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September 30, 2003, New York Times, U.S. Charges Islamic Leader Who Met Bush
September 30, 2003, Editors, The Olympian, Our Views: Freedoms Are Quickly Evaporating
September 30, 2003, Jeffrey Connaughton, Boston Globe, Who Let the Saudis Flee After 9-11?
September 29, 2003, Mark Rasch, Help Net Security, The Subpoenas Are Coming!
September 29, 2003, Anitha Reddy, Washington Post, U.S. Readies Program to Track Visas
September 29, 2003, Dennis Jett, Christian Science Monitor, Dirty Wars Cast Shadow on Virtues of Patriot Act
September 28, 2003, The Herald, Patriot Act's Infringement on Rights Concerns Citizens, Immigrants
September 28, 2003, Jason Cato, The Herald, Shopkeeper Deported from Rock Hill Killed in Pakistan
September 28, 2003, Margaret Talbot, New York Times Magazine, Subversive Reading
September 28, 2003, Editors, The Capital Times, Ashcroft is a False Patriot
September 28, 2003, Eric Lichtblau, The New York Times, U.S. Uses Terror Law to Pursue Crimes from Drugs to Swindling
September 27, 2003, Betsy Barnum, Star Tribune, On the stump for Patriot Act, yet he refuses to talk to public
September 27, 2003, Wayne Madsen, Miami Herald, Respect Rights of Protest Groups
September 27, 2003, Editors, The Sacramento Bee, Liberty At Risk: Excessive Secrecy Imperils Freedom
September 27, 2003, Robert O'Harrow, Jr., The Washington Post, Clark Worked for Arkansas Data Firm
September 27, 2003, John Mintz, The Washington Post, Arabic Translator Investigated for Months
September 27, 2003, Matthew Wald, The New York Times, Security Aide Prods Airlines to Tield Data on Travelers
September 26, 2003, Jim Lobe, One World Net, Congress Defunds Controversial 'Total Information' Program
September 26, 2003, Carol Hulse, The New York Times, Congress Shuts Pentagon Unit Over Privacy
September 26, 2003, Ron Jacobs, CounterPunch, The Chicago Conspiracy Trial and the Patriot Act
September 26, 2003, Philip Shenon, The New York Times, In Maneuver, U.S. Will Let Terror Charges Drop
September 26, 2003, Myriam Marquez, Orlando Sentinel, Past Abuses Fuel Patriot Act Fear
September 25, 2003, Jon Carroll, San Francisco Chronicle, The Charm Offensive Gets Offensive
September 25, 2003, Todd Gitlin and Jay Rosen, The L.A. Times, Ashcroft is Unprintable, and Glad of It
September 25, 2003, Editors, The New York Times, The Presidential Bubble
September 25, 2003, Editors, Times Herald-Record, On Doing the Patriotic Thing
September 25, 2003, Jeff Johnson, CNS News, Congressional Opponents Lash Out at PATRIOT Act, Ashcroft
September 25, 2003, Carolyn Lochead, San Francisco Chronicle, Democrats Seek Rollback of Patriot Act, Meanwhile, Bush Administration Pushes for Added Anti-terrorist Tools
September 24, 2003, Brian Whitaker, The Guardian, 200 Held in Yemen to 'Placate U.S.'
September 24, 2003, Terry Rombeck, Lawrence (KS) Journal-World, Reno Blasts Patriot Act
September 23, 2003, John and Jane Doe, 10,000 Milwaukeeans Protest Ashcroft in Secret
September 23, 2003, Jeffrey Smith, The Washington Post, Patriot Act Used in 16-Year-Old Deportation Case
September 23, 2003, James Carroll, The Boston Globe, Antiterrorism Creed
September 23, 2003, Monica Rohr, The Boston Globe, Freedom's Journey
September 23, 2003, Jane Prendergast, The Cincinnatti Enquirer, Ashcroft Issues Get-Tough Policy
September 23, 2003, Curt Anderson, AP, Ashcroft Micromanages Federal Prosecutors
September 22, 2003, Jeff Johnson, CNS News, Critics Discount Defenders' Claims on Patriot Act Usage
September 22, 2003, Editorial, New York Times, Patriot Act, Part II
September 22, 2003, Oliver Burkeman, The Guardian, Guantanamo Bay chaplain held on suspicion of spying
September 22, 2003, William Rivers Pitt, Truthout, Patriot Act Finds Trouble in Texas
September 21, 2003, Editors, The Washington Post, Mr. Ashcroft's Tantrum
September 21, 2003, Peter DeMarco, Boston Globe, Foreign detainees' plight often ignored, speakers say
September 19, 2003, Nat Hentoff, Village Voice, Bush Accused by Lords of the Bar
September 19, 2003, Jacob Sullum, Reason Online, Zero Reassurance
September 19, 2003, Editors, Northern Star, Citizens Should Have a Right to Information
September 19, 2003, Myriam Marquez, Orlando Sentinel, Send No Flowers, Avoid Police State, Be a Patriot
September 19, 2003, AP, Don't Call it 'Patriot II'
September 19, 2003, Eric Lichtblau, The New York Times, Government Says It Has Yet to Use New Power to Check Library Records
September 17, 2003, Dale McFeatters, Capitol Hill Blue, Ashcroft Needs to Listen
September 16, 2003, Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Ashcroft Mocks Librarians and Others Who Oppose Parts of Counterterrorism Law
September 16, 2003, Carol Rose, The Boston Globe, Ashcroft Bars the Doors to Democracy
September 16, 2003, Shane Harris, GovExec.com, Bush Creates New Terrorist Information Center
September 16, 2003, Rachel Neumann and Nat Hentoff, AlterNet, If We Lose the Constitution, Who Wins Then?
