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July 31, 2005, Reuters/New York Times, Yemen Says U.S. To Release 7 Guantanamo Detainees

July 30, 2005, Editorial, New York Times, The Roots of Prisoner Abuse

July 30, 2005, Linda Deutsch, Associated Press, Judge: Patriot Act Sections Unconstitutionally Vague

July 30, 2005, Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Senate Makes Permanent Nearly All Provisions of Patriot Act, With a Few Restrictions

July 30, 2005, Dan Eggen, Washington Post, Senate Approves Partial Renewal of Patriot Act;
Measure Would Limit Search and Seizure Powers

July 30, 2005, Colbert I. King, Washington Post Columnist, You Can't Fight Terrorism With Racism

July 29, 2005, Brednan Coyne, The NewStandard, New Iraq, Guantanamo Prison Abuses Revealed

July 29, 2005, Editorial, St. Petersburg Times, 'Torture doesn't work'

July 29, 2005, Sean Holstege, San Mateo County Times, BART sketches out new counter-terrorism plan

July 29, 2005, Editorial, Washington Post, The Truth About Abu Ghraib

July 29, 2005, John M. Broder, New York Times, Police Chiefs Moving to Share Terror Data

July 29, 2005, Nicholas Shields, Los Angeles Times, Muslims' Reports of Bias Rose in 2004

July 29, 2005, Tim Simmons, The News and Observer, NCSU defends response to FBI request for files

July 29, 2005, J. Jioni Palmer, New York Newsday, King: Transit safety a complex task

July 29, 2005, Joseph B. Frazier, The Olympian/Associated Press, Portland lawyer's suit against feds may go on

July 29, 2005, Michael Weissenstein, The Guardian Unlimited/Associated Press, Yemeni Cleric Receives 75-Year Sentence

July 29, 2005, Martin C. Evans, Newsday, U.S. clerics issue anti-terror edict

July 28, 2005, United Press International/World Peace Herald, 7 Yemenis to be freed from Guantanamo

July 28, 2005, Democracy Now!, Subway Shakedowns: Necessary Security or Unconstitutional Violation?

July 28, 2005, Helen Thomas, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Bush won't block abuse of detainees

July 28, 2005, Associated Press/Washington Post, Gonzales Urged to Rescind FOIA Rules

July 28, 2005, Richard Cohen, Washington Post, Primo Levi On Guantanamo

July 28, 2005, New York Press, MUMBLERS BEWARE

July 28, 2005, Glenn Sulmasy, National Review Online, Redeeming Gitmo

July 28, 2005, Reuters/New York Times, Military, Bush Team Clashed on Questioning

July 28, 2005, Sheri Weiss, Long Island Press, Suffolk County Civil Liberties Union to Hold Rally

July 28, 2005, Dan Burns, Spectator Leader, Local man helps capture a terrorist

July 28, 2005, Mike German, The Miami Herlad, At the FBI, cronyism trumps competence

July 28, 2005, Associated Press/New York Times, Justice: FBI Translation Backlog Grows

July 28, 2005, Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, FOX News, Non-Secret Intelligence Gets Cold Shoulder

July 28, 2005, Opinion, Greeley Tribune, Crackdown on 'illegals' is a puzzle: Operation's secrecy is a concern

July 28, 2005, Pierre M. Atlas, IndyStar.com, Living together peacefully in heart of Arab America

July 28, 2005, Robert B. Reich, Valley Advocate, The Wrong Litmus Test: Concern for Supreme Court Nominee's Position on Terror

July 28, 2005, Gene Johnson, San Francisco Gate, Judge chides Bush administration's anti-terror tactics while sentencing would-be LA bomber

July 28, 2005, Editorials on the PATRIOT Act:

July 28, 2005, Solomon Moore & Scott Gold, Los Angeles Times, Guard Unit Tied to Elite Iraqi Force

July 28, 2005, David Dishneau, Washington Post, Ex-Abu Ghraib Warden: Boss Urged Dog Use

July 27, 2005, Pete Donohue, New York Daily News, MTA has a secret film file

July 27, 2005, Liz Sidoti, Washington Post/Associated Press, Frist Delays Showdown With White House

July 27, 2005, Jarrett Murphy, The Village Voice, Terror by the Numbers: Random searches are as much about the appearance of safety as safety itself

July 27, 2005, Michelle Malkin, World Net Daily, Beware of strange men with rocket launchers

July 27, 2005, Editorial, Greely Tribune, U.S. ID act filled with flaws t States should not be left holding financial bag

July 27, 2005, Protests held against the PATRIOT Act:

July 27, 2005, Rita Ciolli, Newsday, Poll: Views of Muslims same despite bombs

July 27, 2005, Josh White, Washington Post, Abu Ghraib Dog Tactics Came From Guantanamo

July 26, 2005, Reuters/New York Times, Senate Puts Off Fight on Pentagon Detainees

July 26, 2005, David Dishneau, truthout/Associated Press, Witness: Dogs Bit Abu Ghraib Detainees

July 26, 2005, Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, Mike: I Love Tourists: Apologizes to Sikhs cuffed in midtown

July 26, 2005, Dorothy Korber, Lodi News-Sentinel, Investigators track many radicals to Pakistan

July 26, 2005, James Prichard, Associated Press/South Bend Tribune, Parlak's brother may be deported

July 26, 2005, Charlie Savage, The Boston Globe, Put cleared detainees in a hotel, lawyer says: Fears of repression keep them on base

July 26, 2005, Associated Press/New York Times, Senate May Face Showdown Over Terror Rules

July 26, 2005, Brendan Coyne, The NewStandard, Vets, Conservative Lawmakers Call for Changes in Detainment Policy

July 26, 2005, Official Wire, Radio Host Says 'Islam is a Terrorist Organization'

July 26, 2005, Marie Cocco, Newsday.com, Keeping watch over the wrong people

July 26, 2005, John Buell, Bangor Daily News, War, terror and political dissent

July 26, 2005, Rep. Ron Paul, Anti-War.com, Our Rights Suspended for 10 More Years

July 26, 2005, Brendan Coyne, The NewStandard, Bush Administration Resists Data Mining Oversight

July 26, 2005, Editorial, The Republican, Congress needs details of federal data mining

July 26, 2005, Ninan Rae Cleveland, Statesman Journal, Misnamed Patriot Act poses danger to all of us

July 26, 2005, John Nichols, The Capital Times, John Nichols: Chance was there for better Patriot Act

July 25, 2005, Editorial, The Union Leader, Permanent Patriot: The Senate has the right idea

July 25, 2005, Associated Press/New York Times, GOP Senators Push Detainee Treatment Rules

July 25, 2005, Associated Press/USA Today, Government to test if air passenger screening can ID terror cells

July 25, 2005, Robert Tanner, Advanced Imaging Pro, Pressure on U.S. to Use More Surveillance

July 25, 2005, NYC Subway Searches:

July 25, 2005, Tom Englehardt, AlterNet, The Spies Who Came In from the Hot Tub

July 25, 2005, Brendan Coyne, The NewStandard, Pentagon Rejects Order to Release Abu Ghraib Abuse Images

July 25, 2005, 60 Minutes Speical Report, CBS 2 - New York, CIA Flying Suspects To Torture?

July 25, 2005, Stephen Dinnan, The Washington Times, GOP senators craft legislation on war detainees

July 25, 2005, Editorial, Newsday, Search with discretion: Innocent commuters have rights

July 25, 2005, Chau Lam, Newsday, Foot soldiers to safeguard Long Island

July 25, 2005, Rachel Zoll, North County Times/Associated Press, American Muslim leaders urge community to be on alert for radicals

July 25, 2005, Darlene Superville, The Boston Globe, Gonzales pushes Patriot Act renewal

July 25, 2005, Liam Ford, The Chicago Tribune, Patriot Act proposal aims to aid libraries

July 25, 2005, Editorials on the Patriot Act:

July 24, 2005, Eric Schmitt, New York Times, Cheney Working to Block Legislation on Detainees

July 24, 2005, Sewell Chan & Kareem Fahim, New York Times, Legal Issues Being Raised on Searches in Subways

July 24, 2005, Tim Golden, New York Times, How a Trip to Film in Iraq Ended in a Military Jail Cell

July 24, 2005, Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Behind-the-Scenes Battle on Tracking Data Mining

July 24, 2005, Editorial, Washington Post, A Need for Congress in Guantanamo Tribunals

July 23, 2005, Eric Lipton, New York Times, Flight Database Found to Violate Privacy Law

July 23, 2005, Rhonda Chriss Lokeman, The Miami Herald, Un-American legislation

July 22, 2005, Patriot Act Extended in the House:

July 22, 2005, Editorial, Bangor Daily News, Investigate Torture

July 22, 2005, Daniel Cooney, Associated Press/New York Newsday, U.S. Guards Said to Stop Abusing Quran

July 22, 2005, Editorial, San Francisco Chronicle, Echoes of terror

July 22, 2005, Brad Knickerbocker, The Christian Science Monitor, America wrestles with privacy vs. security

July 22, 2005, Paul K. McMasters, Baxter Bulletin, Patriot Act is Exhibit A on the risks of secrecy

