BORDC Press Coverage
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Press Coverage
Print and Online
"FBI: No Probable Cause Required For Surveillance" by William Fisher, Inter Press Service, August 28, 2010 *
- Also published by Antiwar.com, Rebelión, and by The World According to Bill Fisher as "Holy Spooks"
"Defending a Constitution Under Attack" by Paul Waldman, The American Prospect, August 27, 2010 *
- Also published by Enduring America
"FBI Jeopardizing Muslim Civil Rights, Say Activists" by Sunita Sohrabji, IndiaWest, August 627, 2010 *
- Also published by New America Media, an organization representing 700 ethnic media outlets
"Turning Our Back on Religious Freedom Hurts All Americans" by Sahar Aziz, ACS Blog, August 24, 2010 ‡
"Senate questions FBI abuses as bureau seeks to further expand powers" by the Bill of Rights Defense Committee, Simranjeet Singh, August 22, 2010 ‡
"Anti-Profiling Ordinance Sparks Debate in Hartford" by Jennifer Sposato, NBC Connecticut, August 19, 2010
"Hartford City Council Considers Anti-Profiling Ordinance" by Jenna Carlesso and Steven Goode, Hartford Courant, August 18, 2010
"Senate questions FBI hi-tech Cointelpro abuses of TIs. Court rules against GPS snoop guns" by Deborah Dupre, Examiner.com, August 16, 2010
"Coalition sends letter to APA President regarding association torture complicity" by Stephen Soldz, Psyche, Science, and Society, August 12, 2010
"Imperium Watch: No Suspicion Needed" by Stephanie Kraft, Valley Advocate (Northampton, MA), August 12, 2010 *
"Sign-On Letter: Tell President @BarackObama to End Merger of Criminal Justice & Immigration Systems," Detention Watch Network, August 10, 2010
"Unhappy Anniversary: Eight Years of Continuing Lawlessness" by Shahid Buttar, Huffington Post, August 9, 2010 ‡
"FBI Wants More Power To Track Internet Activity, Civil Rights Community Cries Foul" by Lucia Graves, Huffington Post, August 5, 2010 *
"Congress OK’ed Naji Deportation, Ex-Gitmo Prisoner Charges Drugging, Torture, Coercion to Spy" by Jeff Kaye, The Seminal, August 4, 2010
"This is not the way I understand the Bill of Rights: Excerpts from Shahid Buttar: COINTELPRO 2.0 prefaced by another outrage" by Steve Wilkerson, Advice You Didn't Seek, August 4, 2010 *
"Modern Day Slavery Museum" by FFT Collective, Food for Thought Books, August 4, 2010
"ACLU: Don't restrict free speech to a platz" by Nicole Radzievich, The Morning Call, August 4, 2010
"FBI Continues Attack on Civil Rights, Demands Increased Powers" by Shahid Buttar, Truthout, August 2, 2010 ‡
"COINTELPRO 2.0" by Shahid Buttar, Huffington Post, August 2, 2010 ‡
"What the Tea Party has in common with the rest of us" by Nikki Alexander, Nikki Alexander: Securing the Blessings of Liberty ~ Context for Enlightened Reform, July 30, 2010
- Also published by The Market Oracle
"Victory in Arizona! But the fights not over." by Shahid Buttar, Simranjeet Singh, July 29, 2010 ‡
"Coalition of 46 organizations calls for more FBI oversight" by Shahid Buttar, WarIsACrime.org, July 28, 2010 ‡
"Obama focus of war frustrations" by Jason Subik, Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY), July 24, 2010
"The Garden: Open Mic with Big Poppa E and Shahid Buttar," BloomBars, July 19, 2010
"Forum to discuss community's stance on SB1070: Should we boycott Arizona?" by Audrey Monday, Western Massachusetts Boycott Arizona, July 19, 2010
"Activists pushing matricula as valid ID" by Ray Gronberg, Herald-Sun (Durham, NC), July 17, 2010
"Delegitimizing Civil Society: Why the Supreme Court Got it Wrong in Humanitarian Law Project" by Sahar Aziz, ACSblog, July 16, 2010 ‡
- Also published by altMuslim as "US peacemakers forced to stay home"
"Under Threat: A Free and Open Internet" by Stephen Lendman, WarIsACrime.org, July 15, 2010
- Also published by Dissident Voice
"Gulf spraying act of war (Pt III) Chemical warfare white cloud of death" by Deborah Dupre, Examiner.com, July 15, 2010
"A nude awakening—How the government strips you naked" by Lamar W. Hankins, San Marcos (TX) Mercury
"Work for Peace, Violate the Patriot Act and Face 15 Years in Prison" by Michael Leon, Veterans Today, July 10, 2010
"In This Article, I Show How Easy It Is For Peaceful People to Violate the Patriot Act and Face 15 Years in Jail" by Joshua Holland, AlterNet, July 10, 2010
"Activists’ Letter to the Justice Department on Guantánamo, Torture and Accountability" by Andy Worthington, AndyWorthington.co.uk, June 30, 2010
- Also published by OpEd News
"Do Hartford Police Need More Anti-Profiling Requirements?" by Daniel D’Ambrosio, Hartford Advocate, June 29, 2010
"Mandatory Injustice: Losing the War on Drugs" by William Fisher, The World According to Bill Fisher, June 25, 2010 *
"Investigate all aspects of Bush-era torture" by Shahid Buttar, Capital Times, June 20, 2010 ‡
"Restoring the Fourth Amendment: How We the People Can Win Over Washington" by Shahid Buttar, Huffington Post, June 14, 2010 ‡
- Also published by Truthout, There Is No Spoon and WarIsACrime.org
"Did the CIA Experiment on People? Demand an Investigation!" by Frank Donaghue, Health Rights Advocate, June 11, 2010
"Join Physicians for Human Rights in Demanding an Investigation into Evidence of Illegal CIA Experimentation," Stop Canadian Complicity in Torture, June 11, 2010
