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Jun 30, 2009, Bob Herbert, New York Times, How Long is Long Enough

Jun 30, 2009, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, The Suppressed Fact: Deaths by US Torture

Jun 30, 2009, Thomas R. Eddlem, New American, Obama Will Soon Propose Indefinite Detention Without Trial

Jun 30, 2009, Daphne Eviatar, Washington Independent, ACLU to Argue Against Use of Evidence Obtained Through Torture in Federal Court

Jun 29, 2009, Bob Edgar, Huffington Post, Free Bernie Madoff

Jun 29, 2009, David Swanson, After Downing Street, Cheney's Top Torture Lawyers Now Work for Obama

Jun 29, 2009, Mary Zeiss Stange, USA Today, Witch Hunts and Torture

Jun 29, 2009, Lisa Magarrell and Anh-Thu Nguyen, ACLU, Accountability for Torture - More About Courage Than Consensus

Jun 29, 2009, Jason Leopold, Public Record, Obama Vows to End Torture, But His Pledge Doesn't Apply to the Bush Administration

Jun 29, 2009, Editorial, Washington Post, Fixing Abuses of State Secrets

Jun 29, 2009, David de Sola, CNN, Disbarment of Lawyers Involved in Interrogation Policies Sought

Jun 27, 2009, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Obama Contemplates Executive Order for Detention Without Charges

Jun 27, 2009, Christopher Brauchli, Common Dreams, White Hosue Visitors - A Secret

Jun 27, 2009, Shahid Buttar, Augusta Free Press, Torturing the Rule of Law

Jun 27, 2009, Thomas C, Daily Kos, Our Torture Policy Comes Home to Roost

Jun 27, 2009, Willam Fisher, Huffington Post, A Hobbesian Choice for Obama?

Jun 26, 2009, David Johnston and Peter Baker, New York Times, Shift Possible on Terror Suspects' Detention

Jun 26, 2009, Jason Leopold, Public Record, CIA Again Delays Release of Agency Watchdog's Torture Report

Jun 26, 2009, Ari Shapiro, National Public Radio, Proposal Offers Specifics On Preventive Detention

Jun 26, 2009, Andy Worthington, Huffington Post, Never Forget: The International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

Jun 26, 2009, William Fisher, Inter Press Service, U.N. Asked to Probe CIA Rendition

Jun 26, 2009, Examiner.com, National Disbar Torture Lawyers Coalition to File Formal Disciplinary Complaints and Call for Dismissal of 'Torture Architect' and Current Top CIA Lawyer, John Rizzo, and Other Current and Former CIA Lawyers

Jun 26, 2009, Delia Lloyd, Politics Daily, Human Rights Expert: U.S. Should Launch Torture Probe

Jun 25, 2009, Fox News, FBI's Reading of Rights to Terrorists Riles Some Lawmakers

Jun 25, 2009, Tom Deweese, Canada Free Press, Government Gone Mad in a Total Surveillance Society

Jun 25, 2009, Jon Stokes, Ars Technica, FBI compounds mystery with secret justification of gag order

Jun 25, 2009, Jason Leopold, TruthOut, Detainees Were Also Murdered at Bagram in Afghanistan

Jun 25, 2009, ACLU, Common Dreams, Italian "Extraordinary Rendition" Victim Still Held in Morocco Based on Tortured Confession

Jun 25, 2009, Chip Pitts, CSR Law, Technology, Business, and Democratic Rights in Iran

Jun 24, 2009, David Price, CounterPunch, Spies in the Classroom

Jun 24, 2009, Spencer Akerman, Washington Independent, Obama Task Force on Torture Considers CIA-FBI Interrogation Teams

Jun 24, 2009, William Fisher, Public Record, Bagram Is Now Obama's Gauntanamo

Jun 24, 2009, BORDC, Common Dreams, Thousands Demand Accountability for Torture

Jun 24, 2009, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, The "Neda Video", Torture, and the Truth-Revealing Power of Images

Jun 24, 2009, Ian Pannell, BBC News, Ex-Detainees Allege Bagram Abuse

Jun 24, 2009, EFF, Common Dreams, EFF Demands Public Release of FBI Surveillance Rules

Jun 24, 2009, Andy Worthington, Huffington Post, Judge Orders Release from Guantanamo of Al-Qaeda Torture Victim

Jun 24, 2009, Colum Lynch, Washington Post, UN Human Rights Chief Criticizes Handling of Detainees

Jun 23, 2009, Josh Meyer, Los Angeles Times, Homeland Security Said to Kill Spy Satellite Program

Jun 23, 2009, Bob Herbert, New York Times, Op-Ed: Who Are We?

