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Nov 30, 2007, Topher Sanders, Ithaca (NY) Journal, 100 walk out on Ashcroft talk

Nov 30, 2007, Donial Dastgir, Cornell (University) Daily Sun, Former Attorney General Ashcroft, Protestors Speak

Nov 30, 2007, Andy Worthington, Daily Star (Lebanon), Tunisian Guantanamo detainee case highlights lawlessness

Nov 30, 2007, Katharine Lackey, Daily Collegian (Penn State University), Patriot Act provisions under fire

Nov 29, 2007, Ben Bain, Federal Computer Week, DHS submits revised Real ID plan to OMB

Nov 29, 2007, Ryan Singel, Wired, Time Edits Wiretapping Correction, Still Wrong - UPDATED

Nov 29, 2007, Roy Mark, eWeek.com, Court Orders Release of Telco Immunity Docs

Nov 29, 2007, David Bromwich, Huffington Post, The Torture Compromise of 2007

Nov 29, 2007, Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, Prosecutor: 7 planned 9/11-like mission

Nov 29, 2007, Tom Curry, Associated Press, Justices to take new look at Guantanamo dispute

Nov 29, 2007, Earthtimes, ACLU warns of pending intelligence bill

Nov 29, 2007, Shaunna Murphy, Washington Square News (New York University), Klein: In war on terror, are you next?

Nov 29, 2007, Kim Curtis, Associated Press, Judge Calls for Data on Telecom Lobby

Nov 29, 2007, Matt Renner, TruthOut, The Violent Radicalization Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007

Nov 29, 2007, Jonathan Hafetz, American Prospect, Torture and America's Crisis of Faith

Nov 28, 2007, Lisa Fernandez, San Jose (CA) Mercury News, Peace Convention Scheduled for Newark

Nov 28, 2007, Associated Press, US government ordered to release telecommunications lobbying records

Nov 28, 2007, Carolyn Bninski, Colorado Daily, Ashcroft claims rights not undermined to incredulous audience

Nov 28, 2007, Tillie Fong, Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO), Ashcroft defends the Patriot Act

Nov 28, 2007, Heath Urie, Boulder (CO) Daily Camera, John Ashcroft talks security, battles hecklers at CU

Nov 28, 2007, Editorial, New York Times, A Loss for Privacy Rights

Nov 28, 2007, Editorial, Miami Herald, Ensure transparency in terrorism trials

Nov 28, 2007, Boston Globe, Hearings urged on warrantless searches

Nov 28, 2007, Richard Willing, USA Today, Intelligence bill may hinge on immunity for telecoms

Nov 28, 2007, ACLU, Common Dreams, Briefing: Connecting the Dots on Guantánamo, Habeas Corpus, and Torture

Nov 28, 2007, David Edwards and Muriel Kane, Raw Story, Expert: Both parties cooperate to keep administration crimes secret

Nov 28, 2007, Democracy Now!, Supreme Court Upholds Warrantless Home Searches

Nov 28, 2007, Amy Goodman, TruthDig, Have They No Shame?

Nov 28, 2007, Josh Meyer, Los Angeles Times, When is a terrorism figure no longer one?

Nov 27, 2007, Pamela Hess, Miami Herald, Bush's 'state secrets' claim under fire

Nov 27, 2007, David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, Justices uphold welfare home searches

Nov 27, 2007, Joan Biskupic, USA Today, Court to decide detainees' rights

Nov 27, 2007, Ian Cobain, Guardian (UK), Air firm accused of rendition flights role

Nov 27, 2007, Associated Press, Court says US border inspections of Muslims were allowed

Nov 27, 2007, Tony Mauro, Legal Times, High Court to Release Same-Day Audio for Detainee Cases

Nov 27, 2007, Stephanie Nebehay, Washington Post, Top State Dept lawyer seeks U.S. clarity on torture

Nov 26, 2007, William Fisher, OpEdNews, PATRIOT ACT LITE?

Nov 26, 2007, Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, Foes of electronic spying may have a new way to challenge it

Nov 26, 2007, United Press International, French Rumsfeld torture lawsuit dismissed

Nov 26, 2007, Democracy Now!, Leaked Guantanamo Manual Reveals Prisoner Isolation Was Official Army Policy, What Role Do Psychologists Play?

