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Sep 30, 2008, Dean Robinson, Frost Illustrated (Fort Wayne, IN), Mayor Henry, protect our civil liberties: The truth about the Patriot Act

Sep 30, 2008, Laura Flanders, Real Women, Real Voices, Protecting The Vote: Live From Main Street Columbus

Sep 30, 2008, John Nichols, The Nation, A Congress That Can Say 'No!'

Sep 30, 2008, Democracy Now!, Denver Police T-Shirt: “We Get Up Early, to Beat the Crowds”

Sep 30, 2008, Democracy Now!, Police: Gassing of Mosque in Ohio Was Not a Biased Crime

Sep 30, 2008, Bev Harris, AlterNet, Partisan contractors to count votes in Illinois, Colorado and Kentucky

Sep 30, 2008, Canadian Press, Defiant military watchdog widens detainee hearings

Sep 29, 2008, Duncan Campbell, Guardian (UK), Soldiers who hand prisoners to US could face legal action, MPs warned

Sep 29, 2008, Sheila Suess Kennedy, Huffington Post, Some Administrations -- Not All -- Make Policy Decisions Based On Constitution

Sep 29, 2008, Dan Froomkin, Washington Post, Pointing the Finger at the White House

Sep 29, 2008, Joanne Mariner, Salon, Is the U.S. putting mentally incompetent terror suspects on trial?

Sep 29, 2008, Human Rights First, McCain and Obama Agree that Torture Needs to End

Sep 29, 2008, Reuters, "War on terror" has not weakened al Qaeda: poll

Sep 28, 2008, Murray Waas, The Atlantic, What Did Bush Tell Gonzales?

Sep 28, 2008, Anne Hull, Marilyn W. Thompson and Lyndsey Layton, Washington Post, Two Portraits of a Bioterror Suspect

Sep 27, 2008, Roberto Lovato, New America Media, Economic 9-11: The Shrinking of Political Space

Sep 27, 2008, Joseph L. Galloway, Salt Lake (UT) Tribune, The people who got us into this now ask us to trust them - In a pig's eye

Sep 26, 2008, Mike Melia, Associated Press, Guantanamo Prosecutors Want Redo of Convict's Sentence

Sep 26, 2008, Heather Senison, Press Connects (NY), ACLU launches campaign to get former prisoners to register to vote

Sep 26, 2008, Houston (TX) Chronicle, Trust me -- again Given past abuses of power in times of peril, oversight is imperative in the current financial crisis

Sep 26, 2008, David Dishneau, Associated Press, Contractor says immune from Iraq torture lawsuits

Sep 26, 2008, Steven Aftergood, Secrecy News, Subpoena for Office of Legal Counsel Documents Authorized

Sep 26, 2008, Mike Lloyd, Grand Rapids Press (Michigan), Column: Free speech or smear tactic? DVD stirs debate

Sep 25, 2008, William Glaberson, New York Times, Guantánamo Prosecutor Is Quitting in Dispute Over a Case

Sep 25, 2008, Joby Warrick, Washington Post, Top Officials Knew in 2002 of Harsh Interrogations

Sep 25, 2008, Mark Spencer, Hartford (CT) Courant, Inmate Being Force-Fed, Lawyer Says

Sep 25, 2008, Noah Feldman, New York Times, When Judges Make Foreign Policy

Sep 25, 2008, Derek Kravitz, Washington Post, Air Force Colonel Describes New Claims of Iraqi Torture

Sep 25, 2008, Jeffrey S. Kaye, AlterNet, Will Today's Senate Hearings on Torture Change Anything?

Sep 24, 2008, Council on American-Islamic Relations, New Website Challenges Anti-Muslim Election 'Gimmick'

Sep 24, 2008, Rod Smolla, Slate, Wall Street Strip: Is Paulson's bailout bill unconstitutional?

