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May 31, 2006, Editorial/The New York Times, Blow the Whistle, Loudly
May 31, 2006, N. Clark & M. Wald, The New York Times, Hurdle for U.S. in Getting Data on Passengers
May 31, 2006, Nina Bernstein, The New York Times, Magistrate Rules That Government Must Reveal Monitoring
May 31, 2006, Dana Milbank, The Washington Post, FBI Raid Hits a Constitutional Nerve
May 31, 2006, Alison Leigh Cohen, The New York Times, Four Librarians Finally Break Silence in Records Case
May 30, 2006, Laurie Kellman, Associated Press, House holds hearing on FBI's Capitol raid
May 30, 2006, David Stout, The New York Times, Justices Set Limits on Public Employees' Speech Rights
May 30, 2006, The Boston Globe, Equal power failure
May 30, 2006, Jurist: Legal News, The State Secrets Privilege and Executive Misconduct
May 30, 2006, Thomas E. Samoluk, The Boston Herald, Legal remedy exists to wiretap dispute
May 29, 2006, Reuters, Hunger Strike Spreads Among Guantanamo Prisoners
May 29, 2006, Andrew Buncombe, The Independent UK, Bush "Planted Fake News Stories on American TV"
May 28, 2006, LA Times, The Agent Who Might Have Saved Hamid Hayat
May 28, 2006, Charlie Savage, The Boston Globe, Cheney
aide is screening legislation:
Adviser seeks to protect Bush power
May 27, 2006, CBS News, White House Wants NSA Lawsuits Nixed
May 26, 2006, Seymour Hersh, New Yorker, LISTENING
IN
May 26, 2006, Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, PRIVATE
JIHAD
How Rita Katz got into the spying business
May 26, 2006, Kari Lydersen, NewStandard, Guantanamo Detainees in Limbo Because of Human Rights Concerns
May 26, 2006, Associated Press, Senate Confirms Hayden as CIA Chief
May 25, 2006, Democracy Now!, US Court Rules Wrongfully-Held Detainee Khaled El-Masri Can't Sue CIA For Kidnapping Him
May 25, 2006, Reuters, Harsher Abu Ghraib Methods Condoned: Witness
May 25, 2006, Associated Press, General Denies Urging Use of Dogs in Iraq
May 25, 2006, William Fisher, Inter Press Service News,
Public
Hearings Sought in Phone Record Scandal
May 25, 2006, Neil A. Lewis, New York Times, Court
in Abuse Case Hears Testimony of General
May 25, 2006, Associated Press, CIA Chief Likely to Be in Place This Week
May 24, 2006, Declan McCullagh, News.com, Protesters Face off With Verizon, AT&T
May 24, 2006, Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown, Inside Donnie Rumsfeld's Orwellian Pentagon
May 24, 2006, Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts, The Colonel's Latest Posting? Off Base.
May 24, 2006, The Olympian, Portland Mayor Says FBI Tried to Recruit Informant at City Hall
May 24, 2006, Peter Grier, Christian Science Monitor, NSA-Compliant Phone Companies Brace for Massive Lawsuits
May 24, 2006, ABC News, Guantanamo's Innocents: Newly Released Prisoners Struggle to Find a Home
May 24, 2006, Matthew B. Stannard and Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, Documents Describe Technology Allegedly Used in Surveillance by AT&T
May 24, 2006, Editorial/New York Times, A Sudden Taste for the Law
May 24, 2006, Ray McGovern, truthout, Eavesdropping, Gagging, and the Constitution
May 24, 2006, Associated Press, Senate Panel Backs Hayden CIA Confirmation
May 24, 2006, Associated Press, ACLU Seeks Probe of Phone Companies
May 23, 2006, Dow Jones/Associated Press, SEC Says Broker Violated Patriot Act
May 23, 2006, NewStandard, Verizon Refuses to Come Clean About Wiretapping
May 23, 2006, Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, Champion of Cyberspace Faces its Biggest Case Yet
