In the News
October 2006
October 31, 2006, Yossi Melman, Haaretz, Planes Known to Carry CIA Terror Suspects Landed in Tel Aviv
October 31, 2006, Democracy Now!, Vote Suppression in 2006: Rule Changes Threaten to Disenfranchise Hundreds of Thousands of Eligible Voters
October 31, 2006, Vancouver Sun, Former spy chief says RCMP failed to pass along critical information
October 31, 2006, Associated Press, Appeals Court Backs Ohio on Voter ID
October 31, 2006, Christopher Conkey, Wall Street Journal, Attention, Voters: Have Your ID Ready
October 31, 2006, Tamar Lewin, New York Times, Campaign to End Race Preferences Splits Michigan
October 30, 2006, Robert Parry, Consortium News, All the President's Lies
October 30, 2006, www.365days.com, Gays In Military Warned Pentagon Snooping On Internet Usage
October 30, 2006, Sarah Dahnke, The New Standard, Groups Sue Over Internet Censorship Law
October 30, 2006, Jim Kouri, The Common Voice, US Intelligence Agencies Still Working to Get It Right
October 30, 2006, Government Accountability Project, Department of Homeland Security Violates Whistleblower Protection Laws
October 30, 2006, Ludwig De Braeckeleer, Cheney Remark on Torture Sparks Furor
October 30, 2006, Nat Hentoff, Washington Times, Eroding detainees rights
October 30, 2006, Aljaeera.com, Guantanamo detainees could be held for life
October 30, 2006, Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times, Fears
of Inquiry Dampen Giving by U.S. Muslims
October 29, 2006, Robert Leger, Q
& A: John Ashcroft
October 29, 2006, Associated Press, ACLU Withdraws Lawsuit Challenging Patriot Act
October 29, 2006, David Germain, Associated Press, Two movies take shots at Bush
October 29, 2006, Paul Ekman, Washington Post Op-Ed, How to Spot a Terrorist on the Fly
October 28, 2006, Associated Press, U.S. Citizen Won't be Handed to Iraq, Federal Court Says
October 28, 2006, Asheesh Kapur Siddique, Washington Post Op-Ed, Thought Police in the Lecture Hall
October 27, 2006, Matthias Gebauer and Georg Mascolo, Der Spiegel (Germany), Interview with Ron Suskind: "The President Knows More Than He Lets On"
October 27, 2006, Tom Regan, Christian Science Monitor, U.S. Now Ranks 53rd in Press Freedom
October 27, 2006, Maher Arar, Foreign Policy In Focus, The Horrors of 'Extraordinary Rendition'
October 27, 2006, Associated Press, UN Official: US Terror Law May Violate Official Treaties
October 27, 2006, Agence France Press, Confession That Formed Base of Iraq War was Acquired Under Torture: Journalist
October 27, 2006, Dan Eggen, Washington Post, Cheney's Remarks Fuel Torture Debate
October 27, 2006, ABC News, UN expert sees US interrogation law setting standard
October 27, 2006, Mark Tran, Guardian (UK), Cheney endorses simulated drowning
October 27, 2006, Michael Conlon, Reuters, U.S. Muslims moving into prime-time politics
October 27, 2006, Suzanne Goldenberg, Guardian (UK), US Warned of Ballot Box Chaos as Elections Near
October 27, 2006, Associated Press, Ohio ID Law Suspended for Absentee Voting
October 27, 2006, David Stout, New York Times, Bush, Signing Bill for Border Fence, Urges Wider Overhaul
October 27, 2006, Walter Pincus, Washington Post, Intelligence Chairman Urges Leak Inquiry
October 26, 2006, Nina Bernstein, New York Time, Young Woman Fears Deportation, and Mutilation
October 26, 2006, Shaun Waterman, United Press International, Analysis: 'Total Information' lives again
October 26, 2006, Jonathan Schell, The Nation, The Torture Election
October 26, 2006, iafrica.com, Habib deportation: SA wants answers
October 26, 2006, Richard Norton-Taylor, Guardian (UK), High-flying lifestyle of the CIA's rendition men
October 26, 2006, Richard Norton-Taylor, Guardian (UK), CIA tried to silence EU on torture flights