"Health Agency Urged to Probe CIA Torture Claims" by William Fisher, Antiwar.com, June 11, 2010
- Also published by The World According to Bill Fisher
"Coalition Files Office of Human Research Protections Complaint: Investigate CIA Research" by Stephen Soldz, OpEdNews, June 10, 2010
- Also published by Psyche, Science, and Society
"Group demands probe of torture claims" by Fernando Alfonso III, Religion News Service, June 10, 2010
"Rights groups seek probe into CIA detainee medical research," Agence France-Press, June 10, 2010
- Also published by The Montreal Gazette and The Raw Story
"Today's US medicos and military Nazi human experimentation" by Deborah Dupre, Examiner.com, June 7, 2010 *
"Vent line," Charleston (WV) Gazette, June 5, 2010
"One year after Cairo: Young Muslim Americans the new beginning" by Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, Washington Post, June 4, 2010
"Ease restrictions on international charities" by Sahar Aziz, CNN, June 4, 2010 *
"Coalition urges new torture law" By Pat Milhizer, Law Bulletin, June 3, 2010
"Child Soldier Case to Kick Off Guantánamo Trials" by William Fisher, Antiwar.com, June 3, 2010 *
- Also published by Alternet and FreeDetainees.org as "The Obama Administration Will Put a Child Soldier On Trial at Gitmo This Summer"
"Indefinite Detention at Gitmo Criticized as 'Legal Nihilism'" by William Fisher, Axis of Logic, June 2, 2010 *
"US Drone Strikes Draw International Scrutiny" by William Fisher, Antiwar.com, June 1, 2010 *
- Also published by Bear Market News
"Those Pesky GITMO Lawyers" by William Fisher, The World According to Bill Fisher, May 31, 2010 *
- Also published by Truthout as "Legal Groups Demand Senate Panel Reject Provision Authorizing Probe Of Guantanamo Lawyers"
"Arizona's law: Police shouldn't be immigration cops" by Billy Corriher, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, May 30, 2010 ‡
- Also published by the Shreveport (LA) Times as "Think before jumping on Ariz. immigration bandwagon"
"The Pushing, Pulling, Dragging and Shoving Over Facebook Privacy" by Paul Hartsock, TechNewsWorld, May 29, 2010
"Privacy Groups: Facebook Can't Be Trusted" by Richard Adhikari, TechNewsWorld, May 27, 2010 *
"Privacy groups on Facebook updates: meh" by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica, May 27, 2010 *
"Rights Groups Condemn Ruling on Bagram Detainees" by William Fisher, Antiwar.com, May 27, 2010 *
"Facebook's New, New Privacy Settings: Same Old?" by Richard Adhikari, TechNewsWorld, May 26, 2010
"Tell Senate Judiciary Committee to Find Out If Kagan Will Expand or Curtail Executive Abuses" by David Swanson, WarIsACrime.org, May 25, 2010
"Pentagon’s Cyber Command Prepares War Against the American People" by Kurt Nimmo, Prison Planet, May 24, 2010
"Good-Bye to Privacy?" by Tom Spring, PC World, May 23, 2010
"The Un-NIMBY" by William Fisher, The World According to Bill Fisher, May 23, 2010
"Tell the Senate to restrain executive power," PPJ Gazette, May 22, 2010
"BORDC Questions Kagan" by Harry Waisbren, Get FISA Right, May 22, 2010
"The Price of Increased Surveillance" by Andy Humm, Gotham Gazette, May 2010 *
"The Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act" by Lindsay Beyerstein, Jessica Lee, and Matt Renner, VoltaireNet.org, May 20, 2010
- Also published by No Lies Radio
"Lawyer is set to speak at UT on dangers to citizens' rights" by David Yonke, Toledo Blade, May 15, 2010 *
"International Groups Urge Obama to Ease Giving Restrictions" by Caroline Preston, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, May 12, 2010
"Facebook prepares to defend privacy policies: Several Facebook complaints filed with FTC" by Leigh Goessl, Helium, May 10, 2010
"Emerging Muslim Leaders Create Network Of Support" by Kim Daniels, Sailan Muslim, May 9, 2010 *
"Privacy watchdog groups urge Congress to push federal investigation of Facebook's new policy" by Bhuvan Kala, TopNews.in, May 8, 2010
"Facebook Targeted by New FTC Privacy Complaint" by Mark Hachman, PC Magazine, May 7, 2010
"Congress asked to push Facebook probe," UPI, May 7, 2010
"New FTC Complaint Filed Against Facebook" by Nick O'Neill, AllFacebook.com, May 7, 2010
"Bad week for Facebook privacy" by Asavin Wattanajantra, The Inquirer, May 7, 2010
"Privacy groups complain to FTC over Facebook privacy tweaks" by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica, May 7, 2010
"Facebook Targeted by New FTC Privacy Complaint" by Mark Hachman, PC Magazine, May 7, 2010
"Facebook e Privacy, equazione irrisolta" by Andrea, Italia SW Magazine, May 7, 2010
"Facebook Privacy Complaint: A Complete Breakdown" by Ian Paul, PC World, May 6, 2010
- Also published by Hack Blogspot
"Facebook Glitch Brings New Privacy Worries" by Jenna Wortham, The New York Times, May 5, 2010
"Problems with Surveillance and Profiling," Institute for Public Accuracy, May 5, 2010 *
- Also published by Progressive Voices
"Privacy Groups Challenge US Airport Body Scanners" by William Fisher, Inter Press Service, April 22, 2010 *
"Groups ask DHS to suspend full-body imagers" by Mike M. Ahlers, CNN, April 21, 2010
