New Zealand Herald, Guantanamo tribunals ready as court ruling looms

February 26, 2006, William Fisher, truthout, Death in US Custody

February 26, 2006, Guardian Editorial, The Case for Closing Guantánamo is Overwhelming

February 26, 2006, Thomas Wilner, Los Angeles Times Op-Ed, Guantánamo: American Gulag

February 26, 2006, Tim Golden and Eric Schmitt, New York Times, An Afghan Prison Expands, Filling Guantánamo's Role

February 26, 2006, Charles Babington, Washington Post, Specter Proposes NSA Surveillance Rules

February 26, 2006, Sam Bishop, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Patriot Act Revisions Get Senator's Support

February 26, 2006, New York Times Editorial, A Judicial Green Light For Torture

February 25, 2006, Josh White, Washington Post, Pentagon to Identify Guantanamo Detainees

February 25, 2006, John Markoff, New York Times, Taking Spying to Higher Level, Agencies Look for More Ways to Mine Data

February 24, 2006, NewStandard, Verizon Faces New $20B Suit over NSA Spying Complicity

February 24, 2006, Shane Harris, National Journal, Total Information Awareness Lives On

February 24, 2006, Josh White, Washington Post, FBI Interrogators in Cuba Opposed Aggressive Tactics

February 24, 2006, Mark Sherman, Associated Press, Gitmo Interrogations Risky, FBI Warned

February 24, 2006, Jacob Sullum, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Bush oversteps line of his authority

February 24, 2006, John W. Dean, FindLaw, Why Should Anyone Worry About Whose Communications Bush and Cheney Are Intercepting, If It Helps To Find Terrorists?

February 24, 2006, Editorial/Northern Star, Congress should block Patriot Act renewal

February 23, 2006, Maureen Dowd, New York Times, GOP to Bush: Youre nuts!

February 23, 2006, Ben Fox, Associated Press, Pentagon Told to Release Gitmo Transcripts

February 23, 2006, Agence France Presse/Common Dreams, 'Big Brother' Watching E-mail, Computer Data: US Report

February 23, 2006, Jan Sliva, Associated Press, Rights group alleges U.S. coverup

February 23, 2006, Mark Sherman, Associated Press, FBI warned military over Gitmo tactics

February 23, 2006, Nicole Gaouette, Los Angeles Times, Senate Republicans Announce Deal for Renewal of Patriot Act

February 23, 2006, Patrick Radden Keefe, Boston Globe, The spy who bills us

February 23, 2006, Democracy Now!, Legendary South African Journalist Allister Sparks on Wiretapping and Torture, Under Apartheid and Bush

February 23, 2006, David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, Words, Deeds on Spying Differed

February 22, 2006, Grant Gross, DG News Service, Privacy group: U.S. laws needed to rein in surveillance

February 22, 2006, Declan McCullagh, CNet News, DoJ may regret battling Google over porn probe

February 22, 2006, Josh White, Washington Post, Justices May Hear Detainee's Appeal

February 22, 2006, Josh White, Washington Post, Guantanamo Staffing to Be Reduced About 20%

February 22, 2006, UPI/Post Chronicle, U.S. Admits Guantanamo 'Restraint Chairs'

February 22, 2006, Editorial/San Jose Mercury News, Congress caves on Patriot Act reform

February 22, 2006, L.A. Chung, San Jose Mercury News, Privacy rights erode under Patriot Act

February 22, 2006, Walter Pincus, Washington Post, Press Can Be Prosecuted for Having Secret Files, U.S. Says

February 21, 2006, Don Van Natta Jr., New York Times, Germany Weighs if It Played Role in Seizure by U.S.

