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Archives - September 2010

Jan 31, 2008, Editorial, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Separation of Powers: It Is the Law

Jan 31, 2008, Press Release, Center for Constitutional Rights, Suspected Use of Torture Undermines Credibility of 9/11 Report

Jan 31, 2008, Karen Dolan, Foreign Policy In Focus, Foreign Policy Goes Local

Jan 31, 2008, Robert Schmidt and James Rowley, Bloomberg Wire Service, Bush Anti-Terror Eavesdropping Spurs Criminal Probes

Jan 31, 2008, Haviland Smith, San Jose (CA) Mercury News, U.S. approach to terrorism needs to undergo complete turnaround

Jan 31, 2008, Andy Worthington, CounterPunch, Horror at Guantánamo

Jan 31, 2008, Editorial, New York Times, A Disappointing Debut

Jan 31, 2008, Pedro Ruz Gutierrez and Joe Palazzolo, Legal Times, Mukasey Frustrates Senators With Waterboarding Answers

Jan 31, 2008, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Mukasey’s Radical Worldview Is Now the Norm

Jan 31, 2008, Matt Renner, TruthOut, Telecom Group Key Player in Immunity Battle

Jan 30, 2008, Progress Report, Center for American Progress, Bush Issues New Imperial Decree

Jan 30, 2008, Bradley S. Klapper, Associated Press, Red Cross seeks detainee safeguards

Jan 30, 2008, Richard B. Schmitt, Los Angeles Times, Is waterboarding torture? Mukasey's still not ready to say

Jan 30, 2008, Ron Aiken, Free Times, REAL ID Rebellion: Back Off, Big Brother

Jan 30, 2008, Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, Detainees suing U.S. over alleged sedation settle

Jan 30, 2008, Paul Kane, Boston Globe, Senate grapples with spy bill

Jan 30, 2008, Chris Strohm, National Journal, Both Houses Approve Short FISA Extension

Jan 30, 2008, Charlie Savage, Boston Globe, Bush asserts authority to bypass defense act

Jan 30, 2008, Charles Davis, Inter Press Service, Justice Not So Blind in Politically Charged Cases

Jan 30, 2008, Simon Jenkins, Guardian (UK), The "War on Terror" Licenses a New Stupidity in GeopoliticsG

Jan 30, 2008, Dan Eggen, Washington Post, Mukasey Refuses to Judge Waterboarding

Jan 30, 2008, Dahlia Lithwick, Slate, Alarmist Clock

Jan 30, 2008, Deirdre Jurand, Jurist, Rights group claims Portugal aided Guantanamo renditions

Jan 30, 2008, Demetri Sevastopulo, Financial Times, Red Cross presses Bush on detainees

Jan 30, 2008, Nat Hentoff, Village Voice, Getting Our Reputation Back

Jan 29, 2008, Declan McCullagh, CNET, Wiretapping debate in Congress resumes Tuesday

Jan 29, 2008, Siobhan Gorman, Wall Street Journal, Bush Looks to Beef Up Protection

Jan 29, 2008, Ariane de Vogue, ABC News, Torture, Spying Issues to Top AG Hearing

Jan 29, 2008, Agence France-Presse, US Has Used Waterboarding in Past: Ex-Spy Chief

Jan 29, 2008, Thomas Ferraro, Reuters, Lawmakers Extend Spy Bill Amid Immunity Fight

Jan 29, 2008, Pamela Hess, Associated Press, House Adopts 15-day Extension Of Protect America Act

Jan 28, 2008, Thomas Ferraro, Reuters, Divided Senate headed toward spy bill extension

Jan 28, 2008, Ryan Singel, Wired, Sen. Harry Reid: Spying Extension or No Wiretaps

Jan 28, 2008, David Montero, Christian Science Monitor, Broad-based U.S. push to tighten Internet monitoring

Jan 28, 2008, Joanne Mariner, FindLaw, Terrorism and Speech

Jan 28, 2008, Kris Kotarski, Calgary Herald (Canada), U.S. 'wrongly' on torture list?

