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June 30, 2005, Anne Broache, CNET News, Feds push for full renewal of Patriot Act
June 30, 2005, Democracy Now!, Fmr. NY Congressmember Holtzman Calls For President Bush and His Senior Staff To Be Held Accountable for Abu Ghraib Torture
June 30, 2005, Jeff Brammann, Quad-City Times, U.S. torture breeds Middle East terrorists
June 30, 2005, Hearing on Guantanamo:
- Reuters/Boston Globe, At hearing, Guantanamo wins praise and criticism
- Neil A. Lewis, New York Times, Guantánamo Thorny Issue for Democrats on Committee
June 30, 2005, Associated Press/The Oakland Tribune, Lodi men's relatives called by grand jury: Son, cousins told subpoenas will be dropped if they agree to talk to the FBI in terrorism case
June 30, 2005, John Hendren, Los Angeles Times/Concord Monitor, Guantanamo leader asks for patience: He says valuable information obtained
June 30, 2005, Vermont Guardian, Tribunal charges U.S., Britain with war crimes
June 30, 2005, Scott Russell, Southwest Journal, From Southwest to Guantanamo: How a Linden Hills lawyer came to defend an alleged terrorist - and have the FBI knocking on his own neighbors' doors
June 30, 2005, Nat Hentoff, Decatur Daily Democrat, The president as head teacher
June 30, 2005, Arthur Waskow, Forward Newspaper, What if the Biblical Ruth Came to America?
June 30, 2005, Patricia Wild, TownOnline.com, Wild: 'Just Trust Us?' No thanks
June 30, 2005, Beth Curda, The Davis Enterprise, Patriot Act targeted; City asked to stand up for Muslim rights
June 30, 2005, Wayne Parry, Newsday.com, Feds say Patriot Act has no place in homeless lawsuit
June 30, 2005, Changes in the FBI:
- Dan Eggen & Walter Pincus, Washington Post, Bush Approves Spy Agency Changes
- Katherine Shrader, Washington Post, Bush OKs Shake-Up of Spy Agencies
- Katherine Shrader, Washington Post, Bush Expands Intel Chief's Power Over FBI
- Shannon McCaffrey, Knight-Ridder/Common Dreams, Civil Liberties Advocates Question Plan for New FBI Division
June 30, 2005, Agence France Presse/Common Dreams, Alleged CIA Kidnapping Casts Shadow Over US-Italian Relations
June 30, 2005, Scott Higham & Robert O'Harrow Jr., The Washington Post, TSA Airport Security Contract Examined for Fraud
June 29, 2005, George Jahn, Washington Post, Expert: U.N. Seeks U.S. Detention Centers
June 29, 2005, Amitav Ghosh, The Nation, The Theater of Cruelty: Reflections on the Anniversary of Abu Ghraib
June 29, 2005, Yu-Yee Wu, New California Media/Asian Week, Criticizing Patriot Act Lands Manlin Chee, Asian American Lawyer, in Jail
June 29, 2005, Editorial, Beaver County Times, A matter of trust
June 29, 2005, Eric Lipton, New York Times, Test Faults Processing of Passports
June 29, 2005, Donna Miles, American Forces Press Service, New Guantanamo Camp to Pave Way for Future Detention Ops
June 29, 2005, Eric Schmitt, New York Times, Army Moves to Advance 2 Linked to Abu Ghraib
June 29, 2005, Randy Furst, Star Tribune, Refugee fights again to avoid deportation
June 29, 2005, Haider Rizvi, AntiWar.com, US Terror Policies Draw Outrage at Home and Abroad
June 29, 2005, Editorial, The Virginian Pilot, Broken oath at Guantanamo
June 29, 2005, William Randolph, The Desert Sun, Justice officials, war planners are derelict in duty
June 29, 2005, Editorial, Contra Costa Times, Separate fact, fiction
June 29, 2005, Eric Mink, Post Dispatch, VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY: Veep Throat
June 29, 2005, The Connection, WBUR.org, The Ethics of Interrogation
June 29, 2005, Layla Bohm, Lodi News, Mystery planes continue to circle over Lodi
June 29, 2005, Associated Press/New York Times, Ex - Gitmo Inmate Acquitted of All Charges
June 29, 2005, Akif Rahman's Case:
- Justin Kmitch, Daily Herald, Wheaton man: I’m not a terrorist: Father sues government, claiming he"s been detained four times
- Kelly Kennedy, Chicago Tribune, Chicagoan stranded at the border: What's in a name? Trouble, that's what
June 29, 2005, Associated Press/KGW.com, County takes Portland's spot on terrorism task force
June 29, 2005, Clare Hurley, Asian Tribune, New York teenager deported to Bangladesh: FBI held girl as "suicide bomber" suspect
June 29, 2005, Meria Heller, Online Journal, Trashing the Constitution in the name of "terrorism"
June 29, 2005, Julia Butterfly Hill, Ascribe Newswire, Independence Day 2005: Reflections on Patriotism
June 29, 2005, Wayne Perry, Associated Press/Newsday.com, AP NewsBreak: Town says Patriot Act lets stations bar homeless
June 29, 2005, Agence France-Presse/truthout, US Suspected of Keeping Secret Prisoners on Warships: UN Official
June 29, 2005, Arlie Hochschild, New York Times, Arrested Development
June 29, 2005, Editorial, The Sacramento Bee/truthout, Code Dumb: Look Who's Spying on Your Granny
June 28, 2005, Rebecca Piro, Lowell Sun, Patriot Act criticized unfairly, law-enforcement officials say
June 28, 2005, Mike Colias, Washington Post, Muslim Man Sues Homeland Security
June 28, 2005, Elizabeth Holtzman, The Nation, Torture and Accountability
June 28, 2005, Mark Sidel, Common Dreams/International Herald Tribune, Antiterror Tactics Chill U.S. Campuses
June 28, 2005, Associated Press/Los Angeles Times, Judge Limits Disclosure of Evidence in Lodi Case
June 28, 2005, Richard Hanner, Lodi News-Sentinel, Lodi mosque leaders fire imam
June 28, 2005, Peter S. Canellos, Boston Globe, In a time of dissent, what is patriotism?
