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Jul 30, 2010, Julia Angwin, Wall Street Journal, The Web's New Gold Mine: Your Secrets

Jul 30, 2010, Human Rights First, Eight Year Anniversary of U.S. Torture Memos - Time is Ticking on Accountability

Jul 30, 2010, James Lamond, Huffington Post, Hurting Our Security

Jul 30, 2010, Kara Rowland, Washington Post, ACLU slams Obama's security policies

Jul 30, 2010, Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner and Mary Olivella, Huffington Post, What Would Our Nation's Founders Say? Arizona, Human Rights, Children and Mothers

Jul 30, 2010, Bob Christie, Associated Press, Dozens Arrested in Protests of AZ Immigration Law

Jul 29, 2010, Georgia Detention Watch , Letter to Secretary Napolitano Calling for an End to ICE/Local Police Collaboration and a Halt to Expansion of Immigration Detention System

Jul 29, 2010, New York Times, Breaking a Promise on Surveillance

Jul 29, 2010, Adam Serwer, American Prospect, Administration Wants To Expand Reach Of National Security Letters

Jul 29, 2010, Jordan Flaherty, Common Dreams, A Movement Rises in Arizona

Jul 29, 2010, Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, White House proposal would ease FBI access to records of Internet activity

Jul 29, 2010, Andy Worthington, Eurasian Review , Guantanamo Algerian Returns Home; Will Obama Suspend Further Transfers?

Jul 29, 2010, Gloria Goodale, TruthOut, WikiLeaks Q&A with Daniel Ellsberg

Jul 29, 2010, Ioan Grillo, Global Post, Mexico Celebrates Ruling on Arizona Law

Jul 29, 2010, Stephanie Rice, TruthOut, "Anti-Islamic" Bus Ads Appear in Major Cities

Jul 28, 2010, Danny Postel, Ted Smukler, Common Dreams, ‘Go Ahead, Try and Make Me Pay You’: Wage Theft and SB 1070

Jul 28, 2010, Democracy Now!, FBI Surveillance Program Invites Racial Profiling

Jul 28, 2010, Matt Apuzzo, Adam Goldman, Washington Post, FBI director defends bureau over test cheating

Jul 28, 2010, Erwin Chemerinsky, Los Angeles Times, Afghan war documents point to overuse of government secrecy

Jul 28, 2010, Stephanie McCrummen & William Branigin, Washington Post, Judge blocks key parts of Arizona immigration law

Jul 28, 2010, Thomas Walkom, Toronto Star, WikiLeaks offer insight into Canada’s detainee affair

Jul 28, 2010, Margery A. Beck, Huffington Post, Fremont, Nebraska Suspends Tough Immigration Law, Forcing Trial

Jul 28, 2010, Suzanne Gamboa, Huffington Post, Arizona Deportation Stats: Thousands Deported Even Without New Law

Jul 28, 2010, Stacy Sullivan, Foreign Policy Journal, A Lack of Conviction

Jul 27, 2010, Randall Amster, Common Dreams, Climate of Fear: SB 1070 and Extremist Violence on the Arizona Border

Jul 27, 2010, Bonnie Bricker, Adil E. Shamoo, Baltimore Sun, Secrecy Industry Hits Home

Jul 27, 2010, Joshua Stanton, Frank Fredericks, Huffington Post, Ground Zero Mosque and Religious Freedom in America

Jul 27, 2010, Huffington Post, Arizona Immigration Law: Jan Brewer Asks Judge To Throw Out Federal Challenge To Law

Jul 27, 2010, Associated Press, Ex-Guantanamo detainee charged in native Algeria

Jul 27, 2010, Carol Rosenberg, McClatchy Newspapers, Commentary: For reporters, the rules at Guantanamo change daily

Jul 27, 2010, Jonathan Saltzman, Boston Globe, ACLU affiliates want FBI to disclose data

Jul 26, 2010, Center for Constitutional Rights, Algerian Former Detainee Released to Family

Jul 26, 2010, Bill Quigley, Common Dreams, Fourteen Examples of Systemic Racism in the US Criminal Justice System

Jul 26, 2010, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, The WikiLeaks Afghanistan leak

Jul 26, 2010, Noel Brinkerhoff, AllGov, Judge Rules CIA Can Withhold Info about Illegal Methods

Jul 26, 2010, Matt Apuzzo, Adam Goldman, Huffington Post, CIA Tapes Destroyed Without Lawyers Included On Memo