"Elms chooses 2 to receive annual human service award," The (Springfield, MA) Republican, April 21, 2010
"An Administration on Its Heels: Inviting Torture to Appease the Right Wing" by Shahid Buttar, TruthOut, April 16, 2010 ‡
"From my latest newsletter" by Cecil Bothwell, Asheville (NC) City Council, April 15, 2010
"Senator Leahy Pushes for More Patriot Act Oversight" by Grace Huang, TruthOut, April 14, 2010 *
"US Muslims blame 9/11 for terror label," Press TV, April 13, 2010 *
"'We Need Courage': Will Obama Nominate a Justice Who Can Help Restore Justice?" by Shahid Buttar, Huffington Post, April 12, 2010 ‡
"President of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee Presents on 'Privacy and Technology: Protecting Autonomy in a Transparent World'" by Harry Waisbren, Get FISA Right, April 12, 2010 *
"Corporate Social Responsibility: Wisdom or Window Dressing?" by William Fisher, TruthOut, April 7, 2010 *
"Expert Worries About Tech’s Threat to Privacy," University of Texas at Dallas News Center, April 7, 2010 *
"Monday round-up" by James Bickford, SCOTUSblog, April 5, 2010
"US upset over Karzai's vote rigging comments," PressTV, April 3, 2010 *
"Protecting Speech, Preserving Charity: Why the High Court Should Refine 'Material Support' Provision" by Sahar Aziz, ACS Blog, April 2, 2010 ‡
- Also published by alt.Muslim
"Baltimore Activist Alert - Part 1" by Max Obuszewski, Baltimore Nonviolence Center, April 1, 2010
"Racial profiling of Muslims continues charges speaker" by Rick Navin, People's World, March 29, 2010 *
"Wittes, Goldsmith, and KSM: 'Absurd,' 'Cynical'" by William Fisher, Huffington Post, March 22, 2010 *
- Also published by Lobelog and The Public Record
"Multiculturalism fuels debate on church and state," Wake Forest University, March 19, 2010
"John Yoo Celebrates Sunshine Week" by David Swanson, American Chronicle, March 18, 2010
- Also published by Democrats.com
"So, got any plans for this weekend? Action for peace and immigration reform in DC and around the nation" by rossl, Alternet, March 18, 2010
"Bid To Revive Privacy Board Awaits Nominees" by Ari Shapiro, National Public Radio, March 17, 2010
"JFP Person of the Day: Shahid Buttar" by Lacey McLaughlin, Jackson (MS) Free Press, March 11, 2010 *
"Senate Debates Indefinite Detentions" by William Fisher, Antiwar.com, March 6, 2010 *
"Grassroots Constitutionalists Distressed by PATRIOT Extension," Common Dreams, March 1, 2010 *
"Abercrombie Condemns Patriot Act Renewal," That's My Congress Blog, March 1, 2010 *
"Protests planned for John Yoo appearance at University of Virginia" by Brendan Fitzgerald, C-ville.com, February 23, 2010
"CIA Briefed Congress on Renditions" by William Fisher, Inter Press Service, February 23, 2010 *
"Obama Justice: Officially, Yoo & Bybee Are Not Criminals" by Debra Sweet, World Can't Wait, February 22, 2010
"Obama Pressed to Release Identity of Telecom Lobbyists" by William Fisher, TruthOut, February 21, 2010 *
"1984 in 2010: Hijacking Democracy to Spy on Americans" by Shahid Buttar, Huffington Post, February 14, 2010 ‡
- Also published by TruthOut, After Downing Street and There Is No Spoon
"Play tackles 1963 RFK episode" by Diane Lederman, Springfield (MA) Republican, February 14, 2010
"Another red scare?" by Sahar Aziz, alt.Muslim, February 10, 2010 ‡
- Also published by Common Ground News Service
"Attorney General is correct to insist on civilian trial for Abdulmutallab" by Billy Corriher, JURIST, February 9, 2010 ‡
"Attention: American Citizens" by William Fisher, The World According to Bill Fisher, February 5, 2010 *
"Patriot Act - Eight Years Later" by William Fisher, TruthOut, February 3, 2010 *
"Kill the Patriot Act" by D.G. Wilson, Addiction in the 21st Century Blog, January 28, 2010
"Democracy 911: Calling Women to Media and the Public Debate" by Madeline Wheeler, Huffington Post, January 27, 2010
"Week to Watch USA PATRIOT Act" by Amy Sonnie, Banned Librarian Blog, January 25, 2010
"Indefinite Detention "Defies Common Sense" by Bill Fisher, Inter Press Service, January 25, 2010 *
- Also published by Antiwar.com and The World According to Bill Fisher
"Obama's Record on Civil Liberties Garners Mixed Results" by Grace Huang, TruthOut, January 21, 2010 *
"Raise Your Voice Against the PATRIOT Act" by Joey G. Dauben, Ellis County Observer, January 21, 2010
"Coldplay joins vets in campaign to close Gitmo" by Jordan Fabian and Christina Wilkie, The Hill's The Washington Scene Blog, January 21, 2010
"Take action on this historic opportunity to 'Restore Fairness' to the Patriot Act" by Madhuri Mohindar, Restore Fairness Blog, January 20, 2010
"Your Rights vs. The Patriot Act - Feb. 3, 2010" by J. Jolaine, J. Jolaine, January 13, 2010
"Shocking state secret: PATRIOT Act illegal spy domestic terror campaign against Whistleblowing TIs" by Deborah Dupré, Examiner.com, January 12, 2010 *
"Closing Guantanamo: A drash for Vaera" by Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster, Rabbis for Human Rights, January 11, 2010 *
"Double Standards: How Our Lawlessness Strengthens Our Enemies" by Shahid Buttar, TruthOut, January 8, 2010 ‡
- Originally published by Huffington Post on January 4, 2010. Also published by After Downing Street and There Is No Spoon.