June 28, 2005, Asif Shahzad, Washington Post, Ex-Gitmo Inmates: Quran Was Desecrated
June 28, 2005, Edward Epstein, Chronicle Washington Bureau/San Frasisco Gate, Tauscher satisfied with conditions at Guantanamo: But she fears U.S. is sending suspects to other countries
June 28, 2005, Todd Swiss, Daily Illini, Column: Taking turns
June 28, 2005, Silja J.A. Talvi, In These Times, Torture Fatigue
June 28, 2005, Jim Heintz, Associated Press/NewsFlash, Muslim cleric: Gitmo guards defiled Quran
June 28, 2005, Hemmy So, Poughkeepsie Journal, Detainees' chronicler raised in Hyde Park
June 28, 2005, William Fisher, AntiWar.com, Rights Groups Detail Growing Police State
June 28, 2005, Steve Walters, Earthtimes.org, 9/11 material witnesses suffer power of paranoia and Patriot Act
June 28, 2005, Editorial, The Ledger, A Nonproblem
June 28, 2005, Charles C. Haynes, Daily Herald, First Amendment may quash Patriot power
June 28, 2005, Greg Lemon, Ravalli Republic, Sen. Shockley tours state in opposition to Patriot Act
June 27, 2005, Cory Golden, The Davis Enterprise/truthout, Guard Unit Monitored Peace Rally
June 27, 2005, Matthew Daly, Associated Press/Washington Post, Senators Seek Rules for Gitmo Detainees
June 27, 2005, Financial Times/MSN Money, Bush to crackdown on WMD illegal funding
June 27, 2005, Brent Curtis, Rutland Herald, Vigil calls for end to torture
June 27, 2005, Emily Johns, Associated Press, Center for Victims of Torture seeks probe
June 27, 2005, Liz Sidoti, Associated Press/Union Leader,
GUANTANAMO:
Lawmakers tour prison
June 27, 2005, Frank Davies, Miami Herald, Despite ruling, Gitmo place of legal limbo
June 27, 2005, Byron Williams, Working for Change, Noise
distracts us from the truth
Newsweek, Durbin flaps spare us from confronting Guantanamo
reality
June 27, 2005, Editorial, Hearald News, Don't treat asylum seekers like criminals
June 27, 2005, Reuters/Boston Globe, Pakistan frees 17 ex-Gunatanamo inmates
June 27, 2005, Doug Cassel, FinalCall.com News, The White House: Spinning human rights
June 27, 2005, Nat Hentoff, Washington Times, Carte blanche
June 27, 2005, Michael E. Hanke, Cantonrep.com, Government is chipping hard at Bill of Rights
June 27, 2005, R.G. Dunlop, The Courier-Journal, Gonzales reaches out to sheriffs: Attorney general invokes terror fight
June 27, 2005, Abuse of Material Witness Statute:
- Kevin Lohn, CNN, Report: U.S. abusing material witness statute: Justice Department says powers not used recklessly
- Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Two Groups Charge Abuse of Witness Law
- Kevin Johnson, U.S.A. Today, Rights groups detail 'Kafkaesque' U.S. detentions
June 27, 2005, Carla K. Johnson, Chicago Defender, Librarians applaud Obama's stand on Patriot Act
June 26, 2005, Reuters, Bush says U.S. seeks to eliminate torture worldwide
June 26, 2005, Associated Press/USA Today, Rumsfeld nixes independent panel on Gitmo
June 26, 2005, Dennis Robaugh, Daily Southtown, Are we supposed to be torturers?: The metaphorical execution of Dick Durbin
June 26, 2005, Anchorage Daily News, Patriot Act revisited: Alaskans join congressional moves to restore civil liberties
June 26, 2005, Rumma Hussain, Chicago Sun-Times, Obama fears 'Big Brother' over our shoulders
June 26, 2005, Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Rights Groups Fault White House for Jailing of Terror Suspects
June 26, 2005, Editorial, NewsDay, Patriot games: Much of the Patriot Act is innocuous, while controversial parts such as 'sneak and peek' are not up for review
June 26, 2005, Denyse Williams, The State, Patriot Act fosters secrecy, governmental abuse
June 26, 2005, Abdon M. Pallasch, Legal-Affairs/Chicago Sun Times, Librarians, U.S. attorneys squaring off
June 25, 2005, Editorial, Detroit Free Press, U.S. can't dismiss reports of inhumanity
June 25, 2005, Dahr Jamail, truthout/World Tribunal on Iraq, World Tribunal for Iraq, Culminating Session Testimony
June 24, 2005, David Kravets, San Fransisco Gate, Lodi cleric accused of ties to terrorism
June 24, 2005, US Admits to Torture at Guantanamo:
- AFX News/Forbes.com, US acknowledges torture at Guantanamo; in Iraq, Afghanistan - UN
- Independent Media Center, US Admits Torture
June 24, 2005, Mitch Jeserich, AntiWar.com, Behind the Congressional Gitmo Debate
June 24, 2005, Karen Abbott, Rocky Mountain News, Law firm assists five held in Cuba: Holland & Hart works without fee for Guantanamo detainees
June 24, 2005, Agence France-Presse/New York Times, Cheney Says Detainees Are Well Treated
June 24, 2005, Letta Tayler, Newsday, Gitmo truth of fiction?
June 24, 2005, ACLU & Human Rights First Sue Rumsfeld and Company for Involvement in Prison Abuse:
- Brendan Coyne, The NewStandard, Lawsuit Alleging Abuse and Torture to Be Heard in DC Federal Court
- Daniel Pulliam, Govexec.com, Rumsfeld Sued Over Torture
June 24, 2005, Lornet Turnbull, Seattle Times, Immigrants in citizenship limbo
June 24, 2005, Warren Hoge, New York Times, U.N. Team Accuses U.S. of Stalling on Request to Visit Detainees
June 24, 2005, Neil A. Lewis, New York Times, Interrogators Cite Doctors' Aid at Guantánamo
June 24, 2005, eMediaWire, Survey Reveals Begrudging Support of Government Surveillance: New survey by Boston University graduate students suggests that Americans are willing to accept government surveillance but don’t trust it will always be used appropriately.
June 24, 2005, Editorial, Standard Examiner, The land of the free
June 24, 2005, Martha Kramer, Political Affairs Magazine, The Bush Administration vs. Human Rights: The Double Standard that Threatens America
June 23, 2005, Veena Dabul & Sunaina Maira, Not in Our Name.com, FBI "witch-hunt" in Lodi, California
June 23, 2005, Jackie Northam, National Public Radio, Q&A About Guantanamo Bay and the Detainees
June 23, 2005, J.K. & G.W., Media Matters for America, Top five Gitmo falsehoods
June 23, 2005, Nat Hentoff, The Village Voice, FBI Turned Loose: Privacy rights may disappear if a new Senate Intelligence Committee bill passes
June 23, 2005, Tanya Talaga & Karen Palmer, Common Dreams/Toronto Star, U.S. Doctors Linked to POW 'Torture': Guantanamo medical records misused; Basis of interrogators' strategy: Report
June 23, 2005, Eric Alterman, AlterNet, While You Were Out Reading
June 23, 2005, Helen Thomas, WESH.com/Hearst White House, Bush Could End Prisoner Abuse: Treatment Of Prisoners Shames America
June 23, 2005, Tim Funk, Charlotte Observer/Observer Washington Bureau, Hayes, Butterfield will tour Guantanamo: Lawmakers among group looking at controversial prison
June 23, 2005, Larry Jeffries, The Enquirer, Guantanamo suspects deserve trials
June 23, 2005, Health of Guantanamo Bay Detainee David Hicks:
- ABC News Online, Lawyer's assessment concerns Hicks's dad
- ABC News Online, Ruddock brushes off Hicks health fears
June 23, 2005, Reuters/New York Times, UN Investigators Say U.S. Stalling on Prison Visits
June 23, 2005, Associated Press/New York Times, U.N. uncovers torture at Guantanamo Bay
June 23, 2005, Clarence Page, Buffalo News, Sen. Durbin raised a valid issue
June 23, 2005, Greg Bean, Examiner, Big Brother’s eyes won’t be on bookstore purchases
June 23, 2005, Arsalan T. Iftikhar, Buffalo News, Controversial provisions should be allowed to expire
June 23, 2005, John P. Greg, Town Online/West Roxbury & Roslindale Transcript, Healthy debate on Patriot Act
June 23, 2005, Jessica Fargen, Boston Herald, Critics: What's so Patriotic about the Act?
