added 2007 Thu Jun 14 8:33:58 by populist
An internal FBI audit has found that the bureau potentially violated the law or agency rules more than 1,000 times while collecting data about domestic phone calls, e-mails and financial transactions in recent years, far more than was documented in a Justice Department report in March that ignited bipartisan congressional criticism.
An internal FBI audit has found that the bureau potentially violated the law or agency rules more than 1,000 times while collecting data about domestic phone calls, e-mails and financial transactions in recent years, far more than was documented in a Justice Department report in March that ignited bipartisan congressional criticism.
added 2007 Wed Jun 13 2:42:45 by populist
Free speech, by definition, is the saying of anything one wants, whenever one wants. The FCC's objection might be more effectively translated, "If we can't restrict the use of these two obscenities, the First Amendment might be alive and well in America, and we can't have that."
Free speech, by definition, is the saying of anything one wants, whenever one wants. The FCC's objection might be more effectively translated, "If we can't restrict the use of these two obscenities, the First Amendment might be alive and well in America, and we can't have that."
added 2007 Mon Jun 11 18:17:56 by populist
It's beyond galling for those of us who actually believe in the First Amendment--even for hate speech--to hear it eulogized by those who gave up even their lip-service to it after 9/11, at about the same time that Ari Fleischer warned "watch what you do, watch what you say."
It's beyond galling for those of us who actually believe in the First Amendment--even for hate speech--to hear it eulogized by those who gave up even their lip-service to it after 9/11, at about the same time that Ari Fleischer warned "watch what you do, watch what you say."
added 2007 Sat Jun 9 16:37:39 by populist
Thomas Jefferson said religion was "a matter which lies solely between man and his God." Therefore, the citizens of the fledgling country Jefferson helped create would have an unparalleled freedom: To seek Truth and Knowledge without the leash of government telling them how to do it.
Thomas Jefferson said religion was "a matter which lies solely between man and his God." Therefore, the citizens of the fledgling country Jefferson helped create would have an unparalleled freedom: To seek Truth and Knowledge without the leash of government telling them how to do it.
added 2007 Sat Jun 9 3:20:44 by populist
Last month's dramatic testimony by former Deputy Attorney General James Comey has prompted renewed attention and focus on the administration's warrantless domestic spying efforts.
Last month's dramatic testimony by former Deputy Attorney General James Comey has prompted renewed attention and focus on the administration's warrantless domestic spying efforts.
added 2007 Sat Jun 9 3:20:44 by populist
Last month's dramatic testimony by former Deputy Attorney General James Comey has prompted renewed attention and focus on the administration's warrantless domestic spying efforts.
Last month's dramatic testimony by former Deputy Attorney General James Comey has prompted renewed attention and focus on the administration's warrantless domestic spying efforts.
added 2007 Fri Jun 8 17:50:44 by populist
It's a dangerous and frightening time in America today as the nation hurtles toward tyranny, and our right to speak out and protest continues being challenged and undermined. That makes the battle for the last frontier of press freedom crucial to preserving our fragile democracy now somewhere between life support and the crematorium.
It's a dangerous and frightening time in America today as the nation hurtles toward tyranny, and our right to speak out and protest continues being challenged and undermined. That makes the battle for the last frontier of press freedom crucial to preserving our fragile democracy now somewhere between life support and the crematorium.
added 2007 Mon Jun 4 14:22:45 by populist
Last week, we were asking how police found themselves in the bedroom of a naked couple in Lancaster, Calif., in 2001, guns drawn. This led to a discussion of the problem with "no-knock" Ã;¢ââ;;¬" or even "shout-once-and-storm-in" Ã;¢&
Last week, we were asking how police found themselves in the bedroom of a naked couple in Lancaster, Calif., in 2001, guns drawn. This led to a discussion of the problem with "no-knock" Ã;¢ââ;;¬" or even "shout-once-and-storm-in" Ã;¢&
added 2007 Sat Jun 2 17:13:49 by populist
Other than the internet, they hold a stranglehold over the kinds of news, information, entertainment and other programming and material most people get from which they form their views of the nation's state, its government, and the world. The media giants are master manipulators.
Other than the internet, they hold a stranglehold over the kinds of news, information, entertainment and other programming and material most people get from which they form their views of the nation's state, its government, and the world. The media giants are master manipulators.