May 23, 2006, Sanjay Suri, Inter Press Service, War Provoking Terror, Amnesty Says
May 23, 2006, Arshad Mohammed, Washington Post, Web Site Says Papers May Be From Lawsuit Filed Against AT&T
May 23, 2006, Bloomberg, Guantanamo, Target of World Criticism, Seems Set for Long Life
May 23, 2006, Editorial/Denver Post, Guantanamo Prison Has Served Its Time
May 23, 2006, Editorial/Salt Lake Tribune, Torture Charges: US Should Close Guantanamo Bay Camp
May 23, 2006, Scotsman, MPs Plan Visit to Prisoners in Guantanamo
May 23, 2006, Reuters, Doublespeak Undermines War on Terrorism: Amnesty
May 23, 2006, Associated Press, Abuse Trial Opens for 2nd Army Dog Handler
May 22, 2006, Evan Hansen, Wired, Why We Published the AT&T Docs
May 22, 2006, CNN, Gitmo Comes Under Fire
May 22, 2006, Sarah Morris, BBC News, Abu Ghraib Dog Handler in Court
May 22, 2006, Adam Liptak, New York Times, Gonzales Says Prosecutions of Journalists Are Possible
May 22, 2006, Democracy Now!, Ex-Guantanamo Chaplain James Yee on Faith and Patriotism Under Fire
May 22, 2006, Democracy Now!, UN Panel Calls for Bush Administration to Close Guantanamo Bay Military Prison
May 22, 2006, John Markoff, New York Times, Voice Encryption May Draw US Scrutiny
May 22, 2006, Editorial/Los Angeles Times, Gitmo, Get Gone
May 21, 2006, Tom Blanton, Los Angeles Times, The Lie Behind the Secrets
May 21, 2006, Severin Carrell, The Independent, Breaking point: Inside Story of the Guantanamo Uprising
May 21, 2006, Robyn Blummer, Sacramento Bee, Bush's abuse of power shows the genius of the system he's destroying
May 21, 2006, Associated Press, Rice: US Faces Dilemma Over Guantanamo
May 21, 2006, Reuters, Kuwait Court Acquits Ex-Guantanamo Detainees
May 20, 2006, Ray McGovern, TruthOut, Should Gen. Hayden Be Confirmed or Court-Martialed?
May 20, 2006, Josh White and Julie Tate, Washington Post, 4 Men Cleared of Terrorism Links but Still Detained
May 19, 2006, Siobhan Gorman, Baltimore Sun, NSA Killed System That Sifted Phone Data Legally
May 19, 2006, Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Nominee Says NSA Stayed Within Law on Wiretaps
May 19, 2006, Dafna Linzer and Charles Babington, Washington Post, Hayden Urges CIA Critics to Refrain
May 19, 2006, Editorial/New York Times, The Senate and the General
May 19, 2006, Associated Press, Hayden Says CIA Must Look Past Controversy
May 19, 2006, Mark Mazzetti, New York Times, CIA Choice Says He's Independent of the Pentagon
May 19, 2006, Reuters, Fifteen Saudi Guantanamo Detainees Arrive Home
May 19, 2006, Sam Cage, Associated Press, UN: US Should Close Gitmo Facility
May 18, 2006, Mark Mazzetti and Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, Wider Briefing for Lawmakers on Spy Efforts
May 18, 2006, Reuters, Hayden Faces Grilling at Hearing
May 18, 2006, Dafna Linzer and Charles Babington, Washington Post, Lawmakers Reexamine Hayden
May 18, 2006, Pete Carey, Mercury News, AT&T Dealt a Setback in Snoop Case
May 18, 2006, Charlie Savage, Boston Globe, Freed from Guantanamo, 5 Face Danger in Albania
May 18, 2006, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press, Rumsfeld Acknowledges Division Over Interrogation Practices
May 18, 2006, Seattle Times, 16 Saudis at Gitmo Scheduled to Go Home
May 18, 2006, Guardian (UK), Films on Guantanamo and Iraq Face War of Cuts
May 17, 2006, CNet News, Legal Loophole Emerges in NSA Spy Program
May 17, 2006, Reuters, NSA Gives Broader Look at Domestic Spying
May 17, 2006, Wired, AT&T Whistleblower Evidence
May 17, 2006, Ryan Singel, Wired, Stumbling Into a Spy Scandal
May 17, 2006, Ted Rall, Uexpress, Who Will Inherit the NSA?
