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The balance between liberty and security
Sunday, 2 July 2006 11:59 P GMT-05
Americans are going to have to decide which is the greater threat: terrorists, or the Republican Party's determination to shred American civil liberties and the separation of powers in the name of executive power and the "war on terror."
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Miami plot suspects entrapped: lawyers
Tuesday, 27 June 2006 3:03 P GMT-05
Seven men charged with conspiring to bomb the Sears Tower in Chicago and the FBI building in Miami were entrapped by a federal informant, lawyers for two of the suspects said on Monday.
Garden shop owner gets 30 years in prison for selling iodine
Sunday, 25 June 2006 7:57 A GMT-05
Federal Judge Curtis Collier on Friday morning sentenced former Broadway Home and Garden Center owner Joe Swafford to 30 years in prison for supplying a key ingredient to meth dealers.
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Buffalo's Stampede Against Privacy
Saturday, 24 June 2006 1:06 P GMT-05
Aggressive raids on suspected drug houses in Buffalo, NY yield next to nothing.
Arab-Americans Sue U.S. Over Re-entry Procedures
Tuesday, 20 June 2006 11:42 A GMT-05
A group of Muslim and Arab Americans are suing the DHS and the FBI over numerous detentions based on highly-erroneous terror watch list.
Defense lawyers shut out as war on terror spawns courtroom secrecy
Tuesday, 20 June 2006 10:58 A GMT-05
The growth of secrecy in terror cases makes a mockery of the judicial process.
The No-Knock State
Sunday, 18 June 2006 12:48 A GMT-05
The United States is not coming underneath the type of steely totalitarian gauntlet where we need fear a knock at the door. No, your Supreme Court has eliminated that fearful scenario. Instead, there will be no knock.
Big Brother to citizens: Trust me
Saturday, 17 June 2006 4:15 A GMT-05
The government's response to a challenge over the illegal NSA spying program: trust us, we are only going after the bad guys.
Judge Rules That U.S. Has Broad Powers to Detain Noncitizens Indefinitely
Friday, 16 June 2006 9:15 A GMT-05
According to the Judge John Gleeson's ruling the executive in the US can detain any noncitizen without reason for any duration of time.
FBI says, “No hard evidence connecting Bin Laden to 9/11”
Thursday, 8 June 2006 1:11 P GMT-05
FBI admits having no evidence linking Osama Bin Laden to 9/11.
RCMP behind bomb material
Sunday, 4 June 2006 2:11 P GMT-05
Investigators controlled the sale and transport of three tonnes of ammonium nitrate in an undercover probe of an alleged homegrown terrorist cell. Police say they moved in quickly to avert attacks in southern Ontario.
Cleveland Woman Convicted Of Felony And Sentenced To 60 Days In Jail For Putting Up Anti-Bush Posters
Sunday, 4 June 2006 11:53 A GMT-05
Carol Fisher, an activist and a cancer survivor, is sentenced to 2 months behind bar for posting anti-Bush slogans in Ohio.
Muslim Family Terrorized in Georgia
Sunday, 4 June 2006 10:19 A GMT-05
A Muslim family - a Pakistani man, his American-born wife and their four children residing near Atlanta, GA - have been victims of taunting and a arson of one of their vehicles.
9/11 truth and copyright issues
Friday, 2 June 2006 12:03 P GMT-05
Advice to the media 9/11 truth activists on what to do in case they receive a "cease and desist" letter from one of the mainstream media outlets.
FBI wants Internet records kept 2 years
Friday, 2 June 2006 12:00 A GMT-05
The FBI allegedly wants the US ISP's to keep usage records for 2 years.
Impeach Alberto Gonzales? Why, yes!
Thursday, 1 June 2006 1:45 P GMT-05
"We have the power to impeach the attorney general," Issa told Tuesday's Judiciary Committee hearing titled: "Reckless Justice: Did the Saturday Night Raid of Congress Trample the Constitution?"
Residents Protest Judge After Sentence
Tuesday, 30 May 2006 12:27 P GMT-05
A Nebraska judge sentenced a man convicted on two counts of raping a 13-year-old girl to 10 years of probation, justifying such incredible lenience by her concern that the defendant may be victimized in jail.
Eavesdropping, Gagging, and the Constitution
Friday, 26 May 2006 10:52 A GMT-05
Ray McGovern on Gen. Mike Hayden and his nomination to the post of the CIA Director.
Couple Arrested For Asking For Directions
Saturday, 20 May 2006 12:00 A GMT-05
Baltimore City police arrested a Virginia couple over the weekend after they asked an officer for directions.
Study guide for U.S. citizenship test omits freedom of press
Wednesday, 17 May 2006 1:00 P GMT-05
Study guide for U.S. citizenship test omits freedom of press even though it is an essential part of the First Amendment.
CIA Secret Prisons Exposed
Monday, 15 May 2006 6:58 P GMT-05
The disappeared: Are they dead? Are they alive? Ask Congress. Ask the president.
Data on Phone Calls Monitored
Sunday, 14 May 2006 1:36 P GMT-05
An enormous amount of Call Detail Record (CDR's) collected by the NSA in the course of its domestic spying program.
Our monarch, above the law
Saturday, 6 May 2006 12:09 P GMT-05
Does President Bush believe he is above the law?
Moussaoui curses America, judge gets final word
Thursday, 4 May 2006 1:32 P GMT-05
Zacarias Moussaoui formally sentenced to life imprisonment.
The War On Drugs: Whom Are We Really Fighting?
Friday, 26 August 2005 11:59 P GMT-05
Who is the enemy in this "war on drugs"? What would the victory be? Why are we prosecuting it?