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added 2007 Thu May 31 23:31:39 by populist
A recently declassified investigation from the Department of Defense's Inspector General confirms "how the military training was 'reverse engineered' for use by American interrogators," training interrogators on more "effective" ways to elicit information
A recently declassified investigation from the Department of Defense's Inspector General confirms "how the military training was 'reverse engineered' for use by American interrogators," training interrogators on more "effective" ways to elicit information
added 2007 Thu May 31 0:08:55 by populist
The much-vaunted Senate "Compromise" on immigration is a compromise alright: a compromise of our laws, a compromise of our sovereignty, and a compromise of the Second Amendment. That anyone in Washington believes this is a credible approach to solving our immigration crisis suggests just how out of touch our political elites really are.
The much-vaunted Senate "Compromise" on immigration is a compromise alright: a compromise of our laws, a compromise of our sovereignty, and a compromise of the Second Amendment. That anyone in Washington believes this is a credible approach to solving our immigration crisis suggests just how out of touch our political elites really are.
added 2007 Fri May 25 10:47:15 by SlapALib
Kathleen Ensz, a Democratic volunteer, stuffs an envelope of dog feces through the mail slot of Marilyn Musgrave, CO-R 4th District. Ensz's lawyer says that the action is covered by the First Amendment. Tasty.
Kathleen Ensz, a Democratic volunteer, stuffs an envelope of dog feces through the mail slot of Marilyn Musgrave, CO-R 4th District. Ensz's lawyer says that the action is covered by the First Amendment. Tasty.
added 2007 Thu May 24 6:31:04 by populist
In a post-9/11 climate, the right of free expression is under attack and endangered in the age of George Bush when dissent may be called a threat to national security, terrorism, or treason.
In a post-9/11 climate, the right of free expression is under attack and endangered in the age of George Bush when dissent may be called a threat to national security, terrorism, or treason.
added 2007 Mon May 21 20:22:06 by populist
He politely put the peanut butter and jelly to the side, closed my bag and gave it back to me. I was too astonished to talk. I took my bag and walked towards the gate thinking about the 4 or maybe 5 meals that she had taken from me.
He politely put the peanut butter and jelly to the side, closed my bag and gave it back to me. I was too astonished to talk. I took my bag and walked towards the gate thinking about the 4 or maybe 5 meals that she had taken from me.
added 2007 Wed May 16 19:01:07 by populist
even after the outcry over publication of details about this program in December 2005, even after the Administration came up with changes in the program to appease Congress, even though some amazingly conservative people stood with Comey when he opposed the program in 2004, the Administration just reasserted its willingness to wiretap Americans wit
even after the outcry over publication of details about this program in December 2005, even after the Administration came up with changes in the program to appease Congress, even though some amazingly conservative people stood with Comey when he opposed the program in 2004, the Administration just reasserted its willingness to wiretap Americans wit
added 2007 Sat May 12 6:57:09 by BoBo in Texas
In an increasingly fascist BushAmerica, students are punished for offending the entrenched power structure even though everything that they say is true!
In an increasingly fascist BushAmerica, students are punished for offending the entrenched power structure even though everything that they say is true!
added 2007 Thu May 10 21:43:45 by BoBo in Texas
Many said that if George W. Bush were reelected we'd see Americans punished for expressing their ideas. I guess they were right!
Many said that if George W. Bush were reelected we'd see Americans punished for expressing their ideas. I guess they were right!
added 2007 Fri May 4 21:48:40 by populist
Who are all these people? Suspected terrorists and spies. Sweet corn! There are 2177 suspected terrorists and spies in America? And their lawyers. There are 2177 terro
Who are all these people? Suspected terrorists and spies. Sweet corn! There are 2177 suspected terrorists and spies in America? And their lawyers. There are 2177 terro
added 2007 Thu May 3 19:43:11 by populist
Sixteen words may be all that stand right now between the apparatus of government and the Founding Fathers' worst nightmare. And those words are starting to give. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . ."
Sixteen words may be all that stand right now between the apparatus of government and the Founding Fathers' worst nightmare. And those words are starting to give. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . ."
added 2007 Fri Apr 27 19:38:48 by populist
they want to use the law-of-war framework that says we can kill anyone anywhere, we can detain anybody anywhere
they want to use the law-of-war framework that says we can kill anyone anywhere, we can detain anybody anywhere
added 2007 Sun Apr 22 2:54:29 by populist
There have been the usual howls from the anti-gun lobby, but it's all hot air. America is not about to dump the Second Amendment to the US Constitution giving people the right--albeit an increasingly circumscribed one -- to bear arms.