May 17, 2006, Floyd J. McKay, Seattle Times, Power-Hungry Pentagon Needs to be Reined In
May 17, 2006, Associated Press, Sealed Documents Central to Spying Lawsuit
May 17, 2006, Peter Svensson, The Associated Press, Verizon denies it supplied call data
May 17, 2006, Katherine Shrader, The Associated Press, Congressional Panels to Get NSA Briefings
May 17, 2006, Charles Babington and Dafna Linzer, Washington Post, More Lawmakers to Be Privy to Classified Briefings
May 17, 2006, Reuters, Bush Agrees to Review of Spy Program
May 17, 2006, Editorial/Centre Daily, It's All a (Phone) Numbers Game
May 17, 2006, David Ignatius, Washington Post, Spy Tools In Need of a Law
May 17, 2006, Becky Yerak and Robert Manor, Chicago Tribune, US Adds Watchdog Pressure on Banks
May 17, 2006, Ben Fox, Associated Press, Elderly, Infirm Among Detainees at Guantanamo, Prison List Reveals
May 17, 2006, Navy Rear Adm. Harry B. Harris, Jr., Chicago Tribune, Inside Guantanamo Bay
May 17, 2006, Rupert Cornwell, The Independent (UK), US Names All 759 Guantanamo Bay Prisoners
May 17, 2006, Democracy Now!, Ex-NSA Head Bobby Ray Inman on the NSA Domestic Surveillance Program: "This Activity Was Not Authorized"
May 16, 2006, Troy Hooper, Aspen Daily News, PitCo Stands Up to Patriot Act
May 16, 2006, Jane Sutton, Reuters, Guantanamo Prisoners' Papers Get Closer Look
May 16, 2006, Ben Fox, Associated Press, Diverse Group of Detainees at Guantanamo
May 16, 2006, Reuters, Bush: Spying Program Protects America
May 16, 2006, Laurence H. Tribe, Boston Globe, Bush Stomps on Fourth Amendment
May 16, 2006, John Nichols, The Nation, FBI Said to Seek Phone Records of Reporters
May 16, 2006, Jeremy Pelofsky, Reuters, Telcos Careful with Words on NSA Spy Program
May 16, 2006, Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, US Opens Assault on Wiretap Suit
May 16, 2006, Reuters, BellSouth, AT&T Added to $200 Bln Privacy Lawsuit
May 16, 2006, Arshad Mohammed, The Washington Post, BellSouth Denies It Handed Over Telephone Records to the NSA
May 16, 2006, Jonathan David Farley, Editorial/ The New York Times, The NSA's Math Problem
May 16, 2006, Matthew Pennington, Associated Press, Pakistani Demands Access to Detainees
May 16, 2006, Eugene Robinson, Washington Post, Nation of Fear
May 16, 2006, Chris Lines, Daily Telegraph, Hicks Case May Return to UK
May 16, 2006, Democracy Now!, Freedom of the Press Under Attack: Government Begins Tracking Phone Calls of Journalists
May 16, 2006, Marjorie Cohn, truthout, What Will It Take?
May 15, 2006, Frank James, Chicago Tribune, Secret Gov't Source Tells ABS News: "Get New Cellphones"
May 15, 2006, Agence France Presse, Majority of Americans Against Phone Record Collection
May 15, 2006, Anne Broache, News.com, GOP Skepticism Over NSA Program Widens
May 15, 2006, Marguerite Reardon, News.com, Verizon Sued For Alleged NSA Cooperation
May 15, 2006, Leah A. Nelson, In These Times, NSA Thwarts Whistleblower
May 15, 2006, Dan Eggen, Washington Post, Administration Won't Comment on NSA Logs
May 15, 2006, MediaChannel.org, From Hobbes To Your Cell: Hail the Surveillance State
May 15, 2006, Ben Fox, Associated Press, Pentagon Discloses Detainees' Names
May 15, 2006, David E. Kaplan, US News & World Report, Pentagon Launches Guantanamo PR Campaign
May 14, 2006, Scott Shane and Eric Lictblau, New York Times, Cheney Pushed US To Widen Eavesdropping
May 14, 2006, R. Jeffrey Smith, Washington Post, Fired Officer Believed CIA Lied to Congress
May 14, 2006, Reuters, Hayden CIA Bid Hinges on Spying Role: Senators
May 14, 2006, Editorial/Star Bulletin, Congress Needs to Take a Hard Look at NSA
May 13, 2006, John Markoff, New York Times, Questions Raised for Phone Giants in Spy Data Furor
May 13, 2006, Neil A. Lewis, New York Times, US, Citing State Secrets, Challenges Detainee Suit
May 13, 2006, Roberto Lovato, New America Media, Constant Surveillance: Who's a Target?