July 22, 2005, Nancy Levant, MichNews, The Painful Truth of Freedom’s Demise

July 22, 2005, Steve Levin, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, United Way asks agencies to say they're terrorism-free

July 22, 2005, Rep. Jane Harman, Daily Breeze, Patriot Act needs some mending

July 22, 2005, Editorial, Macon Telegraph, Reducing freedom isn't proper way to protect it

July 22, 2005, Editorial, Contra Costa Times, FBI files are chilling

July 22, 2005, Associated Press/New York Times, Some Guantánamo Prisoners Have Gone on Hunger Strike

July 22, 2005, Searches in New York City:

July 21, 2005, Editorial, East Valley Tribune, However justifiable, subpoenas of library patrons' data unnerving

July 21, 2005, National Public Radio, The Patriot Act: Section 215

July 21, 2005, Reuters/New York Times, White House Threatens Veto on Detainee Policies

July 21, 2005, Nina Bernstein, New York Times, In American Cities, No Mirror Image of Muslims of Leeds

July 21, 2005, Associated Press/Washington Post, 8 Detainees Leave Guantanamo Bay Prison

July 21, 2005, Eric Lichtblau & Scott Shane, New York Times, House to Take Up Patriot Act Extension

July 21, 2005, The Empire Journal, Special Report: NYS Federal Lawmakers Asked to Impose Patriot Act Reform

July 21, 2005, Michael Dresser & Julie Hirschfeld Davis, Baltimore Sun, Bush urges Congress to extend Patriot Act

July 21, 2005, Daniel Cooney, Guardian Unlimited/Associated Press, Two Men Claim Hunger Strike at Guantanamo

July 20, 2005, James X. Dempsey, National Public Radio, Patriot Act: Checks Are Needed to Protect Rights

July 20, 2005, Sean Holstege, The Daily Review, Senate widens probe of Guard spying allegation

July 20, 2005, Tom Jackman, Washington Post, U.S. a Battlefield, Solicitor General Tells Judges: Case of Padilla Held 3 Years Without Trial Focuses Attention on Administration's Anti-Terror Policies

July 20, 2005, Carol Rosenberg, The Miami Herald, Officer defends tribunal process as fair

July 20, 2005, Robert Burns, Associted Press/St. Paul Pioneer Press, Expanded story: Soldiers cleared of wrongdoing in photographing captive with obscenity on forehead

July 20, 2005, Brendan Coyne, The NewStandard, Government Asks Court to Deny Release of FBI Files

July 20, 2005, Mike Kelly, North Jersey Media Group, Much ado, distressingly so, over the Patriot Act

July 20, 2005, Sherrie Gossett, Cybercast News Service, NY Muslim Group Linked to bin Laden Supporters

July 20, 2005, Robert Kuttner, Boston Globe, Orwell meets Kafka: Denial of Our Rights

July 20, 2005, Associated Press/Baltimore Sun, Bush to promote Patriot Act during port visit today

July 20, 2005, Editorials on PATRIOT Act Reauthorization:

July 20, 2005, Will Dunham, Washington Post/Reuters, Pentagon names new chief Guantanamo defense lawyer

July 20, 2005, Howard Fischer & Michael Marizco, Arizona Daily Star, Kyl measure adds steps for entrants to work U.S. jobs

July 19, 2005, Jim Lehrer, Public Broadcasting Station, RENEWING THE PATRIOT ACT

July 19, 2005, Jeremy Borden, Tallahassee Democrat, Groups from left, right urge open debate in Patriot Act renewal

July 19, 2005, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU Calls House Attempt to Renew Patriot Act a "Rush Job," Urges Congress to Allow Time for Thorough Public Debate

July 19, 2005, Associated Press/Lodi News Sentinel, Terror translation debated; prosecutors suffer setback

July 19, 2005, Ciaran Giles, Casper Star Tribune, U.S. extradites Guantanamo prisoner wanted by Spain

July 19, 2005, Lady Liberty, OpinionEditorials.com, Who's Afraid of Freedom?

July 19, 2005, Robert Tanner, Peoria Journal Star, Anti-terror measure could hike driver's fees: Governors say federal ID act will pass costs to motorists

July 19, 2005, The Daytona Beach News, Surveillance society: Why FBI dossiers on law-abiding Americans?