"FOIA Request Filed for OPR Report on Bush's Lawyers" by David Swanson, OpEdNews, January 7, 2010
"A Secret Government" by Sibel Edmonds, Tierra Limpia, December 16, 2009
"Bill of Rights resolution spurs spat" by Ray Gronberg, Durham (NC) Herald-Sun, December 16, 2009
"The Guantanamo Shell Game" by William Fisher, Inter Press Service, December 15, 2009 *
"Secret reports, Secret budgets, Secret operations, Secret courts…A Secret Government!" by Sibel Edmonds, Dandelion Salad, December 14, 2009
- Also published by COTO Report
"The Failure of the Federalist, No. 10" by Shahid Buttar, Huffington Post, December 2, 2009 ‡
"Don’t cover up torture, 29 groups petition Obama" by Daniel Tencer, The Raw Story, December 1, 2009 *
"More than 25 Organizations Join BORDC’s Coalition Letter on Torture and Transparency," After Downing Street, December 1, 2009
"Reverse Secrecy Surrounding Torture Says 25 National and Regional Organizations," Voters for Peace, November 30, 2009
"High Court to Hear PATRIOT Act Challenge" by William Fisher, Antiwar.com, November 29, 2009 *
"This change isn't worth two cents, or how the two party system is screwing the world again" by Herschel Tomlinson, Examiner.com, November 20, 2009
"Bill of Rights Defense Committee Sends Obama Commentary on Torture," After Downing Street, November 25, 2009
"Get FISA Right's Open Letter to President Obama" by Vox Libertas, Daily Kos, November 24, 2009
"Obama's Fifth Category: The 'Untriable'" by William Fisher, Truthout, November 24, 2009 *
"Obama Quietly Backs PATRIOT Act Provisions" by William Fisher, Antiwar.com, November 24, 2009 *
- Also published by Question Everything
"If you're a North Texas antiwar activist or Muslim..." by Herschel Tomlinson, Examiner.com, November 20, 2009
"Military Tribunals - Justice Lite?" by William Fisher, Truthout, November 20, 2009 *
"Decision on 9/11 Trials Sparks Praise, Anger" by William Fisher, Inter Press Service, November 15, 2009 *
"Letter to Rep. Darrell Issa (R-California): Watching FBI Surveillance - A Facebook Group," Congress.org, November 15, 2009
"Another Problem for Obama: Prison Corruption in Afghanistan" by William Fisher, Truthout, November 12, 2009 *
"Military Commissions Create "Second-Class" Justice System, Lawyers Charge" by William Fisher, Truthout, November 10, 2009 *
"Is a Redo of Post-9/11 Paranoia the Best We Can Do?" by William Fisher, Truthout, November 9, 2009 *
"Community Policing as an Alternative to Local Enforcement of Immigration Law" by Caroline Fan, Progressive States Network, November 9, 2009
"Justice Denied After Seven Years of Pain and Struggle; Officials Not Responsible For Kidnapping And Torture" by Stephen Rohde, AfterDowningStreet.org, November 7, 2009
"No Change on Patriot Act Powers As Promised?" by TomCat, Politics Plus, November 6, 2009
"Note to Assignment Editor: Not Your Dad's National Security Establishment" by Heather Hurlburt, Huffington Post, November 5, 2009
"Profile: Bill of Rights Defense Committee," Attorney.org, November 5, 2009
"Controversial Patriot Act Provisions Appears Set For Reauthorization" by William Fisher, The Public Record, November 2, 2009 *
- Also published by Odinist Press Service
"Social network activism and the future of civil liberties" by Jon Pincus, Pam's House Blend, October 29, 2009
- Also published by FireDogLake's The Seminal
"Your Town Can Demand Justice More Loudly Than You" by David Swanson, OpEdNews, October 21, 2009
- Also published by Local Democracy
"A Million Stories" by Jeffrey C. Billman and Andrew Thompson, Philadelphia City Paper, October 21, 2009
"The Makings of a Police State—Part III" by Sibel Edmonds, 123 Real Change, October 19, 2009
"Reading American Torture" by David Cole, New York Review of Books Blog, October 15, 2009
"Ordinances Offer City Councils Opportunity to Help Restore the Rule of Law," After Downing Street, October 15, 2009 *
"Our best chance yet to fix the Patriot Act and FISA!" by Jon Pincus, Pam's House Blend, September 29, 2009
"Chance for Congress to restore Constitution and protect innocent targeted individuals" by Debora Dupré, The Examiner, September 29, 2009
"Bill of Rights Defense Committee Seeks Your Assistance to Investigate Torture - Especially CA, NY, PA, TX, DC," After Downing Street, September 18, 2009 ‡
"W.H. collects Web users' data without notice" by Audrey Hudson, The Washington Times, September 16, 2009 *
- Also published by Liberally Conservative and Vital Signs
BORDC September 2009 Newsletter reproduced on Born Angry
"Privacy Groups See Good, Bad in Same Obama Policies" by Leslie Cantu, Washington Internet Daily, September 10, 2009 *
"Obama Gets Failing Grades From Privacy Advocates" by Jenna Staul, Huffington Post, September 9, 2009 *
