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Oct 31, 2009, Scott Shane & Charlie Savage, New York Times, Documents Detail Conditions Found at Secret C.I.A. Jails

Oct 31, 2009, Joe Byrne, Raw Story, FBI documents reveal secret CIA prisoners 'manacled to the ceiling'

Oct 30, 2009, Democracy Now!, Leading Political, Legal Blogger Glenn Greenwald on Afghanistan, State Secrets, Healthcare and the Media

Oct 30, 2009, Zachary Roth, TPMMuckraker, Don't Even Point! Cheney's Extreme View Of Presidential Privilege

Oct 30, 2009, Common Dreams, Constitution Project Joins Coalition in Support of the USA PATRIOT Amendments Act of 2009

Oct 30, 2009, The Star Online (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), 9yr-old boy tortured, says former Guantanamo detainee

Oct 30, 2009, Andy Worthington, Public Record, Will Guantanamo Prisoners Be Released to Government of Georgia?

Oct 30, 2009, Andrea Billups and Audrey Hudson, Washington Times, Imam's death reignites Gitmo worries

Oct 29, 2009, Ashby Jones, Wall Street Journal, On Gmail and the Constitution

Oct 29, 2009, Los Angeles Times, Close Gitmo and give detainees their day in court

Oct 29, 2009, Daphne Eviatar, Washington Post, Obama Signs Law Authorizing Suppression of Torture Photos

Oct 29, 2009, Daniel Tencer, Raw Story, Obama signs law blocking release of torture photos

Oct 29, 2009, Daphne Eviatar, Washington Independent, Obama Legacy: A Parallel Justice System?

Oct 29, 2009, Yana Kunichoff, TruthOut, Significant Changes to Bush-Era Military Commissions Signed Into Law

Oct 29, 2009, Lara Jakes, Associated Press, Obama revives military trials at Guantanamo

Oct 29, 2009, Rosa Flores, KHOU.com, City leaders spar over immigration, 287(g)

Oct 29, 2009, Detroit News, Muslim group calls for investigation into imam's death

Oct 29, 2009, Charlie Savage, New York Times, Loosening of F.B.I. Rules Stirs Privacy Concerns

Oct 28, 2009, Steven M. Ellis, Metropolitan News-Enterprise (Los Angeles, CA), Court Grants En Banc Review in 'Extraordinary Rendition' Suit

Oct 28, 2009, Sen. Ron Wyden, The Hill, Patriot Act: Congress shouldn't rush to judgement (again)

Oct 28, 2009, Daphne Eviatar, Washington Independent, Ninth Circuit to Hear Government's Appeal in Jeppesen Torture Case

Oct 28, 2009, Jason Leopold, TruthOut, Democrats: CIA May Have Lied to or Misled Congress at Least Five Times Since 2001

Oct 28, 2009, Thomas R. Eddlem, New American, NSA Supercenters to Store Americans' Private Data Permanently

Oct 28, 2009, ACLU, Congress To Investigate CIA For Possible Violations Of National Security Act

Oct 27, 2009, Bobby Longoria, Daily Texan (University of Texas at Austin), Civil liberties groups voice 'fusion center' apprehension

Oct 27, 2009, William J. Bratton, Los Angeles Times, The LAPD fights crime, not illegal immigration

Oct 27, 2009, Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, Court to reconsider CIA 'torture flight' ruling

Oct 27, 2009, Adam Serwer, TAPPED: Blog of The American Prospect, Report: FBI Lacks Linguists To Process Intelligence Information

Oct 27, 2009, Richard Norton-Taylor, Guardian (UK), Move to withhold evidence in torture collusion claim

Oct 27, 2009, Andy Worthington, Public Record, Senate Finally Allows Guantanamo Trials In U.S., But Not Homes For Innocent Men

Oct 26, 2009, Stephen Rohde, Los Angeles Daily Journal, Habeas Corpus: Vessel to Safe Harbor

Oct 26, 2009, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, NYT condemns what it calls "Obama's cover-up"

Oct 26, 2009, Thomas R. Eddlem, New American, Lithuania Investigates CIA “Black Site” Torture Prison

Oct 26, 2009, Tom Burghardt, Dissident Voice, Mind Your Tweets: CIA and European Union Building Social Networking Surveillance System

Oct 26, 2009, William Fisher, Common Dreams, Obama Urged to Fully Comply with Anti-Torture Treaty

Oct 25, 2009, New York Times, The Cover-Up Continues

Oct 25, 2009, Peter McKay, Daily Mail (UK), As a poll shows Barack Obama's approval figures falling, is he a prisoner of the U.S. military?