July 19, 2005, Pierre Tristam, The Daytona Beach News, Words matter in war on terror

July 19, 2005, Peter Urban, The Connecticut Post, Teeth urged for Liberties panel

July 19, 2005, Rich Lowry, National Review Online, Homeland Pork

July 19, 2005, News Times Live, Cameras proposed for train stations

July 19, 2005, Stefan Dimitrov and Tatiana Dimitrova Case:

July 19, 2005, NetLinx Press Release, NextLinx Launches New Restricted Party Screening Service; Cost-Efficient Service Affords Small Businesses Opportunity to Screen Customers, Suppliers Against Restricted Party Lists

July 19, 2005, Bangor Daily News, Gonzales warns of meth plague

July 19, 2005, Editorials on the PATRIOT Act Reauthorization:

July 19, 2005, Robert Burns, Washington Post, Trials for Two Gitmo Suspects to Resume

July 19, 2005, Josh White, Washington Post, Military Trials for Detainees To Resume: Four Cases to Be Heard Immediately

July 19, 2005, J. Russell Tyldesley, Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel, COMMENTARY: Real Patriots Can Think--and They'd Better Start Exerting Themselves

July 18, 2005, Pratap Chatterjee & Deepa Fernandes, AlterNet, Returning to Life

July 18, 2005, Editorial, Philadelphia Inquirer, Military can't see it

July 18, 2005, National Public Radio Coverage of the Patriot Act:

July 18, 2005, Associated Press/Baltimore Sun, Bush to speak at Port of Baltimore on Patriot Act: He is expected to call for permanent anti-terror powers in Wednesday speech

July 18, 2005, Michael Dobbs, Washington Post, FBI Monitored Web Sites for 2004 Protests:
Groups Criticize Agency's Surveillance for Terror Unit

July 18, 2005, Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Large Volume of F.B.I. Files Alarms U.S. Activist Groups

July 18, 2005, Editorial, Delaware County (PA) Times, Patriot Act protections come with a price

July 18, 2005, Jerry Spangler, Deseret (UT) Morning News, Cannon, Hatch clash on 'sunset' for Patriot Act

July 18, 2005, Declan McCullagh, CNET News, Can Bush carry the day?

July 18, 2005, Caron Carlson, eWeek, Bills Extend Patriot Act Provision

July 18, 2005, Associated Press, Governors: Drivers License Costs to Soar

July 17, 2005, Ryan Gabrielson, East Valley Tribune, Library readers’ records seized in Scottsdale

July 17, 2005, David Sarasohn, The Oregonian, Mayfield trial efforts start on sorry note

July 17, 2005, Opinion, Centre Daily (State College, PA), USA PATRIOT Act: Legislation was wrong then and worse this time around

July 16, 2005, Associated Press/truthout, 11 American Soldiers Charged With Abuse

July 16, 2005, Larry Abramson, National Public Radio, Patriot Act Debate Plays Out in Radio Ads

July 15, 2005, Michelle Chen, The NewStandard, Patriot Act Reforms Clash in Congress, Public

July 15, 2005, Reuters, US appeals court says Guantanamo trial can proceed

July 15, 2005, Editorial, New York Times, The Women of Gitmo

July 15, 2005, Mitch Stacy, Washington Post, Jurors Hear Tapes in Fla. Terror Trial

July 15, 2005, Josh White, Washington Post, Military Lawyers Fought Policy on Interrogations

July 15, 2005, Layla Bohm, Tracy Press, Lodi Muslims’ plight goes national

July 15, 2005, Kathleen T. Rehm, American Forces Press Service, High-Level Detainee Providing Valuable Intelligence

July 15, 2005, Neil A. Lewis, New York Times, Head of Hospital at Guantánamo Faces Complaint

July 15, 2005, World Net Daily, Hollywood to fete 'son of al-Qaida': Canadian jihadist tied to bin Laden cashes in with movie deal

July 15, 2005, William Fisher, AntiWar.com, Abuse Probes End With Single Reprimand

July 15, 2005, Derrick Z. Jackson, The Boston Globe, Passing the prison abuse buck

July 15, 2005, Donna Miles, American Forces Press Service, DoD strives to improve detainee ops at Gitmo

July 15, 2005, Stephen J. Hedges, Chicago Tribune, General contradicted Abu Ghraib testimony: Transcripts reveal he briefed top officials

July 15, 2005, Associated Press/Foster's Online, Kennedy to tour Guantanamo with Senate delegation

July 15, 2005, Allison Steele, The Concord Monitor, Law dean addresses senators: He blasts U.S. detention policies

July 15, 2005, Paisley Dodds, Associated Press/Salon, Gitmo Detainee Offers Motives for Bombings

July 15, 2005, Editorial, Rocky Mount Telegram, Eyes on Cuba: Outsiders should inspect Guantanamo

July 15, 2005, H.G. Reza, Los Angeles Times, ACLU Seeks Freedom for Muslim Accused of Ties to Terrorists