"Privacy Groups Offer Mixed Review Of Obama's Policies" by Fawn Johnson, Dow Jones Newswires, September 9, 2009 *
"Privacy groups: Obama has more work to do" by Grant Gross, IDG News Service, September 9, 2009 *
"Cleared for Release, but Still at Gitmo" by William Fisher, Antiwar.com, September 8, 2009 *
"The Return of COINTELPRO: Government Infiltration of Activist Groups" by Shahid Buttar and Amy Ferrer, ACSBlog, September 4, 2009 ‡
"KindHearts ruling exposed Treasury Department's unconstitutional freezing of Muslim charity assets" by Sahar Aziz, JURIST Hotline, September 3, 2009 ‡
"No charges, no problem" by Phil Leggiere, Don't Tase Me, Bro! Blog, August 30, 2009
"Bill of Rights Defense Committee" by Don Mashak, Don Mashak's Political Twitter Tweets Blog, August 30, 2009
Newsletter of the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, August 28, 2009 *
"Losing Wars We Already Won (Part I): Torture vs. WWII" by Shahid Buttar, Huffington Post, August 26, 2009 ‡
"Smoke and Mirrors" by Shahid Buttar, alt.muslim, August 20, 2009 ‡
- Also published by Huffington Post and Arc of 72: Blog of the Asian Law Caucus
"Duty-Bound" by Stephen F. Rohde, Daily Journal, August 18, 2009
"Protesters want UC Berkeley law professor fired" by Terrence Chea, Associated Press, August 17, 2009
"Disbar the Torture Lawyers: Sign on Today!" by David Swanson, After Downing Street, August 17, 2009
"Sotomayor: The Umpires Strike Out!" by William Fisher, Public Record, August 10, 2009 *
"Government Timidity" by Marvin Gentz, Ukiah (CA) Daily Journal, July 17, 2009 *
"Preventive Detention, at What Cost?" by Shahid Buttar, Huffington Post, July 13, 2009 ‡
"Torturing the Rule of Law" by Shahid Buttar, Huffington Post, July 1, 2009 ‡
- Previous version published as an opinion editorial in the Augusta (VA) Free Press on June 27, 2009
“Key Bush Torture Lawyers Still at Work” by David Swanson, Consortium News, June 30, 2009 *
- Also published by Daily Kos, AlterNet, California Chronicle, and American Chronicle
"Disbarment of Lawyers Involved in Interrogation Policies Sought", by David de Sola, CNN Political Ticker, June 29, 2009 *
“Group Targets Bar Licenses for Lawyers Involved in ‘Torture Memos’” by Mike Scarcella, Blog of Legal Times, June 29, 2009 *
"Technology, Business, & Democratic Rights in Iran - Update on Nokia Siemens Networks" by Chip Pitts, Corporate Social Responsibility Law Blog, June 29, 2009 ‡
"A Hobbesian Choice for Obama?" by William Fisher, Huffington Post, June 27, 2009 *
"Technology, Business, & Democratic Rights in Iran" by Chip Pitts, Corporate Social Responsibility Law Blog, June 25, 2009 ‡
"Obama's Pledge of Transparency Remains Largely Unfulfilled" by William Fisher, The Public Record, June 22, 2009 *
- Also published by Huffington Post, Inter Press Service, OpEdNews, and The World According to Bill Fisher
"Secrecy Sacrificing National Security" by Shahid Buttar, Huffington Post, June 10, 2009 ‡
"Live Blogging from the Computers, Freedom, & Privacy (CFP) Conference" by Chip Pitts, Corporate Social Responsibility Law Blog, June 2, 2009 ‡
"Withholding photos won't hide shame of U.S. abuses," FinalCall.com News, May 25, 2009 *
"Obama Considering a National Security Court For Some Terrorism Prosecutions" by William Fisher, The Public Record, May 19, 2009 *
- Also published by Inter Press Service, OpEdNews, and The World According to Bill Fisher
"Obama Sharply Criticized For Reviving Bush-Era Military Commissions" by William Fisher, The Public Record, May 16, 2009 *
- Also published by Inter Press Service, Australia.TO, CagePrisoners.com, GlobalInfo.org, Pulse Media, and The World According to Bill Fisher
"200 Orgs Request Special Prosecutor for Cheney and Bush" by David Swanson, American Chronicle, May 12, 2009
"On the Appointment of S. Buttar," Muslim Media Network, April 23, 2009 *
"City rights group hires a scholar with extra talent" by James F. Lowe, Daily Hampshire Gazette, April 22, 2009 *
"President Obama, repeal the Patriot Act" by Bob Bajek, Daily Eastern News (Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL), January 20, 2009 *
"Could Gitmo Get Worse? The Policy Implications of Executive Accountability" by Shahid Buttar, Huffington Post, January 5, 2009 ‡
"Defending Liberty: How to Shift the Center" by Shahid Buttar, Huffington Post, December 1, 2008 ‡
"Joining the War Over the Constitution" by Nat Hentoff, The Village Voice, October 22, 2008
"Fourth Circuit Decision in Al-Marri 'Repudiates the Most Fundamental Element of Constitutional Liberty'" by Shahid Buttar, American Constitution Society Blog, June 22, 2008 ‡
"A Patriotic Declaration," Editorial, The Capital Times (Madison, WI), July 6, 2008 *
