In the News
Archives November 2005
November 30, 2005, Terry Frieden, CNN, Court
delays Padilla transfer from brig
November 30, 2005, Rob Capriccioso, Inside Higher Ed/truthout, Hampton
University students face expulsion for opposing Bush administration
November 30, 2005, Christopher Lee, Washington Post, Report
on FBI tool is disputed
November 30, 2005, Glenn Kessler, Washington Post, US
will address EU questions on CIA prisons
November 30, 2005, Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY, DHS hotline a hotbed of weak tips
November 30, 2005, Reuters/New York Times, Guantanamo
inmate wins right to live in Germany
November 29, 2005, Reuters/New York Times, US
acknowledges Europe concern on 'secret prisons'
November 29, 2005, Associated Press/New York Times, Justice
Department defends FBI on Patriot Act
November 29, 2005, Reuters/New York Times, Rice
to address US prison scandal in Europe
November 29, 2005, Associated Press/truthout, Ex-Powell
aide criticizes detainee effort
November 28, 2005, Chris Strohm, GovExec/truthout, National
security whistleblowers boycott upcoming hearing
November 28, 2005, Marjorie Cohn, truthout, Bush
game on Padilla may backfire
November 28, 2005, Mark Trevelyan, Reuters/Common Dreams, EU
says CIA jails could face sanctions
November 28, 2005, Adam Cohen, New York Times, Google
and privacy
November 28, 2005, Nat Hentoff, The Washington Times, Gitmo
detainees and the courts
November 28, 2005, Kristian Williams, In These Times, Torturers
'R' us
November 28, 2005, Editorial, Rocky Mountain News, Why
torture ban should be a priority
November 27, 2005, David Luban, Washington Post, Torture,
American-style
November 27, 2005, Minneapolis Star Tribune Editorial, America's
Shameful Shift on Torture
November 27, 2005, Adam Liptak, New York Times, In Terror Cases, Administration Sets Own Rules
November 27, 2005, Walter Pincus, Washington Post, Pentagon Expanding Its Domestic Surveillance Activity; Fears of Post-9/11 Terrorism Spur Proposals for New Powers
November 27, 2005, The Oregonian Editorial, Turning around on Jose Padilla; The government tries to preserve its ability to mistreat other suspects
November 26, 2005, Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, Europe in Uproar Over CIA Operations
November 26, 2005, Associated Press, German Concerned over CIA Flight Reports
November 26, 2005, Audrey Hudson, Washington Times, Time favors foes of Patriot Act
November 25, 2005, Palm Beach Post Editorial, Questions on the Patriot Act
November 24, 2005, Thomas Oliphant, Boston Globe Column, Padilla Case Tests the Patiot Act
November 24, 2005, Mark Brzezinski, International Herald Tribune, Secret CIA Prisons: Picking up Where the Soviets Left Off
November 24, 2005, Stephen Rohde, Truthout, Happy Thanksiving, Jose Padilla
November 23, 2005, Terry Waite, The Guardian, Were My Captors Worse than the Guantánamo Jailers?
November 23, 2005, New Hampshire Union Leader Editorial, Sununu’s
patriotism:
Principle over politics on Patriot Act
November 23, 2005, Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, In
legal shift, US charges detainee in terrorism case
November 23, 2005, Democracy Now, Why
did the Bush administration hold Jose Padilla for 3 years as an
enemy combatant?
