Documents show state police monitored peace and anti-death penalty groups
Undercover Maryland State… Continue reading
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Spying uncovered
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Airport Gestapo
The Bush Regime’s “terrorist” protection schemes have reached the height of total incompetence and utter absurdity. … Continue reading
A Rhode Island school district has announced a pilot program to monitor student… Continue reading
Drug addiction is bad. But the war on drugs is worse.
Courtland Milloy of the Washington Post wrote a heart-breaking story that exemplifies the wasteful and counterproductive way our society deals with… Continue reading
New York City has been the pot-bust capital of the world for a decade, since Rudolph Giuliani’s decision to make public toking a top police priority. A new study sponsored by the New York
For critics, the idea is an Orwellian nightmare: The federal government would begin signing off on every… Continue reading
The federal government is accepting bids for up to three new family detention centers that would house as many as 600 men, women and children fighting deportation cases.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued a… Continue reading
The FBI has withdrawn an illegal National Security Letter seeking information from an online library and has lifted a gag order that until Wednesday prevented any discussion of the information request.
Lawyers from the… Continue reading
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) supports the New York Civil Liberties Union’s decision to join in the fight to end racial profiling and illegal stop-and-frisk practices by the New York City Police… Continue reading
Police busted nearly 400,000 people for carrying small amounts of pot in the last decade, making New York City the world leader in marijuana arrests, civil rights advocates… Continue reading
FBI also spies on home soil for military, documents show; Much information acquired without court order
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been routinely monitoring the e-mails, instant messages and cell phone calls of… Continue reading
According to Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., House Resolution 1955, otherwise known as the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007, is a much-needed piece of national security legislation subject to unnecessary paranoia and… Continue reading