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May 31, 2004, Ron Paul, Texas Straight Talk, Freedom vs. Security: A False Choice
May 31, 2004, St. Petersburg Times, Editorial, Total Information Awareness II?
May 31, 2004, Ric Anderson, The Kansas City Star, Freed lawyer views imprisonment as fallout of failing to protect minority groups (Brandon Mayfield case)
May 30, 2004, The Daily news/Los Angeles Times, Mayfield struggles to sort out his ordeal
May 29-31, 2004, Elaine Cassel, CounterPunch, Ashcroft, Snoops and Gag Orders: The Secrets of Surveillance
May 29, 2004, Eric Lichtblau, The New York Times, F.B.I. Issues and Retracts Urgent Terrorism Bulletin
May 29, 2004, Jennifer L. Mnookin, The Washington Post, The Achilles' Heel of Fingerprints (Brandon Mayfield case)
May 29, 2004, The New York Times, Editorial, Terrorism Warnings
May 28, 2004, Nat Hentoff, The Village Voice, Patriot Act Besieged: A Justice Department honcho confesses: 'We are losing the fight for the Patriot Act'
May 28, 2004, The Missoulian, Opinion, More collateral damage in war on terror (Brandon Mayfield case)
May 28, 2004, Alan Cooperman and Caryle Murphy, The Washington Post, Muslims in U.S. Begin PR Campaign Denouncing Terrorism
May 28, 2004, Curt Anderson, Associated press/The Boston Globe, Division follows terrorism warning
May 27, 2004, Associated press/The Register-Guard, Animal activists face charges
May 27, 2004, Cynthia L. Webb, The Washington Post, Total Information Dilemma
May 27, 2004, Richard W. Stevenson and Eric Lichtblau, The New York Times, As Ashcroft Warns of Attack, Some Question Threat and Its Timing
May 27, 2004, Brandon Mayfield case:
- Mar Roman, Associated press/Seattle Times, Spanish police: We told the FBI the fingerprints weren't Mayfield's
- The Wichita Eagle, Editorial, OOPS?
- Curt Anderson, The World, Critics: Lawyer's arrest illustrates post-9/11 flaws
- The Washington Post, Editorial, Apology Is Not Enough
May 27, 2004, The News-Sentinel, Witch hunt? Government must explain itself in Yee case
May 27, 2004, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Editorial, Patriot Act: First task is to review it, not renew it
May 27, 2004, Daily News, Editorial, To the terrorists, the U.S. is New York
May 26, 2004, Jeffrey Gold, Infoshop News, FBI Arrest SHAC Activists
May 26, 2004, Brandon Mayfield case:
- The New York Times, Editorial, The F.B.I. Messes Up
- Islam Online, U.S. Muslim Lawyer Urges Probe After FBI Apology
May 26, 2004, Kansas City infoZine, FBI's National Security Letters Threaten Online Speech And Privacy
May 25, 2004, FBI releases Brandon Mayfield:
- Sarah Kershaw and Eric Lichtblau, The New York Times, Spain Had Doubts Before U.S. Held Lawyer in Madrid Blasts
- U.S. Department of Justice, Statement on Brandon Mayfield Case
May 25, 2004, Associated press/Boston Globe, Lawyer denied access to detainee
May 25, 2004, Las Vegas Review-Journal Editorial, Erosion of our privacy: Constitution is supposed to limit government's domestic spying
May 25, 2004, Courtney Kinney, The Cincinnati Post, Governors backing Patriot Act
May 25, 2004, The Advocate, Editorial, Justice not served in secret
May 24, 2004, Brian Whitaker, The Guardian, 'Its Best Use is as a Doorstop' (About The Arab Mind, U.S. military's "textbook" on Arab peoples.)
May 24, 2004, Eric Lichtblau and John Markoff, The New York Times, U.S. Nearing Deal onWay to Track Foreign Visitors
May 24, 2004, Michael Isikoff, Newsweek, Prison Scandal: Brooklyn's Version of Abu Ghraib?
May 23, 2004, The Washington Post, Editorial, Reveal the Rules for Guantanamo
May 22, 2004, Colleen Mastony, The Monterey Herald/Chicago Tribute, Critics say Oregonjailing shows U.S. abuse of law
May 22, 2004, The Washington Post, Editorial, Arresting Witnesses (Improper arrest and release of Brandon Mafield, and gag order)
May 22, 2004, Julian Borger, The Guardian, US general linked to Abu Ghraib abuse
May 21, 2004, On the Media, Justice Department Classifies 9/11 Translator's Testimony Retroactively!