November 22, 2005, Democracy Now, Powell
aide on prewar intel, torture and US foreign policy
November 22, 2005, Kirk Johnson, New York Times/Common Dreams, Two
ejected from Bush event in Denver file federal suit
November 22, 2005, David Stout, New York Times, US
indicts Padilla after 3 years in Pentagon custody
November 22, 2005, Mark Brzezinksi, Boston Globe, Torture
reports tarnish US image
November 22, 2005, Richard A. Serrano, Los Angeles Times/Bradenton
Herald, Gitmo
prisoner wants a Bible, but government says no
November 21, 2005, CNN News, Ex-CIA
boss: Cheney is 'vice president for torture'
November 21, 2005, Mike Ferner, truthout, CIA's
'torture taxi' in the spotlight
November 21, 2005, CNN News/truthout, Powell
aide: torture 'guidance' from VP
November 21, 2005, Editorial, Los Angeles Times, Checks
on the Patriot Act
November 21, 2005, Associated Press/New York Times, CIA
director defends interrogation methods
November 21, 2005, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, In
the Senate, a chorus of three defies the line
November 21, 2005, Editorial, Boston Globe, Stonewalling
Guantánamo
November 20, 2005, Associated Press, Smithfield (NC) CIA Link Protested; Airport Said to House Planes Used for "Rendition"
November 20, 2005, Knight Ridder, Guantanamo Detainee Attempts Suicide 9 Times
November 20, 2005, Peter Slevin, Washington Post, Detroit 'Sleeper Cell' Prosecutor Faces Probe; Grand Jury Considering Indictment for Misconduct
November 20, 2005, Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe Column, Adjusting the Patriot Act
November 19, 2005, Brian Ross and Richard Esposito, ABC News, CIA's Harsh Interrogation Techniques Described; Sources Say Agency's Tactics Lead to Questionable Confessions, Sometimes to Death
November 19, 2005, Patriot Act Reauthorization "Deal" Scuttled:
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Rick Klein, Boston Globe, Patriot Act extension shelved; Privacy concerns delay legislation
- Charles Babington, Washington Post, Lawmakers at Impasse on Patriot Act Renewal; House-Senate Proposal Has Staunch Opponents
- Sam Bishop, Fairbanks (AK) Daily News Miner, Senate delays vote to renew Patriot Act
- Washington Post Editorial, Tailor the Patriot Act
November 19, 2005, Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, U.S. Muslim Groups Cleared; Senate Panel Finds Nothing 'Alarming' in Financial Data
November 19, 2005, New York Times Editorial, Blinding Justice (Habeas Corpus)
November 19, 2005, Andrew Zajac, Chicago Tribune, Ashcroft
turns into hired gun
Justice Department drops case against company he counseled
November 18, 2005, Eric Lichtblau, New York Times,
Extension
of Patriot Act faces threat of filibuster
November 18, 2005, Senator Russ Feingold, Statement
on Reauthorization of the Patriot Act
November 18, 2005, Editorial, New York Times, Return
of the Patriot Act
November 18, 2005, Alison Leigh Cowan, A
court fight to keep a secret that's no secret at all
November 18, 2005, Reuters/New York Times, UN
envoys reject Guantanamo visit
November 17, 2005, Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Congress
nears deal to renew antiterror law
November 17, 2005, Reuters/New York Times, Accord
on anti-terror law faces opposition
November 17, 2005, Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press/Washington
Post, Senators
threaten to hold up Patriot Act
November 17, 2005, Jeff Bliss, Bloomberg, U.S.
Senators say leaders lack votes for accord on Patriot
Act
November 17, 2005, Laurie Kellman, Associated Press/Oakland
Tribune, Patriot
Act deal falters over FBI powers
November 17, 1005, Richard B. Schmitt, Los Angeles Times,
Republicans
close to forging deal to renew Patriot Act
November 17, 2005, Associated Press/New York Times,
Veteran
lawmakers allied against abuse
November 17, 2005, Reuters/New York Times, Two
soldiers face court martial over Afghan abuse
November 17, 2005, Jonathan Weisman, Washington Post,
Congress
arrives at a deal on Patriot Act
November 16, 2005, Katherine Shrader, Associated Press/San
Francisco Chronicle, U.S.