July 15, 2005, Muslims Condemn Terrorism:

July 15, 2005, Scott Scheffer, Workers World, Patriot Act, retroactive: Hearing calls attention to Los Angeles 8

July 15, 2005, Bill Cahir, Gloucester County Times, Lawmakers embrace Patriot Law again

July 15, 2005, Harvey Boatman, Kennebec Journal, Freedom had no voice on day of Winslow parade

July 15, 2005, Mark Puente, The Plain Dealer, Truckers endure federal scrutiny: Hazardous loads are security concern

July 15, 2005, June Maxam, The Empire Journal, Combating the New Epidemic

July 15, 2005, The Case of Brandon Mayfield:

July 15, 2005, MA State Rep. Corey Atkins, The Beacon, Atkins: Protect our liberty, amend Patriot Act

July 15, 2005, Editorial, Rockford Register Star, Patriot Act: Bad name, bad for civil rights

July 15, 2005, India Autry, Washington Bureau/Newsday, Patriot Act reapproval likely

July 15, 2005, Nicole Gaouette & Mary Curtuis, Los Angeles Times, $31.8-Billion Homeland Security Bill Passes

July 14, 2005, Paul Brandus, WTOP Radio Network, Inside the Prison at Guantanamo Bay

July 14, 2005, Cynthia Post, Atlanta Daily World, McKinney Blasts Extension Of Patriot Act Provisions

July 14, 2005, The Democratic Party of Wisconsin, U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold: Statement on House Consideration of the Patriot Act Reauthorization Bills

July 14, 2005, Eric M. Weiss, Washington Post, D.C. Considering More Police Cameras: London Bombings Prompt New Debate on Surveillance of Public Places

July 14, 2005, Layla Bohm, Lodi News-Sentinel, Nightline focuses on terror investigation in Lodi

July 14, 2005, Nasser Karimi, Associated Press, Iran: U.S. should leave dissident alone

July 14, 2005, Editorial, Los Angeles Times, Stick to the here and now

July 14, 2005, Drew Brown, Knight Ridder Newspaperss, Terrorist was 'coerced' to talk: General says interrogators used persistent methods on Sept. 11 figure at Guantanamo Bay

July 14, 2005, Kommersant, Guantanamo Prisoners Face Terrorism Charges

July 14, 2005, Guantanamo:

July 14, 2005, Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Scholar Is Given Life Sentence in 'Virginia Jihad' Case

July 14, 2005, Eric Lichtblau & Carl Hulse, New York Times, Lawmakers Agree to Renew Patriot Act

July 14, 2005, Littleton Independent, League of Women Voters speaks out on Patriot Act

July 14, 2005, Edward Epstein, San Francisco Chronicle, Congress scrutinizes Patriot Act
Feinstein joins GOP's Specter in bill to make 14 of law's 16 expiring provisions permanent

July 14, 2005, Stephen Dinana, Washington Times, Judiciary panels keep sunsets in Patriot Act

July 14, 2005, Dan Eggen & Charles Babbington, Washington Post, Senators Propose Curbs on Patriot Act

July 13, 2005, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU Says House Committees Failed to Bring Patriot Act in Line with Constitution; Lawmakers Approved Cosmetic, Not Substantive, Reforms

July 13, 2005, Alan Elsner, Reuters, Republicans agree to limits on Patriot Act

July 13, 2005, Katherine Shrader, Associated Press, House intelligence committee OKs Patriot Act provisions

July 13, 2005, Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press/truthout, US Judge Raps Congress over REAL ID Deportation Act

July 13, 2005, IPR, Magic City Morning Star, Maine Groups Urge Congress to Reform, Not Expand, USA PATRIOT Act

July 13, 2005, Vermont Guardian, Librarians worry about PATRIOT Act

July 13, 2005, Pam Belluck, New York Times, New Hampshire Town Uses Trespass Law to Fight Illegal Immigrants

July 13, 2005, AFX News Unlimited/Forbes, Guantanamo Saudis' lawyers prepare for US trial

July 13, 2005, Bloomberg, Guantanamo 'Dog Tricks' Defended as Valid Interrogation Tactic

July 13, 2005, Josh White, Washington Post, No Link Found Between Guantanamo Abuse and Policy

July 13, 2005, Keven Cohen, 13WHAM-TV, Special Report: A Trip to Guantanamo Bay

July 13, 2005, Kevin Diaz, Star Tribune, Guantanamo misconduct a thing of past, Kline says

July 13, 2005, Editorial, Washington Post, Doctors and Detention

July 13, 2005, Pat Mindos, New Jersey Herald, Frelinghuysen is supportive of Guantanamo

