He’s a man after John Ashcroft’s heart. David Blunkett, Home Secretary of the UK has attacked the civil liberties lobby for the horrendous crime of criticizing government surveillance and curtailment […]
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Tag: Civil Liberties
Jackbootism
The Lawyer’s Committee for Human Rights, one of my fellow plaintiffs in the lawsuit against inJustice regarding post-September 11 detentions has issued a 79 page report (.pdf format) entitled, A […]
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Ashcroft’s Detention Camps
In the August 14 Los Angeles Times (Link courtesy of Declan McCullagh’s Politech.) – Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft’s announced desire for camps for U.S. citizens he deems to be “enemy […]
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Detainees Decision
For several months, through the participation of The Multiracial Activist, I’ve been a plaintiff in the lawsuit coordinated by Kate Martin, Ken Gude and Mort Halperin and the Center for […]
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Communist Party USA
I was Googling my primary website today – The Multiracial Activist – and came across a mention of the website on the Communist Party USA’s website. Yikes, the things you […]
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Jose Padilla
Newsday gets one right. Padilla is “one nasty piece of work” as their editorial from yesterday states. But he is also an American citizen. “Our tripartite government of executive, legislative […]
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Border Patrol
A friend of mine, who shall remain nameless, just IM’ed me regarding Border Patrol stupidity. My friend is one of the growing number of “racially ambigious” Americans. He is conservative […]
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Nattering Nabobs of Negativism II
Nattering nabobs of negativism II William Safire (San Francisco Chronicle) (December 7, 2001) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/12/07/ED216606.DTL Preparing to tell the Senate Judiciary Committee where to get off yesterday, Attorney General John Ashcroft […]
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Why Congress is quiet on liberties
Why Congress is quiet on liberties by Gail Russell Chaddock The Christian Science Monitor Three weeks after Congress passed the most sweeping extension of law enforcement authority since World War […]
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Drawing a Line for Liberties
Drawing a Line for Liberties The Christian Science Monitor Under pressure from the war against terrorism, the line between civil liberties and security is moving steadily toward greater police powers […]
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