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2010-03-18: Headlines

AlterNet: The FBI Could Be Watching You on Facebook 2010-03-18
It's been amended since then -- especially to accommodate the PATRIOT Act -- but it doesn't include references to a lot of the data people now upload ...
New Statesman: Get ready for President Cheney 2010-03-18
... was carrying out another electoral promise by halting all military tribunals and, in effect, abolishing the Bush-Cheney Military Commissions Act 2006.
Huffington Post: Holder: Facts, not fear 2010-03-18
Highlighting the benefits of using Article 3 trials over military commissions, Holder noted that our allies support civilian trials over military ...
Firedoglake: Make the Democrats Pay for Their Sell-out to Corporate Interests 2010-03-18
(B.) Feingold also did NOTHING when the Patriot Act was extended without debate and without a formal vote on it. He (or others like Al Franken or Bernie ...
Albany Times Union: Try Mohammed at Guantanamo 2010-03-18
In their current form, military commissions have been approved by the new Congress and the courts, and will be used by the administration for other accused ...
ISN: Politics and Prosecution 2010-03-18
He was joined by a chorus of Republican members of Congress who argued that military commissions, rather than civilian courts, were the best venues ...
Daily Californian: Iraq: Seven Years Later 2010-03-18
... enforcement strategy that would restrict civil liberties to a degree that would make the PATRIOT Act seem like child's play, or a proactive approach.
The Washington Independent: Holder vs. McChrystal: What Would We Do with Bin Laden? 2010-03-18
... determined to paint him as weak for his faith in civilian courts that have convicted many orders of magnitude more terrorists than military commissions.
San Francisco Chronicle: A deem shame 2010-03-18
Yes, it has been used before to shield lawmakers from tough votes - such as raising the debt ceiling and reauthorizing the Patriot Act - but, in this case ...
San Francisco Bay View: China chides US on rights record 2010-03-18
The country's Patriot Act allowed law enforcement agencies to search telephone, email communications, medical, financial and other records, and broadened ...
New York Times: Muslim Scholar, Formerly Barred, Is to Speak in New York 2010-03-18
A prominent Muslim scholar barred from the United States for six years under the Patriot Act will speak on a panel at the Cooper Union next ...
HeraldNet: Census distrust misplaced 2010-03-18
Where were these people during the creation and subsequent renewals of the USA Patriot Act? (Most recently in February without debate and by a voice vote ...
Before It's News: Idaho Governor Signs Health Care Freedom Act into Law 2010-03-18
... a complete understanding of that legislation any more than they understood all the implications of the USA PATRIOT Act back in 2001,Ã¢€ Governor Otter ...
Manteca Bulletin: American vision, conservative style 2010-03-18
Our CIA and FBI should be able to use necessary means, such as surveillance through the Patriot Act to gather important information to assist our military ...
TIME: How America Became a Surveillance State 2010-03-18
Congress recently extended the Patriot Act. What do you make of that? We've crossed into this era where surveillance and surveillance capabilities in ...
The Open Press: Edcomm Banker's Academy Updates Compliance Training Program for 2010 2010-03-18
Focus on Compliance covers: Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Anti Money Laundering (AML), USA PATRIOT Act, OFAC, Privacy, Reg P, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act ...

2010-03-17: Headlines

Tapped: More Cheneyist Stenography At Politico. 2010-03-17
Do the military commissions that she favors handle such information differently? It's not like there aren't any objective answers.
NPR: Democrats Weigh Obscure Tactic To Pass Health Care 2010-03-17
"The reauthorization of the Patriot Act, the Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, the Deficit Control Conference Report; all kinds of major measures have been ...
truthout: Guantanamo: Obama's Crockery 2010-03-17
The high court's decision in Boumediene granted habeas rights to Guantanamo detainees, and also ruled the Military Commissions Act (MCA) of 2006 to ...
McClatchy Washington Bureau: Commentary: The Guantanamo diversion 2010-03-17
Lately, however, the administration, which has planned all along to try other terrorism suspects before military commissions, has been hedging on whether ...
Firedoglake: Due Process = Preventing Attacks, Cheney = Epic Fail 2010-03-17
Torture doesn't work and military commissions hand out slap on the wrist sentences. If you want to get tough on terror, go the pros at DOJ.
Firedoglake: The Roundup 2010-03-17
... Congressional committee, but the discordance of that stand with the use of military commissions when the evidence isn't as strong really harms the case.