Sep 24, 2008, Associated Press, Italian lawyers seek Condoleezza Rice testimony

Sep 24, 2008, Peter Finn, Washington Post, Terrorism Trial Judge Rejects Motion to Recuse Himself

Sep 24, 2008, Matt Miller, Patriot-News (PA), Torture doesn't help U.S. cause, experts say

Sep 24, 2008, Anthony S. Barkow, Human Rights First, Translation Problems Hinder Military Commission Proceedings

Sep 24, 2008, Press Association, 'Mind reading' scanner tested in US

Sep 24, 2008, Agence France-Presse, US border search restrictions reversed since 2007 - rights groups

Sep 24, 2008, Matt Ehling, MinnPost, Fannie, Freddie, and the federal takeover of everything else

Sep 24, 2008, Paul Waldman, Washington Times, Tough questions, please

Sep 23, 2008, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Bin Laden's driver still a test case of sorts

Sep 23, 2008, Agence France-Presse, US-held prisoners in Afghan jail meet families for first time

Sep 23, 2008, Johanna Neuman, Los Angeles Times, Anti-war veterans unfurl 'Arrest Bush/Cheney' banner at National Archives

Sep 23, 2008, Joe Shaulis, Jurist, Senate Democrats fault lack of judicial review in Bush financial rescue proposal

Sep 23, 2008, Agence France-Presse, US judge 'reluctantly' delays Guantanamo appeals

Sep 23, 2008, Aaron Glantz, Antiwar.com, Calling Gitmo What It Is

Sep 22, 2008, Pamela A. MacLean, National Law Journal, Senate Hearing on Judge Nominees Collapses in Disarray Over DOJ 'Torture' Memos

Sep 22, 2008, Ryan Singel, Wired, If NSA Spying Not A 'Dragnet,' What Were They Doing?

Sep 22, 2008, Michael Warren, Detroit News, Ignorance of Constitution imperils freedom

Sep 22, 2008, Ms. Magazine, Judge Rules Transgender Discrimination Violates Civil Rights Act

Sep 22, 2008, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press, Court: US govt can't block detainee photos release

Sep 22, 2008, Charlotte Twight, Independent Review, Sovereign Impunity

Sep 22, 2008, Julian Sanchez, Ars Technica, Constitutional battle brewing after telecom immunity invoked

Sep 22, 2008, James P. Pfiffner, History News Network, Just How Secretive Was the Bush Administration?

Sep 19, 2008, Shane Bauer, New America Media, Yemenis Fear U.S.-Backed Anti-Terrorism Law

Sep 19, 2008, ACLU, ACLU Urges Supreme Court to Review Landmark Indefinite Detention Case

Sep 19, 2008, Caroline Fredrickson, Huffington Post, End the Fishing Expedition and Abide By (or Fix) the Law

Sep 19, 2008, Robert Chlala, Public Record, Mueller Grilled Over Claims New FBI Powers Amounts to Racial Profiling, More Spying

Sep 19, 2008, Capital Times (Madison, WI), A constitutional commitment

Sep 18, 2008, Electronic Frontier Foundation, EFF Sues NSA, President Bush, and Vice President Cheney to Stop Illegal Surveillance

Sep 18, 2008, Richard Koman, ZDNet, NY issues its RealID card

Sep 18, 2008, MarketWatch, Advancement Project and ACLU Sue Michigan Secretary of State Over Unlawful Voter Purging

Sep 18, 2008, Joe Shaulis, Jurist, FBI director defends proposed investigation guidelines

Sep 18, 2008, Jeremy R. Hammond, OpEdNews, On Torture

Sep 17, 2008, Editorial, San Francisco Chronicle, It's Constitution Day

Sep 17, 2008, Editorial, Statesman Journal (Salem, OR), Constitution urges thoughtful government

Sep 17, 2008, Nick Juliano, Raw Story, ACLU launches 'constitution voter' election drive

Sep 17, 2008, Steven Aftergood, Secrecy News, A Bill to Challenge Secret Law

Sep 17, 2008, Dina Temple-Raston, National Public Radio, Mueller: FBI Needs More Powers To Combat Threats

Sep 17, 2008, Jason Leopold, Public Record, Conyers Goes to Court Over Miers Testimony

Sep 17, 2008, Richard Owen, Times (UK), Trial of 'extraordinary rendition' CIA agents will go ahead

Sep 17, 2008, John Nichols, Capital Times (Madison, WI), Feingold, activists demand Constitution debate

Sep 17, 2008, Neal Katyal and Justin Florence, Slate, Mistaken Authority

Sep 17, 2008, Justin Head, Daily Mississippian (University of Mississippi), Real ID really unconstitutional

