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May 9, 2008
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May 5, 2008
5/05/08 Astore, Nation, Leaving Cheyenne Mountain
May 4, 2008
May 3, 2008
5/03/08 Greene, Miami Herald, Small-town residents living on deadly ground
May 2, 2008
5/02/08 Hotakainen, McClatchy, Fed proposes sweeping change to credit card rules
April 30, 2008
April 29, 2008
April 28, 2008
April 27, 2008
April 26, 2008
4/26/08 Davies, Al Jazeera, US secret prisons 'bigger issue'
4/26/08 Shiels, BBC, Web 2.0 debates internet's future
April 25, 2008
April 24, 2008
April 23, 2008
April 22, 2008
4/22/08 Morris, Independent, Amnesty Unveils Shock 'Waterboarding' Film with video
4/22/08 Bleifus, ITT, Political Vice Squad
April 20, 2008
April 19, 2008
4/19/08 Norton-Taylor, Guardian, Top Bush Aides Pushed for Guantanamo Torture
April 18, 2008
4/18/08 NYT, Whose Privilege?
April 17, 2008
April 16, 2008
April 15, 2008
April 14, 2008
April 13, 2008
April 12, 2008
4/12/08 Rothschild, Progressive, ,a href="http://www.progressive.org/mag_mc041208">Irish Peace Activist Denied Entry into the United States
April 11, 2008
April 10, 2008
4/10/08 Boward, IntelDaily, The Martial Law Act of 2006
April 9, 2008
4/09/08 Gillers, Nation, The Torture Memo
April 8, 2008
April 7, 2008
April 5, 2008
4/05/08 Fisk, Independent, The fearful lives in a land of the free
April 4, 2008
4/04/08 Ewert, ITT, Adbusters' Ads Busted
April 3, 2008
4/03/08 Vine, FPIF, The Other Guantanamo
April 2, 2008
4/02/08 Neumeister, AP, ACLU: Military Skirting Law to Spy
March 30, 2008
March 28, 2008
3/28/08 Ridgeway, MoJo, It's the Deregulation, Stupid
3/28/08 Mazzetti & Shane, NYT, Tapes' Destruction Hovers Over Detainee Cases
March 26, 2008
3/26/08 Al Jazeera, Bush waives law to help Pakistan
March 25, 2008
3/25/08 Danner, MoJo, Bush's Pax Americana
March 21, 2008
March 20, 2008
3/20/08 Paige, Boston Globe, 2 Towns Weigh Privatizing Libraries
March 18, 2008
3/18/08 Herman, Times Online, US legal system 'worse than Russia'
March 17, 2008
March 16, 2008
March 15, 2008
3/15/08 Rosenberg, McClatchy, U.S. ordered to name Canadian's interrogators
March 14, 2008
3/14/08 Savage, Boston Globe, President Weakens Espionage Oversight
March 13, 2008
3/13/08 Al Jazeera, Pentagon reviewing interrogations
3/13/08 White & Warrick, WP, Detainee's Suit Says Abuse Was Videotaped
3/13/08 Knowlton, NYT, Bush Warns House on Surveillance
March 12, 2008
March 11, 2008
March 10, 2008
March 9, 2008
March 8, 2008
March 7, 2008
3/07/08 Mencimer, MoJo, Daniel Troy's Poison Pill (Corporate Immunity from Consumer Lawsuits)
3/07/08 DiNovella, The Progressive, Retroactive Immunity Should Be Off the Table
March 6, 2008
3/06/08 O'Harrow & Nakashima, WP, National Dragnet Is a Click Away
3/06/08 Tiplett, Variety, Media Ownership Rules Back Into Play
March 4, 2008
3/04/08 Glaberson, Toronto Star, Gitmo 'Attack Dog' Turns on His Pentagon Masters
March 3, 2008
3/03/08 Paglen & Emerson, MoJo, Exclusive: I Was Kidnapped by the CIA
3/03/08 Bergen & Tiedemann, MoJo, Disappearing Act: Rendition by the Numbers
March 2, 2008
March 1, 2008
February 29, 2008
February 27, 2008
2/27/08 Eggen, Boston Globe, Missing E-Mails May Never Be Found
2/27/08 Laurence, Independent, Drug Giants Warned: Tell The Truth on Medicines
February 26, 2008
2/26/08 Gorman, ITT, The Hippocratic Oath Dies in Gitmo
2/26/08 Al Jazeera, US imposes new Myanmar sanctions
February 25, 2008
February 24, 2008
February 23, 2008
2/23/08 O'Neill et al, Times Online, Police face DNA ban
February 22, 2008
February 21, 2008
2/21/08 Al Jazeera, UK 'sorry' for rendition flights
February 20, 2008
February 19, 2008
February 18, 2008
2/18/08 Isikoff & Hosenball, Newsweek, Back On the Tape Trail
2/18/08 Meyn, ITT, FDNY Spies
February 17, 2008
February 16, 2008
February 15, 2008
February 14, 2008
February 13, 2008
2/13/06 Cowan & Pelofsky, Reuters, House defeats stopgap extension of spy program
