• Saudi Group Alleges Wiretapping by U.S. (p)(f)
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• Secret Court to Govern Wiretapping Plan - washingtonpost.com (p)(f)
  The Bush administration has agreed to shift course and let a secret but independent panel of federal judges oversee the government's controversial domestic spying program. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court will have final say in approving wiretaps. Jan 17, 2007
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• Senators Defy Bush On Terror Measure (p)(f)
  How to square the CIA’s techniques with the Geneva Conventions, which say wartime detainees must be “treated humanely.” Bush says the US complies with the conventions if interrogators abide by a 2005 law barring “cruel, inhuman, or degrading” treatment of captives. McCain and his allies say that is too narrow. CIA officers should abide by the common understanding of the treaty’s meaning, including a ban on “outrages upon personal dignity.”
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• Senators Defy Bush On Terror Measure (p)(f)
  A Senate committee rebuffed the personal entreaties of President Bush yesterday, rejecting his proposed strategies for interrogating and trying enemy combatants and approving alternative legislation that he has strenuously opposed. September 15, 2006
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• Soccer With a Side of Slavery (p)(f)
  June 10,2006
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• Specter Proposes NSA Surveillance Rules (p)(f)
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• Stand Up | Participate.net (p)(f)
  A campaign to end Sexual Harassment and Domestic Violence Inspired by the film North Country 1 in 3 women is subject to abuse during her lifetime. This can and must end. Take action now to stop sexual harassment and domestic violence! Learn more…
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• State College may take aim at Patriot Act (p)(f)
  STATE COLLEGE -- The Borough Council inched closer Monday night to adopting a formal rebuke of the USA Patriot Act.Council members unanimously agreed to forward the resolution to their next meeting, scheduled for Feb. 21. A local group, the 50-member Bill of Rights Defense Committee, has proposed the legislation to air support for civil liberties. CenterDaily.com Feb 14, 2006
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• The Arab American News (p)(f)
  This week the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) joined a number of civil rights organizations in submitting an amicus brief (friend of the court brief) in the case of American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) v. National Security Agency (NSA.) April 2006
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• The Video Clip Sharing Community (p)(f)
  Description: Bush Admin continues to defend the secret wiretapping. Daily Show (Video)
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• Torture Documents Released Under FOIA (p)(f)
  Continually updated
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• U.N. Draft Decries U.S. On Detainee Treatment (p)(f)
  The Bush administration`s treatment of prisoners at the U.S. military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, violates international law and in some cases constitutes a form of torture, according to a draft report by a group of U.N. human rights investigators. Washington Post February 14, 2006; Page A09
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• U.S. House passes changes in surveillance program (f)
  Under pressure from President George W. Bush, the House on Saturday gave final approval to changes in a terrorist surveillance program despite serious objections from many Democrats about the scope of the executive branch's new eavesdropping power.
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• U.S. Is Settling Detainee`s Suit in 9/11 Sweep - New York Times (p)(f)
  The settlement, filed in federal court late yesterday, is the first the government has made in a number of lawsuits charging that noncitizens were abused and their constitutional rights violated in detentions after the terror attacks. NYT Feb 27, 2006
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• U.S. Prison Population Sets Record (p)(f)
  A record 7 million people -- one in every 32 U.S. adults -- were behind bars, on probation or on parole by the end of last year, a Justice Department report released yesterday shows.
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• White House Dismissed `02 Surveillance Proposal (p)(f)
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• White House Set to Fight for Hayden (p)(f)
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• Why I Published Those Cartoons (p)(f)
  I commissioned the cartoons in response to several incidents of self-censorship in Europe caused by widening fears and feelings of intimidation in dealing with issues related to Islam. And I still believe that this is a topic that we Europeans must confront. Washington Post, Feb 19, 2006 B1
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• Wiretap Bill Moves Closer to Passage (p)(f)
  Last-minute changes to legislation authorizing the National Security Agency's warrantless wiretapping program have won the support of three balking Senate Republicans, improving the chances that a bill expanding the Bush administration's surveillance authority will pass Congress this week. September 26, 2006; Page A03
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• Wiretap Surrender (p)(f)
  SENATE JUDICIARY Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) has cast his agreement with the White House on legislation concerning the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance as a compromise -- one in which President Bush accepts judicial review of the program. It isn't a compromise, except quite dramatically on the senator's part. EDITORIAL July 15, 2006
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