Sep 17, 2008, Barry Gewen, New York Times, To Torture or Not to Torture

Sep 17, 2008, Nancy Hopkins, Philadelphia Inquirer, Hope for a Constitution Under Siege

Sep 17, 2008, Bethany Singer-Baefsky, People's Blog for the Constitution, Constitution Day: A Day to Hold Our Government Accountable

Sep 16, 2008, Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, New bill would tighten rules for DHS border laptop searches

Sep 16, 2008, Kansas City (MO) InfoZine, BORDC Issues the "War on Terror" and the Constitution

Sep 16, 2008, Bryan Shettig, New American, Constitution Day events examine the foundation of U.S. government

Sep 16, 2008, John Podesta, Center for American Progress, Too Much Secrecy Puts Our Nation at Risk

Sep 16, 2008, Bob Geiger, Huffington Post, Feingold Blasts Constitutional "Wreckage" Bush Leaves Behind

Sep 16, 2008, Raju Shanbhag, TMCnet, ACLU Asks Court To Strike Down Spying Law

Sep 16, 2008, Sue Pleming, Reuters, Fate of Guantanamo to be left to next president

Sep 16, 2008, Kristine Lowe, Journalism.co.uk, Guantanamo detainee Sami al-Hajj to receive international press freedom award

Sep 16, 2008, Marc Champion, Wall Street Journal, Lawyers Criticize EU Over Terrorist Blacklist

Sep 16, 2008, Editorial, Washington Post, Standing Up to Angler

Sep 15, 2008, Barton Gellman, Washington Post, Cheney Shielded Bush From Crisis

Sep 15, 2008, Paul Lewis, Guardian (UK), Fears over privacy as police expand surveillance project

Sep 15, 2008, Andy Worthington, Huffington Post, Guantanamo trials: another insignificant Afghan charged

Sep 15, 2008, Syed Shoaib Hasan, BBC News, Detainee's son handed to Pakistan

Sep 15, 2008, Associated Press, Poll: Public opposes increased presidential power

Sep 15, 2008, Drewry N. Fennell, News Journal (DE), Mr. Bush's unitary executive doctrine

Sep 15, 2008, Anabelle Garay, Houston (TX) Chronicle, Groups sue Farmers Branch over ordinance

Sep 15, 2008, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, What Illegal 'Things' Was the Government Doing in 2001-2004?

Sep 15, 2008, Tom Burghardt, Dissident Voice, New York's Mass Surveillance Plan Fast-Tracked by the NYPD. Mukasey Hands FBI Broad New Powers

Sep 15, 2008, John Nichols, The Nation, Campaigning to Restore the Constitution

Sep 15, 2008, Phillip Adams, The Australian, Silence all round on Gitmo horrors

Sep 15, 2008, Julian Sanchez, Ars Technica, Wiretap suits press on in the wake of FISA amendments

Sep 15, 2008, Devin Montgomery, Jurist, US denies Pakistan delegation access to Guantanamo detainees

Sep 15, 2008, Editorial, Kansas City (MO) Star, Government should be open and accountable

Sep 15, 2008, Leonard Doyle, The Independent (UK), Who would Jesus torture?

Sep 14, 2008, Robert Justin Lipkin, News Journal (DE), Signing statements risk abuse of power

Sep 14, 2008, Jason Burke, Guardian (UK), Shadow of Guantanamo Follows Freed Inmates Back to their Homes

Sep 14, 2008, Editorial, New York Times, Not Safe Enough

Sep 14, 2008, Barton Gellman, Washington Post, Conflict Over Spying Led White House to Brink

Sep 12, 2008, Daily Hampshire Gazette (MA), Why 'Constitution Day' matters

Sep 12, 2008, John W. Whitehead, Rutherford Institute, The Constitution is the Issue

Sep 12, 2008, Carrie Johnson, Washington Post, Rule Changes Would Give FBI Agents Extensive New Powers

Sep 12, 2008, Hart Seely, Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), Demonstrator's fair comment lands him in jail for seven days

Sep 12, 2008, Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, Judge Limits Searches Using Cellphone Data

Sep 12, 2008, Michelle Shephard, Toronto Star, Delay casts further doubt on Khadr trial