June 23, 2005, Editorial, Montgomery Advertiser, Patriot Act doesn't need library element
June 22, 2005, Human Rights First, Suit
Against Rumsfeld to Be Heard in Federal Court in the
District of Columbia
June 22, 2005, Arsalan T. Iftikhar, Counter Punch, Patriots Against the PATRIOT Act
June 22, 2005, Lisa Friedman, L.A. Daily News, Schiff bill would tighten Guantanamo detainee rules
June 22, 2005, Steven Reinberg, Forbes.com, Health Professionals Involved in Guantanamo Interrogations
June 22, 2005, Cal Thomas & Bob Becker, USA Today, The Patriot Act's worth keeping (if we rein it in and scrutinize it)
June 22, 2005, Editorial, New York Times, Abu Ghraib, Rewarded
June 22, 2005, John Holstege, Tri-Valley Herald, Lodi men plead not guilty to charges: Father, son arraigned Tuesday in federal court
June 22, 2005 Editorials on Guantanamo:
- Nick Clooney, The Cincinnati Post, We can't fight evil by diluting our values
- Irene Kahn, Amnesty International USA, USA: Close Guantánamo and disclose the rest
- Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, Can we finally talk?: Durbin has apologized. But we still need to address allegations of abuse at Gitmo
June 22, 2005, Nancy Kaffer, Metro Times, Dangerous illusions: Hype schemes in the U.S. government’s war on terror
June 22, 2005, Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Social Security Opened Its Files for 9/11 Inquiry
June 22, 2005, Editorials on Patriot Act:
- Herald Tribune, Watching what we read: Patriot Act's search powers are subject to abuse
- Missoulian News Online, House takes a stand for civil liberties
- Tom Teepen, Winston-Salem Journal, Middle-of-road craziness and other thoughts
- Des Moines Register, Patriot Act needs revision, not overhaul, to protect liberties
- Andrea Hopkins, Bristol Herald Courier, As Patriot Act turns four, it needs reform
June 22, 2005, Douglas Jehl, New York Times, Some Republicans Seek Prison Abuse Panel
June 22, 2005, Brian Irving, Up & Coming Weekly, Patriot Reauthorization Act should be shot
June 21, 2005, Reuters/New York Times, W. House Rebuffs Independent Probe of Guantanamo
June 21, 2005, Reuters/New York Times, Law Officers Seek Library Patron Data - Survey
June 21, 2005, William Fisher, Common Dreams, U.S. Moral Authority in 'Free Fall', Senators Warn
June 21, 2005, Tram Nguyen, TomPaine.com, The Golden Door Closes
June 21, 2005, Editorial, The Gainsville Times, Guantanamo Bay prison coverage is hurting U.S. image
June 21, 2005, Eugene Robinson, Washington Post, The Heat Is On In Guantanamo
June 21, 2005, Art Buchwald, Washington Post, Hotel Gitmo, Where Conventions Are Secondary
June 21, 2005, Bush on Guantanamo:
- Bill Sammon, Washington Times/World Peace Herald, Bush issues warning on peril of releasing Gitmo prisoners
- Tom Raum, Associated Press/CBN.com, Bush Defends Guantanamo, Iraq Tactics
June 21, 2005, Don Monkerud, OpEdNews.com, Big Brother is Watching You: America's Real ID
June 21, 2005, Editorial, Wisconsin State Journal, Protect libraries from FBI snoops
June 21, 2005, The Monitor View, The Monitor, Patriotic House: Revising Patriot Act was right thing to do
June 21, 2005, Carol Towarnicky, Philadelphia Daily News, The 'Patriots' in Washington
June 21, 2005, Lisa Rein, Washington Post, Fairfax Won't Condemn Patriot Act, but Will Voice Concerns in Letter
June 21, 2005, Anthony Lewis, New York Times, Guantánamo's Long Shadow
June 21, 2005, Associated Press/New York Times, Gov't Collected Data on Airline Passengers
June 21, 2005, Editorial, New York Times, Fishing in the Card Catalogs
June 20, 2005, Jefferson Morley, Washington Post, The Guantanamo Debate Comes Home
June 20, 2005, Associated Press/Airport Business, United Airlines Settle Arab-American's Discrimination Lawsuit
June 20, 2005, James Zogby, Media Monitors Network, Democracy's Difficult Days
June 20, 2005, ABC 7 News, Educators Worry About Patriot Act's Effect on Recruiting
June 20, 2005, Viji Sundaram, NCM, Activists Worry as Bush Stumps for Patriot Act
June 20, 2005, David Johnston, New York Times/truthout, FBI Counterterror Officials Lack Experience, Lawyer Says
June 20, 2005, James Gordon, CanWest News Service/National Post, U.S. prisoner Khadr said to be suicidal: U.S. doctor issues report
June 20, 2005, CNSNews.com, Conservatives Tout Guantanamo Bay's Cuisine
June 20, 2005, Carol Rosenberg, Seattle Times, McCain urges resolution of Guantánamo cases
June 20, 2005, Reuters/New York Times, U.S. Should 'Close or Clean Up' Guantanamo - Clinton
June 20, 2005, David Lawrence & John Whitehead, Miami Herald, Investigate U.S. abuse of terrorism suspects
June 20, 2005, Eric Schmitt & Thom Shanker, New York Times, General Up for Promotion After Abu Ghraib Case
June 20, 2005, Editorial, The Republican, History repeats itself with USA Patriot Act
June 20, 2005, Laurence Arnold, Bloomberg.com, U.S. Libraries, Challenging FBI, Shape Debate on Patriot Act
June 20, 2005, Editorial, The Morning Call, House vote on Patriot Act 'library powers' shows healthy liberty instinct
June 20, 2005, Travis Thomas, The UW Daily, Make Patriot Act SAFE
June 20, 2005, Editorial, News-Herald, Congress justified in revising Patriot Act
June 19, 2005, Editorial, Palm Beach Post, Reform the Patriot Act to target real threats
June 19, 2005, Matt Harris & Samantha Marcus, Missourian, Patriot Act challenged at forum: League of Women Voters says the act puts civil liberties in jeopardy.
June 19, 2005, Associated Press/New York Times, Halliburton Is Given New Prison Contract
June 19, 2005, Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Libraries Say Yes, Officials Do Quiz Them About Users
June 19, 2005, John Solomon, Associated Press/AP Enterprise, AP Enterprise: FBI Managers Admit They Didn't Seek Out Terrorism Expertise After Sept. 11
June 19, 2005, Victor L. Simpson, Washington Post, U.S. Allies Resist Secret Deportations
June 18, 2005, Los Angeles Times, MP uses over Guantanamo beating
June 18, 2005, Reuters/AlterNet, Gulf Guantanamo returnees may face torture-activists
June 18, 2005, Matt O'Brien, The Daily Review, Pizzeria owner may have aided mercenary: Feds say Hayward man illegally wired money that funded U.S. bounty hunter who sought Bin Laden in Afghanistan
June 18, 2005, Vanessa Colon, Fresno Bee, Backlash feared by some area Muslims: About 100 talk with police chief, FBI staffer about cultural issues.