Jan 28, 2008, Rebecca Carr, Austin (TX) American-Statesman, Democrats kill Republican attempt to vote on FISA bill

Jan 28, 2008, Walter Alarkon, Associated Press, Senate votes to keep debate open over foreign surveillance bill

Jan 27, 2008, Elizabeth Holtzman, Philadelphia Inquirer, Judiciary Committee should move to impeach Bush and Cheney

Jan 27, 2008, Michelle Shephard, Toronto Star, So now what do we do with prisoners?

Jan 27, 2008, Michael O'Donnell, San Francisco Chronicle, Book Review: 'Torture and Democracy' (Darius Rejali) is definitive

Jan 27, 2008, Laura Schreier, Hartford (CT) Business Journal, Connecticut's Secret Prisoners

Jan 26, 2008, Opheera McDoom, Reuters, Sudan's ex-Guantanamo prisoners demand payout

Jan 26, 2008, Arthur Bright, Christian Science Monitor, British Government Under Fire for Controversial Anti-Terror Bill

Jan 26, 2008, Philip Shenon, New York Times, So Is Waterboarding Torture? Mukasey May Never Say

Jan 26, 2008, Naomi Wolf, Huffington Post, It’s Time to Hold Democratic House Leaders in Contempt

Jan 26, 2008, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, More Disruptions to The Cheney/Rockefeller FISA Plan

Jan 26, 2008, Editorial, New York Times, The FISA Follies, Redux

Jan 25, 2008, Guy Lawson, Rolling Stone Magazine, The Fear Factory

Jan 25, 2008, Lara Jakes Jordan, Associated Press, AG Nixes Special Prosecutor in CIA Case

Jan 25, 2008, Paul Koring, Globe and Mail (Canada), Put faith in the Forces, federal lawyer argues

Jan 25, 2008, Joby Warrick, Washington Post, Like FBI, CIA Has Used Secret 'Letters'

Jan 25, 2008, Dan Eggen and Paul Kane, Washington Post, Phone Firms' Bid for Immunity in Wiretaps Gains Ground

Jan 25, 2008, Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet, Senate Poised to Capitulate to Cheney's Fear-Mongering

Jan 25, 2008, Jeff Stein, Congressional Quarterly, Collateral Damage: Surveillance Aimed at Terrorists Can Easily Go Awry

Jan 24, 2008, Editorial, Philadelphia Inquirer, Editorial (Philadelphia Inquirer): The Padilla Sentence

Jan 24, 2008, Ian Austen, New York Times, Canadian Military Has Quit Turning Detainees Over to Afghans

Jan 24, 2008, John Bresnahan, CBS News, Key Cloture Vote Set For Monday On FISA

Jan 24, 2008, Editorial, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Authority To Spy: Forever nosy

Jan 24, 2008, Kay Rossi, Montana's News Station, Gov. Schweitzer seeking help in blocking Real ID Act

Jan 24, 2008, Julie Millican & Sarah Pavlus, Media Matters for America, Candidates Still Not Asked about Wiretaps, FISA, or Telecom Immunity in Debates

Jan 24, 2008, Matt Puzzo, Associated Press, Judge Wants Answers on CIA Videotapes

Jan 24, 2008, Alexander Panetta, London Free Press, Ottawa Had Afghan Torture Evidence

Jan 24, 2008, Paul Koring, Globe and Mail (Canada), Canada Quietly Halts Prisoner Transfers

Jan 24, 2008, Nick Juliano, Raw Story, With Deadline Looming, Senate Returns to FISA Debate

Analysis of various versions of FISA bills by the Center for Democracy and Technology

Jan 24, 2008, Steven Aftergood, Secrecy News, Pressure Grows to Limit State Secrets Privilege

Jan 24, 2008, John Christoffersen, Associated Press, Judge Rejects Patriot Act Challenge

Jan 24, 2008, Ryan Singel, Wired, Mainstream Press Still Gets Wiretapping Debate Wrong

Jan 24, 2008, Paul Kiel, TPMMuckraker, Reyes on Sudden White House Generosity: "I Don't Know Why"