May 21, 2004, Shannon McCaffrey, Knight Ridder, New laws to combat terrorism are workingtheir way through Congress
May 21, 2004, Neil A. Lewis, New York Times, Justice Memos Explained How to Skip Prisoner Rights
May 21, 2004, The Washington Post, Editorial, Guantanamo Detainee Lessons Unlearned
May 21, 2004, United Press International, FBI Director Urges Patriot Act Renewal
May 21, 2004, David Shepardson, The Detroit News, Justice Dept. blocks judge's request,Government won't say if it used Patriot powers in ACLU suit
May 20, 2004, Matthew Rothschild, Common Dreams News Center/The Progressive, Denied Entrance to Bush Event in Dubuque
May 20, 2004, ACLU, THE MATRIX: Total Information Awareness Reloaded, New DocumentsObtained by ACLU Raise Troubling Questions About Matrix Program
May 20, 2004, Associated press/New York Times, AP: Database Measured 'Terrorism Quotient'
May 20, 2004, Tom Carver, The Washington Post, Green-Card Blues for America's Image
May 19, 2004, Jim Loney, Common Dreams News Center/Reuters, Greenpeace Cleared in U.S. Ship-Boarding Case
May 19, 2004, Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, Former Guantánamo chief clashed witharmy interrogators, General's sacking cleared way for Pentagon to rewrite rules
May 17, 2004, William Safire, The New York Times, Security With Liberty
May 17, 2004, Robert Pear, The New York Times, Panel Urges New Protection on Federal 'Data Mining'
May 17, 2004, The New York Times, A Visa Quagmire
May 17, 2004, Ryan Singel, Wired News, Data Scant for Watchlist Usage
May 17, 2004, Nathan J. Heller, The Harvard Crimson Inc., Libraries Juggle Privacy Issues
May 16, 2004, Tom DeWeese, MichNews.com, Let the Patriot Act Die
May 15, 2004, Sara Kehaulani Goo, The Washington Post, EU Agrees to Swap Information On Airline Passengers With U.S.
May 15, 2004, Seymour M. Hersh, The New Yorker, The Gray Zone: How a secret Pentagonprogram came to Abu Ghraib
May 14, 2004, Bill McKibben, truthout, Ashcroft Fishes Out 1872 Law in a Bid to Scuttle Protester Rights
May 14, 2004, Maria Newman, The New York Times, Ashcroft Announces New Plan forSharing Intelligence
May 13, 2004, John Nichols, Common Dreams News Center/The Madison Capital Times, When King George Travels, Liberties Suffer
May 13, 2004, Naomi Havlen, The Aspen Times, Pitco library official lobbies for changes inPatriot Act
May 13, 2004, Don Lattin, The San Francisco Chronicle, Local Muslims respond to horrible images from Baghdad, They say Arabs treated badly both in U.S. and Iraq
May 13, 2004, Kenneth Roth, The Washington Post, Time to Stop 'Stress and Duress'
May 13, 2004, Bob Ray Sanders, The News-Sentinel, Signs of change for worse in culture have been there for years
May 13, 2004, Dan Eggen, The Washington Post, ACLU Was Forced to Revise Release onPatriot Act Suit, Justice Dept. Cited Secrecy Rules
May 12, 2004, Alexander Bolton, The Hill, Presidential push fails to quell GOP fear of Patriot Act
May 12, 2004, Joshua Chaffin, Financial Times, Parents blame US for son's killing
May 11, 2004, Nat Hentoff, The Decatur Daily Democrat, Fixing the Patriot Act
May 11, 2004, Paul Krugman, The New York Times, Just Trust Us
May 10, 2004, James Q. Whitman, The Washington Post, Prisoner
Degradation Abroad -- and at Home
May 9, 2004, Anthony Lewis, Axis of Logic, A
president beyond the law sets a bad example
May 8, 2004, Fox Butterfield, The New York Times, Mistreatment of Prisoners Is Called Routine in U.S.
May 7, 2004, Elaine Cassel, AlterNet, Paintball: The New Threat to NationalSecurity
May 6, 2004, Associated Press, Justice asks Congress to expand terror law
May 6, 2004, Amantha Perera, Inter Press Service News Agency, Bush Push for Patriot ActProvokes Unease
May 5, 2004, Curt Anderson, Associated Press, Government wants expanded 'material support' law for terrorism prosecution
May 5, 2004, The San Francisco Chronicle, Preserve freedom here
May 4, 2004, David King, Taylor (TX) Daily Press, Taylor prison gets federal contract (for immigrant detainees)
May 4, 2004, Walter Pincus, The Washington Post, Intelligence reform will not be quick
May 4, 2004, Leonard Rubenstein, The Washington Post, Stopping the abuse of detainees
May 4, 2004, Tom Hays, Associated Press, Alleging abuse, detainees file lawsuit
May 4, 2004, Charlie Savage, The Boston Globe, Bush team takes hit on secret file
May 3, 2004, Eric Lichtblau, The New York Times, Secret warrant (FISA) requests increased in 2003
May 3. 2004, Associated press/CBS, Report: Muslim Harassment Up
May 3, 2004, Telecomweb, EPIC Urges FCC to Reject DOJ's Call to Expand CALEA (VoIP monitoring)
May 2, 2004, Ann McFeatters and Karen McPherson, Toledo Blade, Terror's tools challenged
May 2, 2004, Jim McBride, Amaraillo Globe-News, War Against Terrorism: Snooping Power
May 2, 2004, Scott Higham, Joe Stephens and Margot Williams, The Washington Post, Policy on Guantanamo Detentions Still Evolving: Many detainees would be released if foreign governments guarantee security
May 1, 2004, Shannon McCaffrey, Knight Ridder, U.S. government's use of secret spy and terrorism surveillance increases
May 1, 2004, Dan Eggen and Susan Schmidt, The Washington Post, Data Show Different Spy Game Since 9/11
May 1, 2004, John Schwartz and Micheline Maynard, The New York Times, FBI Got Records on Air Travelers
May, 2004, PR Newswire, SSA Launches Enhanced Search & Matching Software to Help Enterprises With Anti-Money Laundering Compliance & Risk MANAGEMENT
May 2004, Sara Rimensnyder, Reason Online, The FBI Files, Federally funded art takes on new meaning.
May 2004, Susan Chenelle & Ian Cook, Z Magazine Online, Defending the Defense: An interview with Lynne Stewart