There have been the usual howls from the anti-gun lobby, but it's all hot air. America is not about to dump the Second Amendment to the US Constitution giving people the right--albeit an increasingly circumscribed one -- to bear arms.
added 2007 Fri Apr 20 20:45:35 by populist
In the aftermath of Monday's deadly shooting in Blacksburg, Virginia, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) is proposing a comprehensive, three-point plan to deal with the violence plaguing America, including a ban on handguns. Never mind our rights..
In the aftermath of Monday's deadly shooting in Blacksburg, Virginia, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) is proposing a comprehensive, three-point plan to deal with the violence plaguing America, including a ban on handguns. Never mind our rights..
added 2007 Thu Apr 19 1:07:05 by populist
Two U.S. senators on Monday reintroduced a proposal designed to rein in government electronic spying activities like a once-secret National Security Agency program.
Two U.S. senators on Monday reintroduced a proposal designed to rein in government electronic spying activities like a once-secret National Security Agency program.
added 2007 Wed Apr 18 20:38:14 by populist
A court battle that could result in substantial fines for news organizations and jail time for reporters is looming, after lawyers for a former Army scientist investigated in connection with the deadly anthrax mailings in 2001 signaled plans to demand the names of confidential sources for news stories about the anthrax probe.
A court battle that could result in substantial fines for news organizations and jail time for reporters is looming, after lawyers for a former Army scientist investigated in connection with the deadly anthrax mailings in 2001 signaled plans to demand the names of confidential sources for news stories about the anthrax probe.
added 2007 Wed Apr 18 13:06:17 by gatitabonitasen
Everyone who visits the Common Dreams site is reading articles that were first published or commissioned by print publications. Without these print publications, there would be a lot less material for all of us to read, and some of our most important reporters and thinkers wouldn't get paid to write. Yet the independent magazines and small publi
Everyone who visits the Common Dreams site is reading articles that were first published or commissioned by print publications. Without these print publications, there would be a lot less material for all of us to read, and some of our most important reporters and thinkers wouldn't get paid to write. Yet the independent magazines and small publi
added 2007 Tue Apr 17 21:11:09 by populist
Switzerland has year after year turned in one of the world's lowest murder rates even while sending machine guns to every home of every member of their citizen army. And they do not keep their machine guns in safes or encumbered with trigger locks. They keep them at the ready.
Switzerland has year after year turned in one of the world's lowest murder rates even while sending machine guns to every home of every member of their citizen army. And they do not keep their machine guns in safes or encumbered with trigger locks. They keep them at the ready.
added 2007 Tue Apr 17 20:37:29 by populist
The murders on the Virginia Tech campus, the worst such rampage in our history, might have been mitigated if just one member of the faculty or a student had the means to return fire.
The murders on the Virginia Tech campus, the worst such rampage in our history, might have been mitigated if just one member of the faculty or a student had the means to return fire.
added 2007 Tue Apr 17 20:19:54 by populist
The father of a GuantÃ;Æ;Ã;¡namo Bay, Cuba, detainee has written to a military panel that his son, as well as young children, were abused in a Pakistani prison by U.S. or proxy interrogators on the hunt for al Qaeda leaders.
The father of a GuantÃ;Æ;Ã;¡namo Bay, Cuba, detainee has written to a military panel that his son, as well as young children, were abused in a Pakistani prison by U.S. or proxy interrogators on the hunt for al Qaeda leaders.
added 2007 Mon Apr 16 20:40:30 by populist
The tribunals determine whether an individual is an enemy combatant. Needless to say, the cards are stacked against the prisoner from the get-go. The tribunals are allowed to rely on hearsay evidence and information acquired though coercion. Any evidence deemed "secret" is withheld from the prisoner. Can you imagine trying to defend yours
The tribunals determine whether an individual is an enemy combatant. Needless to say, the cards are stacked against the prisoner from the get-go. The tribunals are allowed to rely on hearsay evidence and information acquired though coercion. Any evidence deemed "secret" is withheld from the prisoner. Can you imagine trying to defend yours
added 2007 Mon Apr 16 20:29:13 by populist
The administration proposed a bill on Friday to relax certain legal restrictions on the government's ability to intercept telephone calls and other communications in the United States.
The administration proposed a bill on Friday to relax certain legal restrictions on the government's ability to intercept telephone calls and other communications in the United States.