Nov 26, 2007, Democracy Now!, UN Committee: Tasers Can Be Form of Torture

Nov 26, 2007, Democracy Now!, Federal Officials Obtaining Cell Phone Data To Track People

Nov 26, 2007, Pamela Hess, Associated Press, Congress, Courts Examine 'State Secrets'

Nov 26, 2007, Eileen Sullivan, Associated Press, Firefighters taking new role as anti-terrorist eyes of the US government

Nov 25, 2007, Stephen Grey, Times (UK), Flight logs reveal secret rendition

Nov 25, 2007, Editorial, Boston Globe, Guantanamo's newest critic

Nov 25, 2007, Matthew Barakat, Associated Press, Islamic Academy in Virginia on Defensive

Nov 25, 2007, CBS News, UN: Tasers Are A Form Of Torture

Nov 24, 2007, Tom Curley, Washington Post, Railroading A Journalist In Iraq

Nov 24, 2007, Parvez Ahmed, Sun Sentinel (FL), Mistrial of government's case against Muslim charity a victory for justice

Nov 23, 2007, Joel Brinkley, McClatchy Newspapers, The World Still Likes Us

Nov 23, 2007, Associated Press, Prosecutor dismisses Rumsfeld torture complaint

Nov 23, 2007, Ian Munro, The Age (Australia), US accused of 'terror hypocrisy'

Nov 23, 2007, Farah Stockman, Boston Globe, At Guantanamo, the trial everyone faces is waiting

Nov 23, 2007, Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, Secret Warrants Granted Without Probable Cause

Nov 22, 2007, Farah Stockman, Boston Globe, Nationality plays role in detainee release

Nov 22, 2007, Joshua Rubenstein, Boston Globe, Human Rights at Risk, Now More than Ever

Nov 22, 2007, Editorial, New York Times, Ms. Palouse Departs

Nov 21, 2007, Bob Geary, Independent Weekly (NC), Extraordinary rendition requires extraordinary activism

Nov 20, 2007, Jerry Markon, Washington Post, Government Secrecy May Lead to New Trial In Va. Terrorism Case

Nov 20, 2007, Nathan J. Comp, Daily Page (Madison, WI), Russ Feingold on telecom immunity

Nov 20, 2007, Associated Press, Lawyers call on Britain to press Canada over young Guantanamo detainee

Nov 20, 2007, ThinkProgress, Alberto Gonzales Heckled At U. of Fla. Speech

Nov 20, 2007, Democracy Now!, "Homegrown Terrorism" Law Raises Fears of New Government Crackdown on Dissent

Nov 19, 2007, Richard Martin, Information Week, Carriers Try To Avoid The Warrantless Eavesdropping Spotlight

Nov 19, 2007, Frances Gibb, Times (UK), UK joins call to repatriate Guantanamo youngest

Nov 19, 2007, Editorial, New York Times, Rendition, Torture and Accountability

Nov 19, 2007, Farah Stockman, Boston Globe, Some cleared Guantanamo inmates stay in custody

Nov 19, 2007, Technology News Daily, Say No to Immunity for Telecoms

Nov 19, 2007, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Civil Liberties: The new balance

Nov 19, 2007, Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Ruling Blocks Challenge to Wiretapping

Nov 19, 2007, Ralph E. Shaffer and R. William Robinson, Baltimore Sun, Here come the thought police

Nov 19, 2007, Klaus Marre, The Hill, Townsend resigns as homeland security adviser

Nov 19, 2007, Tim Cocks, Reuters, War on Terrorism Leads to Rights Abuses: Watchdog

Nov 18, 2007, Robert Jakubowicz, Berkshire (MA) Eagle, The Most Fundamental Right of All

Nov 18, 2007, Stephen Soldz, ZNet, American Psychological Association Writes the Administration and Congress Criticizing Torture: Modest Progress?

