Tag: Civil Liberties and Advocacy Efforts

Well, Operation TIPS is now gone, but it's replacement is far worse.

A grand jury will decide today whether or not civil liberties violating cops in Houston will go to trial for mass arrests made in mid-August. As I said before, unless […]

Dick Armey, former House Majority Leader, may be consulting with the ACLU on privacy issues after he leaves the House this year. For those you find that odd, don't. Armey […]

Nat Hentoff in the November 15 Village Voice on Ashcroft's Shadowy Disciple – Someone to Watch Over Us: In covering the highly visible and contentious midterm national elections, the press, […]

The EPIC led coalition letter, mentioned in a previous posting has been sent to Senators Lott and Daschle. You can read the letter here. I'm doubtful the Administration will care, […]

In the email posted below, Chris Hoofnagle of EPIC is circulating a letter in opposition to Poindexter's police state designs. So far, to my knowledge at least 25 organizations including […]

Thanks to Marc Rotenberg for sending this link along through the IDOF mailing list. William Safire in today's New York Times: If the Homeland Security Act is not amended before […]

Through my website publication (The Multiracial Activist), I am a plaintiff in a lawsuit launched by the Center for National Security Studies (CNSS) regarding secret arrests and detentions by the […]

The Christian Science Monitor has several stories on surveillance in today's edition:  Next up: peering through walls By Susan Llewelyn Leach "The Man With X-Ray Eyes" may soon be making […]

Karen Abbott of the Rocky Mountain News on Big names top list of names that might be in spy files: A former senator, a nationally known comedian, several high-profile Native […]