Jan 24, 2008, Guardian (UK), Bush Pushes Controversial Memo Author

Jan 24, 2008, Philip Shenon & Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Justice Nomination Seen as Snub to Democrats

Jan 24, 2008, Corey Boles & John Godfrey, CNN, Senate Defeats First Try to Strip Telecos of FISA Immunity

Jan 23, 2008, Bill Sizemore, Virginian-Pilot, Blackwater protesters lose appeals of closed trials

Jan 23, 2008, Curt Anderson, Miami Herald, U.S. Faces Challenges in Appeal of Padilla Sentence

Jan 23, 2008, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Your Harry Reid-Led Senate In Action

Jan 23, 2008, Dan Froomkin, Washington Post, 935 Iraq Falsehoods

Iraq The War Card: Orchestrated Deception on the Path to War by the Center for Public Integrity

Jan 23, 2008, William Branigin, Washington Post, Cheney Calls for Permanent Warrantless Wiretapping

Jan 23, 2008, Walter Alarkon, The Hill, Wiretapping battle heats up on Capitol Hill

Jan 23, 2008, Andrew Cohen, CBS News, Final Padilla Pitch Fails

Jan 23, 2008, Jayne Lyn Stahl, Atlantic Free Press (Netherlands), Just Say "No" to Immunity

Jan 23, 2008, Michelle Shephard, Toronto Star, U.S. says no to U.N. request to attend Khadr trial

Jan 23, 2008, Agence France-Presse, France urges US to drop Guantanamo trial of Canadian

Jan 23, 2008, James Ridgeway and Jean Casella, Mother Jones, "Homegrown Terrorism" bill criminalizes thought

Jan 22, 2008, Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone Magazine, Truth or Terrorism? The Real Story Behind Five Years of High Alerts

Jan 22, 2008, Andy Worthington, AlterNet, Why Jose Padilla's 17-Year Sentence Should Disgust all Americans

Jan 22, 2008, Haroon Siddique, Guardian (UK), 'Enemy combatant' receives 17-year US jail term

Jan 22, 2008, Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, Jose Padilla Gets 17 Years, 4 Months

Jan 22, 2008, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Former U.S. resident writes of alleged torture

Jan 22, 2008, Robert Crawford, Seattle Times, Democracies Don't Torture

Jan 22, 2008, Jason Leopold, TruthOut, Missing White House Emails Match Plame Time Frames

Jan 22, 2008, Ted Gup, The Nation, The CIA's Jose: Case Study in Cynicism

Jan 21, 2008, Huw Jones, BBC News, Alone in the Dark

Jan 20, 2008, Editorial, Philadelphia Inquirer, Civil Liberties: Remember What We're Defending

Jan 20, 2008, Editorial, Boston Globe, Why Not a National ID?

Jan 19, 2008, David Ljunggren, Reuters, Canada Takes U.S. and Israel Off Torture Watch List

Jan 19, 2008, Eileen Sullivan, Associated Press, Tom Ridge: Waterboarding is Torture

Jan 19, 2008, Opinion Editorial by John Yoo, Wall Street Journal, Terrorist Tort Travesty

See also "Why Shouldn't Jose Padilla Sue John Yoo?" in Slate Magazine, by Emily Bazelon, January 16, 2008

Jan 19, 2008, Scott Shane, New York Times, Detainee's Lawyers Rebut CIA on Videotapes

Jan 19, 2008, Josh White and Keith B. Richburg, Washington Post, Terror Informant for FBI Allegedly Targeted Agents

Jan 19, 2008, Carol D. Leonnig, Washington Post, Lawyers for Detainee Refer In Filing to More CIA Tapes

Jan 19, 2008, George Hunsinger, Huffington Post, A Moral Imperative

Jan 18, 2008, Andrew Cohen, Washington Post, Don't Cry for John Yoo

Jan 18, 2008, Ryan Singel, Wired, Montana Governor Foments Real ID Rebellion

Jan 18, 2008, Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times, Taxi to the Dark Side

Jan 18, 2008, Kirk Johnson, New York Times, Secret Service: Detailed Look at ’06 Turmoil

