Secret Police State
As longtime readers know, The Multiracial Activist is a plaintiff in one of the lawsuits seeking to force the Justice Department to disclose the identities of those individuals secretly arrested and detained following the...
Tagged: Civil Liberties
Progress on the FOIA Lawsuit
Our two year old lawsuit against the Department of Justice’s secret detentions got a little press today in The Washington Post: …the court will look at an appeal by the Center for National Security...
CNSS v. DoJ – Table of Contents
The Center for National Security Studies v. The Department Of JusticeThe links below contain the major filings with regard to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by The Center for National Security Studies...
Administration Payback
Andrew Gumbel of the Independent Digital on US Anti-war Activists Hit by Secret Airport Ban: After more than a year of complaints by some US anti-war activists that they were being unfairly targeted by...
Watching You, Tagging You, Bagging You
Robert O’Harrow, Jr. of The Washington Post on Surveillance Proposal Expanded – CAPPS II Would Look At More Air Passengers: A passenger-screening system designed to help capture terrorists could also be used to target...
DEA Intimidation
DRCNet on DEA Uses RAVE Act Threats to Block Montana NORML/SSDP Benefit: An agent of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) used threats of RAVE Act prosecutions to intimidate the owners of a Billings,...
Philly Says No To PATRIOT Act
Reuters on Philadelphia council condemns Patriot Act: Philadelphia on Thursday became the largest U.S. city to date to condemn the USA Patriot Act as a threat to the constitutional rights of its citizens. By...