Jul 25, 2010, David Crary, Washington Post, Report details plight of mentally ill detainees

Jul 24, 2010, New York Times, Fear of Freedom

Jul 23, 2010, Sahar Aziz, alt.muslim, US peacemakers forced to stay home

Jul 23, 2010, Jerry Markon, Washington Post, Hearing on Arizona immigration law begins

Jul 23, 2010, Globe and Mail (Canada), CSIS can't ensure they aren't using evidence obtained by torture: court

Jul 23, 2010, World War 4 Report, Federal judge grants Yemeni Gimto detainee's habeas petition

Jul 23, 2010, Deb Weinstein, TruthOut, Military Judges Defy Congressionally Ordered Access to Guantanamo Proceedings

Jul 23, 2010, Tom Turnipseed, Common Dreams, Secrecy Sucks: Spooky, Snoopy Spies Run Amuck

Jul 23, 2010, Rocco Parascandola, New York Times, NYPD brass says stop-and-frisk records aren't dead: just use paper, not computers

Jul 22, 2010, Alessandra Soler Meetze, Huffington Post, Why Arizona's "Show Me Your Papers" Law Must Be Stopped

Jul 22, 2010, Janine R. Wedel, Huffington Post, Shadow Elite: Selling Out Uncle Sam & Outsourcing American Power

Jul 22, 2010, Adam Entous, Reuters, U.S. sends two Guantanamo detainees to Spain, Latvia

Jul 22, 2010, Democracy Now!, Ex-Guantánamo Prisoner Missing After Forced Repatriation

Jul 22, 2010, Carol Rosenberg, McClatchy Newspapers, Yemeni psych patient ordered freed from Guantánamo

Jul 22, 2010, Justine Sharrock, AlterNet, "We Live With Ghosts and Demons": Soldiers Who Took Part in Torture Suffer from Severe PTSD

Jul 22, 2010, Gina Kim, Sacramento (CA) Bee, Bush administration torture memo writer Yoo protested at Sacramento appearance

Jul 21, 2010, Margery A. Beck, Salon, Two groups sue Nebraska city over immigration law

Jul 21, 2010, Jean MacKensie, Global Post, Afghanistan: US steps up prisoner releases

Jul 21, 2010, Dana Priest, William M. Arkin, Washington Post, The secrets next door

Jul 21, 2010, UN News Centre, UN experts urge US to ensure no Guantánamo detainees are forcibly returned

Jul 21, 2010, Marc Beja, Bay State Banner, N.Y. law limits stop-and-frisk database

Jul 20, 2010, Dana Priest, William M. Arkin, Washington Post, National Security Inc.

Jul 20, 2010, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, The secret private-sector government

Jul 20, 2010, ACLU, Bloated Secret Intelligence Apparatus Poses Grave Civil Liberties Concerns

Jul 20, 2010, Peter Finn, Washington Post, Guantanamo detainee Naji sent back to Algeria against his will

Jul 20, 2010, Meredith Hobbs, Law.com, D.C. Circuit Rules Against Guantanamo Detainee

Jul 20, 2010, Tom Ramstack, All Headline News, More Latin American Countries Join Legal Opposition to Arizona Immigration Law

Jul 20, 2010, Valeria Fernández, California Progress Report, Court Arguments Heard in First Case Against SB 1070

Jul 19, 2010, Rev. Richard L. Killmer, Washington Post, The religious case against torture

Jul 19, 2010, Robert Baer, Time Magazine, Time to Tame Washington's Intelligence Beast

Jul 19, 2010, Dana Priest, William M. Arkin, Washington Post, A hidden world, growing beyond control

Jul 19, 2010, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, The Real U.S. Government

Jul 19, 2010, Valerie Brender, Huffington Post, The Hypocrisy (and Holes) in U.S. Torture Laws

Jul 19, 2010, Amanda Becker, Washington Post, American Bar Association jumps into fray early over Arizona immigration law

Jul 18, 2010, Ray Gronberg, The Herald Sun, Activists pushing matricula as valid ID

Jul 18, 2010, Rajeeve Syal, Owen Bowcott, Guardian (UK), Guantánamo Bay detainee says interrogation record was blanked

Jul 16, 2010, Daniel Denvir, Salon, The ICE man: Obama's backdoor Arizona-style program