Oct 24, 2009, Sarah Lyall, New York Times, Britons Weary of Surveillance in Minor Cases

Oct 23, 2009, Gleen Adams, Associated Press, Attorney general talks about war on terrorism

Oct 23, 2009, Alan Charles Raul, Washington Post, Privacy and civil liberties: Where's the watchdog?

Oct 23, 2009, Julian Sanchez and Jena Baker McNeill, Los Angeles Times, Have any Patriot Act horror stories come true?

Oct 23, 2009, Boston Globe, White House, Cheney sparring once again

Oct 23, 2009, Weston Kosova, Newsweek, Barack Obama's Idea of "Government Transparency" Would Make Dick Cheney Proud

Oct 23, 2009, Johanna Neuman, Los Angeles Times, Did Bush WH torture Gitmo prisoners with R.E.M., Pearl Jam, Sesame Street? Musicians demand records

Oct 23, 2009, Leader Call, Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay — An Administration Without a Plan

Oct 23, 2009, Joan Friedland, The Hill, Still waiting for 'change' under Obama

Oct 22, 2009, Nat Hentoff, Opposing Views, Obama Every Bit as Bad as Bush/Cheney on Patriot Act

Oct 22, 2009, Emily Berman, Roll Call, Democrats Failing to End Bush-Era Abuses of Power

Oct 22, 2009, David Frenkel, Winchester (MA) Star, Dear President Obama, 'hope' is not enough

Oct 22, 2009, Editorial, Khaleej Times (UAE), After Gitmo, Bagram Must Go

Oct 21, 2009, David Kravets, Wired, House Considers Limiting Patriot Act Spy Powers

Oct 21, 2009, Matt Ehling, MinnPost, Learning the lessons of the Patriot Act

Oct 21, 2009, Katie Redding, Colorado Independent, Polis: '287(g)' immigration crackdown laws create 'sweep of terror'

Oct 21, 2009, Bob Kinzel, Vermont Public Radio, Leahy Criticized For Patriot Act Revisions

Oct 21, 2009, Adam Serwer, TAPPED: Blog of The American Prospect, House Dems, The PATRIOT Act, And The Homeland Security Bill

Oct 21, 2009, David Swanson, OpEdNews, Your Town Can Demand Justice More Loudly Than You

Oct 21, 2009, Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press, UN investigator urges protection of detainees

Oct 20, 2009, Larry Margasak, Associated Press, House bill would make changes in Patriot Act

Oct 20, 2009, David Kravets, Wired, Judge Refuses to Lift 5-Year-Old Patriot Act Gag Order

Oct 20, 2009, Associated Press, Ashcroft asks 9th Circuit to reconsider case

Oct 20, 2009, Mark Sherman, Associated Press, Guantanamo detainees case reaches Supreme Court

Oct 20, 2009, Martin Finucane & William McGuinness, Boston Globe, Amherst mulls resolution welcoming Guantanamo detainees

Oct 19, 2009, Julian Sanchez, The Nation, 'War on Terror' II

Oct 19, 2009, Tom Burghardt, Dissident Voice, Telecom Lobbying, Congress & the National Security State

Oct 19, 2009, Judy Platt, Huffington Post, As Congress Prepares to Reauthorize the Patriot Act, Reader Privacy Must be Protected

Oct 19, 2009, Democracy Now!, Department of Homeland Security Expands Controversial 287(g) Program Empowering Local Police to Enforce Immigration Laws

Oct 19, 2009, Katie Redding, The Colorado Independent, New immigration enforcement agreements frustrate Coloradans

Oct 18, 2009, Susan Crabtree, The Hill, Group pushing for Guantanamo closure, prisoner transfers