has detained 83,000 in war on terror
November 16, 2005, Associated Press/CNN, Tentative
deal reached on Patriot Act
November 16, 2005, Alan Elsner, Reuters/ABC News, Congress
moves to speed up executions
November 16, 2005, Editorial/Washington Post, A
compromise with caveats
November 16, 2005, Molly Ivins, Common Dreams, Torture--spare
the tough talk
November 15, 2005, Democracy Now, Former
U.S. Army interrogator describes the harsh
techniques he used in Iraq
November 15, 2005, Associated Press/New
York Times, Democrats
say GOP trying to force Patriot Act reauthorization
November 15, 2005, Terry M. Neal, Washington
Post, A
dangerous veto threat
November 15, 2005, Reuters/New York Times,
Senate
approves defense bill, including policies
on treatment of detainees
November 15, 2005, Reuters/New York Times,
Senate
passes Guantanamo rights compromise
November 15, 2005, Associated Press/New
York Times, Judge
delays detainee's military trail
November 15, 2005, Jonathan Weisman, Washington
Post, Senators
agree on detainee rights
November 14, 2005, P. Sabin Willett, Washington
Post, Detainees
deserve court trials
November 14, 2005, Jake Tapper and George
Griffin, ABC News/truthout, Former
Iraqi detainees allege torture by US troops
November 14, 2005, Brendan Coyne, NewStandard,
Patriot
Act reauthorization prompts concern from
bar association
November 14, 2005, Gannett News Service,
Civil
Liberties a Concern in Renewal of Patriot
Act
November 14, 2005, Pedro Ruz Gutierrez, Orlando Sun Sentinel, Professor Sami al-Arian's case shows role of feds after Sept. 11
November 14, 2005, Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith, The Nation, Right to Trial Imperiled by Senate Vote
November 14, 2005, Senator John McCain, Newsweek, Torture's Terrible Toll
November 14, 2005, M. Gregg Bloche and Jonathan H. Marks, New York Times Op-Ed, Doing Unto Others as They Did Unto Us
November 14, 2005, Bloomberg, U.S. Chamber, Civil Liberties Union Ally to Limit Patriot Act
November 13, 2005, Frank Davies, Miaimi Herald, Senate might rethink detainee vote
November 13, 2005, John Holland and Anna Cayton-Holland, Denver Post, Justice Detained at Guantanamo: Prisoners held in long legal limbo
November 13, 2005, Frank Rich, New York Times, "We Do Not Torture" and Other Funny Stories"
November 13, 2005, Neil A. Lewis, New York Times, Guantánamo Tour Focuses on Medical Ethics
November 12, 2005, New York Times Editorial, Playing with Fire (in Senate's "No More Habeas" Vote)
November 12, 2005, Eric Schmitt, New York Times, Democrats Provided Edge on Detainee Vote
November 11, 2005, Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Lawmakers Meet to Settle Differences on Patriot Act
November 11, 2005, Senator Lindsey Graham's Amendment to End Guantanamo Habeas Petitions Passes Senate:
- Associated Press, Senate votes to bar challenges to detentions by foreigners
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Eric Schmitt, New York Times, Senate Approves Limiting Right of U.S. Detainees
- Charlie Savage, Boston Globe, Measure would strip rights from detainees; Senate bill curbs court oversight in Guantanamo cases
- Dan Eggen, Washington Post, Senate Approves Plan to Limit Detainee Access to Courts
- Associated Press, Senate Roll-call Vote
November 11, 2005, Michael Kinsley, Washington Post Op-ed, Who Loves Freedom More?
November 10, 2005, Richard S. Dunham, Business
Week, The
Patriot Act: business balks
November 10, 2005, Dan Eggen, Washington
Post, Rising
support cited for limits on Patriot Act
November 10, 2005, Editorial/Washington
Post, Checking
FBI spying
November 10, 2005, Jonathan Weisman, Washington
Post, Senator
seeks to defer probe of CIA prison leak
November 10, 2005, Associated Press/New
York Times, Senator:
bar terror suspects from court
November 10, 2005, Associated Press/New
York Times, Congress
may curb some Patriot Act powers
November 10, 2005, Associated Press/New
York Times, Rice:
America abides by international law
November 9, 2005, Josh White, Washington
Post, Defense
document bans detainee torture
November 9, 2005, Russ Feingold and John
Sununu, Boston Globe, Deadline
for the Patriot Act
November 9, 2005, Douglas Jehl, New York
Times, Report
warned CIA on tactics in interrogation
November 9, 2005, David Johnston and Carl
Hulse, New York Times, CIA
asks criminal inquiry over secret-prison
article
- Related: November 9, 2005, Jonathan Weisman, Washington Post, GOP leaders urge probe in prisons leak
November 9, 2005, Adam Entous, Washington
Post, Bush
aides sent to ethics classes
November 8, 2005, Editorial/USA Today, FBI
may be checking on you, but you have no
way to know
November 8, 2005, Dan Froomkin, Washington
Post, Bush's
tortured logic
November 8, 2005, Associated Press/New York
Times, Frist,
Hastert consider prison leak probe
November 8, 2005, Richard Cohen, Opinion/New
York Times, Torture,
shaming us all
November 8, 2005, Michael A. Fletcher, Washington
Post, Bush
defends CIA's clandestine prisons
November 8, 2005, Linda Greenhouse, New
York Times, Justices
to rule on a challenge to US Tribunals
November 8, 2005, Warren P. Strobel and
James Kuhnhenn, Knight Ridder/Macon Telegraph,
Bush
administration's torture policy increasingly
under fire
November 8, 2005, Associated Press/New York
Times, 5
Gitmo detainees to face military court
November 8, 2005, Eric Schmitt and Tim Golden,
New York Times, Pentagon
plans tighter control of interrogation
November 8, 2005, Associated Press/New York
Times, Pakistani
wins ruling in terror trial
November 7, 2005, Reuters/New York Times,
Five
US soldiers in Iraq charged with abuse
November 7, 2005, Eric Lichtblau, New York
Times, Lawmakers
call for limits on FBI power to demand records
in terrorism investigations
November 7, 2005, Dan Froomkin, Washington
Post, Cheney's
'dark side' is showing
November 7, 2005, Jane Mayer, The New Yorker
(11/14 issue)/truthout, A
deadly interrogation: can the CIA legally
kill a prisoner?
