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US Politics & Gov't News tagged with ACLU

Torture Case Tests Obama Secrecy Policy
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: obama, investigation, Guantánamo, Abu Ghraib, cheney, rumsfeld, rove, bushadministration, torture, aclu, eric holder, abuse, corruption, dishonesty, crime, government, cover-up, state secrets, americans, terrorism, lies )

Tom
- 249 days ago - washingtonindependent.com
President Obama issued an executive order and two presidential memoranda last week proclaiming a new transparency in the workings of the federal government. His sweeping reversals of torture and state secret policies are about to face an early test.
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Sign Petition: Ask Attorney General Eric Holder to Investigate the Bush Administration's Torture Policies
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: obama, investigation, Guantánamo, Abu Ghraib, cheney, rumsfeld, rove, bushadministration, torture, aclu, eric holder, abuse, corruption, dishonesty, crime, government, cover-up, americans, terrorism, lies )

Tom
- 249 days ago - secure.aclu.org
The International Committee of the Red Cross has provided undeniable documentation of torture at Guantánamo. Yet the Justice Department has failed to prosecute any civilians for crimes related to interrogation, except a single contractor in June 2004.
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Sign Petition: Ask Your Representative to Co-Sponsor the State Secrets Protection Act of 2009
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: obama, investigation, Guantánamo, Abu Ghraib, cheney, rumsfeld, rove, bushadministration, torture, aclu, eric holder, abuse, corruption, dishonesty, crime, government, cover-up, state secrets, americans, terrorism, lies )

Tom
- 249 days ago - secure.aclu.org
The Bush administration constantly abused the "state secrets" doctrine to escape accountability for illegal behavior. This petition supports the State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 (H.R. 984) to allow victims of government wrongdoing to seek justice.
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High Court, Can the President Order Citizens and Legal Residents Detained Indefinitely Without Charge?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: AbuseOfPower, PresidentBush, Presidency, ACLU, AliSalehKahlahal-Marri, MaryNeal, LarryNeal, DogJustice, AmericanValues )

Mary
- 387 days ago - my.nowpublic.com
President Bush believes the power of his office includes the right to order the military to seize citizens and legal residents from their homes, their businesses, or their neighborhoods and lock them up in jail potentially forever without levying any char
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ACLU Reminds "America's Toughest Sheriff" That He's Not Above The Law
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: SupremeCourt, ACLU )

Michael
- 482 days ago - aclu.org
The ACLU filed a motion yesterday to hold Maricopa County Sheriff Joseph Arpaio in contempt for disobeying a court order that would allow women prisoners in Maricopa County to obtain timely, safe, and legal abortions
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Why Are There So Many Names on the U.S. Government's Terrorist List?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, terrorism watch lists, ACLU )

Michael
- 482 days ago - aclu.org
In September 2007, the Inspector General of the Justice Department reported that the Terrorist Screening Center (the FBI-administered organization that consolidates terrorist watch list information in the United States) had over 700,000 names
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Defense Attorney David Nevin Speaks About the Military Commissions
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Civil Rights Claim, Civil rights, Guantanamo Bay torture, ACLU, detainee, propaganda, Govtfearmongering, bushadministration, americans, abuse, FISA, Military Commissions Act of 2006, PATRIOT Act )

Gregory
- 529 days ago - blog.aclu.org
VIDEO: In this video, recorded at the ACLU Membership Conference, Nevin gives his thoughts on the circumstances of Mohammed's refusal of legal representation, and the system of "justice" being meted out by the Military Commissions Act.
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38-Yr-Old Woman, 'Forgotten' Over Weekend in Arkansas Holding Cell, Goes 4 Days Without Food, Water & Bathroom
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: US, Arkansas, Sheriff's Department, police, courthouse holding cell, illegal immigrant, locked up 4 days, no food, no water, no bathroom, ACLU )

Alba
- 625 days ago - iht.com
There've certainly been lot of problems in that corner of state, in terms of police treatment of Latinos & bigoted statements by govt officials," ACLU direct said. "We're looking into general problem of racial profiling & abuse of power in NW Arkansas"
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Human Rights Groups Push Court to Hold CIA in Contempt for Failure to Disclose Torture Documents - File Collective Motion
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: bu$h adm, abusive interrogation and detention, CIA, DefenseDepart, executive branch agencies, crime, torture, failure to disclose, contempt motion, ACLU, PhysiciansForHumanRights, CenterForConstitutionalRights, 2003 Freedom of Information Act - FOIA )

Alba
- 682 days ago - physiciansforhumanrights.org
CIA has refused to cooperate with FOIA request filed by ACLU, PHR &veterans groups. Continue to press for CIA, DefenseDepart &all other exec branch agencies to fully disclose all docs related to BushAdm's illegal abusive interrogation & detention practice
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Please Sign This Open Letter to Moveon.Org Et Al re. Petitions to Topple The Thought Crimes Bill
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: ACLU, Bill Of Rights, CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY, Citizens, College, Congress, Government, Hearings, Internet, Internet, Internet, Law, Legislation, Letters To The Editor, Rights, Terrorism, Thinking, Thought Crime )


- 692 days ago - opednews.com
Please sign this urgent request for petitions and public ads to help topple the passage of S. 1959 "The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act".
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Gonzales Resignation Does Not Pardon President's Abuse of Power, ACLU Says
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: ACLU, Bush, abuse_of_power, investigation )

Pretty
- 825 days ago - aclu.org
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union today said U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' resignation requires further congressional investigation into the Bush administration's systematic abuse of power.
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How BUSHCO Trained People to Deal With Protesters
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: free speech, suppression, dissent, Presidential team training, First Amendment violations, ACLU, lawsuit )

RC
- 834 days ago - slate.com
This "advance manual" is major manipulation of free speech. Thank goodness the ACLU won a lawsuit for a couple who were directly affected by it.
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Indiana Ruling : No Solitary Confinement for Mentally Ill Prisoners
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: ACLU, Indiana, Mental Illness, Prisions )

Alba
- 1029 days ago - aclu.org
As a result of ACLU lawsuit, Indiana has ruled to move all mentally ill prisoners out of the Secured Housing Unit, a "Supermax" unit, where inmates are forced to live in extreme isolation and sensory deprivation for months or even years.
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