June 18, 2005, Rebecca Carroll, Washington Post, Senator Regrets if Remarks Misunderstood
June 18, 2005, Associated Press/Columbia Daily Tribune, Ashcroft tells GOP crowd Patriot Act renewal needed
June 18, 2005, Ed Johnson, Washington Post, Top U.S. Attorney Defends Guantanamo Camp
June 18, 2005, Guantanamo:
- Editorial, New York Times, Who We Are
- Editorial, Washington Post, Congress Awakens to Guantanamo
- Pavel Litinov, Washington Post Op-Ed, No American 'Gulag'
June 17, 2005, Editorial, New York Times, A Wake-Up Vote in the House
June 17, 2005, Nina Bernstein, New York Times, Questions, Bitterness and Exile for Queens Girl in Terror Case
June 17, 2005, Jerry Markon, Washington Post, Burned Korans Found at Va. Islamic Center
June 17, 2005, Dan Balz, Washington Post, Durbin Defends Guantanamo Comments
June 17, 2005, J. Alexander Thier, Yale Global Online, Fallout from the War on Terror – Part II:A pattern of human rights violations and prisoner abuse risks hurting US credibility in the Muslim world; see also, June 14, 2005, Fallout from the War on Terror - Part I (below)
June 17, 2005, Josh White, Washington Post, Medics Are Ordered to Report Abuse
June 17, 2005, Reuters/New Zealand Herald, Halliburton to build new $30 million Guantanamo jail
June 17, 2005, Tonia Moxley, Roanoke Times, FBI has yet to open Quran inquiry: The books' burning would have to be ruled a hate crime for FBI involvement.
June 17, 2005, Letta Tayler, New York City Newsday, Inside a Gitmo review: A Saudi detainee faces military panel, without seeing a lawyer or evidence, that decides his fate
June 17, 2005, Bill Press, World Net Daily, Stop the bleeding: Shut down Guantanamo Bay
June 17, 2005, David Welna, National Public Radio, Senate Debates Treatment of Detainees
June 17, 2005, Editorial, Yahoo News, It's the policies - not just the place - that matters; see also the administrations point of view, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Yahoo News, Policies already transparent
June 17, 2005, Michael Holden, Reuters, West must understand new terrorism threat -G8
June 17, 2005, Editorials on renewal of the Patriot Act:
- The Daytona Beach News Journal Online, Patriot acts: Cosmetics aside, civil liberties still under assault
- Poughkeepsie Journal, Patriot Act needs to empower judges
- Brattleboro Reformer, A Second Chance to Fix Patriot Act
June 17, 2005, Andrew LaMar, Contra Costa Times, Lodi man and father indicted; FBI criticized
June 17, 2005, Daniel Treiman, Forward Newpaper, Moderate Muslims Seek Foothold in U.S.
June 17, 2005, Ashcroft campaigns for renewal of the Patriot Act:
- Jo Mannies, St. Louis Today, Renew Patriot Act, Ashcroft urges here
- Ed Tibbetts, Quad-City Times, Ashcroft touts Patriot Act in Q-C
June 17, 2005, Editorial, Rutland Herald, Protecting our rights
June 17, 2005, Donald Spradlin, Herald Tribune, Patriot Act is getting another look
June 17, 2005, San Fransico Chronicle, Follow-up: Patriot Act Battle Not Over Yet
June 17, 2005, Michael J. Sniffen, Los Angeles Times, Ex-Government Execs Pitch Patriot Act Deal
June 17, 2005, Mark Son, Daily Texan, Transparency keeps Patriot Act in check
June 17, 2005, Lansing State Journal, Patriot Act: House vote registers unease with feds spying on libraries
June 16, 2005, Steve Mitchell, Monsters and Critics: Science News, Bioterror pursuit ensnares scientists
June 16, 2005, Stan Moore, Media Monitor, YOU can easily be made to confess to being a terrorist
June 16, 2005, Jamie Baranyai, Rolla Daily News, Patriot Act will make it harder to get a driver's license
June 16, 2005, Eric Lipton, New York Times, More Privacy Questions for Air Safety Agency
June 16, 2005, John Riley, Letta Tayler and Tom Brune, NewsDay/The Seattle Times, While legal battle plays out, Guantánamo detainees wait
June 16, 2005, Editorial, The Patriot-News, Guantanamo's stain
June 16, 2005, Guantanamo Prison Debates continue with a focus on detainee rules:
- Matthew DeLaplante, Salt Lake Tribune, Positive image of prison camp hard to defend: Uphill battle: The Utah-based Guard image makers defend policy, question the claims of mistreatment
- Liz Sidoti, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Specter urges Congress to define Guantanamo rights
- Bernard Schoenberg, SJ-R.com, Durbin speech riles GOP: Compares Americans to Nazis in address on prisoner abuse
- Jackie Northam, National Public Radio, Congress Debates Rules for Detainees
- Tom Brune, Newsday.com, Battle of Guantanamo: A Senate hearing over legal procedures at the prison elicits passionate opinions along party lines
- Charles Babington, Washington Post, Critics of Guantanamo Urge Hill to Intervene
- Reuters/New York Times, Pentagon Says Guantanamo Critics Show 'Ignorance'
June 16, 2005, Christopher Cooper, Wall Street Journal, Republican Strains Emerge Over Iraq:Some Senators Question War And Guantanamo Policies, But Bush Is Unlikely to Change Plans
June 16, 2005, Fred Hiatt, The Sun News, It's fair to hold U.S. to own high ideals
June 16, 2005, United Press International/Fox 23 News, Pentagon Officials Warned of Gitmo in 2003
June 16, 2005, Muslims Weekly, Americans' Interest in Qur'an Increases After Abuse Scandal
June 16, 2005, David Johnston & Neil A. Lewis, New York Times/Herald Tribune, Lawyer Says Military Tried to Coerce Detainee's Plea
June 16, 2005, Carl Hiaasen, Miami Herald/Osceola News Gazette, In Gitmo, diet rich in carbs, lean on human rights
June 16, 2005, Matt Milner, The Ottumwa Courier, Time for Gitmo to go
June 16, 2005, Arsalan Iftikhar, Tom Paine.com, Patriots Against USA PATRIOT
June 16, 2005, Nancy Ryan, Cambridge Chronicle, Ryan: Honor freedom by restoring checks and balances
June 16, 2005, Susan Goering, Baltimore Sun, Roll back the infringement on civil liberties
June 16, 2005, Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, Terrorism can stop at the checkbook: Muslims must step up safeguards, U.S. official says
June 16, 2005, Alan D. Johnson, KeepMEcurrent.com, USA PATRIOT Act attacked
June 16, 2005, Brian Lockhart, The Advocate, Council raises voice against Patriot Act
June 16, 2005, Sanders' Freedom to Read Amendment passes in the House:
- Andrew Taylor, Associated Press/Chicago Tribune, House OKs limit on Patriot Act rules
- Tom Regan, Christian Science Monitor, House votes to repeal part of USA Patriot Act:Vote may signal that Bush campaign to renew and extend Act isn't winning over Congress.
