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• Another Episode Of This American Police State

  From the Washington Post comes another episode of that horror show "This American Police State": The Maryland State Police classified 53 nonviolent activists as terrorists and entered their names and personal information into state and federal databases that track terrorism...

  Posted by David Sirota on October 8, 2008 2:11 PM
  Tags: civil liberties

• The Politics of Privacy

  The Grand Junction Sentinel runs an important story about how U.S. Rep. John Salazar (D-CO) is refusing to stand down to Republicans' national security attacks on him. The national media has been hyping President Bush's attacks on House Democrats refusal...

  Posted by David Sirota on February 26, 2008 10:37 AM
  Tags: civil liberties

• CNN: "Dems Throwing Lifeline to Mukasey"

  Incredibly, this is the top graphic on CNN's politics website right now. I say "incredibly" not because CNN is wrong, but because it is absolutely incredible that Democrats are helping to confirm Michael Mukasey after this interchange:...

  Posted by David Sirota on November 3, 2007 6:42 PM
  Tags: civil liberties privacy

• Don't Trust Us, Trust RFK

  You don't have to trust us at Working Assets to know that the Bush plan to grant telecom companies retroactive immunity for trampling Americans' civil liberties is a bad idea. Trust Robert F. Kennedy, who - as shown by Glenn...

  Posted by David Sirota on October 25, 2007 5:48 PM
  Tags: civil liberties

• Should Big Brother Be Watching Public Spaces?

  Should there be surveillance cameras in public parks? Albuquerque, New Mexico is struggling with that question. Here's an excerpt from the Albuquerque Tribune report: "Cameras with the power to zoom in and identify what's in a pedestrian's hand will soon...

  Posted by David Sirota on August 31, 2007 4:24 PM
  Tags: civil liberties

• America’s Most Conservative Newspaper Teaches Dems A Lesson

  The Colorado Springs Gazette is one of the two most conservative papers in America (the other being the Waterbury Republican-American). This is no secret to anyone who has either read the paper, or who is in the journalism industry. But...

  Posted by David Sirota on August 28, 2007 7:19 AM
  Tags: civil liberties FISA Patriot Act

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