2/13/08 Melia & Selsky, AP, Executions May Be Carried Out at Guantanamo
February 12, 2008
2/12/08 Perry, MoJo, Guantanamo's Dirty Secrets
2/12/08 Rothschild, Progressive, Dodd, Feingold Valiant in FISA Defeat
2/12/08 Nakashima & Anderson, WP, Travelers to Europe May Face Fingerprinting
February 11, 2008
2/11/08 Traynor, Guardian, Bush orders clampdown on flights to US
February 10, 2008
February 9, 2008
2/09/08 Watts, Guardian, Behind the Great Firewall
February 8, 2008
2/08/08 Rothschild, Progressive, Exclusive! The FBI Deputizes Business
2/08/08 Johnson, OneWorld, Toxic Government Report Uncovered
2/08/08 Rosenberf, McClatchy, Two more charged with war crimes at Gitmo
February 7, 2008
2/07/08 Oakley, San Jose, Bills Introduced To Strip Berkeley Funds
2/07/08 Rothschild, The Progressive, The FBI Deputizes Business
2/07/08 Al Jazeera, Waterboarding 'may be illegal'
February 6, 2008
2/06/08 AL Jazeera, US 'may use' waterboarding again
2/06/08 Egelko, SF Chron, Secrecy Plea Ties Up Torture Flights Case
February 5, 2008
February 2, 2008
February 1, 2008
January 31, 2008
January 29, 2008
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January 27, 2008
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January 25, 2008
1/25/08 Al Jazeera, Myanmar 'jailing more activists'
January 24, 2008
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January 22, 2008
January 19, 2008
January 17, 2008
1/17/08 Mazzetti & Shane, Account of C.I.A. Tapes Is Challenged
January 16, 2008
1/16/08 Barnes & Johnson, Corporate Fraud Lawsuits Restricted
1/16/08 Warrick & Pincus, WP, Station Chief Made Appeal To Destroy CIA Tapes
1/16/08 Aslam, Asia Times, Myanmar's gem trade loses its shine
January 15, 2008
1/14/08 Chernus, MoJo, Is Religion a Threat to Democracy?
January 14, 2008
January 13, 2008
1/13/08 Apuzzo & Jordan, AP, FBI Finds Blackwater Trucks Patched
1/13/08 Brady, Independent, Prisoners 'to be chipped like dogs'
January 12, 2008
1/12/08 Al Jazeera, Guantanamo protesters arrested
January 11, 2008
January 10, 2008
January 9, 2008
January 8, 2008
January 7, 2008
1/07/08 Liptak, NYT, If Your Hard Drive Could Testify
January 6, 2008
1/06/08 Weinstein, LAT, State secrecy clouds supreme court case
January 3, 2008
1/03/08 Beutler, MoJo, What's Next For FISA?
January 2, 2008
1/02/08 Brubaker, WP, Online Records May Aid ID Theft
1/02/08 Gough, Reuters, Former "Dateline" Reporter Blasts NBC
January 1, 2008
December 31, 2007
12/31/07 Rice, Guardian, 130 killed in Kenyan election violence
December 30, 2007
12/30/07 Shane & Mazzetti, NYT, Tapes by C.I.A. Lived and Died to Save Image
12/30/07 Hill, Guardian, Civil rights fears over DNA 'census'
December 28, 2007
12/28/07 Truthout, Klein Interview - Shock Doctrine video
December 27, 2007
12/27/07 Poulson, Wired, THREAT LEVEL's Year in Review -- 2007
December 26, 2007
December 25, 2007
December 24, 2007
12/24/07 DemocracyNow, The FCC's Christmas Gift to Big Media
12/24/07 Isikoff, Newsweek, Archivist Challenges Cheney
12/24/07 Rogers, Intelligence Daily, NORTHCOM: Constitution Not Important
December 23, 2007
12/23/07 Meyer, LA Times, CIA Needs More Taping, Experts Say
12/23/07 Greenhouse, NYT, Ruling Lets Firms Bar Union E-mail
December 22, 2007
12/22/07 Broder & Maynard, NYT, Denial of State Emissions Plan Was Foreshadowed
December 21, 2007
12/21/07 Wilson, LA Times, EPA Chief Is Said to Have Ignored Staff
December 20, 2007
December 19, 2007
12/19/07 Leopold, Truthout, Chertoff Concealed Role in Tape Destruction
12/19/07 Mazzetti & Shane, NYT, Bush Lawyers Discussed Fate of C.I.A.Tapes
December 18, 2007
December 17, 2007
12/17/07 Lydersen, ITT, No New Year Resolutions? SEC proposes curbing shareholder power
December 16, 2007
12/16/07 Eggen, WP, Destruction of CIA Tapes Defended
12/16/07 Lichtblau, Et al, NYT, Wider Spying Fuels Aid Plan for Telecom Industry
December 15, 2007
December 14, 2007
12/14/07 Beutler, ITT, The End of Impunity?