October 26, 2006, Gregory D. Kesich, Portland Press Herald, Activists fear they've become FBI targets
October 26, 2006, Carol D. Leonnig and Julie Tate, Washington Post, Sept. 11 Plotter Asks Court for Lawyer, Trial
October 26, 2006, Kristin Roberts, Reuters, Pentagon eyes major spending for Guantanamo trials
October 26, 2006, Baltimoresun.com/Opinion, Bush closes the gap between freedom and terror, but there is an upside
October 26, 2006, Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers, Cheney confirms that detainees were subjected to water-boarding
October 26, 2006, CNN.com, Bush to OK 700-mile U.S.-Mexico fence
October 26, 2006, CNN.com, Poll: Most feel civil liberties not harmed by war on terror
October 26, 2006, Michael Melia, Associated Press, Feds Try to Restrict Detainees' Contacts With Lawyers
October 25, 2006,Dan Sewell, Associated Press, Vice president emphasizes national security, surveillance program
October 25, 2006, Chip Pitts and Bryan Long, OpenDemocracy, Not the American Way
October 25, 2006, Joanne Mariner, FindLaw, The Military Commissions Act of 2006: A Short Primer (Part Two)
October 25, 2006, Tim Louis Macaluso, Rochester (NY) City Newsweekly, A Librarian's Clash with the Patriot Act
October 25, 2006, Bruce Jackson, Artvoice, Normalizing Torture
October 25, 2006, Keith Taylor, Voiceofsandiego.org, A Weak Argument for the Muzzle
October 25, 2006, John Curran, Associated Press, Supreme Court chief draws protests at Middlebury College
October 25, 2006, Farah Stockman, Boston Globe, Curb sought on counsel to detainees
October 24, 2006, Rep. John Conyers, In these Times, George W. Bush v. The US Constitution
October 24, 2006, Beth Duff-Brown, Associated Press, Part of Canada anti-terrorism law tossed
October 24, 2006, Bill Dedman, MSNBC, Can the ‘20th hijacker’ of Sept. 11 Stand trial?
October 24, 2006, Nick Wadhams, Washington Post, U.N. Says Human Rights Violators Cite U.S.
October 24, 2006, Jenny Markon, Washington Post, New York Times Columnist Must Reveal Sources, Judge Rules
October 24, 2006, Aljazeera.com, Why the silence over recent abuse scandal in Guantanamo?!
October 24, 2006, Shaila Dewan, New York Times, Coca-Cola Is Donating Land for Proposed Rights Museum
October 23, 2006, Bill Dedman, MSNBC, Gitmo interrogations spark battle over tactics
October 23, 2006, Neil Lewis, New York Times, Times is Ordered to REveal Columnist's Sources
October 23, 2006, Rupa Shenoy, Daily Herald, Pull the trigger, camera will find you
October 23, 2006, Robert Parry, Consortium News, Who Is 'Any Person' in Tribunal Law?
October 23, 2006, Ned Mulcahy, Jurist, Moroccan detainee released from Guantanamo reported missing
October 23, 2006, Hartford Courant/OPED, Stop Inventing Reasons To Torture
October 23, 2006, Lia Hardin, Stanford Daily, Torture panels shock audiences
October 23, 2006, The Mercury News/Opinion, Ask one who knows: No excuse for torture
October 23, 2006, Palm Beach Post Editorial, Terror bill can't mask terrible record on Iraq
October 22, 2006, Dan Merica, www.opednews.com, The American Police State: End Game for 9/11 and Bush's Subsequent Power Grabs
October 22, 2006, Kurt Nimmo, Globalresearch.ca, Chertoff: “Radical Ideologies” Threaten Internet
October 22, 2006, James Rosen, Mcclatchy Newspapers, Tribunals law divides experts
October 22, 2006, Peter Wong, Salem (OR) Statesman Journal, Habeas corpus limitations worry Oregon observers
October 22, 2006, Editorial, Fayetteville Observer, Being an American Means Less Than It Did a Week Ago
October 22, 2006, Annemarie Timmins, Nashua (NH) Telegraph, Concord attorney fights for Gitmo detainees' freedom
October 22, 2006, Matt Apuzzo, Associated Press, Dispute Over New Terrorism Law will Keep Detainees in Legal Limbo
October 21, 2006, Associated Press, Muslim Scholar Denied Entry to U.S.