February 21, 2006, William Fisher, IPS/truthout, National Security Whistleblowers

February 20, 2006, Jane Mayer, New Yorker, How a Pentagon internal effort to ban the abuse and torture of detainees was thwarted; see also the Mora Memo, July 7, 2004 (PDF)

February 20, 2006, Charles Babington, Washington Post, White House Working to Avoid Wiretap Probe

February 20, 2006, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and David G. Stanger, New York Times, Facing Pressure, White House Seeks Approval for Spying

February 20, 2006, William Fisher, InterPress News Service, The Plight of National Security Whistleblowers

February 20, 2006, Richard B. Schmitt, Los Angeles Times, Civil Liberties Board Has Yet to Meet

February 20, 2006, Tim Golden, New York Times, Senior Lawyer at Pentagon Broke Ranks on Detainees

February 20, 2006, Associated Press, Navy Counsel Issued Warning On Torture

February 20, 2006, Rachel L. Swarns, New York Times, Rights Groups Criticize Speedy Deportations

February 20, 2006, Ryan Blackburn, The Oracle (U of South Florida), Al-Arian Reflects on Last Three Years

February 19, 2006, Jason Mohr, Independent Record (Helena), Helena City officials' requests for information on terrorism investigations go unanswered

February 19, 2006, Maura Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, Lawmakers signal push for spying oversight

February 19, 2006, Los Angeles Times Editorial, Advice and Assent

February 19, 2006, Associated Press, Enlisting School Bus Drivers to Keep an Eye Out for Terrorists

February 19, 2006, Adam Liptak, New York Times, New Clerk for Alito Has a Long Paper Trail

February 18, 2006, Robert Kuttner (columnist), The Lone Patriot

February 18, 2006, Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive, Senators Roll Over on Patriot Act

February 18, 2006, Barbara Lee (op-ed), We Must Defend Our Nation's Principles

February 18, 2006, Elizabeth Bumiller, New York Times, Senate Intelligence Chairman Splits With Bush on Spy Program

February 18, 2006, New York Times Editorial, The Shame of the Prisons

February 18, 2006, Tom Regan, Christian Science Monitor, International pressure to close Guantánamo grows

February 17, 2006, American Chronicle, California Passes Patriot Act Resolution

February 17, 2006, Tim Harper, Toronto Star, U.S. Ruling Dismisses Arar Lawsuit

February 17, 2006, Charles Babington and Carol D. Leonnig, Washington Post, Senate Rejects Wiretapping Probe, But Judge Orders Justice Department to Turn Over Documents

February 17, 2006, New York Times Editorial, Doing the President's Dirty Work

February 17, 2006, Scott Shane, Bipartisan Support Emerges for Federal Whistle-Blowers

February 17, 2006, Eric Lichtblau and Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, Accord in House to Hold Inquiry on Surveillance: Hoekstra Vows Hearing will Focus on Laws, Not the Eavesdropping Program

February 17, 2006, Randal C. Archibold, New York Times, Diverging Views of Californian at Terror Trial (the Lodi case)

February 16, 2006, Laurie Kellman, Associated Press, Feingold Filibusters Patriot Act Extension

February 16, 2006, George Will (Columnist), No Checks, Many Imbalances

February 16, 2006, Maura Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, Congress Weighs Options for Domestic Spy Program

February 16, 2006, David Cohen and Kathy Glick-Weil, Boston Globe, Privacy rights and public safety

February 16, 2006, Josh White, Washington Post, Australia Airs Images Of Prison Abuse in Iraq

February 16, 2006, Gail Russell Chaddock, Christian Science Monitor, A surge in whistle-blowing...and reprisals

February 16, 2006, Sam Cage, Associated Press, U.N. Report Urges Gitmo Shutdown

February 16, 2006, Associated Press, Patriot Act Moves Ahead Despite Opposition

February 16, 2006, Dan Eggen, Washington Post, Justice Dept. Role in Eavesdropping Decision Under Review

February 16, 2006, Brendan Coyne, NewStandard, Groups May Win Release of NSA Spying Documents