Oct 18, 2009, Joan Smith, The Independent (UK), Our 'Don't Ask' Policy on Torture Demands Some Answers

Oct 16, 2009, National Day Laborer Organizing Network, Common Dreams, 287(g) Program Should Be Ended, Not Mended

Oct 16, 2009, Paisley Dodds, Associated Press, UK court order: release torture allegation details

Oct 16, 2009, Isabel Macdonald, Common Dreams, Sheriff Arpaio: "I Could Be Elected on Pink Underwear"

Oct 16, 2009, Daphne Eviatar, Washington Independent, Court Rules Government Can Continue to Hide Detainee Torture Testimony

Oct 15, 2009, Major Garrett, Fox News, WH Lauds House Vote Allowing Gitmo Detainees To US For Trial

Oct 15, 2009, Azadeh N. Shahshahani, Marietta (GA) Daily Journal, Commission should rethink 287(g) approval

Oct 15, 2009, David Swanson, CBS News, Presidential Prerogative Gone Wild?

Oct 15, 2009, David Stout, New York Times, House Backs Detainee Transfers

Oct 15, 2009, Emily Bazar, USA Today, Some police agencies resist new immigration controls

Oct 15, 2009, Larry Margasak, Associated Press, Obama, liberals split on security and media issues

Oct 15, 2009, ACLU, House Approves Bill That Would Allow Suppression of Torture Photos

Oct 15, 2009, National Public Radio, Holder: Guantanamo Detainee Decision Soon

Oct 15, 2009, Ginny Sloan, Huffington Post, The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board: In Need of Attention

Oct 15, 2009, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, GOP House members call for investigation of Muslim political activity

Oct 14, 2009, Nat Hentoff, WorldNetDaily, Obama's unrestrained FBI: Is this America?

Oct 14, 2009, Colleen Barry, Associated Press, Lawyers in CIA trial argue for immunity

Oct 14, 2009, Phil Leggiere, Homeland Security Today, ACLU Claims 287(g) Reforms Not Sufficient

Oct 14, 2009, Daphne Eviatar, Washington Independent, Obama DOJ Adopts Bush Position in Torture Cases

Oct 13, 2009, Kurt Opsahl, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Federal Court Denies Government Attempt to Delay Release of Telecom Records. Again.

Oct 13, 2009, Jesselyn Radack, Daily Kos, Washington Post editorial “Patriot High Wire Act” lacks balance

Oct 12, 2009, Louis Porter, Barre-Montpelier (VT) Times Argus, Librarians says Leahy let them down on Patriot Act

Oct 12, 2009, Matt Renner, TruthOut, Obama Administration Accused Again of Concealing Bush-Era Crimes

Oct 11, 2009, Keith Perine, CQPolitics, Presidential Authority: Echoes of Administrations Past

Oct 11, 2009, Leila Fadel, McClatchy Newspapers, As war on terror continues, Muslims in U.S. feel unfairly implicated

Oct 11, 2009, Editorial, New York Times, Wrong Paths to Immigration Reform

Oct 10, 2009, Steve Bagley, Main Justice, Appeals Court Hears Warrantless Wiretapping Arguments

Oct 9, 2009, Senator Russ Feingold, Daily Kos, It's Not the Prosecutors' Committee, it's the Judiciary Committee

Oct 9, 2009, Ellen Nakashima and Carrie Johnson, Washington Post, Partial Patriot Act Extension Is Approved by Senate Panel

Oct 9, 2009, Katie Redding, Colorado Independent, Coloradans say Obama immigrant detention reform falls short

Oct 9, 2009, Abbott Koloff, Daily Record, Cresitello pushes ahead on 287(g)

Oct 9, 2009, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Obama's Nobel Peace Prize

Oct 9, 2009, CBS News, Guantanamo detainee sent to Belgium

Oct 9, 2009, Leslie Harris, Huffington Post, Obama versus Obama on the PATRIOT Act

Oct 8, 2009, Kevin Bankston, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Obama Sides with Republicans; PATRIOT Act Renewal Bill Passes Senate Judiciary Committee Minus Critical Civil Liberties Reforms

Oct 8, 2009, Jamie Duffy, NJ.com, New Jersey pro-immigration leaders call for a halt to 287g on the steps of town hall