FinalCall.com News: The synagogue of Satan 2010-03-17
Thus, the Patriot Act was rushed through Congress to give power to this country to take away the rights of the American people. As Black people, we already ...
Common Dreams: Attorney General Holder Defends Decision To Try 9/11 Suspects In Federal Court 2010-03-17
Since 9/11, the military commissions have resulted in three terrorism-related convictions. Federal courts, on the other hand, have produced over 300.
Bay Area Indymedia: Are You Scheduled For Government Interrogation If Senate bill 3081 Is Passed? 2010-03-17
Definition for Unprivileged Enemy Belligerent: (Anyone Subject to a Military Commission) At least under the Patriot Act, law enforcement generally needed ...
Chicago Tribune: Have you no shame, Ms. Cheney? 2010-03-17
... before military commissions not authorized by Congress, in violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the Geneva Conventions.
Aquarian Weekly: The Curious Case Of The Al-Qaeda Seven: Defining The Enemy In The Age Of Hypocrisy 2010-03-17
And when pressed on the issue of the highly unconstitutional Patriot Act, run rather illegally by the very same Justice Department they are now criticizing ...
india-server.com: US Attorney: Osama Bin Laden Won't Be Alive For US Court Trial 2010-03-17
... Obama administration's that some terrorist suspects on trial in civilian courts should be planned rather than military commissions at Guantanamo Bay.
Hindustan Times: Bin Laden won't be caught alive, says US Attorney General 2010-03-17
... to defend the Obama administration's plan to put some terrorist suspects on trial in civilian courts rather than military commissions at Guantanamo Bay.
Boise Weekly: OTEP In Boise, Tuesday, March 23 2010-03-17
"There was so much that happened in this country that people just allowed to happen: Guantanamo, the Patriot Act, our civil liberties diminished.
Washington Post: Senate clears jobs bill for Obama's desk 2010-03-17
Bush did not promote the Patriot Act, he also lied about WMDS, which he caused to goto war and lose thousands of people. He does not pass nothing ...
Washington Post: Cuccinelli's office confirms Virginia will sue over health care 2010-03-17
... is so concerned about the rights of his constituents, why does he make himself useful and sue the government over the unconstitutional Patriot Act?
Arab News: One young woman's voice 2010-03-17
... the war in Afghanistan and the repression happening at home justified by the US Patriot Act. She joined several local peace organizations, including ...
PR-inside.com: Edcomm Banker's Academy Updates Compliance Training Program for 2010 2010-03-17
Focus on Compliance covers: Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Anti Money Laundering (AML), USA PATRIOT Act, OFAC, Privacy, Reg P, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act ...
msnbc.com: Obama's new Rahm? 2010-03-17
President Bush is out of the picture ... even though Obie still uses some of his policies, like the Patriot Act, which Obie extended.
Salon: Those authoritarian, torture-loving French 2010-03-17
... tyrannical and dangerous bill introduced in the Senate in the last several decades, far beyond the horrific, habeas-abolishing Military Commissions Act.
Jewelers Circular Keystone Online: Jeweler Vigilance Committee to Present 'Legal Compliance is Not Optional' 2010-03-17
... to comply with anti-money laundering regulations pertaining to the USA PATRIOT Act. The IRS has begun to contact jewelers to review their AML programs.
News-Sun: Harvest of fear 2010-03-17
The Patriot Act, as invasive of citizens rights as were the writs of assistance, was passed under color of necessary for security. No one objected.
Fort Worth Star Telegram: The public awakens to process 2010-03-17
"The reauthorization of the Patriot Act, the Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, the Deficit Control Conference Report; all kinds of major measures have been ...
The American: Obama as Bush Redux: White House Threatens Veto of Intelligence Bill 2010-03-17
... Taliban or al Qaeda; it has modified but not eliminated the use of military commissions to try some of those same detainees; it continues to use—indeed ...
Idaho State Journal: Governor signs Idaho Health Freedom Act 2010-03-17
... complete understanding of that legislation any more than they understood all the implications of the USA PATRIOT Act back in 2001,” Governor Otter said.
Lexology: US Senate publishes report on foreign corruption 2010-03-17
The report highlights that, contrary to the Financial Action Task Force's recommendations, US lawyers are exempt from the US Patriot Act's anti-money ...
New York Times: Muslim Scholar, Formerly Barred, Coming to New York 2010-03-17
A prominent Muslim academic barred from the United States for six years under the Patriot Act will speak at a panel at Cooper Union next month ...