February 15, 2006, James Rosen, Sacramento Bee/Common Dreams, National Security Whistle-Blowers Allege Retaliation

February 15, 2006, Walter Pincus and Dan Eggen, Washington Post, 325,000 Names on Terrorism List; Rights Groups Say Database May Include Innocent People

February 15, 2006, Charles Babington, Washington Post, Congressional Probe of NSA Spying Is in Doubt

February 15, 2006, CNN, Australian TV shows more Abu Ghraib images

February 15, 2006, Damien McGuinness, BBC News, Guantanamo film re-opens debate

February 15, 2006, Editorial/Albany Times Union, A porous compromise

February 15, 2006, Tim McGlone, Virginian-Pilot, Librarians seek Patriot Act changes

February 15, 2006, Editorial, Palm Beach Post, Patriot Act still flawed

February 14, 2006, UPI, Whistleblower Says NSA Violations Bigger

February 14, 2006, John Yaukey, Gannett News Service/USA Today, Lawmakers call for overseeing, not ending, spying

February 14, 2006, Associated Press, Lawyers Group Says Bush Exceeds His Powers

February 14, 2006, Colum Lynch, Washington Post, U.N. Draft Decries U.S. On Detainee Treatment

February 14, 2006, CNN, Inside America's secret court

February 14, 2006, Denver Post/Editorial, Patriot Act improved, but still falls short

February 14, 2006, Joseph Kahn, New York Times, In Rare Briefing, Chinese Official Defends Internet Controls

February 14, 2006, Editorial/San Francisco Chronicle, Close Guantanamo now

February 14, 2006, Mike Collett-White, Reuters, Film uses true story to tell of Guantanamo ordeal

February 13, 2006, David Cole, Slate, The Nixon Doctrine: If the commander in chief does it, it's not illegal.

February 13, 2006, FAIR, "Terror Plot" Reporting Lacks Skepticism

February 13, 2006, Editorial/New York Times, The Trust Gap

February 13, 2006, Walter Pincus, Washington Post, Spying Necessary, Democrats Say,
But Harman, Daschle Question President's Legal Reach

February 13, 2006, Maggie Farley, Los Angeles Times, UN Report: US Is Abusing Captives

February 12, 2006, Sarah Baxter and Michael Smith, Times (London), CIA chief sacked for opposing torture

February 12, 2006, New York Times Editorial, The Trust Gap

February 12, 2006, Kansas City Star Editorial, Covert eavesdropping: Administration’s rationales are unraveling

February 12, 2006, Washington Post Editorial, Irresponsible Rhetoric, Again

February 12, 2006, Reuters, Inquiry on domestic eavesdropping leak expands; Probe said to focus on N.Y. Times story

February 12, 2006, David Johnston, New York Times, Inquiry into Wiretapping Article Widens

February 12, 2006, Andrew Zajac, Baltimore Sun, 'Enemy combatant' in U.S. remains in legal limbo

February 12, 2006, Nat Hentoff, Village Voice, The War on Privacy

February 11, 2006, Patriot Act reauthorization:

February 11, 2006, Sibel Edmonds letter, Porter Goss’ Op-ed: ‘Ignoturn per Ignotius’!

February 10, 2006, Patriot Act reauthorization:

February 10, 2006, Brendan Coyne, NewStandard, House Committee Kills Torture Inquiries

February 10, 2006, Jim VandeHei, Washington Post, Cheney Says NSA Spying Should Be an Election Issue

February 10, 2006, Elisabeth Bumiller and David Johnston, New York Times, Bush Gives New Details of 2002 Qaeda Plot to Attack Los Angeles

February 10, 2006, Sidney Blumenthal, Guardian UK, The President, the Stripper and the Attorney General

February 10, 2006, Declan McCullagh, CNet News, Police blotter: Patriot Act e-mail spying approved

February 10, 2006, John W. Dean, FindLaw.com, Vice President Cheney and the Fight over "Inherent" Presidential Powers

