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Mar 31, 2008, Harold Hongju Koh, Washington Post, Taking Exception: A Day in Court Denied

Mar 31, 2008, Department of Defense, Charges Sworn Against Detainee Ghailani

Mar 31, 2008, Editorial, Washington Times, Blue Dog betrayal

Mar 31, 2008, William Glaberson, New York Times, Guantánamo Detainee Charged in Embassy Attack

Mar 31, 2008, Alan Travis, Common Dreams, British Human Rights Watchdog Questions 42-day Terror Law

Mar 31, 2008, Christina Wells, Jurist, FISA Fight: The Congressional Battle Over Warrantless Surveillance

Mar 30, 2008, Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Debate and Protest at Spy Program's Inception

Mar 30, 2008, Coleen Rowley, Huffington Post, Skirting the Law Does Not Make Us Safer

Mar 30, 2008, Editorial, Los Angeles Times, Congress' first task: FISA

Mar 30, 2008, Editorial, New York Times, My Way or the Highway

Mar 30, 2008, Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, States Maneuver to Avoid Penalties of New Federal ID Program

Mar 30, 2008, CBS News, Ex-Terror Detainee Says US Tortured Him

Mar 30, 2008, Anastasia Economides and Matthew Chayes, Newsday, Police Arrest Anti-War Protester, 80, At Mall

Mar 30, 2008, Anastasia Economides and Matthew Chayes, Newsday, Police Arrest Anti-War Protester, 80, At Mall

Mar 29, 2008, Andrew M. Grossman, Fox News, Heritage Foundation: FISA Foes Fudge the Facts

Mar 29, 2008, Pete Yost, Associated Press, Lawyers argue for journalist's sources

Mar 29, 2008, Katie Zezima, New York Times, 2 States in Jeopardy With Federal ID Law

Mar 29, 2008, Carol D. Leonnig, Washington Post, Ex-Afghanistan Detainee Alleges Torture by U.S.

Mar 29, 2008, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Lawyer: Gitmo trials pegged to '08 campaign

Mar 29, 2008, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Michael Mukasey's Tearful Lies

Mar 28, 2008, Greg Bluestein, Associated Press, US urged to close detainee prison

Mar 28, 2008, Mark Mazzetti and Scott Shane, New York Times, Tapes' Destruction Hovers Over Detainee Cases

Mar 28, 2008, Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times, A day in a Guantanamo detainee's life

Mar 28, 2008, Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times, Hamdan's lawyer says advisor is exerting illegal sway for political ends

Mar 27, 2008, Rob Gillies, Miami Herald, Guantanamo argued in Canada's high court

Mar 27, 2008, Louis Godfrey, Salt Lake City (UT) Weekly, News | Interview: Orrin Hatch remains the iron man on updating Surveillance Act

Mar 27, 2008, Karen DeYoung, Washington Post, U.S. to Stop Green Card Denials for Dissidents

Mar 27, 2008, Anthony Ramirez, New York Times, 10 Prints Are Better Than 2, Homeland Security Says

Mar 27, 2008, James Vaznis, Boston Globe, At Hub hearing, lawyers press case of Guantanamo detainees

Mar 27, 2008, Ryan Singel, Wired, FBI's $500 Million Wiretap Retrofitting Fund Empty

Mar 27, 2008, Andy Worthington, Huffington Post, A Chinese Muslim's desperate plea from Guantanamo

Mar 26, 2008, Mimi Hall, USA Today, Going fishing? Pack your passport

Mar 26, 2008, Liliana Segura, AlterNet, Bush's Open-Records Order a Sham

Mar 26, 2008, David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, Supreme Court hears war-on-terrorism cases

Mar 26, 2008, Kaye Gamble, Daily Herald (IL), Don't give immunity to the telecom firms

Mar 26, 2008, Pam Fessler, National Public Radio, States Challenge Homeland Security's ID Deadline

Mar 26, 2008, Michelle Shephard, Toronto Star, Interrogator: I didn't hurt Khadr

Mar 25, 2008, Nat Hentoff, Sacramento (CA) Bee, The torture president

Mar 25, 2008, Jim Brown, OneNewsNow, Grassley: House-amended FISA de-fangs anti-terror law

Mar 25, 2008, Julian Sanchez, American Spectator, FISA Funny Business

Mar 25, 2008, Government Technology, Maine Governor Sends REAL ID Letter to DHS

Mar 25, 2008, Ryan Singel, Wired, Va. Domestic Intelligence Center Sued for Info

Mar 25, 2008, Mark Schlueb, Orlando (FL) Sentinel, In parts of Orlando, smart cameras will be watching you