May 13, 2006, Associated Press, Major Cases Awaiting High Court Decisions
May 12, 2006, Chris Strohm, CongressDaily, Former NSA Officer Alleges Illegal Activities Under Hayden
May 12, 2006, Jane Sutton, Reuters, Court Suspends Saudi's Guantanamo Trial
May 11, 2006, Leslie Cauley, USA TODAY, NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls
May 11, 2006, John O'Neil, New York Times, Bush Says US Spying is Not Widespread
May 11, 2006, Editorial/Chicago Tribune, The NSA Has Your Number
May 11, 2006, Associated Press, NSA Stymies Justice Dept. Spying Probe
May 11, 2006, Kevin Sullivan, Washington Post, British Attorney General Says Guantanamo 'Should Close'
May 11, 2006, Charles Babington, Washington Post, CIA Pick Open to Wiretap Oversight
May 11, 2006, Cara Anna, Associated Press, Law Said Confuses Refugees, Terrorists
May 10, 2006, David Morgan and Andy Sullivan, Boston Globe, Hayden may back spying law change
May 10, 2006, Edward Cody, Washington Post, China Demands That Albania Return Ex-U.S. Detainees
May 10, 2006, Associated Press, Australia, U.S. Agree on Terror Suspect
May 10, 2006, Katherine Shrader, Associated Press, General Who May Be CIA Chief Makes Rounds
May 10, 2006, Editorial/Boston Globe, Bush vs. Congress
May 10, 2006, Tom Henry, Jurist, Judge rules religious liberty lawsuit by former Guantanamo detainees can proceed
May 10, 2006, Nikki Tait, Financial Times (UK), British hacker faces extradition to US
May 9, 2006, Andy Sullivan, Reuters, Court nominee says didn't know of torture, spying
May 9, 2006, Pete Yost, Associated Press, 4 Britons, Ex-Gitmo Detainees, May Sue
May 9, 2006, Democracy Now!, Chicago's Abu Ghraib: UN Committee Against Torture Hears Report on How Police Tortured Over 135 African-American Men Inside Chicago Jails
May 9, 2006, Katherine Shrader, Associated Press, CIA Nominee Faces Fight over Eavesdropping
May 9, 2006, Matthew Schofield, Knight Ridder, U.S. tells torture conference it will ban ‘water-boarding’
May 9, 2006, Dana Priest, Washington Post, Experts See a Strategy Behind CIA Shuffle
May 9, 2006, Alexa Olesen, Associated Press, China Demands Return of Gitmo Detainees
May 9, 2006, truthout, FBI Targets SOA Watch Activists
May 8, 2006, Alexander G. Higgins, Associated Press, U.S. Bars Use of Torture in Interrogations
May 8, 2006, David E. Kaplan, U.S. News & World Report, Spies Among Us
May 8, 2006, Reuters, US Gives New Details on Iraq, Afghan Abuse Probes
May 8, 2006, Sam Cage, Associated Press, U.S. officials respond to torture queries
May 8, 2006, Scott Shane, New York Times, Dodging Perils on Way to Top of Spy Game
May 8, 2006, Dafna Linzer and Fred Barbash, Washington Post, Hayden Nominated to Head CIA (second article on page)
May 7, 2006, Jamie Doward and Mark Townsend, Observer (UK), UK Attorney General Calls for Guantanamo to Close
May 7, 2006, Noah Barkin, Reuters, Bush says he would like to close Guantanamo
May 7, Thomas E. Ricks and Dafna Linzer, Washington Post, Hayden Faces Senate Questions Over Warrantless Wiretapping if Named
May 7, 2006, Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, How Bush redefines the intent of the law
