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US Politics & Gov't News tagged with civil liberties

Opium, Rape and the American Way - News You Won't Find on CNN or Fox News
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: war, usa, terrorism, abuse, troops, crime, cover-up, military, human rights, civil liberties, ethics )

David
- 19 days ago - informationclearinghouse.info
War turns the moral order upside down and abolishes all discussions of human rights. War banishes the just and the decent to the margins of society. And the weapons of war do not separate the innocent and the damned.
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ACT NOW - Petition; Tell Congress It's Time to Reform the Patriot Act Amendments!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: human rights, civil liberties, patriot act, abuse, usa, ethics )

David
- 26 days ago - secure.aclu.org
We've got another big chance to end Patriot Act abuses but we have to act fast. That's why we must do everything we can to ensure that the House of Representatives passes a strong bill. One that can lead to genuine reform of the deeply-flawed Patriot Act.
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ACT NOW - Petition: Challenge Obama's Dangerous "Health Emergency"
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: healthcare, abuse, crime, human rights, civil liberties, government, ethics )

David
- 29 days ago - salsa.democracyinaction.org
New Presidential "National Health Emergency" Gives Secretary Sebelius Power to Send People to Hospital-Administered Concentration Camps. The Health Emergency declaration which President Obama signed on Friday, October 23, denies you of your human rights
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Civil-Liberties Advocates Dismayed By Obama's Moves
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: law, civil liberties, obama, politics, ethics, freedoms, media, government )

Cal
- 216 days ago - time.com
In three separate ongoing cases, the Obama Justice Department has invoked the so-called "state secrets" privilege, arguing that litigation cannot go forward because it would reveal classified information, a tactic of his predecessor's that Obama had no pr
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The Marijuana Tax?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: economy, freedoms, u.s., marijuana, medical marijuana, civil liberties )

Pastor Ti
- 223 days ago - alternet.org
Even the most mainstream figures are now taking the idea of legalizing and taxing pot seriously -- budget-crunched governments should listen.
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The Supreme Irony: Tossed Out of the National Archives for Exercising Free Speech
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: impeachment, National Archives, US government, Washington_DC, free speech, protesters, civil liberties )

RC
- 678 days ago - mass-impeach.org
Impeachment advocates, some wearing T-shirts calling for the impeachment of Bush & Cheney, were summrily either denied entrance to or escorted from the home of the Constitution of the United States - the National Archives. Read all about it and weep.
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Revival For A Master Race
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: republicans, civil rights, civil liberties, women's rights )

Robert
- 695 days ago - truthdig.com
Dominionism, born out of Christian Reconstructionism, seeks to politicize faith. It has, like all fascist movements, a belief in magic along with strident call for supremacy of a master race.
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Panel Drops Immunity From Eavesdropping Bill
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: wiretap, panel, eavesdropping, security, civil liberties, privacy )

Emily
- 737 days ago - nytimes.com
Reflecting the deep divisions within Congress over granting legal immunity to telephone companies for cooperating with the Bush administration's program of wiretapping without warrants, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a new domestic surveillance l
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FBI Spied on King's Widow
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: FBI, Civil Liberties, spying, abuses, corruption )

Sam
- 815 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Federal agents spied on the widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. for several years after his assassination in 1968, according to newly released documents that reveal the FBI worried about her following in the footsteps of the slain civil rights icon.
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THE TIMELINE FOR U.S. MARTIAL LAW : BE PREPARED
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: martial law, constitution, civil liberties, human rights, crimes against humanity, FEMA, military, government, ethics, bushadministration, americans, politics, iran )


- 825 days ago - uruknet.de:80
It doesn't take much imagination to foresee 'Blackwater-style' martial law in all of America. Please read this brilliant analysis and timeline for martial law in America.
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Democrats Scrambling to Expand Eavesdropping
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: democrats, government, civil liberties, domestic spying, crime, corruption, constitution )


- 843 days ago - informationclearinghouse.info
Under pressure from President Bush, Democratic leaders in Congress are scrambling to pass legislation this week to expand the government's electronic wiretapping powers.
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Senate Passes Bush Spy Bill
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: bush, bushadministration, security, civil liberties, government, democrats, politics )


- 843 days ago - news.yahoo.com
WASHINGTON - In a high-stakes showdown over national security, the Senate voted late Friday to temporarily give President Bush expanded authority to eavesdrop on foreign terrorists without court warrants. The House, meanwhile, rejected a Democratic
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U.S. ORDERS RECRUITMENT OF OVER 15,000 INFORMANTS FOR DOMESTIC SPYING
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: bushadministration, civil liberties, human rights, americans, constitution, crime, corruption, government, ethics )


- 843 days ago - carolynbaker.net
The Nation's Internal Security Police, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to begin recruitment of over 15,000 informants to begin spying on their fellow American citizens.
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The FBI Can Eavesdrop on You Even When Your Cell Phone Is Turned Off !   video
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, ethics, freedoms, spying on citizens, civil liberties )


- 843 days ago - youtube.com
Did you know that the FBI can listen to any and all of your conversations through your cell phone -- even when you're not actually speaking on the phone?
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GWB & THE WHITE HOUSE ASSERT BOLD NEW EXECUTIVE PRIVILIGE
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Bush, tyranny, dictatorship, civil liberties, US government, freedom, Hitler, fascism )

RC
- 858 days ago - washingtonpost.com
Anyone who doubts we are being crushed into tyranny needs to read this story and think about the realities and implications of what this adminitration is doing. Our freedoms and civil liberties are being forged into chains of helplessness & hopelessness.
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