civil liberties
Bahrain: Military tribunals hand down long sentences
June 28, 2011Condemnation is mounting in response to severe sentences handed down June 22 against 21 leaders of ongoing anti-government demonstrations.
Read moreBarack Obama and the FBI
June 23, 2011Proposed new FBI rules pose a threat to civil libeties and the democratic movement for change.
Read moreFBI rules changes provoke Senate inquiry
June 20, 2011The FBI plans to issue new rules broadening the discretion of its 14,000 field agents over matters of individual privacy.
Read moreRepublican-dominated flash mob draws support, criticism
June 9, 2011Republican operatives seem to have found a new organizing tool: dancing in the dark at the Jefferson Memorial.
Read morePATRIOT Act reauthorization move demands reforms
May 24, 2011The Senate voted Monday, May 23, to go forward with debate on reauthorization of several provisions of the Patriot Act. Media reports indicated that House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.,...
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