Jan 18, 2008, Ryan Singel, Wired, Montana Governor Foments REAL ID Rebellion

Jan 18, 2008, BBC News, Canada Puts U.S. on Torture List

Jan 17, 2008, Editorial, Washington Post, A Tale of Abuse

Jan 17, 2008, Richard B. Schmitt, Los Angeles Times, Ex-Rep. Mark Siljander is indicted

Jan 17, 2008, Associated Press, Tapes Destroyed Over CIA's Objections

Jan 16, 2008, Joby Warrick and Walter Pincus, Washington Post, Station Chief Made Appeal To Destroy CIA Tapes: Lawyer Says Top Official Had Implicit Approval

Jan 16, 2008, Editorial, Palm Beach (FL) Post, Abu Ghraib Coverup

Jan 16, 2008, Editorial, Brattleboro (VT) Reformer, Profiting from Fear

Jan 16, 2008, Joanne Mariner, FindLaw, Terrorism and Preventive Detention

Jan 16, 2008, Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times, Judge: Jose Padilla will get 30 to life

Jan 16, 2008, Pete Yost, Associated Press, White House Recycles Backup E-Mail Tapes

Jan 16, 2008, Heidi Boghosian and Abby Scher, Public Eye Magazine, First Amendment Blues: PoliceTactics Suppress Free Speech

Jan 16, 2008, Lara Jakes Jordan, Associated Press, Ex-Lawmaker Charged in Terror Conspiracy

Jan 15, 2008, Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, Life sentence looms for Padilla

Jan 15, 2008, Spc. Shanita Simmons, USA, American Forces Press Service, Guantanamo Mission Mitigates Global Risk, Mullen Says

Jan 15, 2008, Nat Hentoff, Village Voice, What the CIA Had to Destroy

Jan 15, 2008, Paul Kiel, TPMMuckraker, Conyers Requests Special Prosecutor for CIA Tapes Probe

Jan 15, 2008, Editorial, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Torture: Not a Tough Call

Jan 15, 2008, Scott Shane, New York Times, No Immunity, No Testimony

Jan 15, 2008, Owen Bowcott, Guardian (UK), FBI Wants Instant Access to British Identity Data

Jan 14, 2008, Witness Against Torture, Common Dreams, Anti-Guantanamo Activists Released After 30 Hours in Custody

Jan 14, 2008, Dan Eggen and Jonathan Weisman, Washington Post, House Democrats Target Bolten, Miers

Jan 14, 2008, Samantha Broussard-Wilson, Yale (University) Daily News, Law alumni face off over Padilla case

Jan 14, 2008, Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, Life or less? Padilla to learn his fate

Jan 14, 2008, Robert Burns, Associated Press, Joint Chiefs Chairman: Close Guantanamo

Jan 14, 2008, Paul Kiel, TPMMuckraker, Mike McConnell and FISA

Jan 14, 2008, Editorial, Charlotte (NC) Observer, Ring, ring -- who's there?

Jan 14, 2008, Alice Lipowicz, Washington Technology, States scramble for overhauls as deadline looms on Real ID

Jan 14, 2008, Andy Worthington, Guardian (UK), The Future of Guantánamo

Jan 13, 2008, Mohammed Bin Sallam, Yemen Times, International conference opposes US Guantanamo policy

Jan 13, 2008, Agence France-Presse, Waterboarding 'would be torture': US intelligence czar

Jan 13, 2008, John Farmer, New York Times, A Terror Threat in the Courts

Jan 12, 2008, Felix Barrett, San Francisco Indymedia, Protests Against Guantanamo Torture Camp

Jan 12, 2008, Matthew L. Wald, New York Times, US Issues National ID Standards, Setting Stage for a Showdown

Jan 12, 2008, Jerry Seper, Washington Times, Terror Suspects Can't Sue Pentagon

Jan 12, 2008, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Global protests demand close of Guantánamo

Jan 12, 2008, Nicole Gaouette, Los Angeles Times, Real ID is postponed for 5 years

Jan 12, 2008, Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times, Treason and torture

Jan 12, 2008, John Solomon, Washington Post, Agent: FBI Lacks Skills To Combat Terrorists

