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Jul 31, 2008, Matthew Rothschild, Progressive, Maryland Governor Orders Investigation of Spying by State Troopers

Jul 31, 2008, William Glaberson, New York Times, Lawyers for Detainee Assert Coercion

Jul 31, 2008, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, "A Federal Court Rejects Bush's "Executive Privilege" Claims

Jul 31, 2008, Rosa Brooks, Los Angeles Times, "Bush in the Dock? Don't Count On It"

Jul 31, 2008, Joby Warrick, Washington Post, Bush Orders Revamping of Intelligence Gathering

Jul 31, 2008, Andy Worthington, Huffington Post, Brother of US "Enemy Combatant" Released from Guantanamo

Jul 31, 2008, Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times, Guantanamo Prosecution Doesn't Rest in Hamdan Case

Jul 31, 2008, Ryan Singel, Wired, Only Government Can Argue in Secret Spy Court, Feds Say

Jul 30, 2008, Matthew Rothschild, Progressive, ACLU Highlights Risk of Fusion Centers

Jul 30, 2008, Dave Lindorf, Common Dreams, Friday's House Judiciary Hearing on Impeachment: A Victory and a Challenge

Jul 30, 2008, Evan Hill, Law.com, Islamic Charity Files New Wiretap Against Feds

Jul 30, 2008, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Witness: Driver Doesn't Fit Elite Profile

Jul 30, 2008, Agence France-Presse, Canada Liberal Urges Repatriation of Guantanamo Detainee

Jul 29, 2008, Eugene Robinson, Washington Post, A Torture Paper Trail

Jul 29, 2008, Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times, Guantanamo Jurors Shown Graphic Film on Al Qaeda

Jul 29, 2008, William Glaberson, New York Times, In Detainee Trial, System is Tested

Jul 29, 2008, Richard Norton-Taylor, Guardian (UK), Security Services are Accused of Role in Detainee's Torture

Jul 29, 2008, Daphne Eviatar, Washington Independent, Torture and the Presidential Race

Jul 29, 2008, Sarah Lai Stirland, Wired, Opposed to Wiretap Amnesty? Run a TV Ad for Six Bucks

Jul 29, 2008, John Nichols, Capital Times (Madison, WI), Putting the I Word on the Agenda

Jul 28, 2008, Reuters, Guantanamo Prisoners in Limbo as Trials Gain Pace

Jul 28, 2008, Associated Press, Louisiana Latest State to Reject REAL ID

Jul 28, 2008, Michelle Shephard, Toronto Star, CSIS Grilled Trio in Cuba

Jul 28, 2008, Press Association, Guantanamo Detainee in Court Battle

Jul 28, 2008, Spencer Ackerman, Washington Independent, McConnell to Reporters: Up Your Nose With A Rubber Hose

Jul 28, 2008, Editorial, Des Moines (IA) Register, FISA Has Taken Many of Our Civil Liberties

Jul 28, 2008, Editorial, Sun Sentinel (FL), Torture is Not a Core American Value

Jul 27, 2008, Christian Trejbal, Roanake (VA) Times, Keeping e-mail private

Jul 27, 2008, Editorial, Washington Post, Workable Terrorism Trials

Jul 27, 2008, Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times, The agency name that dare not be spoken

Jul 27, 2008, Editorial, New York Times, Mr. Mukasey's Justice

Jul 27, 2008, Jerry Markon, Washington Post, Goal of Hamdan Trial: Credibility

Jul 27, 2008, John C. Coughenour, Washington Post, The Right Place to Try Terrorism Cases

Jul 26, 2008, Dahlia Lithwick, Slate, The Bauer of Suggestion: Our torture policy has deeper roots in Fox television than the Constitution.

