Tagged: Civil Liberties and Advocacy Efforts

Clarence Page on Uncle Sam wants your data in yesterday's Washington Times: In an atmosphere of fear and tragedy, Americans surrendered some of their privacy rights and gave law-enforcement officials more powers of surveillance...

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 someone goes to jail...

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 has worked with civil...

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, in all its manifestations,...

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, but at least we...

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 EPIC, The Multiracial Activist,...

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 passage, here is what...

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 Administration since September 11....

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 an appearance in England,...