- Associated Press/Washington Post, The Seattle Times, House blocks Patriot Act provision on reading habits
- Andrew Taylor, Associated Press/Free New Mexican, Privacy advocates praise vote to limit Patriot Act access to library records
- Mike Allen, Washington Post, House Votes To Curb Patriot Act: FBI's Power to Seize Library Records Would Be Halted
- Working for Change, BuzzFlash
interview: Bernie Sanders: Independent Congressman is odds on favorite
to succeed independent Jim Jeffords in the Senate in 2006
June 16, 2005, Tom Raum, Associated Press/Newsday, Terror Suspects' Detention Poses Problems
June 15, 2005, Alicia Zadrozny, The Montclair Times, Rabbis make case against torture
June 15, 2005, Christine Stanley, Fort Worth Weekly, Battling for the Bill: Young activists hope to add Fort Worth as a “safe zone” for constitutional freedoms.
June 15, 2005, Nicholas Collias, BoiseWeekly, Republicans: Please Protect us From our Leader
June 15, 2005, The Friday Thing, Appropriate tools: Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
June 15, 2005, Liz Lenton, MediaChannel.org, Talking at the Times
June 15, 2005, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU Applauds House Stance Against Intrusive Patriot Act Power; Bipartisan Majority Adopts "Freedom to Read" Amendment
June 15, 2005, Andrew Taylor, Associated Press, House votes to limit Patriot Act rules
June 15, 2005, Opinion, The Patriot Ledger, OUR VIEW: The case against Guantanamo
June 15, 2005, Angus Reid Consultants, Americans Aware of Guantanamo Bay Controversy
June 15, 2005, Max Boot, Star-Telegram/Los Angeles Times, At Guantanamo Bay:Scripture abuse? Yes
June 15, 2005, John Riley, Letta Tayler, Craig Gordon and Tom Brune, Sun-Sentinel/Newsday, Inmates still wait for day in court: Delays stymie court's ruling on Guantanamo.
June 15, 2005, Editorial, Herald Net, Set an example: Close prison at Guantanamo
June 15, 2005, Debates over closing Guantanamo prison continues:
- Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Rumsfeld defends $90 million spent on Guantánamo
- PBS, GUANTANAMO BAY HEARINGS
- Stephen J. Hedges, Chicago Tribune, Rumsfeld
rejects calls to close Guantanamo:
Says interrogations have blunted attacks - Michael Collins, Washington Bureau/The Cincinnati Post, Chabot defends Gitmo facility
- Mark Mazzetti, Los Angeles Times, Bush Team Debates Guantanamo's Fate: Some think the prison for suspected terrorists is hurting America's image and should be shut. But others say no good alternative exists.
- Tom Curry, MSNBC News, Senate
panel examines Guantanamo policy
Specter holds Judiciary Committee hearing on detainees - Associated Press/CNN News, Military: Guantanamo detainees treated well: Senate panel opens hearings on controversial Gitmo prison
June 15, 2005, Marie Louise Moller, Reuters, Guantanamo jailed gone back to 'battlefield'- U.S.
June 15, 2005, Pastor Chuck Baldwin, NewsWithViews.com, Patriot Act is Dismantling Constitutional Guaranteed Liberties
June 15, 2005, Amy Herdy, Denver Post, "Spy files" plaintiffs, ACLU file new suit
June 15, 2005, Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith, Free Speech Network, How the World Can Help Americans Halt Bush Administration War Crimes
June 15, 2005, Doug Thompson, Capitol Hill Blue, Pananoia, Politics and Small Minds
June 15, 2005, Robert Koch, The Hour Online, Patriot Act sound-off
June 15, 2005, Spencer Ackerman, The New Republic Online, Loosening Ooversight of the FBI: Patriot Games
June 15, 2005, Alex Gordon, Miami Today, Forum on Patriot Act slated for Saturday
June 15, 2005, Danielle George, All Headline News, Bill To Protect Americans Limits Patriot Act, May Face Veto By Bush
June 15, 2005, News Hounds, The Patriot Act Is Unpatriotic
June 15, 2005, RAW Story, Democrat introduces fast-track resolution to rebuke GOP chairman over Patriot Act hearing
June 14, 2005, Ken Gude, Center for American Progress, After Guantanamo: The Way Forward
June 14, 2005, Mark Sidel, Yale Global Online, Fallout from the War on Terror – Part I:Antiterrorism policy has taken its toll on foreign enrollment in US universities
June 14, 2005, Anna Weinberg, The Book Standard, Our Books, Our Business? Sanders Takes on the USA PATRIOT Act
June 14, 2005, Debate over renewal of the Patriot Act continues:
- Suzanne Presto, Voice of America News, Debate Intensifies Over Renewal of Patriot Act
- Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, Renewal of Patriot Act urged: But lawmaker opposes new subpoena powers
- Joel Wendland, Political Affairs Magazine, PATRIOT Act: Undermines Rights, Abuse Likely
June 14, 2005, Editorials on the Patriot Act:
- The Morning Call, Perhaps USA Patriot Act is needed, but new FBI subpoena power goes too far
- East Valley Tribune, Terror fight need not suffer if flawed portions allowed to expire
- Joyce E. Downey, PHXnews.com, Who is Watching?
- Valley Morning Star, The Patriot Act and false choices
June 14, 2005, Hiroko Sato, Foster's Online, As Dover man sits in jail, family seeks explanations on immigration status
June 14, 2005, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Transportation Agency's Plan to X-Ray Travelers Should Be Stripped of Funding
June 14, 2005, Yahoo News, Lodi Muslims Allege 'Harassment' By FBI: CAIR Hosts 'Know Your Rights' Workshops in Response to Complaints
June 14, 2005, News Staff, Government Technology, TSA Initiates Third Phase of Hazmat Threat Assessment Program for Truck Drivers
June 14, 2005, Dan Isaacs, BBC News, US Suspects 'Face Torture Overseas'
June 14, 2005, Associated Press/Washington Post, Court Won't Review U.S. Citizen's Detention: Padilla's Case Is Pending in Appeals Court
June 14, 2005, Liz Sidoti, The New Albany Tribune, Few in GOP Considering Guantanamo Closure
June 14, 2005, Amir Shah, Marine Corps Times, Afghan clerics demand apology for alleged Quran abuse
June 14, 2005, Editorial, The Roanoke Times, Missed security opportunities: Failures on 9/11 should inform revisions of the Patriot Act that also protect civil liberties.
June 14, 2005, Bud Stevenson, Daily Republic, Is racial profiling justified?