Jan 12, 2008, Dan Eggen, Washington Post, Ex-Leaders of Islamic Charity Are Convicted

Jan 12, 2008, Editorial, Washington Post, Immunity Off-Limits in CIA Torture Tape Case

Jan 12, 2008, Herald Sun (Australia), David Hicks' plea to close Guantanamo Bay

Jan 11, 2008, Abreen Ali, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Waterboarding Demonstrated in Seattle Protest

Jan 11, 2008, April Bethea, Charlotte (NC) Observer, Detention center plan is halted

Jan 11, 2008, Mike Rhodes, Independent Media Center, Fresno Activists Demand - Close Gitmo Now!

Jan 11, 2008, CBS News, Judges Reject Torture Lawsuit by British Detainees

Court of Appeals Ruling, Rasul v. Myers, 06-5209.

Jan 11, 2008, United Press International, U.S. moves back Real ID deadline 5 years

Jan 11, 2008, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Doral protesters target Guantánamo

Jan 11, 2008, Ben Nichols, Associated Press, Military prosecution in Abu Ghraib scandal ends

Jan 11, 2008, Devlin Barrett, Associated Press, Homeland Security to require more-secure driver's licenses

Jan 11, 2008, Neela Banerjee, New York Times, Administration Is Rebuffed in a Ruling on Deportation

Jan 11, 2008, Editorial, New York Times, Homeland Security on the Hustings

Jan 11, 2008, Editorial, New York Times, No Immunity Deal for CIA Tape Destruction

Jan 11, 2008, Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSBlog, Detainees barred from challenging torture, abuse

Jan 11, 2008, Haider Rizvi, OneWorld, Protests Mark 6 Years of Guantanamo

Jan 11, 2008, Moazzam Begg, Guardian (UK), Guantánamo: How Much Longer?

Jan 11, 2008, Dan Eggen, Washington Post, FBI Wiretaps Dropped Due to Unpaid Bills

Jan 10, 2008, Pete Yost, Associated Press, Widespread US secrecy prompts warning

Jan 10, 2008, Philip Shenon, New York Times, Ashcroft Deal Brings Scrutiny in Justice Dept.

Jan 10, 2008, Dan Eggen and Joby Warrick, Washington Post, Ex-CIA Official May Refuse To Testify About Videotapes

Jan 10, 2008, Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times, Padilla, co-defendants seek leniency

Jan 10, 2008, Josh White, Washington Post, Army Officer Is Cleared in Abu Ghraib Scandal

Jan 10, 2008, Leigh Sales, Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), Political dilemma over Guantanamo

Jan 9, 2008, Dan Eggen, Washington Post, Federal Judge Refuses to Order Review of CIA Tapes

Jan 9, 2008, Fred Attewill, Guardian (UK), Former Guantánamo detainees fight extradition to Spain

Jan 9, 2008, Anne Broache, CNET, Obama: No Warrantless Wiretaps if You Elect Me

Jan 9, 2008, Pete Yost, Associated Press, White House told to check its e-mail

Jan 9, 2008, Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch, The $100 Barrel of Oil vs. the Global War on Terror

Jan 8, 2008, Robert J. Spitzer, Los Angeles Times, The 'pocket veto' peril

Jan 8, 2008, Nat Hentoff, Washington Post, Concealing Prisoner Abuse

Jan 8, 2008, Curt Anderson, Associated Press, Sentencing Begins for Padilla, 2 Others

Jan 8, 2008, Andrew Sullivan (Text), Louie Palu (Photos), The Atlantic, Inside Guantánamo: Photo essay

Jan 8, 2008, Andrew Gumbel, The Independent (UK), Bagram detention centre now twice the size of Guantanamo

Jan 7, 2008, Vanessa Blum, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Jose Padilla terrorism sentencing begins Tuesday in Miami

Jan 7, 2008, Tim Golden, New York Times, Foiling U.S. Plan, Prison Expands in Afghanistan