Jul 16, 2010, Sahar Aziz, ACS Blog, Delegitimizing Civil Society: Why the Supreme Court Got it Wrong in Humanitarian Law Project

Jul 16, 2010, Heather Monday, Video Cafe, Andrew Napolitano: Bush and Cheney Should Have Been Indicted for Torturing, for Spying and Arresting Without Warrants

Jul 16, 2010, Xinhua News (China), Obama considers repatriating Yemen's Guantanamo detainees: report

Jul 16, 2010, Cori Crider, Huffington Post, Why the Algerians Must Win Their Fight to Stay in Guantanamo Bay

Jul 15, 2010, Charlie Savage, Scott Shane, New York Times, Bush Aide Says Some C.I.A. Methods Unauthorized

Jul 15, 2010, Al Baker, Ray Rivera, New York Times, Paterson to Sign Bill Limiting Retention of Street-Stop Data

Jul 15, 2010, Judiciary Committee, Conyers, Nadler Introduce Legislation to End Racial Profiling

Jul 15, 2010, Judiciary Committee, Conyers Releases Committee Interview of Torture Memo Author Bybee and Sends to Justice Department

Jul 15, 2010, Sean Alfano, Daily News (NY), Utah orders probe after alleged illegal immigrant list passed to state and federal agencies

Jul 15, 2010, Associated Press, UK Judge OK's Suits In Alleged CIA Torture Cases

Jul 15, 2010, Arwa Damon, CNN, U.S. hands over its last detention facility in Iraq

Jul 15, 2010, Ian Cobain, Guardian (UK), Blair silent on plans to attend torture inquiry

Jul 15, 2010, Jacques Billeaud, Huffington Post, Arizona Immigration Law to Get First Major Court Hearing

Jul 14, 2010, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, The motive behind whistle-blower prosecutions

Jul 14, 2010, David Stringer, Associated Press, Court rules torture lawsuits against UK continue

Jul 14, 2010, Max Schoening, Matt Sledge, Huffington Post, Hollman Morris, Colombian Journalist, Says Patriot Act Visa Rejection for "Terrorist" Activities "Puts My Life in Danger"

Jul 14, 2010, Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, ACLU says California DNA law violates privacy

Jul 14, 2010, Associated Press, Officers Charged in Katrina Shootings

Jul 13, 2010, Benjamin Weiser, New York Times, Judge Refuses to Dismiss Terror Suspect's Case

Jul 13, 2010, Gary Stoller, USA Today, Backlash grows against full-body scanners in airports

Jul 13, 2010, Ben Leming, Huffington Post, Our Constitution, Undivided

Jul 13, 2010, Andy Worthington, Common Dreams, Guantánamo: The Definitive Prisoner List (Updated for Summer 2010)

Jul 13, 2010, Saleyha Ahsan, Guardian (UK), Guantánamo: holding the 'healers who harm' accountable

Jul 13, 2010, Associated Press, NYC mayor: Investigating mosque is un-American

Jul 13, 2010, Pete Yost, Associated Press, Holder raises question on Sept. 11 death penalty

Jul 13, 2010, Larry Neumeister, Huffington Post, Guantanamo Detainee Trial Permitted In US, Judge Rules

Jul 13, 2010, Matthew Lee, Robert Burns, Huffington Post, Iran: Shahram Amiri, Missing Nuclear Scientist, Demanding 'Immediate Return' After Taking Refuge In Pakistan Embassy In Washington

Jul 13, 2010, Martin Finucane, Boston Globe, Activists challenge law on sending lewd messages to minors

Jul 12, 2010, Lamar Hankins, Mercury News, A nude awakening: How the government strips you naked

Jul 12, 2010, ACLU, ACLU at Guantánamo to Observe Military Commissions Proceedings

Jul 12, 2010, Jonathan Horowitz, Huffington Post, Bagram Renditions Risk Serious Consequences

Jul 12, 2010, Katherine Skiba, Los Angeles Times, Arizona immigration law could lead to a second suit, Holder says

Jul 12, 2010, CBS News, Khadr's firing of military lawyer refused

Jul 12, 2010, Ray Rivera, Al Baker, Janet Roberts, New York Times, A Few Blocks, 4 Years, 52,000 Police Stops

Jul 12, 2010, Mike Jones, Leagle, The rule of law

Jul 12, 2010, Center for Constitutional Rights, NY Times Investigation Exposes Police Practices

Jul 10, 2010, Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Associated Press, APA campaigns against CIA torture doctor

Jul 9, 2010, Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times News Blog, Pentagon Reinstates Banned Guantánamo Reporter

Jul 9, 2010, Amy Mcgann, Huffington Post, Justice, Guantanamo Style

Jul 9, 2010, Carol Rose, Boston Globe, Calling all Governors: stop spying on ordinary Americans!