Mar 24, 2008, Simon Avery, Globe and Mail (Canada), Patriot Act haunts Google service

Mar 24, 2008, Richard A. Miller, Hartford (CT) Courant, Torture's Scars Run Deep

Mar 24, 2008, Thomas Frank, USA Today, States urged to comply with ID rule

Mar 24, 2008, Faiza Saleh Ambah, Washington Post, Out of Guantanamo and Bitter Toward Bin Laden

Mar 23, 2008, Devlin Barrett, Associated Press, Signs of deal on new ID rules

Mar 23, 2008, Josh White and Robert Barnes, Washington Post, Iraq Detention Case Heads to High Court

Mar 22, 2008, Nick Fiske, Jurist, Mukasey urges compromise on new surveillance bill

Mar 22, 2008, Darryl Fears, Washington Post, Refusal Keeps Terrorism Convict in Prison

Mar 21, 2008, Wall Street Journal, Wiretaps and Blue Dogs

Mar 21, 2008, Mary F. Pols, Miami Herald, Taxi to the Dark Side (R) ***½ | Torture to watch -- but important to see

Mar 21, 2008, Anne Broache, CNET, Larry Lessig: Time To Reject Corporate Influence on Washington

Mar 21, 2008, Carol D. Leonnig, Washington Post, Rights of Protesters Violated, Judge Rules

Mar 21, 2008, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, The Obama Passport Snooping and the Unchecked Surveillance State

Mar 21, 2008, Andy Worthington, Huffington Post, Torture Allegations Dog Guantanamo Trials

Mar 21, 2008, Richard Cowan, Reuters, Attorney General would consider spy bill deal

Mar 20, 2008, San Juan Islander (WA), Border Patrol Deputy Chief Listens to Angry Citizens

Mar 20, 2008, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Lawyers: Terror suspect tortured, insane

Mar 20, 2008, Ryan Singel, Wired, Feds Tout New Domestic Intelligence Centers; Press Stays Home

Mar 20, 2008, Craig Whitlock, Washington Post, After a Decade at War With West, Al-Qaeda Still Impervious to Spies

Mar 20, 2008, BBC News, Uighur Inmate in Guantanamo Plea

Mar 20, 2008, David Ljunggren, Reuters, Guantanamo inmate wins hearing at top Canada court

Mar 20, 2008, Nick Pinkerton, New Times (AZ), Taxi to the Dark Side: a look at how and why we torture

Mar 20, 2008, Canadian Press, U.S. officer says he nearly ordered execution of Khadr in Afghanistan

Mar 19, 2008, William Fisher, Inter Press Service, Reforms Failed to Curb FBI Spying

Mar 19, 2008, Pete Johnson, Columbus (OH) Free Press, Will the Fourth Amendment be replaced by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act?

Mar 19, 2008, Paul Kiel, TPMMuckraker, Key Dem Urged NYT Reporter against Running Warrantless Wiretapping Story

Mar 19, 2008, Eric Weiner, National Public Radio, Are Tough Interrogations Necessary?

Mar 18, 2008, Josh Meyer, Los Angeles Times, FBI Provided Flawed Data for Terrorism Watch List, Audit Says

Mar 18, 2008, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Gitmo captive: I was threatened with rape

Mar 18, 2008, Joshua Holland, AlterNet, How to Become a Concentration Camp Guard Without Even Trying

Mar 18, 2008, Michael Winship, Messenger Post (NY), Cry Havoc, and Let Slip the Dogs of Torture

Mar 18, 2008, Eric Tucker, Associated Press, Terror Appeals Judge Waits for Cases

Mar 18, 2008, OMB Watch, House Passes Compromise FISA Bill

Mar 17, 2008, Andrew O. Selsky, Associated Press, Military censors grisly forced-feeding sketch

Mar 17, 2008, Michael Melia, Associated Press, Lawyer protests Gitmo prosecutor's e-mail

Mar 17, 2008, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Huffington Post, The FISA Amendments Act: Protecting Our Country and Civil Liberties

Mar 17, 2008, Paul M. Weyrich, National Ledger, Playing Politics With FISA: A Need for Advance Intelligence

Mar 17, 2008, Frida Berrigan, Foreign Policy In Focus, Guantánamo: The Bigger Picture

Mar 17, 2008, Editorial, Hartford (CT) Courant, Torture Is Un-American

Mar 17, 2008, Nat Hentoff, Washington Times, The torture party

Mar 17, 2008, BDN Staff, Bangor (ME) Daily News, Theory Behind the Veto

Mar 17, 2008, US Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-RI, National Law Journal, OFFICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL: What Went Wrong?