Indiana Statesman: Intelligent gangsters 2010-03-17
They take our lunch money (taxes) and scare us (Patriot Act) but instead of looking like the classic gangsters, they smile and kiss babies on the forehead.
The Moderate Voice: John Bellinger: 'Bush and Obama Terrorism Policies Very Similar' 2010-03-17
The military commissions have been maintained. The policy of rendition has been maintained. The idea of holding people indefinitely under the laws of war ...
The Washington Independent: Industry vs. the Democrats 2010-03-17
They've caved to the telecom giants on warrantless wiretapping. They've cut deals with pharmaceutical makers that all but solidify their enormous pr ...
DNAinfo: Barred Muslim Scholar Tariq Ramadan Will Speak at Cooper Union 2010-03-17
Tariq Ramadan, a Muslim professor who was barred from visiting the country for six years under the Patriot Act, will take part in a panel dubbed "Secularism ...
Dakota Voice: Idaho Passes Health Freedom Act Protecting Against Govt Health Care 2010-03-17
... complete understanding of that legislation any more than they understood all the implications of the USA PATRIOT Act back in 2001,” Governor Otter said.
Clovis News Journal: Nothing lost by completing Census 2010-03-17
Or the data mining allowed under the Patriot Act. Or governmental “checkpoints” where the only probable cause is driving on a taxpayer-funded road.
PW-Philadelphia Weekly: Specter & His Peeps Are On This Whole Webcamgate Thing 2010-03-17
Specter has a long history of voting for spying regulation and secrecy (Patriot Act, Military Commissions Act, Bush-era warrantless eavesdropping ...
New York Times: Terror Suspect Likely to Change Plea 2010-03-17
Some Republicans have criticized the administration for not using military commissions more frequently. A version of this article appeared in print on March ...

2010-03-16: Headlines

AOL News: Opinion: Where Are Obama's 'Righteous Gangstas'? 2010-03-16
They passed bill after bill -- tax cuts, warrantless wiretapping, the creation of the "big government" Department of Homeland Security -- and didn't stop ...
CounterPunch: The Supreme Courtship 2010-03-16
... on the legality of the Military Commissions Act. Given that a president has, at most, less than a decade, and a Supreme Court appointment is for life ...
Tapped: Holder Defends Civilian Courts. 2010-03-16
In doing so, he addressed a number of myths underlying Republican criticism of using civilian courts instead of military commissions.
Huffington Post: The Corporations Are Coming! The Corporations Are Coming! 2010-03-16
In response to the Patriot Act, communities (and three states) had passed legislation to protect civil liberties. In response to the top-down pressure ...
Huffington Post: 'Self-Executing Rule' Could Pass Health Care Through House Without A Vote 2010-03-16
Patriot Act, spying on citizens REALLY BAD until it's Obama's turn and then he extends the Patriot Act. And with the next President, it will get even worse.
Huffington Post: The Third Term of George W. Bush 2010-03-16
Congress voted for, and the President approved, an extension of the Patriot Act set up during administration One. I'm looking forward to reading ...
NPR: Should Lawyers Represent Terrorists? 2010-03-16
Congress went back in 2006 in part of the Military Commissions Act, and explicitly said they don't have the - took away the statutory right to habeas.
TMCnet: News Analysis: US civil liberty advocates raise eyebrows at worker ID plan 2010-03-16
And in the realm of national security, warrantless wiretapping, which began under the Bush administration, continues under the administration of President ...
The BLT: Blog of Legal Times: The Tip Jar 2010-03-16
... saying Holder is in a difficult position determining when to try suspects in civilian courts and when to try them in military commissions.
The BLT: Blog of Legal Times: No Decision Yet on Venue for KSM, Holder Says 2010-03-16
... saying Holder is in a difficult position determining when to try suspects in civilian courts and when to try them in military commissions.
TPMCafÃ©: David Shorr: A Terror Trials Pep Talk 2010-03-16
Graham's years-long effort to salvage the controversial and hapless military commissions see this HuffPo post from Human Rights First's Daphne Eviatar.
We Love DC: DC Mythbusting: The 2010 Census (Or, How You Are Worth $4656) 2010-03-16
The Justice Department recently ruled that the Patriot Act does not trump the Census Bureau's confidentiality rules. Furthermore, the US Constituti ...
NRC International: Bellinger: 'Obama's terror policy identical to Bush's' 2010-03-16
The military commissions have been maintained. The policy of rendition has been maintained. The idea of holding people indefinitely under the laws of war ...