Sep 12, 2008, Grant Welker, Fall River (MA) Herald News, UMass professor to speak of his role in Guantanamo Bay trial

Sep 12, 2008, John Hawkinson, The Tech (MA Institute of Technology), Siddiqui Diagnosed With Chronic Depression

Sep 12, 2008, Jon B. Eisenberg, Salon, More evidence of Bush's spying

Sep 11, 2008, Jana Winter, Fox News, Social Networking Sites Not Just for Friends — They're Also for the Feds

Sep 11, 2008, Tom Burghardt, Centre for Research on Globalization (Canada), Multibillion "Homeland Security" Market: Telecoms Assist in NSA Spy Operations

Sep 11, 2008, William Fisher, Public Record, Lipstick on the Constitution?

Sep 11, 2008, Editorial, Philadelphia Daily News, At ground zero: The nation's soul

Sep 11, 2008, SecurityFocus, Court protects cell-phone location records

Sep 11, 2008, Lynda Lin, Pacific Citizen (CA), 9/11 Seven Years Later: Civil, Human Rights Needed for All

Sep 11, 2008, Canadian Press, Canadian officials frustrated in efforts to ensure care for Omar Khadr

Sep 11, 2008, Jane Sutton, Reuters, U.S. charges Afghan prisoner at Guantanamo

Sep 11, 2008, Ken Camp, Baptist Standard (Dallas, TX), Torture fails to ensure national security, experts insist

Sep 11, 2008, Carolyn Webb, The Age (Australia), Detainees' lawyer intent on sharing tales from other side

Sep 10, 2008, Editorial, The Republican (Springfield, MA), Open government must be preserved

Sep 10, 2008, PRNewsWire, Report: Homeland Security Mandates Ignored

Sep 10, 2008, Caitlin Price, Jurist, US government secrecy continues to rise: annual report

Sep 10, 2008, Michael Clarke, Guardian (UK), Haste and leisure in the war on terror

Sep 10, 2008, Nat Parry, Consortium News, Mocking Constitutional Rights

Sep 9, 2008, Elaine Scarry, Boston Review, Presidential Crimes

Sep 9, 2008, Bruce Fein, Washington Times, Reasserting the Constitution

Sep 9, 2008, Steve Weinberg, Boston Globe, A look at the Hamdan case from defenders' perspectives

Sep 9, 2008, Michelle Shephard, Toronto Star, Khadr family views won't help Omar, lawyer says

Sep 9, 2008, Eileen Sullivan, Associated Press, House Dems criticize Bush on national security

Sep 9, 2008, MarketWatch, Bishops Ask Homeland Security, President Bush to Abandon Use of Worksite Enforcement Raids

Sep 9, 2008, Ray McGovern, Common Dreams, Trickle-Down Preemption: Baghdad on the Mississippi

Sep 9, 2008, Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, In WMD Report, U.S. Gets a C

Sep 8, 2008, Joe Sharkey, New York Times, Mistakes on Terrorist Watch List Affect Even Children

Sep 8, 2008, Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!, “We Need to Remind People that You Cannot Trample the Bill of Rights”–Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Calls for Impeachment

Sep 8, 2008, David N. Goodman, Associated Press, Obama: Kill terrorists, but give prisoners rights

Sep 8, 2008, Andy Worthington, Antiwar.com, Gitmo Remainders: The 'Worst of the Worst'?

Sep 8, 2008, Tom Hays, Newsday, Lawsuit filed over lower Manhattan surveillance

Sep 8, 2008, Colin Hickey, Kennebec (ME) Journal & Morning Sentinel, Struggle for story detailed

Sep 8, 2008, Chris Hedges, TruthDig, Tyranny on Display at the Republican Convention

Sep 8, 2008, Jason Leopold, Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel, Bush Still Fights House Subpoenas

Sep 8, 2008, Christopher Lee, Washington Post, Lawsuit to Ask That Cheney's Papers Be Made Public

Sep 8, 2008, Chris Soghoian, CNET, Widespread cell phone location snooping by NSA?