October 21, 2006, Associated Press, U.S. Jailed Man Once Tortured by the Taliban
October 21, 2006, Steve Vogel and Raymond McCaffrey, Washington Post, Fort Meade Fire Damages Army Intelligence Facility
October 21, 2006, Stephen Richard, Sacramento Bee, Interrogation Rules Still Lack Clarity
October 21, 2006, Political Cortex, The John Birch Society Speaks For Me, Probably For You Too
October 20, 2006, Karen DeYoung, Washington Post, Court Told It Lacks Power in Detainee Cases
October 20, 2006, Matt Apuzzo, Associated Press, Terror Law Renders Detainee Cases Moot
October 20, 2006, Anas Altikriti, Guardian (UK), Torture by degrees
October 20, 2006, Abdus Sattar Ghazali, Al-Jazeerah, No habeas corpus relief for 12 million non-citizens in the U.S.
October 20, 2006, Helen Thomas, Hearst Newspapers, Law legalizes shameful treatment
October 20, 2006, Editorial/Jackson Sun, Military Commission Act is unconstitutional
October 20, 2006, Michael Sorkin, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Phone-records privacy probe drags on
October 20, 2006, Bill Sloat, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Court filing defends NSA spy program
October 20, 2006, Peter Wong, Statesman Journal, Oregonians react to habeas corpus ruling
October 19, 2006, Kevin Tilman, Truthdig, After Pat's Birthday
October 19, 2006, Pete Yost, Associated Press, U.S. questioned about Arar torture case
October 19, 2006, Keith Olbermann, MSNBC Interactive, 'Beginning of the End of America'
October 19, 2006, BBC News, Red Cross lambasts US terror law
October 19, 2006, Democracy Now!, Ghost Plane: The True Story of the CIA Torture Program
October 19, 2006, Democracy Now!, Extraordinary Rendition Victim Maher Arar Accepts Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award
October 19, 2006, Nick Allen, Bloomberg.com, Torture to Combat Terrorism Acceptable to Many, Survey Shows
October 19, 2006, Warren Richey, Christian Science Monitor, Torture of Detainees? No. 'Coercion'? It Depends.
October 19, 2006, Amy Goodman and Jonathan Hafetz, Iraqi Judge Sentences U.S. Citizen To Death After U.S. Military “Demanded” the Man Be Executed
October 19, 2006, Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive, Peace Activists Beware: Homeland Security May Be Reading Your E-Mail, and Passing it on to the Pentagon
October 19, 2006, Heather Wokusch, Commondreams.org, Poisoning US Troops: Anthrax, Lies and Vaccines
October 19, 2006, Associated Press, Ex - Commander Talks at Abu Ghraib Hearing
October 19, 2006, Christopher Graveline, The Washington Post, The Unlearned Lessons of Abu Ghraib
October 19, 2006, Chris Brummitt, The Associated Press, Gitmo Terror Suspect Sends Kin a Message
October 19, 2006, Keith Olbermann Anchor, 'Countdown' MSNBC, ‘National yawn as our rights evaporate’
October 19, 2006, Andrew Noyes, National Journal's Technology Daily, ACLU to pressure Congress over warrantless spying
October 19, 2006, Bruce Ackerman, LA Times, The White House Warden
October 19, 2006, Associated Press, U.S. bars Canadian victim of Syrian torture from coming to receive rights award
October 19, 2006, Associated Press, U.S. Army colonel arrives at Guantanamo to investigate abuse allegations
October 19, 2006, American Civil Liberties Union, Voters Seek Stronger Role for Congress in Checking President's Actions, Poll Shows
October 18, 2006, James Bovard, Editor & Publisher, How to Make a Power Grab 'Mundane'
October 18, 2006, Associated Press, Ga. Clarifies Message on Voter Photo ID's
October 18, 2006, K. Jack Riley and Greg Ridgeway, Washington Post, Racial Profiling Won't Stop Terror
October 18, 2006, Associated Press, Bush signs interrogation bill
October 18, 2006, Boston Globe, Highlights of the new law governing interrogations of detainees
October 18, 2006, Farah Stockman and Charlie Savage, Boston Globe, Battles brewing on torture, detainees
October 17, 2006, PressRepublican.com, Protest planned today in Elizabethtown
October 17, 2006, San Francisco Chronicle, Bush signs torture bill; Americans lose essential freedom
October 17, 2006, Michael Puffer, The American-Republican, Clergy Group's Billboard Airs Torture Issue
October 17, 2006, Dan Froomkin, Washington Post, A 'Clear Message'
October 17, 2006, Associated Press, 16 Protesters Arrested Near White House
October 17, 2006, Warren Richey, Christian Science Monitor, Will the Supreme Court shackle new tribunal law?