December 13, 2007
December 12, 2007
12/12/07 Grier, CSM, New scrutiny on US spy structure
December 10, 2007
December 9, 2007
December 8, 2007
December 6, 2007
12/06/07 Gorman, ITT, Third Time's the Charm?
December 5, 2007
12/05/07 Al Jazeera, Malaysia charges more protesters
12/05/07 Weisenmiller, IPS, Peace Group Barred From Florida Schools
December 4, 2007
December 3, 2007
December 2, 2007
12/02/07 Leppard, Times Online, US says it has right to kidnap British citizens
November 30, 2007
11/30/07 Leech, Seacoast Online, Biden: Impeachment if Bush Bombs Iran
November 28, 2007
November 27, 2007
11/27/07 Savage, LA Times, Justices Uphold Welfare Home Searches
November 25, 2007
November 22, 2007
11/22/07 Solomon, WP, Leahy Pursues Forensic-Test Answers
November 21, 2007
11/21/07 Brown & Russell, Independent, Lost in the post: the personal details of 25 million people
November 20, 2007
November 19, 2007
11/19/07 Shaffer & Robinson, Baltimore Sun, Here Come the Thought Police
11/19/07 Kocieniewski, NYT, Keeping Witnesses Off Stand to Keep Them Safe
November 18, 2007
11/18/07 Solomon, WP, FBI's Forensic Test Full of Holes
November 17, 2007
November 15, 2007
November 14, 2007
November 13, 2007
11/13/07 Greenhouse, NYT, Case Touches a 2nd Amendment Nerve
11/13/07 Weaver, Guardian, Burmese activists arrested
November 11, 2007
11/11/07 Schwirta & Kramer, NYT, Georgian Says Emergency Rule to Last as Needed
11/11/07 Abramowitz, WP, Bush, Rice Defend Musharraf as an Ally
November 9, 2007
11/09/07 Hayes, ITT, The New Road to Serfdom
November 7, 2007
November 5, 2007
November 4, 2007
11/04/07 Nichols, Nation, Mukasey Is (Much) Worse Than Gonzales
11/04/07 Nakashima, WP, E.U. Seeks Data on American Passengers
November 3, 2007
11/03/07 Hedgeperth, WP, Blackwater's Owner Has Spies for Hire
November 2, 2007
November 1, 2007
11/01/07 Wright, WP, From the Desk of Donald Rumsfeld
October 31, 2007
October 29, 2007
October 27, 2007
October 26, 2007
October 25, 2007
October 24, 2007
October 23, 2007
10/23/07 Schmitt & Rohde, NYT, Reports Assail State Dept. on Iraq Security
October 21, 2007
October 20, 2007
10/20/07 Shane & Lichtblau, NYT, Wiretapping Compromise Was Months in the Making
October 19, 2007
October 18, 2007
10/18/07 Weisman & Nakashima, WP, Senate and Bush Agree On Terms of Spying Bill
October 17, 2007
10/17/07 Schmitt & shanker, NYT, Pentagon Sees One Authority Over Contractors
October 16, 2007
October 15, 2007
10/17/07 Hedges, Truthdig, Outsourcing Torture
October 14, 2007
10/14/07 Williamson, WP, Getting Around Rules on Lobbying
10/14/07 Mazzetti & Lichtblau, NYT, Pentagon Review Faults Bank Record Demands
October 13, 2007
October 12, 2007
October 11, 2007
10/11/07 Mazzetti & Shane, NYT, Watchdog of C.I.A. Is Subject of C.I.A. Inquiry
10/11/07 Cook, ITT, Blackwater Nation
October 10, 2007
October 9, 2007
10/09/07 Brecher & Smith, Nation, How the Military Can Stop an Iran Attack
10/09/07 Lichtblau & Hulse, NYT, Democrats Seem Ready to Extend Wiretap Powers
October 8, 2007
10/08/07 Savage, LA Times, 'State Secrets' Case May Get Airing
October 7, 2007
October 5, 2007
10/05/07 Herszenhorn, NYT, Bill Applies U.S. Law to Contractors
October 4, 2007
October 3, 2007
October 2, 2007
September 29, 2007
9/29/07 Kessler & DeYoung, WP, State Dept. Agents Say Jobs Were Threatened
9/29/07 Ehrlich, Asia Times, Myanmar's blogs of bloodshed
September 27, 2007
9/27/07 Vandeb Heuvel, Nation, Ending War for Profit
September 26, 2007
September 25, 2007
September 24, 2007
9/24/07 Weinberger, Wired, Pain Ray Heading for LA Streets?