"This Day, Like the Future, Belongs to Patriots" by John Nichols, The Nation, July 4, 2008 *
"Sign on for the Bill of Rights" by John Nichols, The Nation, June 27, 2008 *
"War on Terrorism Moves to Internet" by Jessica Lee, The Indypendent, June 6, 2008 *
"Failing to Use the 1st Amendment to Defend the Bill of Rights," Extra! Magazine, May/June 2008 *
"Subsidizing Corporate Crime and Rewarding Constitutional Abuses" by Shahid Buttar, Huffington Post, April 22, 2008 ‡
"Musharraf's Playbook is the Same as the Bush Administration's" by Naomi Wolf and Shahid Buttar, Huffington Post, February 18, 2008 ‡
"Dallas activists join international protest against Guantanamo Bay prison" by Chad Jones, Pegasus News, January 12, 2008 *
"Bringing the War on Terrorism Home: Congress Considers How to 'Disrupt' Radical Movements in the United States" by Jessica Lee, The Indypendent, November 16, 2007 *
"Civil liberties advocates urge defeat of Mukasey" by Tim Wheeler, People's Weekly World, November 10, 2007 *
"Gonzales's Constitution Day Gift to the United States" by Hope Marston and Ben Grosscup, Common Dreams, August 29, 2007 ‡
"Justice at Stake: Ensuring That Prisoners in the U.S. Are Never 'Disappeared'" by Shahid Buttar, AlterNet, July 20, 2007 ‡
"Fire Gonzales or the Whole Junta?" by Shahid Buttar, Common Dreams, May 23, 2007 ‡
"Under Surveillance: The End of Illegal Domestic Spying? Don't Count on It" by Chip Pitts, Common Dreams, March 16, 2007 ‡
"We the People?" by Chip Pitts, Common Dreams, November 13, 2006 ‡
"Give Big Brother the Boot" by Nancy Talanian, MichaelMoore.com, November 3, 2006 ‡
"On PATRIOT Act’s Fifth Anniversary, We Celebrate the Resistance" by Hope Marston, Common Dreams, October 26, 2006 ‡
"When Adversaries Become Allies: The Fight Against the Patriot Act and the Surveillance State" by Abby Scher, The Public Eye Magazine, Spring 2006 *
"Stanford professor backs caucus' fight against Patriot Act provisions" by John Colson, Aspen (CO) Times, March 5, 2006 *
"A Constitutional Disaster" by Chip Pitts, The Nation, October 22, 2005 ‡
"Big Business and the Patriot Act" by Chip Pitts, The New Republic, October 20, 2005 ‡
"Let Freedom Ring," Satya, October 2005 *
"Democracy in Action" by Chip Pitts, Common Dreams, June 14, 2005 ‡
"Time to Fix the Patriot Act," San Francisco Chronicle, April 7, 2005 *
"John Ashcroft's Legacy" by Nancy Talanian, Common Dreams, February 16, 2005 ‡
"Pitching the Patriot Act" by Vanessa Blum, Legal Times, August 3, 2004 *
"Declarations of Independence" by Nat Hentoff, Village Voice, June 14, 2004 *
"Cities Say No to the Patriot Act" by Kim Zetter, Wired News, June 7, 2004 *
Nancy Talanian on KTSA's Morning Edge with Trey Ware, June 10, 2004
"Patriot Act Besieged" by Nat Hentoff, Village Voice, May 28, 2004 *
"Massachusetts Town Becomes 300th Jurisdiction to Denounce Patriot Act" by Jim Lobe, OneWorld US, April 30, 2004 *
"License to Criticize the Patriot Act" by Nancy Talanian, Common Dreams, April 2, 2004 ‡
"Backlash builds into civil liberties battle" by Matthew Robinson, Watauga (NC) Democrat, February 12, 2004
"What the Justice Department Inspector General's Report Doesn't Tell Us" by Nancy Talanian, Common Dreams, February 4, 2004 ‡
"Odd Bedfellows Fall in Line" by Sara B. Miller and Seth Stern, Christian Science Monitor, October 29, 2003 *
"Patriot Act Battle is Fought Locally" by Debbie Howlette, USA Today, July 15, 2003 *
"Patriot Games" by Duncan Campbell, The Guardian, July 8, 2003 *
"100th Civil Liberties Safe Zone! Hawaii Is the First State to Defy Ashcroft" by Nat Hentoff, Village Voice, May 30, 2003 *
"Cooperation Under USA Patriot Act Considered a Crime" by Michelle Locke, Associated Press, May 18, 2003 *
"Local Officials Rise Up to Defy the Patriot Act" by Evelyn Nieves, Washington Post, April 21, 2003 *
"Local Communities Refuse to Enforce Patriot Act" with Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Fox News, May 20, 2003 *
"Privacy and Security: Finding a Balance" by Michael Miller, PC Magazine, April 29, 2003
"Arcata the Defiant" by Kevin Fagan, San Francisco Chronicle, April 13, 2003 *
"Bill of Rights, R.I.P." by Nancy Talanian, in Abuse Your Illusions, Russ Kick (Ed.), April 2003: Disinformation Company, pp. 245-249. ‡
"Cities Balance Safety, Liberty," Associated Press, January 12, 2003 *
"Cities Urge Restraint in Fight Against Terror" by Michael Janofsky, New York Times, December 23, 2002 *
"Cities Say No to Federal Snooping" by Julia Scheeres, Wired News, December 19, 2002 *
"New Breed of Patriots Speaking Up" by Scott Martelle, Los Angeles Times, December 8, 2002 *
"Provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and Federal Executive Orders that Threaten Civil Liberties" by Nancy Talanian, in Criminal Defense Weekly, November 1-14, 2002 ‡