October 17, 2006, William Branigin, Washington Post, Bush Signs Bill Authorizing Detainee Interrogations, Military Commissions
October 17, 2006, Democracy Now!, Civil Rights Attorney Lynne Stewart Sentenced to 28 Months In Jail; Remains Free On Bail
October 17, 2006, Craig Whitlock, Washington Post, U.S. Faces Obstacles To Freeing Detainees
October 17, 2006, Reuters, Germany probes abuse of ex-Guantanamo inmate-lawyer
October 17, 2006, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Guantánamo releases four long-held captives
October 16, 2006, Julia Preston and Matthew Sweeney, New York Times, Lawyer Gets Prison Term in Terrorism Case
October 16, 2006, Democracy Now!, Facing Up To 30 Years in Prison, Civil Rights Attorney Lynne Stewart Speaks Out As She Heads To Courthouse for Sentencing
October 16, 2006, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press, Blind Sheik's Lawyer Faces Sentencing
October 16, 2006, Nat Hentoff, Washington Times, Protect the Constitution
October 16, 2006, Martha Mendoza, Associated Press, At least 1 man caught in 9/11 sweeps remains behind bars
October 16, 2006, Moazzam Begg, In These Times, Abandon Hope, All Who Enter Here
October 16, 2006, R. Jeffrey Smith, Washington Post, Specter's Role in Passage Of Detainee Bill Disputed
October 16, 2006, Associated Press, Former Guantanamo prisoner returns home to Bahrain
October 16, 2006, Michael Rowland, ABC News, US military gags Guantanamo lawyers
October 16, 2006, Sheila Suess Kennedy, Indy Star, Rights, words in the real world
October 15, 2006, Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times, Marine Corps Issues Gag Order in Detainee Abuse Case: Could lawyers be punished for defending Guantanamo clients?
October 15, 2006, New York Times Editorial, Guilty Until Confirmed Guilty
October 15, 2006, New York Times Magazine, John Ashcroft interview
October 15, 2006, Drake Bennett, Boston Globe, Who Cares About Civil Liberties?