June 14, 2005, Paul Shukovsky, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle FBI gets advice on Muslims: It's all an attempt to dispel myths
June 14, 2005, James G. Lakely, Washington Post, Conservatives, liberals align against Patriot Act
June 14, 2005, Editorial, The Morning Call, Perhaps USA Patriot Act is needed, but new FBI subpoena power goes too far
June 14, 2005, Deanna Smith, The Swift Report, FBI Wiretap Finds Widespread Support for Patriot Act [satire]
June 14, 2005, Jim Vandehei & Josh White, Washington Post, Guantanamo Bay to Stay Open, Cheney Says: Vice President Defends Treatment of Prisoners at Facility for Alleged Terrorists
June 13, 2005, Jim Rice, AlterNet, After Guantanamo
June 13, 2005, Associated Press/New York Times, Court: Prison Assignment May Be Challenged
June 13, 2005, TheRush Limbaugh Show, Fighting Al-Qaeda and Domestic Opposition Is Maddening
June 13, 2005, Dan Browning, Star Tribune, Truckers face tighter security
June 13, 2005, Chuck Baldwin, Renew America, Patriot Act is helping dismantle constitutional liberties
June 13, 2005, Ted Koppel, New York Times, Take My Privacy, Please!
June 13, 2005, Fred Hiatt, Washington Post, The Right Conversation for America
June 13, 2005, Neil A. Lewis, New York Times, Some Held at Guantánamo Are Minors, Lawyers Say
June 13, 2005, Abuse of Guantanamo Detainees:
- Rupert Cornwell, The Independent, Guantanamo guards tortured prisoner with music
- Deccan Herald, Rumsfeld approved use of coercive methods at Guantanamo
- Alec Russell, News.Telegraph, Guantanamo captive treated like dog
June 13, 2005, Debate over closing Guantanamo Prisons:
- Paul Richter, Los Angeles Times, Support for Guantanamo Eroding in Bush's Circle: Some think preserving the prison for suspected terrorists isn't worth the bad public relations over reports of abuse, a GOP lawmaker says
- Gina Holland, Seattle Post, High court rejects enemy combatant appeal
- Brad Kurtzberg, Elite TV, Cheney: No Plans to Close Gitmo
- The Washington Post/Seattle Times, Pressure to close Guantánamo grows
- Tom Raum, Washington Post, Administration Defensive on Prison Abuse
June 13, 2005, Patricia Goldsmith, Dissident Voice, USA Patriot Act: The Broad Brush Debate
June 13, 2005, Mary Beth Sheridan, The Boston Globe/Washington Post, Immigration law used in antiterror fight: US sees easy route to detain suspects
June 13, 2005, Dan Eggen & Julie Tate, Fort Wayne, Few convictions for terrorism:Most are for minor crimes, analysis of 400 cases finds
June 13, 2005, Joel Wendland, Political Affairs Magazine, Bush Misleads Public on PATRIOT Act
June 13, 2005, Betsy Pisik, The Washington Times, International conferees split on terrorism response
June 13, 2005, Alan Caruba, Canada Free Press, Can Patriots Survive the Patriot Act?
June 13, 2005, Jon Craig, Enquirer Columbus Bureau, Ohio
bill adds terror-fighting tools:
Getting IDs would be tougher under state Patriot Act
June 13, 2005, Editorials on the renewal of the Patriot Act:
- Maine Today, Approach renewal of Patriot Act thoughtfully
- Washinton Post, Patriot Second Act
- John W. Whitehead, The Rutherford Institute, How Liberty Dies: The Patriot Reauthorization Act
June 12, 2005, David Sarasohn, The Oregonian, Right of privacy still one for the books
June 12, 2005, Tom Hamburger, Los Angeles Times, Patriot Act Push Angers Some on Right
June 12, 2005, Abdulrahman Fakhri, Gulf Daily News, Icy torture ordeal for terror suspect
June 12, 2005, Editorial, Philadelphia Inquirer, Abuse of Detainees
June 12, 2005, Nancy H. Gonter, The Republican, Rosenbergs' son getting word out
June 12, 2005, Steve Riesenmy, Herald Tribune, Should Patriot Act provisions be expanded?
June 12, 2005, Howard Rukeyser, Miami Herald, Patriot Act leaves us vulnerable
June 12, 2005, Mike Pheneger, Tallahassee Democrat, It's time to fix the Patriot Act
June 12, 2005, Dan Eggen and Julie Tate, Washington Post, U.S. Campaign Produces Few Convictions on Terrorism Charges; Statistics Often Count Lesser Crimes
June 12, 2005, Jerry Markon, Washington Post:
June 12, 2005, Brendan Farrington, Associated Press, GOP sen. suggests closing Guantanamo camp
June 12, 2005, Munir Ahmed, Associated Press, Pakistan denies terrorist camps exist after arrests in California
June 12, 2005, Joseph Lelyveld, New York Times Magazine, Interrogating Ourselves
June 12, 2005, Editorial, Washington Post, Beyond Guantanamo
June 12, 2005, Chip Pitts, truthout, Democracy in Action?
Juen 12, 2005, Reuters, CIA and FBI agree to intelligence roles, officials say
June 11, 2005, Editorial, People's Weekly World, Editorial: Restoring real safety and security
June 11, 2005, House Judiciary Chair Sensenbrenner abruptly shuts down Patriot Act hearing:
- Watch via C-Span online
- Mike Allen, Washington Post, Panel Chairman Leaves Hearing: Sensenbrenner Ends Patriot Act Meeting as Democrats Plug On
- David D. Kirkpatrick, New York Times, Hearing on Patriot Act Ends in an Angry Uproar
- Jim Abrams, Associated Press, GOP chairman walks off, bringing Patriot Act hearing to an abrupt end
- Josephine Hearn & Jonathan Kaplan, The Hill, Tempers Flare in Judiciary Committee Dust-up
June 10, 2005, Michael Powell, Washington Post, New Tack Against Illegal Immigrants: Trespassing Charges
June 10, 2005, Editors Report, Indian Country Today, Torture, criminal execution of prisoners is a black eye for America
June 10, 2005, M. A. Muqtedar Kahn, Coastal Post Online, Quran Desecration: Far Worse than Abu Ghraib
June 10, 2005, H.D.S. Greenway, Boston Globe, Protesting too much on 'gulag'
June 10, 2005, Editorial, Toledo Blade, Close Guantanamo now
June 10, 2005, Rumsfeld on Guantanamo Detainees:
- Matt Kelley, The Plain Dealer/Associated Press, Rumsfeld supports transfer of detainees
- Associated Press/New York Times, Rumsfeld
Makes Rare Message Modifications
June 10, 2005, NewsWire Service/American Chronicle, Democrats Call for Hearing on Guantanamo Abuse
June 10, 2005, Adam Dolge, Sea Coast Online, Selectmen passive on Bill of Rights request
June 10, 2005, Rick Boucher, Roanoke Times, The Patriot Act was a rush job that abused the legislative process
June 10, 2005, Josh Richman, Daily Review, ACLU chief blasts PATRIOT Act: Civil rights group concerned about plans to expand anti-terror law
June 10, 2005, OfficialWire News Desk, CAIR Calls For Changes in Patriot Act: Two provisions in particular raise major civil liberties concerns