Charleston Gazette: Readers' voice: March 16, 2010 2010-03-16
... no debate on the billions of our tax dollars spent on private military contracts and on the continuation of the Patriot Act. Pass health care now.
RantRave | Published Opinion.: Are you an Enemy of the State? S. 3081 may make you one. 2010-03-16
Prior to September 11th 2001, the PATRIOT Act was not the law. Now, after 9/11, the government claims that it needs to conduct random searches of old ladie ...
Eurasia Review: Republican Witch-Hunters Embrace Dictatorship 2010-03-16
Nevertheless, by also reviving the Military Commissions, the administration allowed itself to be ambushed by critics who stirred up opposition to ...
SYS-CON Media: World Compliance: Creating Stronger Ties To Fight Crime 2010-03-16
World Compliance protects over 2000 clients in over 100 countries and offers solutions for compliance with FCPA, The USA Patriot Act and European Uni ...
CIO Australia: Did Uncle Sam try to kill Wikileaks? 2010-03-16
Just one example: The New York Times sat on the NSA warrantless wiretapping story for a full year before running it, and nobody in the mainstream medi ...
Rochester City Newspaper: Iowa Rep. ponders revolution 2010-03-16
When President Bush told a bold faced lie about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and signed in to law the Patriot Act, which violated most of our ...
Madison County Courier: Happy Sunshine Week! 2010-03-16
Libraries have been on the cutting edge of democracy, protecting borrower privacy in the face of the Patriot Act, promoting literacy initiatives ...
CNET: Feds consider going undercover on social networks 2010-03-16
Think: Patriot Act... "Trust us... We're here to help you... Just give us all your data and we'll go on a fishing expedition to see if we find anything we ...
Politico: Bart Stupak: Nancy Pelosi has only 200 votes 2010-03-16
... defective and costly Universal Health Insurance Plan is intended only to get Americans to accept this shoddy work, like the Patriot Act, etc.
Across the Aisle: A Chip Off the Old Blockhead 2010-03-16
They did it because-as Spencer Ackerman points out-the Military Commissions Act of 2006 expressly provided that detainees get defense lawyers.
Greater Greater Washington: Afternoon links: Stand up and... 2010-03-16
That's why most Democrats voted for the Patriot Act. Then, when the power is abused, it's because of a lack of 'common sense'. If you give the opportunity ...
IndyPosted: Meet Your New Facebook Friend: The FBI 2010-03-16
The controversy surrounding the Patriot Act is one example. And here's yet another. Through a Freedom of Information request, the federal law that allow ...

2010-03-15: Headlines

Tapped: A Brief Point About Coverage Of The Military Commissions. 2010-03-15
This has become a habit with coverage of policy disputes: Republicans base an entire argument on an outrageous, verifiable claim -- military commissions ...
Independent: Cynthia McKinney: Leaders' lack of respect for rule of law makes us all ... 2010-03-15
... to which the policies of President Obama would mirror those of his predecessor, including the renewal of the Patriot Act and commission of war crimes.
Tapped: The Health-Care Strategy for National Security. 2010-03-15
Republicans are increasingly adamant in using military commissions for all terrorism cases involving foreign nationals, an absurd restriction on ...
Consortium News: Yoo Besmirches Legacy of Jefferson 2010-03-15
But fewer know that the Convening Authority for the Military Commissions at Guantanamo, military judge Susan Crawford, has said that those techniques meet ...
Huffington Post: Dems Should Go For Broke 2010-03-15
Bush and the GOP took great advantage, pushing through game changing legislation such as tax cuts for the rich, the Patriot Act, a new Homeland Security ...
Huffington Post: Lindsey Graham's Third Strike? 2010-03-15
It also ruled that the Bush administration's military commissions were unconstitutional. So Graham helped broker a deal with the White House to pass ...
MWC News: Conservatives Hate Trial by Jury 2010-03-15
After all, it's not as if conservatives couldn't have made trial by jury part of their military-commissions system. But that's the last thing they wanted.
msnbc.com: Obama: 'We need courage' 2010-03-15
Remember Obama has lied already about the stimulus, lobbyists, Gitmo, renewing the Patriot Act,GM, TARP money, The union worker amnesty on health c ...
DemocracyArsenal.org: Why Horse-Trading on the Terror Trials is a Bad Idea 2010-03-15
Here's my real question: do progressive poliitical figures realize how a shift to military commissions would undercut progressives' ability to present ...