Oct 8, 2009, Ari Shapiro, National Public Radio, Officials Seek Plan C For Housing Terrorists

Oct 8, 2009, Daphne Eviatar, Washington Independent, Amendment Requiring NSL to Target Foreign Terrorism Voted Down

Oct 8, 2009, Daphne Eviatar, Washington Independent, Sen. Specter Emerges as Key Civil Liberties Advocate in Patriot Act Markup

Oct 8, 2009, Center for Constitutional Rights, CCR Argues in Court Government Cannot Keep Secret Whether It Spied on Guantánamo Attorneys

Oct 8, 2009, Jason Leopold, TruthOut, Spending Bill Includes Provision to Block Release of Abuse Photos

Oct 7, 2009, Editorial, New York Times, Patriot Act Excesses

Oct 7, 2009, Josh Meyer, Los Angeles Times, U.S. may not make January deadline for closing Guantanamo

Oct 7, 2009, Editorial, Miami Herald, Lift the veil on government secrecy

Oct 6, 2009, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, The joint Post/Obama defense of the Patriot Act and FISA

Oct 6, 2009, Josh Gerstein, Politico, Holder on Patriot Act: unfiltered

Oct 6, 2009, ACLU, ICE Should Terminate Maricopa County 287(g) Agreement

Oct 6, 2009, Ann Friedman, TAPPED: Blog of The American Prospect, Sheriff Joe Arpaio Loses His Immigration-Enforcement Status

Oct 6, 2009, Del Quentin Wilber & Julie Tate, Washington Post, Detainee's Lawyers to Get Interrogation Tapes

Oct 6, 2009, Andy Worthington, Public Record, On Guantanamo, Lawmakers Prove They Are Still Dick Cheney's Pawns

Oct 6, 2009, Marcy Wheeler, Fire Dog Lake, Announcing National Use Zazi to Gain New Surveillance Powers Day!

Oct 5, 2009, Marcy Wheeler, Fire Dog Lake, Conyers to Holder: Give Us the 215 Info

Oct 5, 2009, Ron Scherer, Christian Science Monitor, New York to fight terrorism with more street-corner cameras

Oct 5, 2009, Tom Burghardt, Dissident Voice, FBI Data-Mining Programs Resurrect “Total Information Awareness”

Oct 5, 2009, Scott Shane, New York Times, Detainee's Case Illustrates Bind of Prison's Fate

Oct 4, 2009, Susan Goering, Baltimore Sun, Rethink the Patriot Act

Oct 4, 2009, Editorial, St. Petersburg (FL) Times, Americans' privacy put at risk again

Oct 4, 2009, Editorial, New York Times, Mr. Obama's Promise of Transparency

Oct 3, 2009, Student Operated Press, Civil Liberties Concerns About FBI Manual

Oct 2, 2009, Julian Sanchez, Cato at Liberty, Misleading on PATRIOT Reauthorization

Oct 2, 2009, Thomas B. Evans Jr. & Michael German, Washington Times, Time to iron out wrinkles

Oct 2, 2009, Kevin Bankston, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Tip of the Hat, Wag of the Finger: PATRIOT Edition

Oct 1, 2009, Gene Racz, Home News Tribune (East Brunswick, NJ), Middlesex County freeholders vote to end contract with ICE for keeping detainees at jail

Oct 1, 2009, Editorial, Philadelphia Inquirer, Limiting state secrets

Oct 1, 2009, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Patriot Act and FISA reforms

Oct 1, 2009, Kevin Bankston, ACS Blog, PATRIOT Act Debate Must Include Reform of Last Year's FISA Amendments Act

Oct 1, 2009, Andrew Taylor, Associated Press, House votes against bringing Gitmo detainees to US

Oct 1, 2009, Mark Hamblett, New York Law Journal, Federal Judge Rebuffs ACLU, Denies Release of CIA Interrogation Memos

Oct 1, 2009, Daphne Eviatar, Washington Independent, Patriot Act Amendments Disappoint Civil Libertarians

Oct 1, 2009, David Kravets, Wired, Lawmakers Cave to FBI in Patriot Act Debate