Nov 17, 2007, Dan Eggen, Washington Post, Both Government and Islamic Charity Claim Victory in Eavesdropping Case

Nov 17, 2007, Henry Weinstein, Los Angeles Times, Court rejects challenge to wiretap program

Nov 16, 2007, Agence France-Presse, US House snubs Bush on wiretap law

Nov 16, 2007, James Risen, New York Times, Panel Drops Immunity From Eavesdropping Bill

Nov 16, 2007, Jessica Lee, Indypendent, Congress Considers How to 'Disrupt' Radical Movements in the United States

Nov 16, 2007, Joe Murray, The Bulletin (Philadelphia, PA), Pennsylvania Lawmaker Fights National ID Card

Nov 16, 2007, Democracy Now!, Lawmakers Strip Immunity for Telecom Companies from Surveillance Bill

Nov 16, 2007, William Glaberson, New York Times, Red Cross Monitors Barred From Guantánamo

Nov 16, 2007, Robert Parry, Consortium News, Bush sees himself as the great defender of the U.S. Constitution

Nov 15, 2007, Bill Weinberg, World War 4 Report, House passes thoughtcrime prevention act

Nov 15, 2007, Pamela Hess, Associated Press, House to Vote on Eavesdropping Bill

Nov 15, 2007, Terry Frieden, CNN, New AG threatens veto of Leahy surveillance plan

Nov 15, 2007, ACLU, Press Release: Patriot Act Victim Speaks Out on Spy Bill

Nov 15, 2007, Alison Brysk, Christian Science Monitor, Torture doesn't work

Nov 15, 2007, Timothy Garton Ash, Guardian (UK), The threat from terrorism does not justify slicing away our freedoms

Nov 15, 2007, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Guantánamo how-to manual hits the Web

Nov 14, 2007, Randall Mikkelsen, Reuters, Wiretapping probe revived under Mukasey

Nov 14, 2007, Vesna Jaksic, National Law Journal, Anti-terrorism laws may come at too high a price, warns O'Connor

Nov 14, 2007, Peter Grier, Christian Science Monitor, When cooperating with U.S. antiterror efforts is risky

Nov 14, 2007, Dan Eggen, Washington Post, Justice Dept. Reopens Surveillance Probe

Nov 14, 2007, David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times, Public's privacy is on the line

Nov 13, 2007, Ryan Singel, Wired, Spy Official Calling Anonymity Dead Simply Summarizing Gov Spying Powers

Nov 13, 2007, Richard R. Marcus, Los Angeles Times, Community profiling's long, sad history

Nov 13, 2007, Associated Press, Court Rejects Request From Detainee

Nov 13, 2007, Associated Press, U.S. Army Reiterates Waterboarding Ban

Nov 13, 2007, Peter Baker, Washington Post, White House Ordered to Keep E-Mails

Nov 13, 2007, Molly Moore, Washington Post, Panel Decries Terrorism Blacklist Process

Nov 12, 2007, Pamela Hess, Associated Press, Top US Intelligence Official Suggests Redefinition of "Privacy"

Nov 12, 2007, Elliot D. Cohen, BuzzFlash, Senate Judiciary Poised to Pass Total Information Awareness Bill

Nov 12, 2007, Mike Nizza, New York Times, An Intelligence Official’s Privacy Proposal

Nov 12, 2007, Agence France-Presse, CIA-sponsored Guantanamo flights over Spain increase in 2007

Nov 12, 2007, Ari Melber, AlterNet, Will Democrats Restore Our Liberties Stolen in the Bush Era?

Nov 12, 2007, Renee Boucher Ferguson, eWeek.com, N.Y. License Plan Sparks Debate

Nov 11, 2007, Xinhua News (China), Jordanians arrested in Guantanamo released

Nov 11, 2007, Erwin Chemerinsky, Baltimore Sun, Break Through Bush Administration's Executive Privilege Roadblock

Nov 11, 2007, Philip Taubman, New York Times, In Death of Spy Satellite Program, Lofty Plans and Unrealistic Bids

Nov 11, 2007, Editorial, New York Times, Abdicate and Capitulate

Nov 10, 2007, Associated Press, 14 Saudis Return Home From Guantanamo

Nov 10, 2007, Michelle Shephard, Toronto Star, Camp being erected for Khadr trial that some believe may never get underway

Nov 9, 2007, Richard Winton, Jean-Paul Renaud and Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times, LAPD to Build Data on Muslim Areas

Nov 9, 2007, Jennifer Daskal, Huffington Post, Just Another Day in a Guantanamo Courtroom

Nov 9, 2007, Marc Rotenberg, Huffington Post, Privacy vs. Security? Privacy.

