Setting the Record Straight on FISA
John Conyers : Civil Rights & Liberties
Civil liberties and national security are not contradictory: they are inextricably linked.
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Chilling the Press
Scott Sherman : Journalists & Journalism
Did the New York Times violate the Espionage Act by publishing reports of government secret spying program? A controversial essay in Commentary has provided intellectual ammunition to chill, censor and punish the press.
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Surveillance for Sale?
Nicholas von Hoffman : Constitutional Questions
It's outrageous enough that the NSA is secretly monitoring Americans' calling patterns. But has anyone considered what would happen if incompetent or unscrupulous monitors sold that information to the highest bidder?
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Watching What You Say
Tim Shorrock : Corporate Responsibility & Accountability
How are AT&T, Sprint, MCI and other telecommunications giants cooperating with the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance program?
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Congress Stirs to Rein in the President
Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith : Privacy Rights
In the wake of Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on warrantless spying, bipartisan efforts to rein in the Bush Administration's exercise of executive power are gaining momentum.
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How Not to Spot a Terrorist
Alexander Cockburn : Democratic Party
The NSA's use of artificial intelligence for "data-mining" surveillance is not only constitutionally illegal, but a technological fantasy. Why aren't the Democrats challenging it?
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Hey, Kids: Spying Is Fun!
Simon Maxwell Apter : Youth, Education, & Children
Using cartoons, games and kid-friendly websites, the federal intelligence community is seeking to win the hearts and minds of America's children.
This week: Imagining a new new deal, with Howard Zinn, Frances Moore Lappe, Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Eric Schlosser and...FDR himself. Plus: Ennis Carter and Stephen Duncombe on the political propaganda legacy of the WPA. (13mb mp3)
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