Jun 22, 2009, William Fisher, Inter Press Service, Obama's Right-Turn

Jun 22, 2009, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, NPR's Ombudsman: Why We Bar the Word 'Torture'

Jun 22, 2009, Ryan Singel, Wired, Cyber Security Czar Front-Runner No Friend of Privacy

Jun 22, 2009, Willam Fisher, Public Record, Obama's Pledge of Transparency Remains Largely Unfulfilled

Jun 21, 2009, Bob Drogin, Los Angeles Times, Lancaster, PA, Keeps Close Eye on Itself

Jun 20, 2009, Carrie Johnson, Washington Post, Delay in Releasing CIA Report is Sought

Jun 20, 2009, Annette Fuentes, New America Media, Report: ICE Raids Chilled Civil Liberties, Violated Constitution

Jun 20, 2009, Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, House Bill Expands Oversight of NSA

Jun 19, 2009, Dan Froomkin, Washington Post, Obama's Bogus New Excuse for Secrecy

Jun 19, 2009, Andy Worthington, Public Record, New Revelations About the Torture and Alleged Suicide of Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi

Jun 19, 2009, Jason Leopold, Public Record, Obama Prepared to Issue Executive Order Banning Release of Abuse Photos

Jun 19, 2009, Nedra Pickler, Associated Press, Judge to Review Cheney Interview in CIA Leak Case

Jun 18, 2009, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Overwhelming Majority Oppose Preventive Detention Without Charges

Jun 18, 2009, NYT Editorial Board, New York Times, Editorial: The Eavesdropping Continues

Jun 18, 2009, Jesselyn Radack, Daily Kos, Attorney General Holder Signals No Prosecution for Secret Surveillance

Jun 18, 2009, Pamela Hess, Associated Press, House Dems Want to Expand Secret Briefings

Jun 18, 2009, Marc Ambinder, The Atlantic, Obama Slow to Act on State Secrets Doctrine

Jun 18, 2009, Carrie Johnson, Washington Post, Report on Bush Policy May Come in 'Weeks'

Jun 18, 2009, Roger Strother, OMB Watch, Senate Quietly Passes Bill to Hide Torture Evidence

Jun 17, 2009, Anthony Romero and Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld, Salon, Let's Hold Bush Officials Accountable for Torture

Jun 17, 2009, Daphne Eviatar, Washington Independent, Cases Hint at Sotomayor's Views on Executive Power

Jun 17, 2009, Jason Leopold, TruthOut, Gonzales's Advice to Bush on How to Avoid War Crimes

Jun 17, 2009, Justin Rood, ABC News, Senator Slams General's Testimony

Jun 17, 2009, Scott Horton, Harper's, Partisan Politics and the Accountability Commission

Jun 17, 2009, R. Jeffrey Smith and Joby Warrick, Washington Post, CIA Fights Full Release of Detainee Report

Jun 16, 2009, James Risen and Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, E-Mail Surveillance Program Renews Concerns in Congress

Jun 16, 2009, UPI, United Press International, ACLU: Legit Muslim Charities Targetted

Jun 16, 2009, Julian E. Barnes and Greg Miller, Los Angeles Times, Detainee Says He Lied to CIA in Harsh Interrogations

Jun 16, 2009, Jake Tapper, ABC News, Good Government Group Sues for White House Vistors' Logs

Jun 15, 2009, CDT, Center for Democracy and Technology, CDT Supports Privacy Protections Proposed in the PASS ID Bill

Jun 15, 2009, Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, The Secret History: Can Leon Panetta Move the CIA Forward Without Confront Its Past?

Jun 15, 2009, John Nichols, The Nation, Feingold and Old Obama Vs. New Obama on Wiretapping

Jun 15, 2009, Larry Cox, Christian Science Monitor, Obama Must Prosecute Bush-era Torture Enablers

Jun 12, 2009, Daphne Eviatar, Washington Independent, Obama Administration Seeks Re-Hearing in Extraordinary Rendition Case

Jun 12, 2009, Eternal Hope, Daily Kos, Want to Defend DOMA? Then Investigate Cheney

Jun 12, 2009, Thom Shanker and David E. Sanger, New York Times, Privacy May Be a Victim in Cyberdefense Plan

Jun 12, 2009, Glenn Thrush, Politico, Spy Spat Divides Jane Harman, Janet Napolitano

Jun 12, 2009, John W. Dean, FindLaw, Expert Advice on Dealing With a Prior Administration's Use of Torture

Jun 12, 2009, Jon Stokes, Ars Technica, EFF Brief Accuses DOJ of "Backdoor" Wiretapping

Jun 12, 2009, Allison Kilkenny, Huffington Post, We Are Here for Your Protection

Jun 12, 2009, ACLU, ACLU, Obama Administration Seeks to Keep Torture Victims from Having Day in Court

Jun 11, 2009, Bill Linder, American Chronicle, Tortured Detainees Proving to be an Embarassment to Obama

Jun 11, 2009, James Vicini, Reuters, U.S. Sends Four Uighurs Detainees to Bermuda

Jun 11, 2009, Kevin Zeese, Common Dreams, The Case for Disbarment of Lawyers Who Facilitated Torture Grows

Jun 11, 2009, Saul Hansell, New York Times, A New List of How Much AT&T Knows About You

Jun 11, 2009, Sibel Edmonds, Online Journal, The Current Battle Against the State Secrets Privilege