Nov 9, 2007, Kye Lippold `10, Hamilton College (NY) News, Eric Lane Asks "Can We Save the Constitution Through Love Alone?"

Nov 9, 2007, KATHLEEN HENNESSEY, Associated Press, Giuliani Tags Dems, Touts His Experience

Nov 9, 2007, LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press, Mukasey Confirmed As Attorney General

Nov 9, 2007, LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press, Mukasey Confirmed As Attorney General

Nov 9, 2007, Neal Katyal, New Republic, Counsel, Legal and Illegal

Nov 9, 2007, Vindu Goel, San Jose (CA) Mercury News, Vindu's View: Congress stands no taller than Yahoo 'pygmies'

Nov 9, 2007, Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times, Security, liberties clash in 'Strange Culture'

Nov 8, 2007, Donna Miles, American Forces Press Service, New Legal Complex at Guantanamo to Apply Proven Expeditionary Concepts

Nov 8, 2007, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Gitmo war court back in business

Nov 8, 2007, Joseph L. Galloway, Editor & Publisher, Memo to Media: I Witnessed 'Waterboarding' -- And, Yes, It is Torture

Nov 8, 2007, The Canadian Press, Canadian Press, Khadr's lawyers say U.S. government hid evidence that could help him

Nov 8, 2007, BBC News, Detention times around the world

Nov 8, 2007, ACLU, Press Release: ACLU Outlines Ways Waterboarding has Already Been Declared Illegal by the Federal Government

Nov 8, 2007, Canadian Press, U.S. building new tent city for terror trials at Guantanamo Bay

Nov 8, 2007, Mimi Hall, USA Today, 15,000 want off the U.S. terror watch list

Nov 8, 2007, Democracy Now!, AT&T Whistleblower Urges Congress Not To Give Telecoms Immunity

Nov 8, 2007, Amy Goodman, TruthDig, A Vote for Mukasey Is a Vote for Torture

Nov 8, 2007, Renee Schoof, McClatchy Newspapers, Two Democrats move to outlaw waterboarding

Nov 7, 2007, Philip Shenon, New York Times, Senate Committee Approves Mukasey Nomination

Nov 7, 2007, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press, Feds Fight Ruling on Security Letters

Nov 7, 2007, Genaro C. Armas, Associated Press, FBI Chief: Patriot Act Ruling Misguided

Nov 7, 2007, Associated Press, New York Times, Judges Won't Stop Military Commission

Nov 7, 2007, Reuters, PREVIEW-Canadian to face Guantanamo tribunal for 3rd time

Nov 7, 2007, Jennifer Daskal, Huffington Post, The Pentagon Tries a New Tactic to Spin Guantanamo Coverage: Keep Journalists Away from NGOs

Nov 7, 2007, ACLU, Press Release: ACLU to Monitor Guantánamo Military Commission Proceeding Thursday

Nov 7, 2007, Harold Furchtgott-Roth, New York Sun, 'Indemnification' Could Send Investors Abroad

Nov 7, 2007, Democracy Now!, Judge OKs Torture Suit Against U.S. Contractor

Nov 6, 2007, CNN, Attorney general nomination moves one step closer to confirmation

Nov 6, 2007, Reuters, Three Jordanians return from Guantanamo Bay prison

Nov 6, 2007, Reuters, FACTBOX-Recent developments on torture

Nov 6, 2007, Democracy Now!, Activists Stage Waterboarding Outside Justice Dept.

Nov 6, 2007, Keith Olbermann, MSNBC, The presidency is now a criminal conspiracy

Nov 6, 2007, Editorial, New York Times, A Vote for Justice

Nov 5, 2007, Associated Press, Feds Fight Ruling on Security Letters

Nov 5, 2007, Editorial, Washington Post, Waterboarding Used to Be a Crime

Nov 5, 2007, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, 11 captives held by U.S. released from Guantánamo

Nov 5, 2007, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Terror suspects' beards are safe now

Nov 5, 2007, ACLU, Gagged National Security Letter Recipient Condemns Excessive Secrecy As Government Appeals His Case

Nov 5, 2007, Agence France-Presse, French Guantanamo detainees seek US general's testimony

Nov 5, 2007, Agence France-Presse, In US war on terrorism, 'waterboarding' not deemed torture

Nov 5, 2007, Ed Pilkington, Guardian (UK), Top US legal adviser refuses to rule out 'torture' technique

Nov 5, 2007, Richard Saccone, Baltimore Sun, When does coercion become torture?