Jul 26, 2008, Press Association, Guantanamo detainee in legal battle

Jul 26, 2008, Michael Winship, Consortium News, The Torturing Company We Keep

Jul 26, 2008, Tim Shorrock, Salon, Exposing Bush's Historic Abuse of Power

Jul 26, 2008, Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, Anti-Terror Funds Questioned: Local Police Depts. Say DHS Shortchanges Other Priorities

Jul 25, 2008, Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times, Hamdan case is built on his own words

Jul 25, 2008, Editorial, Christian Science Monitor, Closing 'Gitmo' won't be easy

Jul 25, 2008, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, The Parade of 'Shrill, Unserious Extremists' on Display at Today's Impeachment Hearings

Jul 25, 2008, Anna Sussman, San Francisco Chronicle, Journalist Detained for Reporting

Jul 25, 2008, Agence France-Presse, Rights Group Wants US Officials Probed for Ordering Torture

Jul 25, 2008, Scott Shane, New York Times, Documents Laid Out Interrogation Procedures

Jul 25, 2008, Dan Froomkin, Washington Post, How to Get Away With Torture

Jul 25, 2008, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, U.S. Released Bin Laden's Chief Bodyguard

Jul 25, 2008, Jonathan Mahler, Time Magazine, Salim Hamdan: Enemy Number One

Jul 25, 2008, John Bresnahan, Politico, House Democrats Bash Bush Over Abuse of Executive Power

Jul 24, 2008, Associated Press, FBI Says Guantanamo Defendant Didn't Help Search for Bin Laden

Jul 24, 2008, Jess Bravin, Wall Street Journal, U.S. Witness Doesn't Link

Jul 24, 2008, Associated Press, Justice Department Told CIA It Would Be Safe From Prosecution

Jul 24, 2008, Janet I. Tu, Seattle Times, Privacy vs. Border Security: Critics Say Laptop Searches Cross the Line

Jul 24, 2008, Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times, Defendant Walks Out of Guantanamo War Crimes Trial

Jul 24, 2008, Harvey Rishikof, Guardian (UK), Putting FISA Into Practice

Jul 24, 2008, James Vicini, Reuters, U.S. Rejects Outside Probe of Canadian Sent to Syria

Jul 24, 2008, Nick Juliano, Raw Story, ACLU Obtains New CIA Torture Memo

Jul 24, 2008, Christian Science Monitor, Closing 'Gitmo' Won't Be Easy

Jul 24, 2008, Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball, Newsweek, Democrats Ignore Mukasey Plea for New Gitmo Law

Jul 24, 2008, John Nichols, The Nation, John Conyers and an Opening for the Constitution

Jul 23, 2008, Jerry Markon, Washington Post, Interrogator Says Bin Laden Driver Heard Sept. 11 Briefing

Jul 23, 2008, William Fisher, Inter Press Service, Hamdan Case Tests Military Tribunals

Jul 23, 2008, Tim Shorrock, Salon, Exposing Bush's Historic Abuse of Power

Jul 23, 2008, Michael Melia, Associated Press, Guantanamo Prisoners Reportedly Not Told of Rights

Jul 23, 2008, William Fisher, Inter Press Service, New Spying Law Quickly Challenged

Jul 23, 2008, Pat LaMarche, Bangor (ME) Daily News, For Failures, It Takes One to Know One

Jul 23, 2008, Johanna Neuman, Los Angeles Times, Pressure Builds to Send Karl Rove to Jail

Jul 22, 2008, Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times, Evidence Against Hamdan Barred at Guantanamo Trial

Jul 22, 2008, Bob Herbert, New York Times, Madness and Shame

Jul 22, 2008, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Trial Arguments Describe World of al Qaeda

Jul 22, 2008, David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, Rules for Guantanamo Bay Proceedings are Still Unclear

Jul 22, 2008, Media with Conscience, Obama Adviser Cass Sunstein Debates Glenn Greenwald on FISA

Jul 22, 2008, Robert Parry, Consortium News, Gitmo 'Justice' for US Citizens?