"The Sons and Daughters of Liberty" by Nat Hentoff, Village Voice, June 25, 2002
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‡ indicates an article written by BORDC staff, board, or other representative
* indicates that the article includes an interview with or quote from BORDC staff or board
Radio and Television
2010
Shahid Buttar on CTNewsJunkie.com's Sunday Morning Coffee, August 22, 2010
Shahid Buttar on WNPR's Where We Live (Hartford, CT), August 20, 2010
Shahid Buttar on WTIC's Mornings with Ray Dunaway (New Haven, CT), August 9, 2010
Shahid Buttar on WJBO (Baton Rouge, LA), August 9, 2010
Shahid Buttar on WPFW's Spectrum Today with Askia Muhammad (Washington, DC), August 3, 2010
Shahid Buttar on The Peter B. Collins Show (podcast/web radio), July 28, 2010
Shahid Buttar on Al-Jazeera English, June 21, 2010
Shahid Buttar on KBOO's Digital Divide Radio (Portland, OR), June 11, 2010
Shahid Buttar on The Jeff Farias Show (podcast/web radio), May 10, 2010
Shahid Buttar on KPFK's Uprising Radio Weekly Digest, May 7, 2010, syndicated and rebroadcast on the following stations:
- Free Radio (Santa Cruz, CA)
- KPFA (Berkeley, CA)
- KPFT (Houston, TX)
- KSVR FM 91.7 (Skagit Valley College, Mount Vernon, WA)
- KWMD FM 90.7 (Anchorage, AK)
- Radio Free Moscow (Moscow, ID)
- The Journey Christian Radio (St. Louis, MO)
- Valley Free Radio (Northampton, MA)
- WCRS FM 98.3 (Columbus, OH)
- WESU FM 88.1 (Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT)
- WHUS FM 91.7 (University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT)
- WPRR AM 1680 (Grand Rapids, MI)
- WPVM-LP FM 103.5 (Asheville, NC)
- WVJW FM 94.1 (Wheeling, WV)
- WYQZ FM 96.7 (Warrenton, VA)
Shahid Buttar on KPFK's Uprising Radio (Los Angeles, CA), May 7, 2010
Shahid Buttar on Waking Up Orwell (San Francisco Bay Area), May 6, 2010
Chip Pitts on KERA's Think (Dallas, TX), April 8, 2010
Shahid Buttar on WPFW's What's at Stake (Washington, DC), April 7, 2010
Shahid Buttar on WPFW's Spectrum Today with Askia Muhammad (Washington, DC), March 16, 2010
Shahid Buttar on RTTV's The Alyona Show (global satellite broadcast), March 8, 2010
Shahid Buttar on WSKY's The Doug Clifford Show (Gainsville/Ocala, FL), March 3, 2010
Shahid Buttar on WBAI's Wakeup Call with Esther Armah (New York City), March 3, 2010
Chip Pitts on KMNY's Rational Talk with Rich Hancock (Dallas/Fort Worth, TX), February 26, 2010
Shahid Buttar on WBAI's The War on Immigrants Report (New York City), December 22, 2009
Shahid Buttar (audience question beginning at approx. 2:03:00 in video) at American University panel on torture memos, broadcast on C-SPAN, November 30, 2009
Shahid Buttar on Waking Up Orwell, October 22, 2009
Shahid Buttar on GRITtv with Laura Flanders, October 7, 2009
Shahid Buttar on WPFW Pacifica (Washington, DC), September 10, 2009
Chip Pitts on KPFT (Houston, TX), August 3, 2009
Shahid Buttar on WMUA (Amherst, MA), August 1, 2009 (Part I; Part II; Part III; Part IV)
Shahid Buttar on Al Jazeera English, July 11, 2009
Shahid Buttar on KPFA's Apex Express (Berkeley, CA), June 11, 2009
Shahid Buttar on Atlantic Television News's American Dream, May 25, 2009
Shahid Buttar on WMNF's True Talk (Tampa, FL), May 22, 2009
Chip Pitts on Freedom Fighter Radio, December 12, 2008
Chip Pitts on KNON's Empowerment Radio (Dallas, TX), November 18, 2008
Nancy Talanian on Meria, July 29, 2008 (subscription required)
Nancy Talanian on WHMP's The Bill Dwight Show (Guest Host: Bill Newman) (Northampton, MA), July 24, 2008
Nancy Talanian on Air America Radio's Doing Time with Ron Kuby (Guest Host: Lee Rayburn), July 7, 2008
Ben Grosscup on KHSU's Thursday Night Talk with David Cobb (Arcata, CA), July 3, 2008
Ben Grosscup on KSKQ's Brain Labor Report (Ashland, OR), June 18, 2008
Ben Grosscup on The Real News Radio, June 12, 2008
Nancy Talanian on Radio Islam, May 8, 2008
Ben Grosscup on Freedom Fighter Radio, April 18, 2008
Nancy Talanian and Hope Marston on Looking Forward with Randy Bizenz, March 1, 2008
Ben Grosscup on WMUA In Focus with Peter Tusinski (Amherst, MA), February 17, 2008
Hope Marston on American Forum with Karen Kwiatowski, February 4, 2008
Nancy Talanian on Air America Radio Morning Show with Lee Rayburn, January 31, 2008
Hope Marston on Radio Islam, January 29, 2008
Hope Marston on KSKQ's Brain Labor Report, December 13, 2007
Hope Marston on Radio Islam, December 3, 2007
Nancy Talanian on WAMC in Albany, NY, November 24, 2007
Ben Grosscup on CBS Radio in Hartford, CT, November 15, 2007
Ben Grosscup on Constance Cumbey's Podcast, November 6, 2007
Hope Marston on KSKQ's Brain Labor Report, October 25, 2007
Nancy Talanian on WSCA's Portside with Burt Cohen, September 4, 2007
