In the News
Archives April through May 2003
May 30, 2003, Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, U.S. Cautiously Begins to Seize Millions in Foreign Banks
May 30, 2003, New York Times Editorial, Deportation Behind Closed Doors
May 26, 2003, News.com.au, U.S. Plans Death Camp
May 25, 2003, James H. Burrus Jr., The Salt Lake Tribune, The FBI and Patriot Act Enforcement: We Are Your Neighbors
May 22, 2003, CNN, Ashcroft to appear before House panel on Patriot Act
May 21, 2003, Jay Root, Knight Ridder, Texas agency destroyed records related to search for Democrats
May 21, 2003, Dan Eggen, Washington Post, Anti-Terror Power Used Broadly; Laws Invoked Against Crime Unrelated to Terror, Report Says
May 21, 2003, Ariana Eunjung Cha, Washington Post, Pentagon Details New Surveillance System
May 20, 2003, Associated Press, Feds Have Detained Fewer Than 50 as Witnesses in War on Terror
May 14, 2003, Associated Press, Viet Dinh, key author of USA Patriot Act, leaving Justice Department
May 14, 2003, Associated Press, Rep. Young Wants Changes in Patriot Act
May 12, 2003, Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal, Security chiefs worry about police state
May 12, 2003, Peter Erlinder, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Peter Erlinder Op-Ed
May 11, 2003, Editorial, USA Today, As surveillance powers grow accountability languishes
May 11, 2003, Orrin Hatch op-ed, USA Today, Law Provides Needed Tools
May 11, 2003, Douglas M. Sheeley, Baltimore Sun, In Defense of Liberty
May 10, 2003, Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive, Cop Makes Midnight Raid of Teacher's Classroom
May 9, 2003, J.D. Lloyd, In These Times, A Face for the Faceless
May 9, 2003, Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Senate Deal Kills Effort to Extend Antiterror Act
May 2003, Anne-Marie Cusac, The Progressive, No Lawyers Beyond This Point, Immigration Authorities Bar the Door
May 2, 2003, Mickey Huff, Alternet, Dazed and Confused
May 2, 2003, Eric Lichtblau and James Risen, New York Times, Broad Domestic Role Asked for C.I.A. and the Pentagon
April 29, 2003, Richard L. Clinton, AlterNet, First They Came for the Immigrants
April 29, 2003, William F. Jasper, The New American, Trading Freedom for Security
April 29, 2003, James Vicini, Reuters, Supreme Court Allows Criminal Immigrants' Detention
April 28, 2003, Diane Frank, Federal Computer Week, Privacy Laws May Not Cover Key Systems
April 28, 2003, Dan Caterinicchia, Federal Computer Week, DARPA Funds TIA Privacy Study
April 25, 2003, Adam Clymer, New York Times, Justice Department Tracking Staff's Contact with Congress
April 23, 2003, Chisun Lee, Village Voice, 'Red Means Big Brother's in Charge'
April 24, 2003, Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, F.B.I. Opens Inquiry Into Seizure of Documents From Associated Press
April 23, 2003, Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, 'No Fly' List Is Challenged in a Lawsuit
April 21, 2003, Joyce Purnick, New York Times, Speak Out: The Police are All Ears
April 16, 2003, Associated Press, Key Republican Not Sure on Patriot Act
April 16, 2003, Chisun Lee, Village Voice, Ashcroft's New Ally
April 9, 2003, Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Republicans Want Terror Law Made Permanent
April 7, 2003, Dean Murphy, New York Times, Librarians Use Shredder to Show Opposition to New F.B.I. Powers
April 4, 2003, Brian Whitaker, The Guardian, Hawkish lawyer to oversee Iraqi ministries (NOTE: Attorney is Michael Mobbs, author of the "Mobbs declaration.")
April 3, 2003, William Rivers Pitt, truthout, Our Flag, Too
April 2, 2003, Sally T. Grant, Baltimore Sun, Freedom Under Attack