Jul 22, 2008, Ari Shapiro, National Public Radio, Mukasey Urges Congress to Create Detainee Rules

Jul 21, 2008, Dave Zirin, Huffington Post, COINTELPRO Comes to My Town: My First-Hand Experience With Government Spies

Jul 21, 2008, Gus G. Sentementes, Baltimore Sun, Spying Worried Groups

Jul 21, 2008, Jim Loney, Reuters, First Guantanamo War Crimes Trial Underway

Jul 21, 2008, Tracy McVeigh, Observer (UK), US Tells Lies About Torture, Say Members of Parliament

Jul 21, 2008, Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Administration Calls for Action on Detainees

Jul 21, 2008, Editorial, New York Times, Detaining Mr. Marri

Jul 21, 2008, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Leaders of the Free World

Jul 21, 2008, Agence France-Presse, Bin Laden's Driver Pleads Not Guilty in Guantanamo Trial

Jul 18, 2008, Dana Milbank, Washington Post, John Ashcroft, Riding Back on a White Horse

Jul 18, 2008, Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times, First Guantanamo War-Crimes Trial Set to Begin

Jul 18, 2008, Associated Press, Canadian Diplomat Defends Visits to Teenage Guantanamo Detainee

Jul 18, 2008, Phil Leggiere, Homeland Security Today, Moving Beyond Guantanamo

Jul 18, 2008, John McQuaid, Guardian (UK), US Lacks Consensus to Prosecute Bush for War Crimes

Jul 18, 2008, Associated Press, Government Says it Can Hold Captured Teen Fighters

Jul 17, 2008, Dave Lindorf, Common Dreams, Impeachment Hearings: A Win is a Win

Jul 17, 2008, Angela Balakrishnan, Guardian (UK), Canada Ignores Calls for Guantánamo Youth To Come Home

Jul 17, 2008, Scott Shane & William Glaberson, New York Times, Judge Refuses to Postpone Trial of Bin Laden's Driver

Jul 17, 2008, Dan Froomkin, Washington Post, Mukasey the Obstructionist

Jul 17, 2008, Carol Rose, Boston Globe, Mass. Legislature to Consider Allowing "Administrative Subpoena" Similar to NSLs

Jul 17, 2008, Editorial, The Economist, The High Cost of Guantanamo Bay

Jul 17, 2008, Walter Pincus, Washington Post, House Passes Measure to Increase Oversight of Intelligence Programs

Jul 17, 2008, CNN, Ashcroft Defends Waterboarding Before House Panel

Jul 17, 2008, Andrea Lewis, Hartford (CT) Courant, Unleashing FBI To Target Suspects By Race, Religion

Jul 16, 2008, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Al-Marri and the Power to Imprison U.S. Citizens Without Charges

Jul 16, 2008, Editorial, Charleston (WV) Gazette, REAL ID Costly and Invasive

Jul 16, 2008, Courtney Tenz, Deutsche-Welle World (Germany), European Rights Activists Slam Guantanamo Bay Conditions

Jul 16, 2008, Dan Eggen, Washington Post, Bush Blocks House's Request for FBI Documents

Jul 16, 2008, Agence France-Presse, Kenyan Family Launches Fresh Bid to Free Guantanamo Detainee

Jul 16, 2008, David Ljunggren, Reuters, Canada Brushes Off Pressure Over Guantanamo Inmate

Jul 16, 2008, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Driver Testifies About Abuse at Guantanamo

Jul 16, 2008, Associated Press, Congress, Bush Clash on Control of Spy Secrets

Jul 16, 2008, Dana Milbank, Washington Post, Delay Tactics Prevent Questioning of Feith

Jul 15, 2008, Mark Binker, News & Record (Greensboro, NC), NC Transportation Committee Passes Resolution Against REAL ID

Jul 15, 2008, Ken Gude, Guardian (UK), The Worst of the Worst

Jul 15, 2008, Glen Greenwald, Salon, The Motivations for Blocking Investigations into Bush Lawbreaking

Jul 15, 2008, Colin Freeze and Omar El Akkad, Globe and Mail (Canada), Omar Khadr Interrogation Video Released

