Terrorism – Page 31 – People's World

ACLU sues Obama to stop U.S. hit lists

September 1, 2010 By Joe Sims

President Obama, CIA chief Leon Panetta and Defense Secretary Robert Gates are being sued by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights.

The U.S. & Yemen: A “lethal blend”

August 31, 2010 By Conn Hallinan

How involved is the U.S. military in Yemen, and is the Obama administration laying the groundwork for a new foreign adventure?

Kucinich bill aims to stop assassinations of U.S. citizens

August 10, 2010 By Pepe Lozano

U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, introduced a bill last week that would prohibit U.S. forces from targeting and carrying out extrajudicial killings of U.S. citizens.

Rally protests U.S.-backed war in Philippines

August 6, 2010 By Luis Rivas

LOS ANGELES - A picket line in front of the Philippine Consulate here last month drew attention to crimes against the Filipino people under the former U.S.-backed president, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

Civil liberties groups sue Treasury Dept. over assassinations

August 5, 2010 By Joe Sims

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control has granted the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights a license to represent accused terrorist Anwar Al-Awlaki.