Jan 7, 2008, Jason Leopold, TruthOut, CIA Tapes Destroyed As Pressure Mounted

Jan 7, 2008, George McGovern, Washington Post, Why I Believe Bush Must Go: Nixon Was Bad, These Guys Are Worse

Jan 7, 2008, Tim Golden, New York Times, Defying U.S. Plan, Prison Expands in Afghanistan

Jan 7, 2008, Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, Ex-jurors: Another mistrial looms in Liberty City 7 case

Jan 6, 2008, Randall Mikkelsen, Reuters, ANALYSIS-CIA tapes probe could spotlight torture issue

Jan 6, 2008, Larry Evans, Sarasota (FL) Herald Tribune, Congress must act on torture

Jan 6, 2008, Angus Reid Global Monitor (Canada), U.S. Upset with Bush on Terrorism, Civil Liberties

Jan 6, 2008, Cody Corliss, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Book Review: 'Less Safe, Less Free' by David Cole and Jules Lobel

Jan 6, 2008, Dennis Wagner, Arizona Republic, Blurring of U.S. interrogation policy complicates challenge

Jan 6, 2008, Times (UK), Sibel Edmonds: U.S. sold West’s deadly nuclear secrets

Sibel Edmonds Speaks, Larisa Alexandrovna, The Huffington Post, January 6, 2008

Jan 5, 2008, Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, UC Berkeley Lawyer Who Justified Torture of Detainees Sued

Jan 5, 2008, Craig Whitlock, Washington Post, Terror Suspects Hone Anti-Detection Skills

Jan 4, 2008, Paul Craig Thomas, CounterPunch, Thinking For Yourself Is Now A Crime

Jan 4, 2008, Editorial, Wall Street Journal, Criminalizing the CIA

Jan 4, 2008, Adam Liptak, New York Times, Padilla Sues Ex-Government Lawyer

Jan 4, 2008, David Johnston, New York Times, News Analysis: An Inquiry Seen as Payback in a Rivalry

Jan 4, 2008, Karoun Demirjian, Chicago Tribune, Padilla sues ex-Justice official over torture

Jan 4, 2008, Walter Pincus, Washington Post, CIA in 2003 Planned Destruction of Tapes

Jan 3, 2008, Curt Anderson, Associated Press, Defense fears terrorism retrial won't be fair to 6 defendants

Jan 3, 2008, Editorial, New York Times, The Right Move on the C.I.A. Tapes

Jan 3, 2008, Jacob Hornberger, CounterPunch, Padilla and the Future of Habeas Corpus, pt 1

Jan 3, 2008, Brian Beutler, AlterNet, What's Next for FISA?

Jan 3, 2008, Jennifer Abel, Hartford (CT) Advocate, The Thought Crime Law

Jan 3, 2008, David Usborne, The Independent (UK), CIA faces criminal inquiry into loss of 'torture' tapes at Guantanamo

Jan 3, 2008, C. Benjamin Ford, Business Gazette, Critics call Real ID a real nightmare

Jan 3, 2008, Mark Mazzetti and David Johnston, New York Times, Justice Department Sets Criminal Inquiry on CIA Tapes

Jan 2, 2008, michelle shephard, Toronto Star, Guantanamo hearings try patience

Jan 2, 2008, Randall Mikkelsen, Reuters, U.S. launches criminal probe of CIA tapes

Jan 2, 2008, Associated Press, Criminal Probe Opened Over CIA Tapes

Jan 2, 2008, Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, Presidential Candidates Diverge On US Joining War Crimes Court

Jan 2, 2008, Thomas H. Kean and Lee H. Hamilton, New York Times, Stonewalled by the C.I.A.

Jan 1, 2008, Jenny Engstrom, Kilburn Times (UK), Grieving Guantanamo detainee thanks supporters

Jan 1, 2008, Editorial, Des Moines (IA) Register, Resolve to shore up legacy, Mr. President

Jan 1, 2008, Robert Parry, Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel, Hillary Signals Free Pass for Bush

Jan 1, 2008, Editorial, San Jose (CA) Mercury News, National Security

Jan 1, 2008, Steve Urbon, South Coast Today (MA), UMD professor testifies as expert witness at trial of bin Laden's driver