Mar 16, 2008, Michelle Shephard, Miami Herald, A look at boy's life behind Gitmo's bars

Mar 16, 2008, Lt. Cmdr William C. Kuebler and Rebecca S. Snyder, Miami Herald, Lawyers call detention of boy unjust

Mar 16, 2008, David Lerman, Daily Press (Newport News, VA), Local GOP House members back Bush on torture veto

Mar 16, 2008, E&P Staff, Editor & Publisher, Sunshine Week Poll: Most Americans Believe Gov't Is Too Secretive -- And Spies On The Press

Mar 16, 2008, Julian Sanchez, Los Angeles Times, Wiretapping's true danger

Mar 16, 2008, John Lundberg, Huffington Post, Poems from Guantanamo Bay

Mar 16, 2008, David Filkins, Albany (NY) Times Union, Ex-Chaplain James Yee Speaks Out

Mar 16, 2008, Editorial, New York Times, The Intelligence Cover-Up

Mar 16, 2008, David Cole, The Nation, The Torture Veto

Mar 16, 2008, Editorial, Washington Post, Rules for Spying

Mar 15, 2008, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Army judge in Guantánamo Bay rebukes government

Mar 15, 2008, Dr. David Nicholl, Jurist, Giving up the Ghost: Detainees, Doctors and Torture

Mar 15, 2008, Pete Yost, Associated Press, Guantanamo Detainee Gets Reprieve

Mar 15, 2008, Omar El Akkad, Globe and Mail (Canada), Khadr's lawyers granted access to more information

Mar 15, 2008, Greg Miller, Los Angeles Times, Surveillance bill passes House despite Bush veto threat

Mar 15, 2008, Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times, Guantanamo detainee's request for key witness OKd

Mar 15, 2008, Editorial, New York Times, Looks Like a Conflict to Us

Mar 14, 2008, Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times, Pentagon accused of doctoring Guantanamo tribunal evidence

Mar 14, 2008, Department of Defense, Defense Department Takes Custody Of A High-Value Detainee

Mar 14, 2008, Dan Eggen, Washington Post, FBI Found to Misuse Security Letters

Mar 14, 2008, Editorial, Miami Herald, Wrong decision on waterboarding: Next President Will Have to Undo the Damage

Mar 14, 2008, Charlie Savage, Boston Globe, President weakens espionage oversight

Mar 14, 2008, Agence France-Presse, US House Holds Rare Secret Session on Spy Bill

Mar 14, 2008, Christopher Kuttruff and Simona Perry, TruthOut, Democrats Reject Telecom Immunity Ahead of Vote

Mar 14, 2008, Editorial, Washington Monthly, No Torture. No Exceptions.

Mar 14, 2008, Editorial, Cleveland (OH) Plain Dealer, Interrogators Don't Need to Torture; It Doesn't Work

Mar 13, 2008, Pauline Jelinek, Associated Press, Defense Department Reviews Its Policy on Videotaping Prisoner Interrogations

Mar 13, 2008, Washington Post, Bush Remarks on FISA

Mar 13, 2008, United Press International, Detainee charges abuse, seeks review

Mar 13, 2008, Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, F.B.I. Made 'Blanket' Demands for Phone Records

Mar 13, 2008, Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times, ACLU sues to demand Guantanamo disclosures

Mar 13, 2008, Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times, Guantanamo trial delayed amid prisoner's protests

Mar 13, 2008, Michael Melia, Associated Press, Juvenile Suspects Face Trial at Gitmo

Mar 13, 2008, Susan Crabtree, The Hill, House GOP seeks closed session on FISA

Mar 13, 2008, Roger Runningen, Bloomberg Wire Service, Bush Attacks Democrats Over Surveillance Legislation (Update2)

Mar 13, 2008, Dan Eggen, Washington Post, Report: FBI Misused Information-Gathering Powers

Mar 12, 2008, Agence France-Presse, New wiretap bill would leave US vulnerable: White House

Mar 12, 2008, Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters, UN torture envoy says US deny access to Iraq jails

Mar 12, 2008, Thomas Ferraro, Reuters, Republicans uphold Bush veto of anti-torture bill