May 7, 2006, Walla Walla (WA) Union-Bulletin Editorial, Individual rights can't be lost even during a time of war
May 6, 2006, Pam Belluck, New York Times, States Resist Mandate for REAL ID
May 6, 2006, Charlie Savage, Boston Globe, Chinese Muslim "Uighers" Sent from Guantanamo to Albania
May 5, 2006, Democracy Now!, FBI Counterterrorism Unit Spies on Peace Group School of the Americas Watch
May 5, 2006, Haider Rizvi, OneWorld.net, Watchdog Says U.S. Creating 'Climate of Torture'; UN Hearings Begin Friday
May 5, 2006, Reuters, CIA Row Hits US-Europe Intelligence Work: US Lawyer
May 5, 2006, Reuters, US Defends Treatment of Foreign Terror Suspects
May 5, 2006, Liz Sidoti, Associated Press, Senate Wants Govt Opinion on Interrogation
May 5, 2006, David Cole, Washington Post, How Not to Fight Terrorism
May 5, 2006, Bradley Graham, Washington Post, Immigration Waiver Granted to Refugees
May 5, 2006, Editorial/New York Times, Veto? Who Needs a Veto?
May 5, 2006, Catherine Komp, NewStandard, Radio ID Technology Spreads; Privacy Activists Dig In
May 4, 2006, Bradley S. Klapper, Associated Press, U.N. will question U.S. over torture
May 4, 2006, Guardian (UK), Press Association, Guantanamo families vow to fight on
May 4, 2006, Scotsman, Guantanamo Britons lose court battle
May 4, 2006, Democracy Now!, Jury Rejects Death Penalty for Moussaoui in Major Defeat for Bush Administration
May 4, 2006, Democracy Now!, A Look Inside U.S. Immigration Prisons
May 3, 2006, Matthew Schofield, Knight Ridder, Report Blames Top US Officials for Alleged Torture of Detainees
May 3, 2006, William Fisher, Inter Press Service, Gitmo Releases Suggest Numerous Mistakes
May 3, 2006, Michael J. Sniffen, Associated Press, Al-Qaida Conspirator Moussaoui Gets Life
May 3, 2006, John O'Neil, New York Times, F.B.I. Director Is Bombarded by Stinging Questions at Senate Hearing
May 3, 2006, Charlie Savage, Boston Globe, Hearing vowed on Bush's powers
May 3, 2006, Richard Waddington, Reuters, Amnesty: Torture "Widespread" in US Custody
May 3, 2006, Democracy Now!, Daughter of Sami Al-Arian Says Family "Devastated" by Father's Continued Imprisonment, Blasts Media Coverage
May 3, 2006, Democracy Now!, Sami Al-Arian Co-Defendant Sameeh Hammoudeh Remains in Jail Four Months After Being Acquitted of All Charges
May 2, 2006, Jan Sliva, Associated Press, EU Official Denies Knowledge of CIA Jails
May 2, 2006, Dan Eggen, Washington Post, FBI Sought Data on Thousands in '05
May 2, 2006, Reuters, Use of secret warrants up last year
May 2, 2006, Charlie Savage, Boston Globe, Three Democrats Slam President Over Defying Statutes
May 2, 2006, Gail Russell Chaddock, Christian Science Monitor, FBI and the USA Patriot Act in the spotlight as Congress considers how to fight terror
May 1, 2006, Associated Press, Prof. Gets 18 Months More in Terror Case
May 1, 2006, Mitch Stacy, Associated Press, Sentencing Expected Today in Terror Case of Former Fla. Professor
May 1, 2006, Mahvish Khan, Washington Post, Realities of Guantanamo
May 1, 2006, Special Broadcasting Service, Australia, Dealing With Post-Detention Life
May 1, 2006, Michael Rowland, ABC News, US stalls on Guantanamo releases