February 9, 2006, David Espo, Associated Press, Senate Republicans Reach Patriot Act Deal

February 9 2006, Declan McCullagh, CNet News, White House discloses details on surveillance

February 9, 2006, Mark Clayton, Christian Science Monitor/Common Dreams, US Plans Massive Data Sweep

February 9, 2006, Charles Babington, Washington Post, White House Agrees to Brief Congress on NSA Surveillance

February 9, 2006, Carol D. Leonnig, Washington Post, Secret Court's Judges Were Warned About NSA Spy Data

February 9, 2006, David S. Broder, Washington Post, Bucking Bush on Spying

February 9, 2006, NewStandard, Feds to Fine Protesters for Gitmo March

February 9, 2006, Tim Golden, New York Times, Tough U.S. Steps in Hunger Strike at Camp in Cuba

February 8, 2006, Alfred W. McCoy, TomDispatch.com/truthout, Why the McCain Torture Ban Won't Work

February 8, 2006, Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive, VA Nurse Investigated for 'Sedition' for Criticizing Bush

February 8, 2006, Ben Fox, Associated Press, Gitmo Hunger Strike Drops to Lowest Point

February 8, 2006, Editorial/New York Times, The Art of Saying Nothing

February 8, 2006, Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Republican Who Oversees N.S.A. Calls for Wiretap Inquiry

February 8, 2006, Dan Eggen, Washington Post, Limiting NSA Spying Is Inconsistent With Rationale, Critics Say

February 8, 2006, Reuters, Cheney Resists Changing Spy Program

February 7, 2006, CQ Transcriptions, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Holds a Hearing on Wartime Executive Power and the National Security Agency's Surveillance Authority, Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV

February 7, 2006, Democracy Now!, Gonzales Grilled at Senate Hearing, Defends NSA Spy Program and A Look at Gonzales' Testimony on NSA Spying, the Role of Attorney General and the Power of the Executive

February 7, 2006, Chip Pitts, truthout, Sucker Trick

February 7, 2006, Marjorie Cohn, truthout, Bush Mouthpiece Defends Illegal Spying

February 7, 2006, Editorial/Toledo Blade, By any other name

February 7, 2006, Kathleen Hennessey, Associated Press/Common Dreams, Ex-President Carter: Eavesdropping Illegal

February 7, 2006, Adam Liptak, New York Times, In Limelight at Wiretap Hearing: 2 Laws, but Which Should Rule?

February 7, 2006, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, Balancing Act by Democrats at Hearing

February 7, 2006, Katherine Shrader, Associated Press, Senators Question Gonzales on NSA Wiretaps

February 7, 2006, Attorney General Defends Domestic Spying:

February 7, 2006, Charlie Savage, Boston Globe, GOP senators add heat on spying

February 7, 2006, Associated Press, Lawyers: Many Gitmo Detainees Not Accused

February 6, 2006, Declan McCullagh and Anne Broache, CNet News, Some companies helped the NSA, but which? and NSA eavesdropping: How it might work

February 6, 2006, David Stout, New York Times, Defense of Eavesdropping Is Met with Skepticism in Senate

February 6, 2006, Brian Knowlton, Int'l Herald Tribune, Specter Says Surveillance Program Violated the Law

February 6, 2006, Editorial/Boston Globe, Security Secrets

February 6, 2006, USA Today, "Eavesdropping" hearing today; new reports shed light

February 6, 2006, Mark Sherman, Associated Press, Gonzales to defend warrantless wiretaps before panel

February 6, 2006, James Bovard, Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel, The FISA Farce

February 6, 2006, Bill Berkovitz, Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel, FBI collecting data on environmental action groups

February 6, 2006, Editorial/FMNN, Blurring the TV Line

February 6, 2006, Editorial/Washington Post, There Ought to Be a Law

February 6, 2006, Amnesty International UK, Guantánamo Bay: New report on impact on relatives

February 6, 2006, Abid Aslam, OneWorld.net/Common Dreams, What Happens After They Leave Guantanamo?