Mar 12, 2008, Michael Melia, Associated Press, Afghan Detainee to Appear in Gitmo Court

Mar 12, 2008, ACLU, Stunning New Report on Domestic NSA Dragnet Spying Confirms ACLU Surveillance Warnings

Mar 12, 2008, United Press International, CIA rendition flight spotted in Hungary

Mar 12, 2008, Adam Davidson, National Public Radio, Banks Scrutinize Even Routine Transactions

Mar 12, 2008, Associated Press, Gitmo Detainees Allowed Phone Calls

Mar 11, 2008, ACLU, New FISA Compromise Is an Improvement, Still Raises Concerns

Mar 11, 2008, Agence France-Presse, 'Torture-Tainted Evidence' Mars US Legal Image: Rights Group

Mar 11, 2008, David Edwards and Mike Sheehan, Raw Story, Australia accused of helping with notorious CIA rendition flights

Mar 11, 2008, Anne Broache, CNET, U.S. and Germany want to share fingerprint, DNA databases

Mar 11, 2008, Thomas Frank,, USA Today, Coast Guard tests fingerprinting at borders

Mar 11, 2008, Ryan Singel, Wired, Anti-Real ID Rebellion Spreads to California

Mar 11, 2008, Editorial, Toronto Star, Bush's shameful legacy of torture

Mar 11, 2008, Agence France-Presse, 'Torture-tainted evidence' mars US legal image: rights group

Mar 11, 2008, Randall Mikkelsen, Reuters, Guantanamo trials called tainted by coercion

Mar 11, 2008, Mike Rosen-Molina, Jurist, Military commissions tainted by Guantanamo torture: rights group report

Mar 11, 2008, Siobhan Gorman, Wall Street Journal, House Democrats Defy White House On Spy Program

Mar 11, 2008, Ryan Singel, Wired, Report: NSA's Warrantless Spying Resurrects Banned 'Total Information Awareness' Project

Mar 11, 2008, Peter Erlinder, Jurist, The Torture of Sami Al Arian

Mar 11, 2008, Nat Hentoff, Sacramento (CA) Bee, Guantánamo Trials Fail the Nuremberg Test

Mar 10, 2008, Siobhan Gorman, Wall Street Journal, NSA's Domestic Spying Grows

Mar 10, 2008, Ed Pilkington, Guardian (UK), Bush vetoes move to ban water torture

Mar 10, 2008, Democracy Now!, UN Investigator Faults U.S. on Immigration Jails

Mar 10, 2008, Editorial, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Privacy Or Spying? It's not a good fix

Mar 10, 2008, # Richard Norton-Taylor and Duncan Campbell, Guardian (UK), Fresh questions on torture flights spark demands for inquiry

Mar 10, 2008, David Edwards and Muriel Kane, Raw Story, McCain to 60 Minutes: US has been torturing prisoners

Mar 10, 2008, Sean Gonsalves, Common Dreams, Chewing on the Constitution

Mar 10, 2008, Yale Kamisar, National Law Journal, A police manual's foresight

Mar 9, 2008, Jeff Stein, Congressional Quarterly, Mike Chertoff Takes See-No-Evil Stance on NSA Wiretaps

Mar 9, 2008, Scott Simon and David Welna, National Public Radio, Torture Debate at Heart of Bush Veto

Mar 9, 2008, Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, Bush’s Veto of Bill on C.I.A. Tactics Affirms His Legacy

Mar 9, 2008, William Safire, New York Times, Waterboarding

Mar 8, 2008, Associated Press, 9/11 Attacks Harm First Amendment

Mar 8, 2008, Associated Press, Bush Vetoes Bill Banning Torture

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Mar 8, 2008, Marisa Taylor, McClatchy Newspapers, Fired US Attorney Says Colleague Told Him Politics Was Behind His Ouster

Mar 8, 2008, Chris Hedges, TruthDig, Dr. Al-Arian’s Third Strike

Mar 8, 2008, Teresa Watanabe,, Los Angeles Times, U.N. report criticizes U.S. treatment of migrants

Mar 8, 2008, Associated Press, Reaction to Bush's Veto of Torture Bill

Mar 7, 2008, Daniel W. Reilly and David Rogers, Politico, House Sending Surveillance Bill Back to Senate

Mar 7, 2008, Spencer S. Hsu and William Branigin, Washington Post, Chertoff Touts Anti-Terrorism Efforts

Mar 7, 2008, Congressional Quarterly, Opponents of Immunity for Telecoms Seize on Spying Claims