Jul 15, 2008, Spencer Ackerman, Washington Independent, Spying Law Challenged

Jul 15, 2008, Adam Liptak, New York Times, Court Backs Bush on Military Detentions

Jul 15, 2008, Jim Loney, Reuters, Bin Laden Driver Describes Treatment at Guantanamo

Jul 14, 2008, Dan Froomkin, Washington Post, The Outlaw Presidency

Jul 14, 2008, Jerry Markon, Washington Post, Lawyers Plan to Call Detainee Witnesses in Terrorism Trial

Jul 14, 2008, Robert Jacobson, Los Angeles Times, Congress Rolled Over on FISA

Jul 14, 2008, Marc Ash, TruthOut, An Open Letter to Obama on FISA

Jul 14, 2008, Frank Rich, New York Times, Worries About War Crimes Heat Up in the White House

Jul 14, 2008, John Mecklin, Miller-McCune, Truth with Consequences

Jul 14, 2008, Michael Melia, Associated Press, Records Show Guantanamo Prisoner Hurt By Sleep Deprivation

Jul 14, 2008, Colin Perkel, Winnipeg Free Press (Canada), Khadr's Mom Bracing for Seven-Hour Interrogation Video

Jul 14, 2008, Randall Mikkelsen, Reuters, US Terrorism Watch List Tops 1 Million

Jul 14, 2008, Reuters, Logistics, Secrecy, Hamper Guantanamo Trials

Jul 13, 2008, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Candidates' views differ on detainee policy

Jul 13, 2008, Colin Freeze, Globe and Mail (Canada), Khadr interrogation footage puts spotlight on CSIS

Jul 13, 2008, Editorial, New York Times, History Deleted at the White House

Jul 13, 2008, Glenn L. Carle, Washington Post, Overstating Our Fears

Jul 12, 2008, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Torture and the Rule of Law

Jul 12, 2008, Joby Warrick, Washington Post, A Blind Eye to Guantanamo?

Jul 12, 2008, Carrie Johnson, Washington Post, Ex-Diplomat Sentenced for Anti-Arab Threats

Jul 11, 2008, Louis Fisher, National Law Journal, Why Classify Legal Memos

Jul 11, 2008, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Detainees Say They're Being Denied Legal Tools

Jul 11, 2008, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Detainee Refuses to Leave Cell for Hearing

Jul 11, 2008, Scott Shane, New York Times, Book Cites Secret Red Cross Report of CIA Torture of Qaeda Captives

Jul 11, 2008, Chris Hedges, Los Angeles Times, Stop the New Fisa

Jul 11, 2008, Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation, Our Warrantless Wiretapping Lawsuit

Jul 11, 2008, Editorial, Miami Herald, End-Game Nears for Guantánamo Process

Jul 11, 2008, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Denies Bullying Cohorts

Jul 10, 2008, Michael Melia, Associated Press, Gitmo Detainee Faces Challenges Defending Self in Sept. 11 Trial

Jul 10, 2008, Colin Freeze and Omar El Akkad, Globe and Mail (Canada), Canada's Secret Documents On Khadr's Treatment Revealed

Jul 10, 2008, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Democrat's Strategy: Strength Through Bowing

Jul 10, 2008, Juan Cole, Salon, The FBI's Plan to 'Profile' Muslims

Jul 10, 2008, Editorial, New York Times, The Government and Your Laptop

Jul 10, 2008, Jennifer Loven, Washington Post, Bush Signs Bill Overhauling Eavesdropping Rules

Jul 10, 2008, Alan Connor, BBC News, Torture Chamber Music

Jul 10, 2008, Ben Davis, Associated Press, Rove Ignores Subpoena, Refuses to Testify on Hill on Allegations of Political Meddling at DOJ

Jul 10, 2008, Raw Story, Judiciary Committee Chairman Requests Special Counsel to Investigate CIA Rendition

Jul 9, 2008, Michael Isikoff, Mark Hosenball, Newsweek, Who's Watching the Spies?