July 13, 2005, Bill Cahir, Bridgeton News, Lawmakers back Bush's policies after visit to Guantanamo Bay

July 13, 2005, Ray Hackett, Norwich Bulletin, Simmons: Guantanamo conditions better than critics claim

July 13, 2005, Associated Press/USA Today, General nixes Guantanamo chief's reprimand

July 13, 2005, Bryan Bender, Boston Globe, Guantanamo probe finds violations: Interrogation reform urged

July 13, 2005, Lawrence M. O'Rourke, SitNews, Patriot Act renewal sought

July 13, 2005, Brendan Coyne, The NewStandard, Feds Seek to Eavesdrop on Emails of Air Passengers

July 13, 2005, Jonathan Krim, Washington Post, Enhanced In-Air Internet Surveillance Sought

July 13, 2005, Nicole Gaouette, Los Angeles Times, Homeland Security Shuffle

July 13, 2005, Danielle George, All Headline News, FBI: One Step Closer Increase In Subpoena Powers

July 13, 2005, Yu-Yee Wu, AlterNet, Jailed for Justice

July 13, 2005, Editorials on PATRIOT Act Reauthorization:

July 13, 2005, Patrick O'Connor, The Hill, House Republicans renew press for Patriot Act reauthorization

July 13, 2005, Karen Matthews, Associated Press/Newsday, Civil libertarians rally to 'fix' Patriot Act

July 12, 2005, National Public Radio, Taking Issue: Guantanamo Detainee Rights

July 12, 2005, Carol Rosenberg, KRT Wire, Report: Fact-finders confirm controversial Guantanamo techniques

July 12, 2005, Financial Times/MSN Money, Different approach to tackling terrorism exposed

July 12, 2005, ACLU, Common Dreams, Hundreds of New Yorkers Rally to Reform the Patriot Act

July 12, 2005, Ron Tempest, Los Angeles Times/Star Tribune, Despite red flags, visa was granted to Pakistani

July 12, 2005, Andrew Adams, San Joaquin News Service/Tracy Press, Lodi investigation shares traits with probe of New York town

July 12, 2005, N. C. Aizenman, Washington Post, 4 Arabs Escape From U.S. Prison in Afghanistan

July 12, 2005, Jim VandeHei, Washington Post, Bush Defends Strategy Against Terrorist Attacks: London Bombs Meant to Scare U.S., President Says

July 12, 2005, Herbert P. Bix, Z Magazine, Toture, Racism, & the Sovereign Presidency: Torture, Murder, and Assassination have become vital to U.S. empire-building

July 12, 2005, William Fisher, AntiWar.com, 'Coddling' at Gitmo, or Just Humane Treatment?

July 12, 2005, Matt Stearns, Kansas City Star, Senator tells of Guantanamo trip

July 12, 2005, Dion Nissenbaum, Contra Costa Times, Anti-Muslim flier gives Guard grief

July 12, 2005, Jonathan Rauch, The Atlantic Online, Guantanamo's Problem Isn't in Cuba. It's in Washington.

July 12, 2005, Richard Bernstein, New York Times, Despite Terror, Europeans Seem Determined to Maintain Civil Liberties

July 12, 2005, Alexis Egan, Silver Chips Online, Are we really safe?: Terrorist attacks in London raise questions in the United States

July 12, 2005, Noelle Crombie, The Oregonian, Mayfield's case a test of secrecy, civil rights: The Portland lawyer detained as a suspect in the Madrid terror bombings returns to federal court this week to press his lawsuit

July 12, 2005, Editorial, San Francisco Chronicle, Patriot Act showdown

July 12, 2005, Mary Shaw, OpEd News, Let the sun set on the PATRIOT Act: The PATRIOT Act needs to be reformed to protect our rights.

July 12, 2005, Lisa Rein, Washington Post, Fairfax Sends Lawmakers Letter About Patriot Act

July 12, 2005, PATRIOT Act Reauthorization Debate Continues in Congress:

July 11, 2005, Juliette Kayyem, Washington Post, Guantanamo Detainees: Legal Process?