October 15, 2006, David Sarasohn, Newhouse News Service, Forget Separation of Powers; Bush United Them All
October 15, 2006, Stephen Seitz, Rutland (VT) Herald, Sen. Leahy Lashes Out at Bush Administration
October 15, 2006, Tom Daschle, Washington Post Op-Ed, The Unsolved Case of Anthrax
October 15, 2006, Tim Golden, New York Times, Expecting U.S. Help, Sent to Guantánamo
October 15, 2006, Dan Thompson, Associated Press, Secret Service Questions Sacramento Teen Over Bush Threats on MySpace
October 14, 2006, Rupert Cornwell, lndependent (UK), Guantanamo Guards 'Admitted Abusing Inmates'
October 14, 2006, Reuters, Government appeals NSA wiretapping decision
October 14, 2006, Greg Bluestein, Associated Press, Imam Guilty of Aiding Hamas
October 13, 2006, American Friends Service Committee Press Release, Newly Released Surveillance Files Reveal Pentagon is Keeping Secret Tabs on Peaceful Protest Activities
October 13, 2006, Associated Press, Sixteen Afghans return home from Guantanamo alleging torture
October 13, 2006, Associated Press, Southern Command to probe Gitmo charges
October 13, 2006, Slate magazine, Pass the Buck: When Congress passes unconstitutional laws
October 13, 2006, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, Shays: Abu Ghraib abuses were sex ring
October 13, 2006, At Guantanamo: Hard Time and a View of What Could Have Been
October 12, 2006, Reuters, Border fence to complicate US-Mexico ties: Calderon
October 12, 2006, Reuters, Exhausted, 16 Afghans freed after Guantanamo
October 11, 2006, Michael C. Dorf, FindLaw, Why The Military Commissions Act is No Moderate Compromise
October 11, 2006, New York Times/Editorial, The Cost of Doing Your Duty
October 11, 2006, Sun-Sentinel, Jim Mullins, The American people can stop this train
October 11, 2006, Editorial/North County Gazette, U.S Courts, Prosecutors Following Russian Play Book
October 11, 2006, Richard Baker, The Age (Australia), Letters to Hicks censored, lawyer says
October 10, 2006, Joe Mozingo, Los Angeles Times, Class-Action Suit Seeks Release of Detainees
October 10, 2006, Richard Baker, Sydney Morning Herald, US Inquiry into Jail Abuse a Cover-up: Hicks Lawyer
October 10, 2006, Associated Press, Judge asked to free immigrant detainees
October 10, 2006, James R. Bridges, Recordonline.com, Congress' torture bill is a sin against humanity
October 10, 2006, John Pomfret, Washington Post, Fence Meets Wall of Skepticism
October 9, 2006, Joanne Mariner, FindLaw, The Military Commissions Act of 2006: A Short Primer (Part One)
October 9, 2006, Commondreams.org, Dave Lindorff, Free Linda Greenhouse! Free the Press!
October 9, 2006, Associated Press, Detainee Lawyer Must Leave Navy
October 9, 2006, Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet, American Prison Camps Are on the Way
October 8, 2006, Jamie Doward, The Guardian (UK), US Claims Guantanamo 'Saved Lives'
October 8, 2006, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Lt. Comdr. Charles Swift forced to retire from Navy. Helped Guantanamo detainee Hamdan win at Supreme Court.
October 8, 2006, Editorial, New York Times, Speedy Lines for Trusted Fliers
October 8, 2006, Kim Martineau, Hartford Courant, Activists' Session Looks At Rights
October 8, 2006, Albert McKeon, Nashua Telegraph, Fight on terrorism has candidates clashing
October 7, 2006, Eric Lipton, New York Times, U.S. and Europe Agree on Passenger Data
October 7, 2006, Washington Post, Padilla Lawyers Seek Dismissal of Terror Case
October 7, 2006, Thomas Watkins, Associated Press, Marine says Guantánamo guards bragged about beatings
October 7, 2006, Thomas Watkins, Southwest Indiana Times, Pentagon to Probe Guantanamo Beatings Claim
October 7, 2006, Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times, At Guantanamo: Hard Time and a View of What Could Have Been
October 7, 2006, Los Angeles Times, A resurgence in bias vs. Muslims, Arabs reported
October 6, 2006, Lisl Brunner, Jurist, Hicks lawyer seeks Australian's return from Guantanamo subject to control order
October 6, 2006, James Abourezk, Scoop, After Torture, What’s Next?