September 16, 2003, David Keene, The Hill, Ashcroft Shows Shortcomings With 'Victory'
September 16, 2003, Andrew Glass, The Hill, Parsing the Patriot Act
September 16, 2003, David Shepardson, The Detroit News, Ashcroft Seeks to Quash Suit
September 15, 2003, Jim Lobe, OneWorld.net, Constitution Battered by War on Terror, Lawyer's Group Says
September 15, 2003, Kevin Johnson and Toni Locy, USA Today, Patriot Act at Heart of Ashcroft's Influence
September 15, 2003, Christopher Smith, Salt Lake Tribune, Hatch alarms right over anti-terror act
September 15, 2003, Kathleen Pender, San Francisco Chronicle, Patriot Act has unintended victims
September 14, 2003, Caryle Murphy, The Washington Post, Intense Airport Scrutiny Angers Muslim Travelers
September 14, 2003, Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Bush Seeks to Expand Access to Private Data
September 14, 2003, Joe W. "Chip" Pitts III, The Washington Post, Tough Act Followed
September 13, 2003, James A. Goldston, International Herald Tribune, A Beacon of Freedom Goes Dim
September 13, 2003, Editors, The Washington Post, Liberty Bushwacked
September 12, 2003, Warren Richey and Linda Feldman, Christian Science Monitor, Has Post-9/11 Dragnet Gone Too Far?
September 12, 2003, Janine Robben, Portland Tribune, Terror judge to decide what public hears (Secret evidence)
September 11, 2003, Editors, The Washington Post, Patriot (Act) Games
September 11, 2003, Drew Clak, National Journal's Technology Daily, Administration Appeal for More Surveillance Sparks Outcry
September 11, 2003, Dahlia Lithwick and Julia Turner, Slate, A Guide to the Patriot Act, Part 4
September 11, 2003, Paul Elias, AP, Scientists Say Academic Freedoms Curtailed After 9/11
September 11, 2003, Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Bush's Counterterror Proposals Could Be a Hard Sel
lSeptember 10, 2003, Ron Hutcheson and Shannon McCaffrey, Knight Ridder, Bush asks for new police powers to pursue terror suspects
September 10, 2003, Mike McIntire, the New York Times, Terror Lesson Fading for Some, Ashcroft Says in Manhattan
September 10, 2003, Dahlia Lithwick and Julia Turner, Slate, A Guide to the Patriot Act, Part 3
September 10, 2003, Dahlia Lithwick and Julia Turner, Slate, A Guide to the Patriot Act, Part 2
September 10, 2003, Ann McFeatters, Toledo Blade, Fear of Terrorism Still Strong, Survey Says
September 9, 2003, Natalie Jacobson, Boston News Center 5, Interview with Attorney General John Ashcroft (video)
September 9, 2003, Eric Lichtblau, The New York Times, Plans for Terror Inquiries Still Fall Short, Report Says
September 9, 2003, Various Letters to Editor, St. Petersburg Times, Removing Rights Puts Americans in Harm's Way
September 9, 2003, Editorial, Boston Globe, Ashcroft's Dragnet
September 9, 2003, CBS News, How Safe Are We Two Years Later?
September 9, 2003, Curt Anderson, AP, U.S. Detention Plan Criticized
September 9, 2003, Shelley Murphy, Boston Globe, Mayors Warn of Effect on Security
September 8, 2003, Dahlia Lithwick and Julia Turner, Slate, A Guide to the Patriot Act, Part 1
September 8, 2003, Eric Lichtblau, The New York Times, Ashcroft Tour Rallies Supporters and Detractors
September 8, 2003, Amy Goldstein, The Washington Post, Fierce Fight Over Secrecy, Scope of Law
September 8, 2003, Chrys Cada, Boston Globe, Librarians are on Frontlines Against Easier Access to Records
September 8, 2003, Susan Elan and Leah Rae, The Journal News, Immigrants Lose Out in War on Terrorism, Critics Say
September 8, 2003, Gina Zotti, Journal REgister News Service, Act to Combat Terrorists Comes Under Own Fire
September 7, 2003, Muqtedar Khan, The New York Times, Putting the American in 'American Muslim'
September 7, 2003, Paul Harris, The Guardian Observer, Big Brother Takes Grip on America
September 7, 2003, Michelle Mittelstadt, The Dallas Morning News, Patriot Act Available Against Many Types of Criminals
September 7, 2003, Dave Montgomery, Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, Americans Struggle to Move Past
September 7, 2003, Tim McGlone and Michelle Mizal-Archer, The Virginia Pilot, Attorney General Touts USA Patriot Act
September 5, 2003, The Journal Gazette, Shilling for Ashcroft
September 4, 2003, David Cole, The Nation, On the Road With Ashcroft
September 4, 2003, James Rosica, The Tallahassee Democrat, Patriot Act Rules Raising Questions
September 4, 2003, Danny Brooks, The Charlotte Observer, Safeguard or Power Grab?
September 3, 2003, Pete Camp, Up and Coming Magazine, Ashcroft's PR Tour is Message to Opposition
September 3, 2003, Amy Goodman, Democracy Now, Webmaster Heads To Prison For A Year In Disputed Free Speech Case
September 3, 2003, Paul M. Weyrich, The Washington Dispatch, USA Patriot Act Riding into Sunset
September 2, 2003, The Louisville Cardinal, International Students Face Repercussions of 9/11
September 2, 2003, The Pitt News, Foreign Students Tracked
September 1, 2003, The Guardian, John Sutherland, Nowhere Has Post-9/11 Paranoia struck More Deeply Than in American Universities