June 10, 2005, Washington Times, Affidavits differ in terror case
June 10, 2005, The Expansion of a Terror Probe in California:
- Linda Goldston & Lisa Fernandez, Mercury News, FBI expanding terror probe tied to Lodi father, son
- Don Thompson, Washington Post, Terror Probe in Calif. Town Isn't Over Yet
June 10, 2005, Jon Craig, Enquirer Columbus Bureau, Patriot
Act 'closed dangerous gaps'
But critics say freedoms put at risk
June 10, 2005, President Bush's latest efforts to keep the Patriot Act:
- Jennifer Loven, The Boston Globe, President urges Congress to make Patriot Act permanent: Says law closed gaps in law enforcement, made the US safer
- Edward Epstein, Chronicle Washington Bureau/San Francisco Chronicle, Bush pushes Congress to renew Patriot Act: 16 provisions of the law are set to expire at end of year
- Capitol Hill Blue, Civil Liberties Be Damned: Dubya Wants a Permanent Patriot Act
June 10, 2005, Thom Shanker, Herald Tribune, Guantánamo stays open, Rumsfeld says
June 9, 2005, Reuters/Common Dreams, Illegal Detentions in Iraq by US Pose Great Challenge: Annan
June 9, 2005, The Rush Limbaugh Show, Tough Debate Over the Patriot Act
June 9, 2005, Washington Times, U.S. Muslims called to Patriot Act hearing
June 9, 2005, Doug Struck, The Washington Post, In
Canada, outcast family finds support
U.S. detention of teen draws concern
June 9, 2005, Editorial, Port Huron Times Herald, Bush is at a loss to defend Guantanamo
June 9, 2005, Eric Mink, St. Louis-Post Dispatch/KRT Wire, Bush talks a lot about spreading democracy, but he's not practicing what he preaches overseas
June 9, 2005, Chris Outcalt, Portsmouth Herald, Lawyer fights for Guantanamo Bay prisoner
June 9, 2005, Jerry Burke, Herald Community, Notes from the Undertow: Deeper than most
June 9, 2005, Jennifer Loven, Associated Press, U.S. is considering shutting down Guantanamo prison, Bush says: But Rumsfeld says he knows of no plans to close camp
June 9, 2005, Lisa Sorg, San Antonio Current, Unwelcome guests: SA journalist gets a visit from the feds
June 9, 2005, Democracy Now!, Patriot Act Two Passed by Senate Intelligence Committee
June 9, 2005, Darren Freeman, The Virginian-Pilot, Former CIA contractor held without bail for trial
June 9, 2005, WHIO TV, President Bush Appears In Ohio To Defend Patriot Act
June 9, 2005, Editorials on the Patriot Act:
- Lufkin Daily News, EDITORIAL: Patriot Act
-
Carol Rose and Nancy Murray, Boston
Herald, It's
patriotic to question Patriot Act
June 9, 2005, Nedra Pickler, Associated Press/Miami Herald, Bush urges Congress to renew Patriot Act
June 9, 2005, CBS News, Terror Arrests Shake Calif. Town
June 8, 2005, WCAX News, Sanders Criticizes Patriot Act Revisions
June 8, 2005, Paisley Dodds, Associated Press/Houston Chronicle, Transcripts trace teens' journeys to Guantanamo: Afghan youths tell of being forced to join Taliban and allege abuse by U.S. prison guards
June 8, 2005, Reuters/New York Times, U.S. - Led Forces in Iraq Hold 6, 000 Prisoners - UN
June 8, 2005, American Civil Liberties Union, House Judiciary Committee Holds Final Patriot Act Oversight Hearing; ACLU Prepares to Increase Pressure on Lawmakers for Reform
June 8, 2005, Eric Lipton, New York Times, Senate Panel Votes to Widen Antiterror Law
June 8, 2005, Stephen Labaton, New York Times, Rejected Radio Spot Raises Eyebrows
June 8, 2005, Associated Press/New York Times, Carter Says U.S. Should Close Detention Center at Guantánamo
June 8, 2005, Lynchburg News & Advance, U.S. soldiers abused the Quran, after all
June 8, 2005, ABC News, Cleared Guantanamo detainees still in jail
June 8, 2005, Ralph Blumenthal, New York Times, Chinese Boy Asks for Stay of Deportation, Citing Fear
June 8, 2005, Nikki Kallio, Maine Today, Focus on action, not words in ending human rights violations
June 8, 2005, Jason S. Miller, Democratic Underground, Waging Peace for Humanity
June 8, 2005, William Fisher, Scoop, More Terrorists?
June 8, 2005, Sami Al-Arian Trial
- Pedro Ruz Gutierrez, Orlando Sentinel, Defense: Al-Arian associates have no terror-group links: Lawyers say the 3 are being targeted by the government for associating with other Muslims.
- John Mintz, The Washington Post, Co-Defendants in Fla. Deny Ties to Conspiracy
June 8, 2005, Editorials on the expansion of the Patriot Act:
- The Boston Globe, Pruning the Patriot Act
- The News-Press, Open the door on debate
- Pat Murphy, Idaho Mountain Express, Legalizing Nixon's criminal ways
June 8, 2005, Two Men Arrested in CA:
- Denny Walsh & Sam Stanton, The Modesto Bee, FBI links Lodi men to al-Qaida: Feds: Son was trained in Pakistan to kill Americans, dad funded camp
- Associated Press/The Washington Post, Feds
Charge Father, Son With al-Qaida Link
June 7, 2005, Adam Tanner, Reuters, U.S. may deport Croatian 36 years on for 'terror'
June 7, 2005, Laurie Kellman, Associated Press, Senate Intelligence Committee Supports Bill to Give FBI More Patriot Act Power
June 7, 2005, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU Disappointed with Patriot Act Expansion Bill Approved in Secret; Says "Administrative Subpoenas" Create End-Run Round Constitution
June 7, 2005, Ann Walker, Yuman Sun, Guantanamo is hurting, not helping
June 7, 2005, Dan Eggen, The Oregonian, 9/11
panel faults lack of FBI progress
One former commissioner is "taken aback" by
the agency's failures, from faults in its computer system
to training
June 7, 2005, Gustavo Gonzalez, Inter Press Service, 'War on Terror' Has Latin American Indigenous People in Its Sights
June 7, 2005, Floyd Abrams, Bob Barr, & Thomas Pickering, The Washington Post, Justice Before Politics: An outside, bipartisan panel should investigate allegations of abuse of terrorist suspects
June 7, 2005, Associated Press/The New York Times, U.S.: No Outrage Over Quran Mishandling
June 7, 2005, Tom Barnes, Post-Gazette Harrisburg Bureau, Bill would toughen penalties on eco-terror
June 7, 2005, Editorial, News Journal, Guantanamo's blight: Prison disgraces America and its defenders
June 7, 2005, Noelle Frampton, The Hour, Opposing the PATRIOT Act
June 7, 2005, The Day, 9/11 Commission II: Somebody has to attend to the unfinished work from the war on terrorism
June 7, 2005, Peter S. Canellos, The Boston Globe, Felt's revelation fuels debate over FBI, CIA: Degree of control over agencies calls for delicate balancing
June 7, 2005, Rory O'Connor, AlterNet, The First Amendment President?