Jul 9, 2008, Marisa Taylor, Miami Herald, Judge Urges Speed in Guantanamo Cases

Jul 9, 2008, Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Senate Backs Wiretap Bill to Shield Phone Companies

Jul 9, 2008, Ruth Marcus, Washington Post, Free This Detainee

Jul 9, 2008, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Congress Votes to Immunize Lawbreaking Telecoms, Legalize Warrantless Eavesdropping

Jul 9, 2008, Eric Umansky, Pro Publica, Talking With McClatchy's Tom Lasseter

Jul 9, 2008, Jon B. Eisenberg, Salon, Suing George W. Bush: A Bizarre and Troubling Tale

Jul 8, 2008, John Nichols, The Nation, Obama Should (Still) Be Standing with Feingold

Jul 8, 2008, Editorial, New York Times, Compromising the Constitution

Jul 8, 2008, Caroline Fredrickson, Washington Post, The Problems with this FISA Bill

Jul 8, 2008, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Treasury Department Stymies Gitmo Attorneys

Jul 8, 2008, Timothy B. Lee, Capital Hill Blue, The New FISA Compromise: It's Worse Than You Think

Jul 8, 2008, Michael Melia, Associated Press, US War Crimes Court to Resume at Guantanamo

Jul 8, 2008, Dan Kennedy, Guardian (UK), Should Bush Be Tried for War Crimes?

Jul 8, 2008, Andy Worthington, Indymedia UK, Scandal of Diego Garcia Rendition Flights Strains US-UK Relations

Jul 7, 2008, Chris Dodd, Huffington Post, Opponents of Retroactive Immunity Live To Fight Another Day

Jul 7, 2008, Editorial, Washington Post, Guantanamo Crumbles

Jul 7, 2008, Seth Koenig, Times Record (ME), REAL ID Repeal Drive Takes to the Skies

Jul 7, 2008, Editorial, Salt Lake (UT) Tribune, Racial Profiling: Congress Should Nip FBI Plan in the Bud

Jul 7, 2008, James Oliphant, Baltimore Sun, Obama Speaks to FISA Reversal

Jul 7, 2008, Matt Apuzzo, Associated Press, `No Progress' on Mass Guantanamo Prisoner Transfer

Jul 7, 2008, Media with Conscience, AT&T Whistleblower Urges Against Telecom Immunity

Jul 7, 2008, Steve Cohen, Nashville Tennessean, Law Shouldn't Justify Immunity for Spying

Jul 7, 2008, Los Angeles Times, Torture, Made in China

Jul 7, 2008, Joe Palazzola, Legal Times, DOJ Seeks Lawyers for Guantanamo Cases

Jul 6, 2008, Editorial, Boston Globe, Forgotten Lessons on Torture

Jul 6, 2008, Julian Sanchez, Los Angeles Times, Wiretapping's True Danger

Jul 6, 2008, Richard B. Schmitt, Los Angeles Times, More scrutiny, secrecy at Justice Department

Jul 6, 2008, Nicholas d. Kristoff, New York Times, The Truth Commission

Jul 5, 2008, Deborah Colson, Huffington Post, The Supreme Court Returns the Constitution to Guantánamo

Jul 5, 2008, Bob Ostertag, Huffington Post, Obama Fails to Put Out the FISA Fire in His Own House

Jul 5, 2008, Joe Galloway, Huffington Post, How Dare They Rip The Fourth Amendment?

