…Obama successfully relied on Senate Republicans… along with a dozen of the most militaristic Democrats to ensure that he can continue to eavesdrop on Americans without any warrants, transparency or real oversight….
Category: Police State Repression
Know Your Rights!
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Booklet from the Center for Constitutional Rights |
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Also see:
Ten Years Later: Surveillance in the Homeland (a joint project of the ACLU of Massachusetts and Truthout)
The 2013 NDAA & Obama’s Expansion of Indefinite Military Detention Powers
by Kevin Gosztola The administration of President Barack Obama has gone much farther in defending and expanding indefinite detention powers than the administrations of President George W. Bush ever attempted. With the…
Videotaping = Trespass? Chicago Man Faces Jail For Use Of iPhone
Gregory Koger faces months in Cook County jail for “unauthorized use of an iPhone.” He attempted to videotape a peaceful statement by Sunsara Taylor opposing the censorship of her talk prior to…
On Facing Two Years in Jail for Protesting Stop-and-Frisk
by Jamel Mims On Tuesday October 23, I will be on trial along with Carl Dix, who, with Cornel West, initiated the campaign of nonviolent protest to stop Stop-and-Frisk. We are facing…
Not One More Day in Jail for Gregory Koger!
We say: • NOT ONE MORE DAY IN JAIL! • WE SUPPORT GREGORY KOGER AND OPPOSE THIS WRONGFUL CONVICTION. Sign the above statement and add your own comments, here. Email this statement…
Dangerous New Turn in Obama Administration’s Assault on Fundamental Rights
from Revolution Newspaper The Obama administration has demonstrated yet again its resolve to clear away any legal obstacles to enforcing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This law, enacted in December 2011,…
Warrantless Surveillance by US Government Sharply Increases
by Kevin Gosztola Newly released documents from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) show warrantless surveillance of Americans’ electronic communications by federal law enforcement agencies through pen register and trap devices sharply increased. Notably,…
Why Does the Government So Desperately Want Indefinite Detention for “Terror Suspects”?
by Andy Worthington What is the government doing? Last year, when Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with its contentious passages endorsing the mandatory military detention of terror suspects, there…
Court Ruling Brings End to Lawsuit Against Bush Warrantless Wiretapping
by Kevin Gosztola The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against an Islamic charity that claimed it was the target of warrantless wiretapping by the National Security Agency when the Bush…
More Subpoenas & Grand-juries, Portland OR
World Can’t Wait, along with 160 organizations, has signed on to protest the raids and subpoenas last week and the sitting grand jury in Portland, all part of a wave of political…