Pakistan Observer: Lean facets of American justice system 2010-03-15
The Patriot Act empowered the administration to bend the law in case of the persons who were labeled as enemy combatants. It is primarily for this re ...
USA Today: Election years boost lawmaking 2010-03-15
Lawmakers reauthorized the USA Patriot Act in 2006, revamped the nation's campaign-finance system in 2002 and changed welfare in 1996.
Mail Tribune: Justice for all 2010-03-15
"Good defense counsel," they said, is "key to ensuring that military commissions, federal juries and federal judges have access to the best arguments ...
Raw Story: Man wearing 'Freedom or Die' t-shirt stopped at airport 2010-03-15
The Obama Democrats just renewed the vile Patriot Act. It was Obama who presided over the false flag underpants bomber caper that resulted in the "I can see ...
San Francisco Bay Guardian: US Census begins, officials work to quell fears 2010-03-15
Census Bureau officials have stated that the USA Patriot Act does not override the explicit, legally mandated confidentiality of the census.
Politico: Why New York's the right place to try Sept. 11 cases 2010-03-15
Originally, he and other “high-value detainees” were slated for trial before military commissions. Last year, following through on President Barack Obama' ...
ReadMedia: New York State Bar Association Launches New Blog: Guantanamo Bay and Beyond 2010-03-15
... Habeas Corpus and the Military Commissions Act of 2006, the NYSBA June 2008 House of Delegates Resolution endorsing the Boumediene v.
Newsweek: The New Doctor Death 2010-03-15
He spent part of his talk railing against the Patriot Act, airport security protocols, and other perceived incursions on freedoms.
JURIST: A Better Course: More on the Court-martial Alternative to Military Commissions 2010-03-15
In fact, I vividly recall the day that the Department of Defense announced that it would be creating the original military commissions.
Dallas Morning News: Lawyer appointments suspect 2010-03-15
What about the Patriot Act which stripped citizens of US Consitutional rights? And the previous administration which tortured people.
Santa Rosa Press Democrat: No reason for Obama to backtrack 2010-03-15
Jeffrey Colwell, the Marine lawyer now acting as chief defense counsel at the Defense Department's Office of Military Commissions, had the matter right ...
Ashland Daily Tidings: Dad-daughter duo is an embarrassment to the U.S. 2010-03-15
Rumsfeld that the Bush administration's initial plans for military commissions to try detainees violated the law. (One of Hamdan's lawyer ...
News-Leader.com: Census data used for more than funding 2010-03-15
Recently, the topic of the Patriot Act's impact on the confidentiality of Census information has been discussed in legal circles, he said.
iTWire: CIOs speak: Is cloud email a bumpy ride? 2010-03-15
“In our case the data is not in Singapore, it's in the US,” says Meikle, noting the university had received “the usual questions about the US Patriot Act” ...
Southern Pines Pilot: Where Real American Values Lie 2010-03-15
Both Graham and Sessions, it should be noted, supported the Military Commissions Act. You know, the one that provides for those "tribunals" of which ...
Atlantic Online: Rationalizing Repression 2010-03-15
... extend similar rights to non-citizens; he strongly dissented in Hamdan v Rumsfield, a petition by a non-citizen challenging the military commissions.
CBS 4: Census Form Coming To Your Mailbox 2010-03-15
Groves added that personal information will remain confidential and free of the Patriot Act. He also stressed that non-citizens should fill out the forms ...
CNET: US Army worried about Wikileaks in secret report 2010-03-15
... as a few conservative commentators have claimed, The New York Times' disclosure of Bush-era warrantless wiretapping would have been a crime.
myCentralJersy.com: Sunshine Week shines light on government secrecy 2010-03-15
Some of the provisions of the Patriot Act were a flashpoint in the debate, as evidenced by the reaction to even minor elements such as allowing government ...
Cato @ Liberty: Playing Chicken Again 2010-03-15
Citizens cannot be tried by military commissions, and the jurisdictional language in the Military Commissions Act (MCA) reflects this.
Chattanooga Times Free Press: Census surveys in mail 2010-03-15
"But we have been assured that the Patriot Act or any other law will not or cannot ever trump confidentiality." This year's census is one of the shortest ...
FITSNews: How To Answer The Census 2010-03-15
Obviously, you would have never filled out the census before, and opposed the Patriot Act, if you were REALLY concerned about the government and your data.
Finextra: What is your digital persona? 2010-03-15
However, they add that "TSA watchlists and NSA warrantless wiretapping are the product of finding patterns of interest, and much of Wall Street is driven ...