If You Agree With this Article, You May Be a 'Potential Terrorist'

"The Pentagon has been keeping a database of antiwar activists. Worse, it's been labeling them as 'potential terrorists'."New York Times:Internal military documents released Thursday provided new details about the Defense Department's collection of information on...

Tortoise or Turtle

"The U.S. contines to refuse to consider handing over control of the Internet to a UN style body like the International Telecommunications Union, because it might be too slow to implement rules and technology. Well that's the excuse, the reality is of course the Americans...

A Bipartisan Stand for the Rule of Law

"Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter said he might ask Majority Leader Bill Frist to take legislation on the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance program straight to the Senate floor after opponents on Thursday again blocked the panel from voting on...

Does NSA Wiretapping have any Limits?

"Ok. Here's the thing -- nobody really likes George W. Bush anymore. A Diageo/Hotline poll taken 8/17-8/20 found that 39% of respondents had a favorable opinion of the president, 55% unfavorable and -- a stat I just love -- 1% claim to never even have heard of him. 64.41%...

This Was FDR's Backdoor To War

McCollum wrote an 8 point memo on how to force Japan into war with US. The next day FDR began to put these 8 points into effect. FDR knew about the Pearl Harbor attack in advance. He failed to warn the Hawaiian commanders. He had false information sent to Hawaii about...

NSA Spying on Quakers and Nuns

""BALTIMORE -- Following reports that Baltimore peace groups have been targets of illegal spying, the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland today filed public information requests with federal and state authorities. The ACLU said it is concerned that the...

Feingold: Iraq War Based on 'An Outrageous Pile of Lies'

"U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., spoke about the Iraq war and even his long-rumored run for the White House next year during a Dane County town hall-style forum on Monday.During the meeting at the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County in Fitchburg, the Iraq issue dominated the...

Have Warrantless Wiretaps Actually Accomplished Anything? Not so Much...

"The Bush Administration was dealt a major setback thursday when a federal judge ruled the National Security Agency's warrantless wiretapping unconstitutional. The Justice Dept. is appealing the decision. Associated Press reports:"We have confidence in the lawfulness of this...

W.House disagrees with NSA wiretap ruling

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House "couldn't disagree more" with a federal judge's order on Thursday to halt the National Security Agency's program of domestic eavesdropping. White House spokesman Tony Snow said the Bush administration's "Terrorist Surveillance Program"...

Judge Nixes Warrantless Surveillance

"A federal judge ruled Thursday that the government's warrantless wiretapping program is unconstitutional and ordered an immediate halt to it."

NSA says it's too secret to be sued

"According to research by Fuchs, lawyers in the Bush administration have invoked the state secrets privilege in at least 23 cases since 2000, more than any previous administration since the privilege was crafted in a 1953 Supreme Court case. In each case where there has been...