July 11, 2005, Common Dreams, New Report Shows Courts Losing Power During the War on Terror

July 11, 2005, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU Says Patriot Act Must Be Reformed, Not Expanded, As Congress Considers Reauthorization

July 11, 2005, Associated Press/Star Tribune, Bombings add urgency to war on terror

July 11, 2005, KSL News, Pres. Bush Lobbies for Extension of Patriot Act

July 11, 2005, Editorial, New York Times, Unnecessary Powers

July 11, 2005, Andy Mosher, Washington Post, U.S. Military Releases American Filmmaker

July 11, 2005, Democracy Now, Methods Developed by U.S. Military for Withstanding Torture Being Used Against Detainees at Guantanamo Bay; see also the First Half of the Interview with Jane Mayer

July 11, 2005, Josh White & Griff Witte, Washington Post/Boston Globe, Team recounts fear in US detention: Contractors' tale reflects tensions with the military

July 11, 2005, Opinion, Baltimore Sun, Do no harm

July 11, 2005, Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service, America in Iraq: Shackled by Gitmo

July 11, 2005, Joel Mowbray, The Washington Times, Arabic words go free in jails

July 11, 2005, Michelle Chen, The NewStandard, Fight Over Guantánamo Prison Nears Boil, Takes Turn

July 11, 2005, David Royse, Associate Press, Police still using Matrix-type database

July 11, 2005, Doyle McManus, Buffalo News, Terror threat may return to front burner: The terrorist attacks in London are likely to change—even if temporarily—the political dynamic in our country

July 11, 2005, Justin Gregory, American Chronicle, The Patriot Act: Patriots Only.

July 10, 2005, Haroon Siddiqui, Common Dreams, Bush's War on Terror is a Colossal Failure: Terrorists are targeting us because of our policies in Muslim lands, not because we are free

July 10, 2005, Associated Press/Newsday.com, Guantanamo Commanding Officer Relieved

July 10, 2005, Juliette N. Kayyem, Washington Post, Tortured Arguments: The Rules Are for Us, Not the Terrorists

July 10, 2005, Reuters, U.S. Forces Release American Filmmaker Held in Iraq

July 10, 2005, Rick Montgomery, Knight Ridder, Executive powers a stealth issue in debate over high court nominee

July 8, 2005, Associated Press/Los Angeles Times, Four Guantanamo Detainees to Be Released

July 8, 2005, Case of Guantanamo Detainee Omar Khadr:

July 8, 2005, Science Daily, Army finds few detention healthcare ills

July 8, 2005, Josh White, Washington Post, Review Calls Abuse Cases Isolated

July 8, 2005, Amy Klein, North Jersey Media Group, NJ Transit acts quickly to boost security

July 8, 2005, Scott J. Paltrow, The Wall Street Journal/Post-Gazette, Government says banks overreport data for Patriot Act

July 8, 2005, Carlotta Grandstaff, The Independent, PATRIOT eyes do pry

July 8, 2005, Jim Hightower, Journal-Advocate, A bloated record

July 8, 2005, Jeffrey McMurray, Associated Press, Attacks prompt Shelby, Sessions to redouble anti-terror projects

July 8, 2005, Stephen Dinan, World Peace Herald/Washington Times, Split over immigration threatens Bush policies

July 8, 2005, Steve Schultz, Journal Sentinel, Sensenbrenner seeks out a deal: He sees himself as architect of compromise on reforms to stem flow of illegal immigrants

July 8, 2005, Editorial, The Daytona Beach News-Journal, London, 2005: The deadly answer to gung-ho promises

July 8, 2005, Richard A. Serrano, Los Angeles Times, A Piece of the Terrorism Puzzle Seen in Court

July 8, 2005, Debra Pickett, Chicago Sun-Times, Terrorism changes us more than we may want to admit

July 8, 2005, Today's Sunbeam, Salem Friends Meeting to hold Patriot Act forum

July 8, 2005, Mary Shaw, Philadelphia Daily News, Sunset Time for Patriot Act

July 7, 2005, Alyson Klein, GovExec.com/Congress Daily, House, Senate spar on protecting DHS whistleblowers

July 7, 2005, Associated Press/New York Times, Detainees Won't Be Told of Bombings

July 7, 2005, Reuters/New York Times, Pentagon Denies Doctors Aided Abuse of Detainees

July 7, 2005, Jeremiah Marquez, Associated Press, US Filmmaker Among 5 Arrested in Iraq

July 7, 2005, Dion Nissenbaum, Mercury News/Common Dreams, Lawmaker: Guard Spying Investigation Being Blocked

July 7, 2005, Don Thompson, Associated Press, Calif. Guard Probed by US

July 7, 2005, John Graham, AlterNet, Who's Watching the Watch List?

