HawaiiNews.com on State takes stand against Patriot Act: Island lawmakers have made Hawaii the first state to take a stand against the controversial USA Patriot Act, passing a resolution “reaffirming […]
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Tag: Civil Liberties
More Jackbooting
Eric Lictblau and James Risen of the New York Times on Broad Domestic Role Asked for C.I.A. and the Pentagon: The Bush administration and leading Senate Republicans sought today to […]
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TIA Filters
Dan Caterinicchia of Federal Computer Week on DARPA funds TIA privacy study: Under the contract, the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Palo Alto Research Center engineers will focus on […]
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Justice Screwing Us Again
The Electronic Privacy Information Center is calling for signatures for a petition to be sent to the Office of Management and Budget regarding the Justice Department, once again attempting to […]
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Over Achiever
From the Opinion page in today’s Baltimore Sun: PLENTY OF John Ashcroft’s former Senate colleagues had misgivings when George W. Bush nominated him to be attorney general. They knew him […]
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Inflated Terrorism Conviction Statistics
Government Executive Magazine on Report: Justice managers fail to ensure accuracy of terrorism statistics: The Justice Department does not have sufficient oversight and policies in place to ensure the accuracy […]
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Derbyshire Nonsense
Let me start off by saying this, and I mean it from the bottom of my heart – John Debryshire is a first class loon. Over at Stand Down, Julian […]
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Dick Armey with the ACLU?
Dick Armey, former House Majority Leader, may be consulting with the ACLU on privacy issues after he leaves the House this year. For those you find that odd, don’t. Armey […]
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Poindexter’s Police State
In the email posted below, Chris Hoofnagle of EPIC is circulating a letter in opposition to Poindexter’s police state designs. So far, to my knowledge at least 25 organizations including […]
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Civil Liberties in Jeopardy
There a couple of good civil liberties stories linked in today’s Free-Market.net newsletter. In the Las Vegas Sun – Bryan warns civil liberties at risk in face of foreign threats. […]
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