February 5, 2006, USA Today Editorial, White House spying defense rests on shaky legal ground

February 5, 2006, Barton Gellman, Dafna Linzer and Carol D. Leonnig, Washington Post, NSA Surveillance Net Yields Few Suspects

February 5, 2006, Ken Salazar, Op-Ed, Pueblo (CO) Chieftain, Striking a Balance with the Patriot Act

February 5, 2006, Jane Harman, Op-Ed, San Francisco Chronicle, Checks and Balances, Interrupted

February 5, 2006, Maura Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, GOP Lawmakers' Loyalties Face a Test

February 5, 2006, Charlie Savage, Boston Globe, On Eve of Hearing, Split on Spying

February 5, 2006, Curt Anderson, Associated Press, Padilla Case Proving Legally Problematic for the Administration

February 5, 2006, David Johnston and Michael Janofsky, New York Times, Gonzales: Defending a Program and His Reputation

February 5, 2006, Bob Graham, Op-Ed, The Truth Behind the San Diego Two (Al-Qaeda Hijackers Cited in President Bush's SOTU)

February 5, 2006, Paul K. McMasters, Asbury Park (NJ) Press, Public uneasy when government taps Internet for private data

February 4, 2006, Margaret Ebrahim, Associated Press, Documents: Ford Administration Debated Use of Wiretaps

February 4, 2006, Associated Press, Gonzales in Familiar Role as President's Defender

February 3, 2006, Laurie Kellman, Washington Post, Congress Extends Patriot Act Five Weeks

February 3, 2006, Charles Babington, Washington Post, Lawmakers Urge More Executive Branch Oversight

February 3, 2006, Scott Shane, New York Times, Senate Session on Security Erupts in Spying Debate

February 3, 2006, Spencer S. Hsu and Walter Pincus, Washington Post, NSA Eavesdropping Defended at Briefing

February 3, 2006, William M. Arkin, Washington Post, NSA Expands, Centralizes Domestic Spying

February 3, 2006, Jim Dwyer, New York Times, Surveillance Prompts a Suite: Police v. Police

February 2, 2006, Charlie Savage, Boston Globe, Specialists Doubt Legality of Wiretaps

February 2, 2006, David Cole, The Nation, NSA Spying Myths

February 2, 2006, Robert S. Boyd, Kinght Ridder, Data Mining Tells Government and Business a Lot About You

February 2, 2006, Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Senate Panel Rebuffed on Documents on U.S. Spying

February 2, 2006, Mike Dorning, Chicago Tribune, Patriot Act Ad Blurs Reality

February 2, 2006, Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, The Capitol's Tempest in a T-Shirt

February 1, 2006, Haider Rizvi, OneWorld.net/Common Dreams, U.S. Experts, Public Look Askance at Domestic Spy Program

February 1, 2006, Peter Wallsten and Maura Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, Bush Stretches to Defend Surveillance

February 1, 2006, Laurie Kellman, Associated Press, Congress to Give Patriot Act Another Month

February 1, 2006, James Kuhnhenn, Knight Ridder, Provision in Patriot Act Speeds Death-Row Cases

February 1, 2006, Jennifer Granick, Wired News, How to Code a Constitution

February 1, 2006, Glenn Kessler, Washington Post, Assertions on Spying, Jobs and Spending Invite Debate

February 1, 2006, New York Times, AT&T Accused of Role in Eavesdropping

February 1, 2006, Cindy Sheehan, truthout, What Really Happened; Clarence Williams and Allan Lengel, Washington Post, Sheehan Arrested Before Speech

February 1, 2006, Frida Berrigan, In These Times, Walking to Guantanamo

February 1, 2006, Bill Adair, St. Petersburg Times, T-shirt earns exit from House gallery