9/24/07 Nakashima & Krebs, WP, Contractor Blamed in DHS Data Breaches
9/24/07 Englehardt, Nation, Order 17
September 22, 2007
September 20, 2007
September 19, 2007
September 18, 2007
September 16, 2007
9/16/07 Boorstein et al, WP, Dueling Demonstrations
9/16/07 Hawksley, BBC, Big Brother is watching us all
September 13, 2007
9/13/07 Clayton, CSM, Problem dams on the rise in US
September 11, 2007
September 10, 2007
September 9, 2007
September 8, 2007
9/08/07 Klein, Guardian, The Shock Doctrine
September 7, 2007
9/07/07 Rosen, Nation, The Secret White House
9/07/07 Rosen, TomDispatch, Soft Crimes Against Democracy
September 6, 2007
9/06/07 Sniffen, Wired, DHS Ends Criticized Data-Mining Program
9/06/07 Ryan, ABC, Spy Satellites Turned on the US
September 5, 2007
August 31, 2007
August 29, 2007
August 28, 2007
August 27, 2007
August 26, 2007
August 25, 2007
August 24, 2007
August 23, 2007
August 22, 2007
8/22/07 Beyerstein, ITT, Perverse Justice
August 21, 2007
August 19, 2007
8/19/07 Risen & Lichtblau, NYT, Concerns Raised on Wider Spying Under New Law
August 18, 2007
August 17, 2007
8/17/07 Goodnough & Shane, NYT, Padilla Is Guilty on All Charges in Terror Trial
August 16, 2007
8/16/07 Shachtman, Wired, Armed Robots Pushed to Police
August 15, 2007
August 14, 2007
8/14/07 Knickerbocker, CSM, NSA wiretapping trial begins
August 13, 2007
August 12, 2007
8/12/07 Warrick & Pincus, WP, How the Fight for Vast New Spying Powers Was Won
August 11, 2007
8/10/07 Lichtblau et al, NYT, Reported Drop in Surveillance Spurred a Law
August 10, 2007
8/09/07 Williams, Nation, The Protect Alberto Gonzales Act of 2007
August 9, 2007
August 7, 2007
8/07/07 Peter, CSM, Warrantless wiretaps expanded
8/07/07 Huq, Nation, Data-Mining Our Liberties
August 6, 2007
August 5, 2007
8/05/07 Hulse & Andrews, NYT, House Passes Changes in Eavesdropping Program
August 4, 2007
8/04/07 Lichtblau & Mazzetti, NYT, Broader Spying Authority Advances in Congress
August 3, 2007
August 2, 2007
8/02/07 Abramowitz & Eggen, WP, Administration Again Rebuffs Senators
August 1, 2007
July 30, 2007
July 29, 2007
7/29/07 Eggen & Warrick, WP, Data Mining Figured In Dispute Over NSA
July 28, 2007
July 27, 2007
7/27/07 Clark, McClatchy, Officer Calls Guantanamo Reviews a Sham
July 25, 2007
7/25/07 Cohn Common Dreams, Showdown Looming Over Executive Privilege
7/25/07 Nakasima, WP, FBI Seeks To Pay Telecoms For Data
July 24, 2007
July 23, 2007
July 21, 2007
7/21/07 Kosseff, Oregonian, DeFazio Asks, But He's Denied Access
July 20, 2007
7/20/07 Eggen & Goldstein, WP, Broader Privilege Claimed In Firings
July 17, 2007
July 16, 2007
7/16/07 MacAskill & Borger, Guardian, Cheney Pushes Bush to Act on Iran
July 15, 2007
July 12, 2007
7/12/07 Eggen & Kane, WP, Miers Rebuffs House Subpoena
July 11, 2007
July 10, 2007