Nancy Talanian on Air America Radio with Lee Rayburn, August 13, 2007
Nancy Talanian on Air America Radio with Lee Rayburn, April 3, 2007
Nancy Talanian on Radio Islam, February 21, 2007
Hope Marston on KSKQ's Brain Labor Report, January 11, 2007
Nancy Talanian on WSCA's Portside with Burt Cohen, January 9, 2007
Chip Pitts on Pacifica Radio Network's Sprouts Radio from the Grassroots, November 16, 2006
Ben Grosscup on Radio Liberty with Stan Montieth, November 2 and 6, 2006
Nancy Talanian on DENNews.com, October 10, 2006
Chip Pitts on KPFT's The Monitor, October 8, 2006
Nancy Talanian on WSCA's Portside with Burt Cohen, September 28, 2006
Chip Pitts on Arab Voices Radio, September 13, 2006
Nancy Talanian on WWRL's Sammy & Army Show (Debate with David Rivkin), July 25, 2006
Chip Pitts on KPFA, May 18, 2006
Chip Pitts on KNON, April 24, 2006
Nancy Talanian on Air America Radio Morning Show, April 21, 2006
Chip Pitts on KXJZ's Insight, March 24, 2006
Nancy Talanian on WRPI's Capital Report with Mark Dunlea, March 22, 2006
Nancy Talanian on KPFA's Uprising Radio with Sonali Kolhatkar, March 3, 2006
Nancy Talanian on Wisconsin Public Radio (Host: Kathleen Dunn), January 27, 2006
Nancy Talanian on Air America Radio Morning Show, January 25, 2006
Nancy Talanian on Pacifica Radio Network's Sprouts, January 18, 2006
Nancy Talanian on WORT's A Public Affair, December 23, 2005
Nancy Talanian on KPFA's Uprising Radio with Sonali Kolhatkar, December 20, 2005
Nancy Talanian on Wisconsin Air America Radio (Host: Lee Rayburn), December 19, 2005
Nancy Talanian on KPFA's Living Room with Kris Welch, December 16, 2005
Nancy Talanian on Radio Islam, December 15, 2005
Nancy Talanian on KPFA's Uprising Radio with Sonali Kolhatkar, November 18, 2005
Nancy Talanian on WGNUs' Wake-up Call with Lizz Brown, November 9, 2005
Nancy Talanian WSCA's Portside with Burt Cohen, October 5, 2005
Nancy Talanian on KUSP's Talk of the Bay, August 2, 2005
Nancy Talanian on WRPI (Host: Alice Hamilton), June 20, 2005
Chip Pitts on Law and Disorder Radio, June 20, 2005
Chip Pitts on Direct Democracy, June 15, 2005
Nancy Talanian on KPFA's Morning Show, April 7, 2005
Nancy Talanian on WDMK's Your Voice with Angelo Henderson, April 7, 2005
Nancy Talanian on KPFK's Beneath the Surface with Jerry Quickley, April 6, 2005
Nancy Talanian on BBC World Service, February 1, 2005
Nancy Talanian on WAMC, January 10, 2005
Nancy Talanian on WGNUs' Wake-up Call with Lizz Brown, January 6, 2005
Nancy Talanian on WGNU's Wake-up Call with Lizz Brown, November 22, 2004
Nancy Talanian on PBS's The Cost of Freedom, September 2004
Nancy Talanian on WRTI Temple Public Radio (Host: Meridee Duddleston), June 15, 2004
Nancy Talanian on WCHB's Inside Detroit with Mildred Gaddis, April 22, 2004
Nancy Talanian on WGNUs' Wake-up Call with Lizz Brown, March 1, 2004
Nancy Talanian on WRSI's Big Breakfast with Rachel Maddow, December 10, 2003
Nancy Talanian on WERE, December 5, 2003
Nancy Talanian on WRSI (Host: Rachel Maddow), October 24, 2003
Nancy Talanian on WFCR (Host: Bob Paquette), October 15, 2003
Nancy Talanian on KPFK's The Lawyers Guild with Jim Lafferty, May 8, 2003
Nancy Talanian on WNYC's On The Media, April 25, 2003
Nancy Talanian on WBT Radio's Keith Larson Show, April 23, 2003
Nancy Talanian on Voice of America, "Patriot Act and the Bill of Rights," August 7, 2003
Nancy Talanian on ZDF (German public television) Heute Journal, "Patriot Act," May 8, 2003
Nancy Talanian on WPRN (Host: Valerie Richardson), May 2, 2003
Nancy Talanian on K-Talk Radio's Born on the Fourth of July with Barbara Jean Whitely, May 1, 2003
Nancy Talanian on NPR's Talk of the Nation, April 22, 2003
Nancy Talanian on Meria, March 25, 2003 (subscription required)
Nancy Talanian on IBIS Radio's Radio with a View with David Goodman and Marc Stern, February 25, 2003
Nancy Talanian on WRPI (Host: Geralyn McDowell), February 12, 2003
Nancy Talanian on WOJB, January 1, 2003
Nancy Talanian on KPFK's Beneath the Surface, December 20, 2002
Nancy Talanian on WPHT's Philly Talk Radio, December 19, 2002
Nancy Talanian on American Radio with Peter Werbe, December 19, 2002
Nancy Talanian on KPFA's Sunday Salon, November 24, 2002
Nancy Talanian on WBAI's City Watch, October 2, 2002
Nancy Talanian on WBAI's Wake-up Call, September 26, 2002
Nancy Talanian on PBS's Now with Bill Moyers, September 13, 2002
Nancy Talanian on KBOO's Voices From the Edge, July 25, 2002
Chip Pitts on Air America Radio, various dates
Chip Pitts on Law and Disorder Radio, various dates
Chip Pitts on KERA Public Radio (Dallas, TX), various dates
Chip Pitts on Pacifica Radio Network, various dates
Chip Pitts on Al Jazeera Television, various dates
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