July 7, 2005, Chett Mitchell, The Truth, U.S. abuses under our control

July 7, 2005, Najeeb Hasan, Metroactive News, Presumed Guilty: Media coverage of the Lodi FBI arrests is more of the same, and it's left the community reeling

July 7, 2005, Don Thompson, Associated Press/Dateline Alabama, Prosecutors say prayer carried by Lodi man is key part of case

July 7, 2005, Editorial, The Seattle Times, Last of five parts: Shackled by Gitmo

July 7, 2005, Mark Silva, Chicago Tribune, `B' is for Bush, birthday, bluster and botching up

July 7, 2005, Alan Bisbort, Hartford Advocate, Independents´ Day
Free Free and yourselves too

July 7, 2005, Wakefield Observer, Festa calls on Congress to curb Patriot Act

July 7, 2005, Ben Wedeman, CNN, CNN tours Gitmo prison camp: Military rules prevent crew from getting full picture

July 7, 2005, Stephen Dinan, The Washington Times, Bush plan on illegals dims hopes for agenda

July 7, 2005, John J. Lumpkin, Buffalo News, Five Americans held as insurgents

July 7, 2005, Lisa Fernandez, Mercury News, Mosque to offer Korans at no cost: Aim is to Enlighten Americans about Islam

July 7, 2005, Doris Colmes, LewRockwell.com, Morphing the Gestapo

July 7, 2005, Lisa Sorg, San Antonio Current, Are we as free as we used to be?

July 7, 2005, Editorial, The Seattle Times, Exit without apologies

July 7, 2005, Clare Marie Celano, News Transcript, Council asked to take a stand on Patriot Act: Freehold resident states concern over aspects of anti-terrorism law

July 7, 2005, State Representative Cory Atkins, The Concord Journal, Atkins, colleague urge Patriot Act reform

July 7, 2005, Marquita Brown, The Courier-Journal, Protesters challenge sections of Patriot Act provisions set to expire

July 6, 2005, Emily Watson, Al-Jazeerah, Are Muslims the Socially Acceptable Targets du Jour?

July 6, 2005, Sauk Valley.com, Intelligence officials believe 50 groups have presence in Canada

July 6, 2005, Ben Fox, News Day, 3 U.S. Lawmakers Tour Guantanamo Prison

July 6, 2005, James Rowen, WisPolitics.com/OnMilwaukee.com, Meltdown helping Sensenbrenner make a name for himself

July 6, 2005, Brian Faler, Washington Post, Openness Law May Get Muscle

July 6, 2005, Charles Aldinger, Reuters, Five Americans held by U.S. military in Iraq

July 6, 2005, Tim Golden, New York Times, From Filmmaker in Los Angeles to Iraq Detainee

July 6, 2005, Associated Press/New York Times, U.S. Detains U.S. Navy Veteran in Iraq

July 6, 2005, Neil A. Lewis, New York Times, Psychologists Warned on Role in Detentions

July 5, 2005, Jim Lobe, FinalCall.com News, First ‘Gulag,’ then Gitmo—Bush is on the defensive

July 5, 2005, Marie Cocco, Newsday/Common Dreams, Flouting our Founding Fathers' Ideals

July 5, 2005, Tyler Graf, Oregon Daily Emerald, Honored librarian speaks against Patriot Act

July 4, 2005, Associated Press/Washington Post, Protesters Demand Guantanamo Shutdown

July 4, 2005, Dorothy M. Ehrlich, San Francisco Chronicle, Patriotism vs. the USA Patriot Act

July 4, 2005, Carol Rosenberg, The Herald, Guantánamo detainees in 'school'

July 4, 2005, Carl Mickelson, The Worldlink.com, County balks at residents' Constitutional resolution

July 4, 2005, Scott Russell, Skyway News (Minneapolis), Minneapolis Law Firm Defends Guantanamo Detainee

July 4, 2005, Seattle Times Editorial, The Shadowy War, Part 2

July 4, 2005, Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial, Independence Day Staying true to our values

July 3, 2005, Richard A. Kaye, Los Angeles Times, True Patriots Act

July 3, 2005, Scott Shane, New York Times/truthout, Increase in the Number of Documents Classified by the Government

July 2, 2005, Jim Hightower, AlterNet, TSA Secretly Snoops on Passengers

July 2, 2005, Lynda Hurst, The Star, Island paradise or torture chamber?

July 1, 2005, Richard Gazarik, Tribune-Review (Pittsburgh, PA), Library patron information may be targeted by FBI

July 1, 2005, Burton J. Lee III, The Washington Post/truthout, The Stain of Torture

July 1, 2005, Doug Struck, The Washington Post, Canadian's Lawyers Blame U.S., Agents Accused of Sending Man to Syria for Torture in '02

July 1, 2005, Reuters/truthout, Italy Tells US to Respect Sovereignty after Kidnap

July 1, 2005, Associated Press, New York Times, U.S., Italy to Discuss CIA Kidnapping Case

July 1, 2005, Don Sheppard, CNN, Visit offers glimpse into Guantanamo