Jul 9, 2010, Jennifer Sullivan, Seattle Times, ACLU protests UW police surveillance on student social-justice group

Jul 9, 2010, David C. Fathi, Huffington Post, Supermax Prisons: Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading

Jul 8, 2010, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Federal judge orders Guantánamo detainee freed

Jul 8, 2010, Andy Worthington, Common Dreams, Bin Laden Cook Accepts Plea Deal at Guantanamo Trial

Jul 8, 2010, Jeremy Scahill, The Nation, Former Top CIA Spy on How US Intelligence Became Big Business

Jul 8, 2010, Lewis Page, The Register (UK), NSA setting up secret 'Perfect Citizen' spy system

Jul 8, 2010, Peter Griffiths, Reuters, Extradition of terrorism suspects

Jul 8, 2010, Democracy Now!, Military Psychologists Face Complaints With Licensing Boards Over Roles at Guantanamo

Jul 8, 2010, All Headline News, Khadr Fires American Lawyers As Gitmo Trial Nears

Jul 7, 2010, Charlie Savage, New York Times, Guantánamo Detainee Pleads Guilty in Terror Case

Jul 7, 2010, Randal C. Archibold, New York Times, Arizona Challenge Does Not Focus on Profiling

Jul 7, 2010, Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi, Washington Post Foreign Service, Cameron launches inquiry on alleged torture by British intelligence agents

Jul 7, 2010, Michael W. Savage, Washington Post, Okla., S.C., Utah could pass Ariz.-style anti-immigration laws

Jul 7, 2010, United Press International, ACLU calls for CIA rendition probe

Jul 7, 2010, Jean Casella, James Ridgeway, TruthOut, Two for One: Guantanamo Won’t Close, But Illinois Supermax Will Open

Jul 7, 2010, Jesselyn Radack, Government Accountability Project, Charging Wikileaks Source: The Nail in the Coffin of Whistleblowers

Jul 6, 2010, Russell Contreras, Associated Press, Protests of Arizona governor planned in Boston

Jul 6, 2010, Paul Davenport,Jonathan J. Cooper, John Hanna, Huffington Post, Justice Department To File Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality Of Arizona Immigration Law

Jul 6, 2010, Michael Doyle, McClatchy Newspapers, Government loses appeal in Guantanamo habeas case

Jul 6, 2010, ACLU, Britain Announces Investigation Into Complicity With U.S. Torture Program

Jul 6, 2010, Neel Arora, Kansas City (MO) InfoZine, Bill Would Criminalize Torture by Law Enforcement Officials Under Federal Law

Jul 6, 2010, Sherwood Ross, The New Nation (Bangladesh), US Doctors forced to approve torture

Jul 5, 2010, Adam Liptak, New York Times, Defendants Squeezed by Georgia’s Tight Budget

Jul 2, 2010, Donna Diegel, Examiner.com, TSA full body scanner at T.F. Green Airport: Invasion of privacy? How much is visible?

Jul 2, 2010, Andy Worthington, Eurasian Review , Torture Complicity Under The Spotlight In Europe: The UK

Jul 2, 2010, Arcelia Hurtado, Huffington Post, Arizona's Anti-Immigrant Law Hits Women the Hardest

Jul 2, 2010, Jonathan J. Cooper, Huffington Post, Arizona Police Already Feeling Pressure From New Immigration Law

Jul 2, 2010, William Fisher, Public Record, Obama Pushes Immigration Reform

Jul 2, 2010, Azadeh Shahshahani, Huffington Post, Time to Reckon with Torture

Jul 1, 2010, Institute for Public Accuracy, Byrd, Kagan Hearings and the Constitution

Jul 1, 2010, Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press, AZ to release immigration training plan for cops

Jul 1, 2010, CNN, ACLU issues travel alerts for Arizona

Jul 1, 2010, Katherine Skiba, Chicago Tribune, Lawmaker: No statute of limitations on police torture

Jul 1, 2010, J. Adam Abram, Huffington Post, Guantánamo: Fair? In Our Best Interest?