Tracking Joe Sixpack
William Berry of The Collegian on Cops use ID info in criminal cases: Scanning a driver's license at the local liquor store can reveal more than just age. When a patron's ID is scanned...
Tagged: Civil Liberties and Advocacy Efforts
Police State Blues
Eric Lichtblau of the New York Times on Republicans Want Terror Law Made Permanent Working with the Bush administration, Congressional Republicans are maneuvering to make permanent the sweeping antiterrorism powers granted to federal law...
Garbage In, Garbage Out
EPIC has sent it's joint letter to OMB regarding the Justice Department's recent decision to lift the Privacy Act requirement that the FBI ensure the accuracy and completeness of the over 39 million criminal...
Justice Screwing Us Again
The Electronic Privacy Information Center is calling for signatures for a petition to be sent to the Office of Management and Budget regarding the Justice Department, once again attempting to muck things up: We...
DEA Murder Under Investigation
According to the Washington Times, the DEA's recent murder of a 14 year old girl is now under investigation: Federal and state law-enforcement authorities are investigating the death of a 14-year-old Texas girl shot...
Hastert Repeals First Amendment
Little Denny Hastert, the biggest boy on the House block has decided that criticism of the President or his actions is "mighty close" to giving comfort to U.S. adversaries and undermining the president as...
PATRIOT Act II
I recently signed my publication, The Multiracial Activist, on to a coalition letter to all Members of Congress opposing the latest assault on civil liberties – PATRIOT Act II. An excerpt is below: The...
PATRIOT Act II
According to an e-mail from Brock Meeks of MSNBC, forwarded via Declan McCullagh's Politechbot list, the following exchange occurred between Senator Russ Feingold and the asshole currently occupying the office of Attorney General: Sen....
TIA Contractors Exposed
The Electronic Privacy Information Center has once again pulled back the curtain and exposed the wizard to the harsh light of day: EPIC Obtains Contractor Documents for Defense Dept. Domestic Surveillance Project A Freedom...
Domestic Spy Agency Coalition Letter
This is the final call for signatures on a broad-based coalition letter to President Bush opposing the creation (for the first time in American history) of a clandestine agency whose sole mission would be...