October 6, 2006, Mark Trevelyan, Reuters, Qaeda Leader May Have Been Held in Germany: Lawyers
October 6, 2006, Leslie Miller, Associated Press, Bush Says He Can Edit Security Reports
October 5, 2006, Walter Pincus, Washington Post, Schism Grows on Interrogation Methods
October 5, 2006, Democracy Now!, Denver Man Sues Secret Service for Arrest After He Criticized Cheney on Iraq War
October 5, 2006, Charlie Savage, Boston Globe, Bush
signings called effort to expand power;
Report sees broad strategy
October 5, 2006, Lara Jakes Jordan, Associated Press, U.S. Reports Disabled Access Attained
October 5, 2006, Jonathan Weisman, Washington Post, With Senate Vote, Congress Passes Border Fence Bill
October 5, 2006, Associated Press, Ohio: Judge Rejects Voter Rule
October 5, 2006, Nina Bernstein, New York Times, Judges Zero In on Treatment of a Detainee
October 5, 2006, Associated Press, U.S. Eavesdropping Is Allowed to Continue During Appeal
October 4, 2006, Garrison Keillor, Chicago Tribune, Congress's Shameful Retreat From American Values
October 4, 2006, Matthew Verrinder, Former 9/11 detainee accuses U.S. of abuse
October 4, 2006, Louis Porter, Rutland Herald, U.S. Sues To Block Vt. Phone Inquiry
October 4, 2006, Associated Press, Court temporarily OKs domestic spying
October 4, 2006, Associated Press, German-born Turk released from Guantanamo calls camp 'place without laws'
October 4, 2006, Bruce Ackerman, Los Angeles Times, Terror bill targets Americans
October 4, 2006, Editorial/Newsday, Detainees in limbo: Bush policy breeds endless wrangling
October 4, 2006, Marjorie Cohn, ZNet, Rounding Up U.S. Citizens
October 4, 2006, Associated Press, Court allows challenge to Patriot Act to proceed
October 4, 2006, Editorial/Miami Herald, Congress weakens cherished U.S. values
October 4, 2006, Molly Watson, Western Mail, A stand against torture
October 4, 2006, Jack Lessenberry, Detroit Metro Times, What do we do now?
October 3, 2006, Pauline Jelinek, Associated Press, Pentagon: No Terror Trials Imminent
October 3, 2006, Michelle Chen, NewStandard, Critics Consider Interrogation 'Reform' a Step Backward
October 3, 2006, Elaine Wolff, San Antonio Current, And now, a moment of silence for American democracy
October 3, 2006, Mark LeVine, CommonDreams, The American Republic Died Last Week. At Least the First One
October 3, 2006, Matt Apuzzo, Associated Press, Lawyers for Detainees Challenge Bush Plan
October 3, 2006, Nat Hentoff, The Examiner, An instance of ‘compromise’ going too far
October 3, 2006, Stephen Lendman, OpEd News, Erosion of Democracy and Freedom In America
October 3, 2006, Associated Press, Swiss investigator into alleged CIA secret prisons in Europe wants to visit Guantanamo
October 3, 2006, BBC News, US offer to return Guantanamo men
October 2, 2006, Anne McIlroy, Guardian (UK), Tortured Canadian Wins Battle for Truth
October 2, 2006, Chris Floyd, truthout, Fatal Vision: The Deeper Evil Behind the Detainee Bill
October 2, 2006, Gail Russell Chaddock, Christian Science Monitor, In fog of war on terror, some rules set
October 2, 2006, Joseph Margulies, Washington Post, 'The More Subtle Kind of Torment'
October 2, 2006, Washington Times/Editorial, Crippling terrorist surveillance
October 2, 2006, Justin Raimondo, Anti-war.com, Are
You an 'Unlawful Combatant'?
Maybe so…
October 2, 2006, Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Associated Press, Allegations trip up voting rights group
October 2, 2006, Randal C. Archibold, New York Times, Wait Ends for Father and Son Exiled by F.B.I. Terror Inquiry
October 1, 2006, Alfred W. McCoy, The Progressive, The Myth of the Ticking Time Bomb
October 1, 2006, Tariq Ramadan, Washington Post, Why I'm Banned in the USA
October 1, 2006, Moazzam Begg, Los Angeles Times, No 'Holiday' in Guantamo: I never saw Rumsfeld's volleyball courts during my two years in America's gulag.
October 1, 2006, Tim Golden, New York Times, Detainee Memo Created Divide in the White House
October 1, 2006, David Wise, Los Angeles Times, The Leaker in Chief
October 1, 2006, Editorial, The Nation, Accessories to Torture