Nov 5, 2007, Nick Juliano, Raw Story, NY Times lets 'conflicted' Ashcroft pen pro-immunity op-ed for telecoms

Nov 5, 2007, Democracy Now!, Key Senators Back Mukasey Nomination

Nov 5, 2007, John Nichols, The Nation, Mukasey Is (Much) Worse Than Gonzales

Nov 5, 2007, Cynthia Tucker, Baltimore Sun, Interrogation Abuses Undercut Our Moral Authority in Eyes of World

Nov 4, 2007, Greg Krikorian, Los Angeles Times, Weak case seen in failed trial of charity

Nov 4, 2007, Editorial, Los Angeles Times, Why Orwell Matters

Nov 4, 2007, William Glaberson, New York Times, Detainee Rights Weighed in Plans to Close Base

Nov 4, 2007, Editorial, New York Times, Selling America

Nov 4, 2007, Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, E.U. Seeks Data on American Passengers

Nov 4, 2007, Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, Homeland Security Retreats From Facets of 'Real ID'

Nov 4, 2007, George F. Will, Washington Post, Congress's Unused War Powers

Nov 4, 2007, Editorial, Washington Post, Two for Mr. Mukasey

Nov 3, 2007, Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation, Waterboarding Justice

Nov 3, 2007, Richard B. Schmitt, Los Angeles Times, Mukasey all but a shoo-in for approval

Nov 3, 2007, Dianne Feinstein, Los Angeles Times, Judge Mukasey has my vote

Nov 3, 2007, Marc Santora, New York Times, 3 Top Republican Candidates Take a Hard Line on the Interrogation of Detainees

Nov 3, 2007, Editorial, New York Times, End to a Shabby Prosecution: L.A. 8 Case

Nov 3, 2007, Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, Blackwater's Owner Has Spies for Hire

Nov 2, 2007, Lisa Thompson, Erie (PA) Times News, Retired General Dunlavey: Guantanamo Mission Came Straight From Bush, Rumsfeld

Nov 2, 2007, John Nichols, The Nation, Calling the Question -- In the House -- on Impeaching Cheney

Nov 2, 2007, Shane Harris, National Journal, NSA Sought Data Before 9/11

Nov 2, 2007, Jacob Sullum, Reason, Torture vs. Warrantless Surveillance: Why Choose?

Nov 2, 2007, Anne Broache, CNET, Is Real ID plan on its deathbed?

Nov 2, 2007, Reuters, Leahy to vote against Mukasey Nomination

Nov 2, 2007, Rod McGuirk, Associated Press, Former Gitmo Inmate Denied Passport

Nov 2, 2007, Editorial, Los Angeles Times, A promising Senate surveillance plan

Nov 2, 2007, Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, Librarians Say Surveillance Bills Lack Adequate Oversight

Nov 1, 2007, Ben Fox, Associated Press, Jailed Gitmo Journalist Gains Support

Nov 1, 2007, ACLU, DHS Plans to Water Down Real ID in Last-Ditch Effort to Lure States In; Privacy Threats Remain

Nov 1, 2007, Leonard Doyle, The Independent (UK), Waterboarding Is Torture - I Did It Myself, says US Advisor

Nov 1, 2007, Philip Shenon, New York Times, Ex-Prosecutor Acquitted of Misconduct in 9/11 Case

Nov 1, 2007, Adam Liptak, New York Times, Court Takes Second Look at Enemy Combatant Case

Nov 1, 2007, Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Key Senators Raise Doubts on Eavesdropping Immunity

Nov 1, 2007, Scott Shane, New York Times, Nominee’s Stand May Avoid Tangle of Torture Cases

Nov 1, 2007, Editorial, New York Times, Torture and the Attorneys General

Nov 1, 2007, Juan Cole, The Nation, Combating Muslim Extremism

Nov 1, 2007, William Branigin and Dan Eggen, Washington Post, Bush Backs Attorney General Nominee