Civil Liberties
TSA abuse of power comes to a city near me
This story from my hometown of Seattle is further proof that the current airport security procedures are nothing more than window dressing and are leading to the loss of civil rights for innocent …
Quot Terri'S Law Quot Unconstitutional
At least there is some good and rationality left in the world. This is great. Daily Kos :: Political Analysis and other daily rants on the state of the nation. the legislative and executive branches …
WE NEED VOTER VERIFIABLE PAPER TRAILS!!!
To all of you who are claiming to this day that with current security knowledge and technology we can have all-electronic voting equipment and still have a meaningful recount, read this story. …
Maher Arar Releases Details On How The Us Sent Him To Syria To Be Tortured
An update to this story: As of Sept 2004, a heavily-redacted report was released that reportedly found fault with some of the RCMP’s handling of the case, but, according to the CBC timeline, …
Fox Not Quot Fair Amp Balanced Quot In First Amendment Treatment
This is such a great line. In Courtroom, Laughter at Fox and a Victory for Al Franken Judge Chin said the case was an easy one, and chided Fox for bringing its complaint to court. The judge said, …
Copyright Conundrum Q Amp A On Quot Digital Copyright Quot Issues
Good stuff to refer to from Lawrence Lessig. Online NewsHour: Forum – Copyright Conundrum
Doj Inspector General Criticizes Doj For Treatment Of Immigrant Detainees
Courtesy of EPIC Alert 10.10. https://www.epic.org ====================================================================== [3] Inspector General Criticizes DOJ on September 11 Detainees …
Danger And Absurdity Of The Tsa No Fly List
John Gilmore points out how to have fun with bomb scanners by using hand lotion with Glycerine, or at least points out how easily such expensive equipment can be rendered useless. If equipment has any …
Is The Price Right For Your Freedom
How do you measure a cost-benefit for the new security measures or of your liberty? It is hard to even come up with a causal link from the “increased” security measures (ask me about the …
Aclu Dmca Case Against N2h2 Is A Loss For Freedom
This is a very disturbing development and more reason why the DMCA has a chilling effect on speech and freedom to do legitimate research. “*RESEARCHER, ACLU LOSE DMCA CASE N2H2 Inc. can use the …