Sep 8, 2008, Associated Press, Guantanamo inmate returned to Pakistan

Sep 8, 2008, Julio Godoy, Inter Press Service, Fighting the 'War on Terror'

Sep 8, 2008, Ida Audeh, Boulder (CO) Daily Camera, Another Sept. 11 Casualty

Sep 7, 2008, Michelle Shephard, Toronto Star, US Deserter Feared Torture Orders

Sep 7, 2008, Scott Shane and Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Seeking Details, Lawmakers Cite Anthrax Doubts

Sep 7, 2008, Michael Winship, TruthOut, St. Paul's Police Protest the Press

Sep 7, 2008, Del Quentin Wilber, Washington Post, Court Gives White House More Time in Prosecutor Firings Case

Sep 5, 2008, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Guantánamo general banned from Khadr case

Sep 5, 2008, Jeffrey Allen, OneWorld, RNC Media Intimidation Condemned

Sep 5, 2008, Kris Alingod, All Headline News, Justice Department Gets Temporary Stay Of Subpoenas To Bolten, Miers

Sep 5, 2008, Human Rights Watch, Rice Should Press Algeria on Fate of Returned Guantanamo Detainees

Sep 5, 2008, Kris Alingod, All Headline News, Judge Orders Justice Department To Declassify Torture Memos

Sep 5, 2008, Dave Astor, Editor & Publisher, Petitions Protesting Journalist Arrests at RNC Delivered Today in St. Paul

Sep 5, 2008, Michelle Shephard, Toronto Star, Khadr Loses Bid To Have Case Tossed

Sep 4, 2008, Associated Press, Judge refuses to order quick release of flyers

Sep 4, 2008, Agence France-Presse, Mexico drug plane used for US 'rendition' flights: report

Sep 4, 2008, Carol Rosenberg, McClatchy Newspapers, Pentagon adviser banned again from Guantanamo case

Sep 4, 2008, Toby Harnden, Telegraph (UK), Barack Obama would consider charging Bush administration over Guantanamo

Sep 4, 2008, Andy Worthington, Antiwar.com, Tortured in Egypt, Rendered to Guantánamo: Pakistani Heads Home After Six Years

Sep 4, 2008, Amy Goodman and David Goodman, Mother Jones, America's Most Dangerous Librarians

Sep 4, 2008, Laura Rozen, Mother Jones, Freedom of the Press?

Sep 4, 2008, Carol D. Leonnig, Washington Post, Lawyer: Siddiqui May Be Mentally Unfit to Stand Trial

Sep 4, 2008, Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!, Why We Were Falsely Arrested

Sep 3, 2008, Randy Furst and Anthony Lonetree, Minneapolis (MN) Star Tribune, Protest arrests: Security or repression?

Sep 3, 2008, Editorial, Miami Herald, Leave new 'war' rules to the next president

Sep 3, 2008, Allan J. Lichtman and Lee Edwards, Los Angeles Times, How will Cheney go down in history?

Sep 3, 2008, Associated Press, Ex-Professor in Palestinian Case Is Freed After 5 Years

Sep 3, 2008, Timothy Karr, Huffington Post, St. Paul Mayor and Media Mum on Journalism Crackdown

Sep 3, 2008, ACLU Press Release, Common Dreams, Federal Judge Orders Justice Department To Turn Over Memos Authorizing Torture Or Justify Withholding Them

Sep 2, 2008, Leslie Griffith, TruthOut, Silencing the Town Crier

Sep 2, 2008, Peter Jackson, Associated Press, Muslim pilot from Pa. allowed to resume flying

Sep 2, 2008, Carrie Johnson, Washington Post, Report: Gonzales Mishandled Classified Data

Sep 2, 2008, Steven Aftergood, Secrecy News, The Constitution and 9/11

Sep 2, 2008, Agence France-Presse, Three detainees transferred from Guantanamo: Pentagon

Sep 2, 2008, Marjorie Cohn, Common Dreams, Preemptive Strikes Against Protest at RNC

Sep 2, 2008, Democracy Now!, Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar Released After Illegal Arrest at RNC

Sep 1, 2008, Nat Hentoff, Washington Times, Who is under Bush's watch?

Sep 1, 2008, Pioneer Press (MN), Protesters of all stripes march through the streets on St. Paul

Sep 1, 2008, Joe Sharkey, New York Times, The Terrorist Watch List, Jumbled in Translation

Sep 1, 2008, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Federal Government Involved In Raids On Protesters