Jul 5, 2008, Christopher Hitchens, Vanity Fair, Believe Me, It's Torture

Jul 5, 2008, Nancy Soderberg, Los Angeles Times, A good-enough spy law

Jul 4, 2008, John Nichols, The Nation, This Day, Like the Future, Belongs to Patriots

Jul 4, 2008, Julian E. Barnes, Los Angeles Times, White House debates the future of Guantanamo

Jul 4, 2008, William Glaberson, New York Times, Two Subplots in Guantánamo's Long Legal Story

Jul 4, 2008, Scott Shane, New York Times, China Inspired Interrogations at Guantánamo

Jul 4, 2008, Scot Lehigh, Boston Globe, Safeguarding liberty and justice for all

Jul 4, 2008, Jose Antonio Vargas, The Trail, Obama Responds to Online FISA Critics

Jul 4, 2008, Miguel Helft, New York Times, Google Told to Turn Over User Data of YouTube

Jul 4, 2008, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Hamdan seeks to halt terror trial

Jul 3, 2008, Kagro X, Daily Kos, FISA: Why we continue to fight

Jul 3, 2008, Bill of Rights Defense Committee, Common Dreams, New Declaration Highlighting Government Abuses Printed in New York Times 7/3/08

Jul 3, 2008, Peter Tatchell, Guardian (UK), Homeland Insecurity

Jul 3, 2008, Rosa Brooks, Los Angeles Times, The Founders' Right Stuff

Jul 3, 2008, Jay Bookman, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Administration's Cynicism on Torture Breathtaking

Jul 3, 2008, Wm. Scott Harrop and R.K. Ramazani, TruthOut, "A Decent Respect for the Opinions of Mankind"

Jul 3, 2008, Bruce Finley, Denver Post, Terror Watch Uses Local Eyes; 181 Trained in Colorado

Jul 3, 2008, Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Judge Rejects Bush's View on Wiretaps

Jul 3, 2008, Matthew Stone, Kennebec (ME) Journal & Morning Sentinel, REAL ID Repeal: Short on Time, Not on Support

Jul 3, 2008, Reuters, U.S. Assures UK Over Secret Flights, Doubts Persist

Jul 3, 2008, Greg Sargent and Eric Kleefeld, TalkingPointsMemo.com, A Time-Line of Obama's Statements on FISA

Jul 3, 2008, Lara Jakes Jordan, ABC News, Racial Profiling Eyed for Terror Probes

Jul 2, 2008, Matthew Rothschild, Progressive, The New Snoops: Terrorism Liaison Officers, Some from Private Sector

Jul 2, 2008, Scott Shane, New York Times, China Inspired Interrogations at Guantanamo

Jul 2, 2008, James Risen, New York Times, Obama Voters Protest His Switch on Telecom Immunity

Jul 2, 2008, Christopher Hitchens, Vanity Fair, Believe Me, It's Torture

Jul 2, 2008, Brian Beutler, Mother Jones, How to Think About Immunity

Jul 2, 2008, Chris Satullo, Philadelphia Inquirer, A Not-So-Glorious Fourth

Jul 2, 2008, Warren Richey, Christian Science Monitor, Guantánamo Detainees: Shorter Wait?

Jul 2, 2008, James Vicini, Reuters, Judges Assigned to Decide Guantanamo Cases

Jul 2, 2008, Nat Hentoff, Village Voice, Judging the Torture Presidency of George W. Bush

Jul 1, 2008, Linda McQuaig, Toronto Star, Averting Our Gaze From US Cruelty

Jul 1, 2008, Canadian Press, US Court Ruling On Arar Enables Gov't To Send Foreigners To Torture, Says Lawyer

Jul 1, 2008, Milt Bearden, Washington Independent, The Truth is Out on CIA and Torture

Jul 1, 2008, Philip Carter, Washington Post, The Law and the War

Jul 1, 2008, Editoria, Miami Herald, Dodging the Issue on Interrogation

Jul 1, 2008, Nick Juliano, Raw Story, Lawyers Prepping Litigation Against Telecom Immunity

Jul 1, 2008, Thalif Deen, Inter Press Service, UN Investigator Blasts US Justice System

Jul 1, 2008, Sara Burnett, Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO), Protest Zone Far Cry From Democratic National Convention

Jul 1, 2008, John Bresnahan, Politico, Executive Power Questions to Persist