Jun 10, 2009, Jason Leopold, TruthOut, Administration Fights Disclosure on Two Fronts

Jun 10, 2009, Shahid Buttar, Huffington Post, Secrecy Sacrificing National Security

Jun 10, 2009, Bob Drogin, Los Angeles Times, High School Mixes Algebra and Homeland Security

Jun 9, 2009, Jason Leopold, Public Record, The CIA's Shifting Reasons for Withholding Documents in the Torture Tapes Case

Jun 9, 2009, Daphne Eviatar, Washington Independent, Obama's Detention Dilemma

Jun 9, 2009, Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, FBI Plans to Continue Mosque Monitoring Despite Concerns in Orange County

Jun 9, 2009, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Defeat of Graham-Lieberman and the On-Going War on Transparency

Jun 9, 2009, Elizabeth Dwoskin, Village Voice, NYCLU Sues Homeland Security Over Spying on Citizens

Jun 9, 2009, ACLU, ACLU, CIA Refuses to Discolse Interrogation Tape Documents

Jun 8, 2009, Dave Collins, Associated Press, Judge: Immigrants' Rights Violated in Connecticut Raids

Jun 8, 2009, Dan Froomkin, Washington Post, How Cheney Bent DOJ to His Will

Jun 8, 2009, Jake Tapper, Karren Travers, and Stephanie Z. Smith, ABC News, Exclusive: Recently Released Gitmo Detainee Talks to ABC News

Jun 8, 2009, Cam Simpson, Wall Street Journal, White House Plan Would Let Terror Suspects Plead Guilt

Jun 7, 2009, Alfred W. McCoy, TruthOut, Confronting the CIA's Mind Maze: America's Political Paralysis Over Torture

Jun 6, 2009, Scott Shane and David Johnston, New York Times, US Lawyers Agreed on Legality of Brutal Tactic

Jun 5, 2009, Mike Melia, Associated Press, US returns body of Guantanamo detainee to Yemen

Jun 5, 2009, ACLU, Rep. Harman Introduces Bill To Restrain Domestic Deployment Of Spy Satellites

Jun 5, 2009, Editorial, New York Times, Hope and Worry on Immigration

Jun 5, 2009, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Hillary Clinton demands China investigate and disclose its past abuses

Jun 4, 2009, Dong Nghi Huynh, Othma Oeunes, & Anita Verma, Stanford Progressive (Stanford University, CA), The Obama Administration Under a Human Rights Lens

Jun 4, 2009, ACLU, ACLU Testifies In Support Of Bill To Reform State Secrets Doctrine

Jun 4, 2009, Spencer Ackerman, Washington Independent, Obama Against U.S. Anti-Muslim Bigotry

Jun 4, 2009, Asa Hutchinson, Jurist, Checking State Secrets

Jun 4, 2009, Pamela Hess & Eileen Sullivan, Associated Press, DHS nominee faces questions about CIA tactics

Jun 4, 2009, David Brunnstrom, Reuters, EU agrees deal on accepting Guantanamo detainees

Jun 3, 2009, David Swanson, After Downing Street, Obama's "Open Government" Deletes Top Proposal on "End Imperial Presidency"

Jun 3, 2009, Damien Cave, New York Times, Cleared of Terror Charges, a Target for Deportation

Jun 3, 2009, Boston Globe, Brookline Town Meeting votes against surveillance cameras

Jun 3, 2009, Paul Elias, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Federal judge tosses warrantless wiretap cases

Jun 3, 2009, Agence France-Presse, US backs away from controversial migrant raids

Jun 3, 2009, Liz Sidoti, Associated Press, Poll: US divided over torture, closing Guantanamo

Jun 3, 2009, Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times, Yemeni detainee dies in apparent suicide at Guantanamo

Jun 3, 2009, Tom Curry, MSNBC, Bagram: Is it Obama's new Guantanamo?

Jun 3, 2009, United Press International, Holder vacates Mukasey immigration order

Jun 2, 2009, Voice of America News, Court: Release Evidence Against Guantanamo Detainees

Jun 1, 2009, Nedra Pickler, Associated Press, Judge holds Bagram detainee cases pending appeal

Jun 1, 2009, Zachary Roth, TPMMuckraker, Nadler To Hold Hearing On State Secrets

Jun 1, 2009, Benjamin Weiser, New York Times, Dispute Erupts Over Lawyer for Detainee

Jun 1, 2009, William Fisher, Public Record, Obama's DOJ Increasingly Channeling Bush On State Secrets

Jun 1, 2009, Jordan Weissmann, Legal Times, Press and Guantanamo Lawyers Score Victory Over Documents

Jun 1, 2009, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press, ACLU urges NY court to permit abuse photos release

Jun 1, 2009, Editorial, Miami Herald, Indefinite detention and the Constitution

Jun 1, 2009, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Obama's support for the new Graham-Lieberman secrecy law

Jun 1, 2009, Andy Worthington, Common Dreams, Free The Guantánamo Uighurs!