November 7, 2005, Marjorie Cohn, truthout,
The
President and his vice: torturers' puppetmasters
November 7, 2005, Dana Priest and Robin
Wright, Washington Post, Cheney
fights for detainee policy
November 7, 2005, Christian Science Monitor/News
Tribune, Zero
tolerance for abuse
November 7, 2005, Reuters, US
top court to review terrorism military trials
November 7, 2005, Douglass K. Daniel, Associated
Press/ABC News, Senate,
Cheney split over ban on torture
November 7, 2005, Reuters, Bush
vows "we do not torture" terror
suspects
November 7, 2005, Hope Yen, Associated Press/Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, Lawmakers
express concern over use of Patriot Act
to access private records
November 7, 2005, Combined Wire Services/Hartford
Courant, FBI
use of Patriot Act powers questioned
November 6, 2005, Barton Gellman, Washington
Post, In
Hunt for Terrorists, FBI Demands Records
of Ordinary Americans
November 6, 2005, AFX News Limited/Forbes,
US
steps up surveillance of foreigners under
Patriot Act
November 6, 2005, Douglas Waller, Time/CNN,
Outing
secret jails
November 5, 2005, Rosa Brooks, Los Angeles Times/truthout,
Torture:
it's the new American way
November 4, 2005, Eric Schmitt, New York Times/truthout,
House
delays vote on terror
November 4, 2005, Ray McGovern, truthout, Torture
in our name
November 4, 2005, Milt Bearden, New York Times, When
the CIA played by the rules
November 4, 2005, Eugene Robinson/Washington Post, Out
of a bad spy novel
November 4, 2005, Associated Press/Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Hunger
striker, other Kuwaitis released from Guantanamo
November 4, 2005, Library Journal, Judges
appear sympathetic to Patriot Act plaintiff
November 4, 2005, Constant Brand, Associated Press/Portsmouth
Herald, Reported
secret jails draw fire
November 3, 2005, Reuters/New York Times, US
tries to justify foreign detentions
November 3, 2005, Alison Leigh Cowan, Judges
question Patriot Act in library and internet case
November 3, 2005, Brendan Coyne, NewStandard, FBI
gag lawsuit continues
November 3, 2005, Ray McGovern, TomPaine.com/Common
Dreams, The
torture test
November 3, 2005, Stephanie Nebehay, Boston Globe, Red
Cross seeks access to CIA prisons
November 3, 2005, CNN, EU
to look into 'secret US jails'
November 3, 2005, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press/News
& Observer, Appeals
court hears cases on Patriot Act
November 3, 2005, Lynne Tuohy, Hartford Courant, Patriot
Act issues arise in court
November 3, 2005, Marian Gail Brown, Connecticut Post,
Judges
'troubled' by secrecy provision in Patriot Act
November 2, 2005, David Cole, The Nation (11/27 issue),
Intolerable
Cruelty
November 2, 2005, Associated Press/truthout, US
denies UN group access to detainees
November 2, 2005, Michael Hirsh, Newsweek (11/7 issue)/truthout,
Truth
about Torture
November 2, 2005, Dana Priest, Washington Post, CIA
holds terror suspects in secret prisons
November 2, 2005, Democracy Now!, Attorney
tells why Guantanamo detainee attempted suicide in front
of him
November 2, 2005, Editorial/Washington Post, Patriot
death games
November 2, 2005, Editorial/News Journal, Exorbitant
dragnet: A $7 billion tab to colleges for wiretaps
November 1, 2005, Eric Schmitt, New York Times, Detainee
policy sharply divides Bush officials
November 1, 2005, Josh White, Washington Post, Guantanamo
desperation seen in suicide attempts
November 1, 2005, United Press International/World Peace
Herald, UN
seeks private access to Guantanamo detainees, rejects
restrictions