Mar 6, 2008, Lara Jakes Jordan, Associated Press, More FBI Privacy Violations Confirmed

Mar 6, 2008, Kevin Johnson, USA Today, Law enforcement requests for postal info granted

Mar 6, 2008, The State (SC), Comply with federal ID law, House to ask governor

Mar 6, 2008, Bruce I. Afran and Carl J. Mayer, Common Dreams, Halting Illegal Spying on Americans

Mar 6, 2008, Daniel Woolls, Associated Press, Spain: Ex-detainees too damaged for trial

Mar 5, 2008, Dan Eggen, Washington Post, FBI Chief Confirms Misuse of Subpoenas

Mar 5, 2008, Editorial, Miami Herald, A nation of laws, even at Guantánamo

Mar 5, 2008, ACLU, ACLU Calls for True Oversight of DHS Failures

Mar 5, 2008, Associated Press, Fox News, Lawyers for Canadian Gitmo Detainee Accuse Cheney of Leaking Video to '60 Minutes'

Mar 5, 2008, Ryan Singel, Wired, Spying Fight about Emails, Not Phone Calls, DOJ Reveals

Mar 5, 2008, Democracy Now!, Report: U.S. Profiling Immigrants Based on Nationalities

Mar 5, 2008, ACLU, ACLU Urges Senate: Ask FBI the Tough Questions

Mar 4, 2008, Kurt Opsahl, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Government Admits Wiretap Issue is Not with Foreign Telephone Calls

Mar 4, 2008, Jonathan Turley, Los Angeles Times, Mukasey's Paradox

Mar 4, 2008, Thomas Frank and Mimi Hall, USA Today, Airport passenger screenings to be reviewed

Mar 4, 2008, Ellen Nakashima and Paul Kane, Washington Post, Wiretap Compromise in Works

Mar 4, 2008, Democracy Now!, U.S. to Deport Man Acquitted During Terror Trial

Mar 4, 2008, James Oliphant, Chicago Tribune, Senate confirms Chicago judge for Justice post

Mar 4, 2008, Democracy Now!, Bush to Veto Bill Outlawing CIA Use of Waterboarding

Mar 4, 2008, William Glaberson, Toronto Star, Gitmo 'attack dog' turns on his Pentagon masters

Mar 4, 2008, Marisa Taylor, McClatchy Newspapers, Critics: Federal Screening Methods Target Muslims

Mar 3, 2008, Democracy Now!, UK Court Gags Soldier Involved in U.S. Renditions

Mar 3, 2008, Devin Montgomery, Jurist, Algeria officials visit Guantanamo Bay detainees

Mar 3, 2008, Associated Press, The Australian, Terror suspects 'held on island'

Mar 3, 2008, Editorial, Statesman Journal (Salem, OR), Giving telecom immunity sets terrible precedent

Mar 3, 2008, David Swanson, OpEdNews, Will Police from Brattleboro, Vt., Arrest Bush and Cheney?

Mar 3, 2008, Editorial, Boston Globe, Torture shocks

Mar 3, 2008, Dan Froomkin, Washington Post, Why Immunity Matters

Mar 2, 2008, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, In letter, ABA criticizes trials of 9/11 detainees

Mar 2, 2008, Editorial, Philadelphia Inquirer, Surveillance Bill

Mar 2, 2008, Senator Saxby Chambliss, Augusta (GA) Chronicle, House's failure to pass needed intelligence bill puts America at risk

Mar 2, 2008, Dan Eggen and Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, Bush Moves to Shield Telecommunications Firms

Mar 2, 2008, Kerry Tomasi, Terre Haute (IN) Tribune-Star, Enough already of this tortured brand of patriotism

Mar 2, 2008, Editorial, New York Times, Horrifying and Unnecessary

Mar 2, 2008, Peter Whoriskey, Washington Post, Man Acquitted in Sears Tower Terror Case Faces Deportation

Mar 1, 2008, Dan Eggen, Washington Post, Mukasey Refuses to Prosecute Bush Aides

Mar 1, 2008, Editorial, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Intelligence Bill: Rhetoric of faith

Mar 1, 2008, Editorial, Houston (TX) Chronicle, Playing With Fear

Mar 1, 2008, Laurie Kellman, Associated Press, AG refuses to order grand jury probe on Bolten, Miers

Mar 1, 2008, Robert Weissman, Common Dreams, Human Rights Hypocrisy: Hidden In Plain Sight