June 2012
Monthly Archive
Tue 19 Jun 2012
Nat Hentoff NYTimes
The Watergate legacy of disabling opponents by wiretaps and other suspensions of the Bill of Rights has since been protected by the current administration in federal court. The attorney general, Eric Holder, opposed a history professor’s attempt to secure records about the wiretap that cost Nixon his presidency. (more…)
Sun 17 Jun 2012
Jason Leopold Truthout
The Obama administration continues to disseminate a flawed narrative about President Obama’s commitment to open government. (more…)
Sun 17 Jun 2012
Jonathan Terbush Rawstory
A group of Christian missionaries hijacked an Arab-American festival in Dearborn, Michigan on Saturday, bearing signs criticizing Islam and carrying a pig’s head mounted on a pole. (more…)
Sat 16 Jun 2012
Ramzi Kassem The Nation
To understand how the NYPD came to create this brave new police order, it’s necessary to untangle some of the many influences that went into creating it–beginning with Ray Kelly’s dream of a Langley on the Hudson. (more…)
Sat 16 Jun 2012
Ottawa -Â Sections of the Ottawa airport are now wired with microphones that can eavesdrop on travellers’ conversations. (more…)
Fri 15 Jun 2012
Petra Bartosiewicz The Nation
It wasn’t long after he met the man called Shareef that Khalifa Al-Akili began to sense he was being set up. Within days of their seemingly chance meeting, Shareef was offering to drive Akili, a 34-year-old Muslim living in East Liberty, Pennsylvania, to the local mosque for prayers. (more…)
Mon 11 Jun 2012
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday announced that it would not review a lawsuit against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other government officials for their alleged roles in the detention and torture of a U.S. citizen. (more…)
Mon 11 Jun 2012
Carl J. Mayer Counterpunch
Judge Forrest, of the Southern District of New York in Manhattan, issued a ruling on May 16 that will be regarded as a watershed moment in reversing a decade-long bi-partisan assault on civil liberties and the Constitution. (more…)
« Previous Page — Next Page »