June 7, 2005, Eric Lichtblau, The New York Times, Ex-Professor Is Called Terrorist Leader
June 7, 2005, Editorials on Guantanamo Prison Abuse:
- Newsday, The realities of prison abuse: Questions that Bush can’t ignore
- Times Argus, Gulags and Gitmo
June 7, 2005, David Usborne, The Independent UK, Terrorists 'Using Guantanamo as a Recruitment Aid'
June 7, 2005, Jim Lobe, Inter Press Service, Right's Hostility to NGOs Glimpsed in Amnesty Flap
June 6, 2005, Editorial, New York Times, Shut down Guantánamo
June 6, 2005, Tom Regan, Christian Science Monitor, 'Secret' Senate meeting on Patriot Act: Critics say expanded act would let police go on 'fishing expeditions,' but FBI disagrees
June 6, 2005, Editorial, New York Times, Barred From the Long Haul
June 6, 2005, CNN, Rights group leader says U.S. has secret jails
June 6, 2005, Nat Hentoff, Washington Times, Boundless fury at the judiciary
June 6, 2005, Editorial, Florida Today, Patriot Act fears: New proposals would add unchecked police power and further erode civil liberties
June 6, 2005, Sami Al-Arian Trial:
- Josh Gerstein, The New York Sun, Shock and Awe Are Forecast in Terror Case
- Pedro Ruz Gutierrez, Sun-Sentinel, Al-Arian trial begins in shadow of 9-11: The case embodies the clash of new terror-fighting tools with civil liberties
June 6, 2005, Geoff Elliot, Herald Sun, Pentagon forced to admit Koran abuse
June 5, 2005, Tim Harper, Toronto Star, Today's Deep Throats
June 5, 2005, Guantánamo Bay:
-
Jesse Holland, Associated Press, Sen.
Specter eyes detainees' rights;
Will hold hearings on the treatment of terror suspects - New York Times Editorial, Guantánamo Bay: Unamerican by Any Name
- Deb Reichmann, Associated Press, White House defensive after new reports of Quran desecration at Guantánamo
- Robert Burns, Sunday Herald, Military report confirms Koran mishandled at Guantanamo Bay
June 5, 2005, Sami Al-Arian:
- Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, From Advocacy to Terrorism, a Line Blurs
- John Mintz, Washington Post, Trial
to Reveal Reach Of U.S. Surveillance:
Wiretaps to Be Used Against 4 Terrorism Suspects
June 5, 2005, Charles Savage, Boston Globe, Panel to weigh beefed-up Patriot Act; Move would broaden FBI wiretap powers
June 5, 2005, Mark Zaretsky, New Haven (CT) Register, Couple sues bank, alleging ethnic discrimination
June 5, 2005, Rick Montgomery, Kansas City Star, Secret students major in spying
June 5, 2005, David S. Broder, Washington Post Columnist, Whistleblowers as Antidote to Secrecy
June 4, 2005, Deborah G. Roher, The Standard Times, U.S. attorney's defense of Patriot Act is misleading
June 4, 2005, Christy Karras, Salt Lake Tribune, Book fans want the mystery out of Patriot Act
June 4, 2005, Alan Wirzbicki, Boston Globe, More Abu Ghraib Photos Ordered
June 4, 2005, Associated Press, U.S. Confirms Gitmo Soldier Kicked Quran
June 4, 2005, Victor Comras, Washington Post Op-Ed, Following Terrorists' Money
June 3, 2005, Arar receives apology from Canada:
- Kathleen Harris, Ottawa Sun, Minister offers regrets to Arar
- Jim Brown, Canadian Press, Graham offers regrets to Arar
June 3, 2005, Richard A. Serrano, Los Angeles Times, Army connects dog handlers to Abu Ghraib abuse
June 3, 2005, Tal Abbady, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Arrests may signal shift in tactics, analysts say
June 3, 2005, Marilou Johanek, Toledo Blade, Freedom's march slows a monument at a time
June 3, 2005, Editorial, San Francisco Chronicle, Open door on Patriot Act
June 3, 2005, Larry Neumeister, Chicago Tribune, Judge: Release Abu Ghraib Videos, Photos
June 3, 2005, Larry Neumeister, Newsday, Civil rights groups praise appeal ruling on release of secret immigration document
June 3, 2005, Amy Goodman, AlterNet, Debating Guantánamo
June 3, 2005, Editorial, Miami Herald, The real message in the Amnesty report
June 2, 2005, Bryan Joiner, South Queens, Wackenhut Detention Center Will Close At End Of June
June 2, 2005, USA Today, A threat to privacy; see also Give FBI all legal tools by Pat Roberts for the other side of this debate
June 2, 2005, Larry Abramson, National Public Radio, Washington Library Tested by Patriot Act
June 2, 2005, Associated Press/The New York Times, Amnesty Chief Seeks Guantánamo Inspection
June 2, 2005, Patricia Goldsmith, Democratic Underground, Torture: Knowing/Not Knowing
June 2, 2005, Robert Burns, Gainesville, Rumsfeld defends military's treatment of terror suspects
June 2, 2005, Editorial, The Baltimore Sun, Don't Debate Patriot Act In Secret
June 2, 2005, Katherine M. Skiba, Kansas City Star/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Congress considers bills to shine light on information
June 2, 2005, The NewStandard, Amnesty International Fires Back at Bush Admin
June 2, 2005, Vermont Guardian, Government seeks more access to consumer data
June 2, 2005, Gary T. Pakulski, Toledo Blade, Wads of cash put Toledoans afoul of law
June 1, 2005, The Democratic Party of Wisconsin, Feingold Campaign: Calls on "Netroots" to Help Reform Patriot Act
June 1, 2005, Democracy Now!, Guantánamo Bay: A "Gulag Of Our Times" or a "Model Facility"? A Debate on the U.S. Prison & Amnesty International
June 1, 2005, Dave Lindorff, AlterNet, Patriot Act II?
June 1, 2005, Lawrence M. O'Rourke, McClatchy Newspaper, FBI's bid to expand powers worries civil libertarians
June 1, 2005, Editorials on the Patriot Act:
- Ludy Ongkeko, Philippine News, Patriot Act: Another look
- Anita Ramasastry, CNN, Patriot Act must be reined in
- Daily Bulletin, Liberty demands modifications to Patriot Act
June 1, 2005, Editorial, New York Times, Patriot Act Redux, and in the Dark
June 1, 2005, Yousuf Azimy, ABC News, U.S. forces release 53 Afghan prisoners
June 1, 2005, Michelle Faul, Associated Press/Philadelphia Inquirer, Guantánamo inmates say they were sold to U.S.
June 1, 2005, Two Men accused of al-Qaeda activity:
- Timothy O'Connor & Will David, Journal News, Bail denied for pair accused of plotting to aid al-Qaida
- Andrea Elliott & William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, Anti-Muslim Bias Seen in Charges Against Man Linked to Al Qaeda
- Toni Locy, USA Today, N.Y. man, Fla. man denied bail after arrests in al-Qaeda sting