Liliana Segura, AlterNet. November 24, 2009. Nearly 100,000 passengers were pulled aside by TSA behavior watchers last year, and it remains to be proven whether you can spot terrorists by the looks on their faces.
Ray McGovern, Consortium News. November 17, 2009. As Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other alleged 9/11 conspirators go to trial, the corporate media's embargo on the truth about the Bush years will be under great strain.
Nick Baumann, MotherJones.com AlterNet: PEEK. October 16, 2009. The provision was slipped into a Homeland Security spending bill "apparently under direct orders from the Administration."
Ateqah Khaki, Blog of Rights AlterNet: PEEK. October 16, 2009. It's as though they took the ACLU's logo and wrote the "Free" out of it, depicting America as a single-minded, fear-based Security State.
The American Civil Liberties Union September 29, 2009. The American Civil Liberties Union has challenged the constitutionality of the FISA provisions in court.
Bill Quigley, AlterNet. September 23, 2009. The rights to freedom of speech and protest are keystones of democracy. Since 9/11, however, protesting has become much more difficult.
Michael Winship, Bill Moyers Journal. September 5, 2009. A nasty little piece of propaganda could unleash a new torrent of cash flooding into campaigns from big business, unions and other special interests.
Jason Leopold, TruthOut.org. August 26, 2009. In a craven attempt to keep CIA abuses under wraps, nine senators wrote to the attorney general warning him not to appoint a special prosecutor.
Suzanne Ito, Blog of Rights AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 24, 2009. Mohammed Jawad attempted suicide in December 2003 by repeatedly slamming his head against his cell wall.
Aura Bogado, AlterNet. August 7, 2009. The South Louisiana Correctional Center has seen five hunger strikes in one month, as detainees are denied medical care and access to legal libraries.
Nahal Zamani, Blog of Rights. August 5, 2009. In 2005, a Spanish citizen of Syrian origin was detained by Pakistani agents and handed to U.S. officials. His family hasn't heard from him since.
Agence France Presse August 2, 2009. U.S. officials are considering a plan to move Guantanamo detainees to a special prison camp that would also contain courtrooms and long-term living quarters.
Willam Fisher, IPS News. July 27, 2009. Calling the case "an outrage," U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle urged the lawyers to "let him out. Send him back to Afghanistan."
Suzanne Ito, Blog of Rights AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. July 20, 2009. The Working Group on the use of mercenaries will focus on questions of transparency, accountability, and human rights.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. July 16, 2009. Laws expanding DNA collection from people accused of crimes are passing in states across the country. But it doesn't mean that justice will be done.
Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports. July 14, 2009. Anti-torture lawyers argue that any investigation must target the whole torture system, including its legal architects and those who gave the orders.
Andy Worthington, AlterNet. July 13, 2009. Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld: "I am here today to offer a single, straightforward message: the military commission system is broken beyond repair."
Willam Fisher, IPS News. July 8, 2009. Civil rights groups are calling on President Obama to "address systemic problems" with the government's treatment of Muslim charities.
Haider Rizvi, IPS News. July 2, 2009. Millions of U.S. citizens continue to face discrimination at the hands of law enforcement just because they are not white.
Ari Melber, The Nation AlterNet: PEEK. June 27, 2009. According to a new Washington Post/ProPublica piece, Obama is drafting a new executive order to reassert authority over indefinite detention.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. June 27, 2009. A new report finds people on the terrorist watch list can more easily buy guns than board planes. But the real problem lies deeper than that.
Agence France Presse June 15, 2009. Newly released government transcripts reveal more details on the torture inflicted on "high value" prisoners during interrogations.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. June 15, 2009. News this weekend that Jose Padilla has the right to sue torture lawyer John Yoo is no thanks to the Obama administration.
