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The FBI Is Monitoring Our Reading Habits &shy with Or Without Evidence of Terrorism Or Spying

For the first time since the Cold War, the FBI is visiting public libraries to keep tabs on the reading habits of people the government considers dangerous.
Jun 25, 2002 | Story
Attorney General John Ashcroft Appeals a Ruling By the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Attorney General John Ashcroft has appealed a ruling by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. In a unanimous ruling made public last Thursday, the court rejected a secret request made by the Justice Department this year to allow broader cooperation and evidence-sharing between counterintelligence investigators and criminal prosecutors. The court found the request was "not reasonably designed" to safeguard the privacy of Americans.
Aug 26, 2002 | Story
Art Torres, the Chair of the California Democratic Party Assails the Ins and Justice Department's Post-9/11 Policies

At the Muslim Public Affairs Council convention,speakers charged the USA Patriot Act constitutes thebiggest threat to democracy in the United States.
Dec 23, 2002 | Story
Justice Department Secretly Drafts Legislation to Strengthen the Patriot Act

The Justice Department is drafting legislation that would strengthen the already sweeping powers granted by the USA Patriot Act.
Feb 10, 2003 | Story
Indian Philosopher and Physicist Vandana Shiva: If Terrorism Is the Systematic Use of Terror As a Means of Coercion, Then the WTO Is Terrorist, and the Peace and Global Justice Movements Must Unite

Just one day after a federal judge banned a peace march in Manhattan, another federal judge has relaxed restrictions on the New York City Police Department’s ability to spy on domestic political groups. Judge Charles Haight cited QUOTE "fundamental changes in the threats to public security."
Feb 12, 2003 | Story
U.S. Is Tapping the Phones of U.N. Security Council Members and Reading Their E-Mail: It's Headlines Around the World But Not Reported Here

The British newspaper The Observer is reporting the US is conducting a secret, aggressive surveillance operation directed at United Nations Security Council members ahead of the upcoming vote on Iraq.
Mar 03, 2003 | Story
U.S. Networks Ignore Explosive Story Revealing U.S. Is Spying On U.N. Security Council Members: U.N. Diplomats Are Furious at the Dirty Tricks

The London Observer broke an explosive story on Sunday. The paper reported it had obtained a top secret U.S. National Security Agency document which reveals the agency is conducting an, aggressive surveillance operation directed at United Nations Security Council members ahead of the upcoming vote on Iraq.
Mar 05, 2003 | Story
British Woman Arrested for Violating the Official Secrets Act & the United Nations Launches Inquiry Into U.S. Spying of UN Diplomats. We Talk to <I>Observer</I> Reporter Marin Bright Who Broke the Sto

A 28-year-old woman working at the top-secret British Government Communications Headquarters has been arrested on charges of contravening the Official Secrets Act.
Mar 10, 2003 | Story
A Bigger Leak Than the Pentagon Papers?: Daniel Ellsberg Discusses the Leaked Email That Shows the U.S. Is Spying On UN Diplomats

Yesterday on Democracy Now! we reported that a 28-year-old woman working at the top-secret British Government Communications Headquarters has been arrested on charges of contravening the Official Secrets Act.
Mar 11, 2003 | Story
Patriot Raid: Citing Homeland Security & Patriot Act, Ins Raids NYC Restaurant, Questions Staff at Gunpoint and Detains Patrons

"A month ago I experienced a very small taste of what hundreds of South Asian immigrants and U.S. citizens of South Asian descent have gone through since 9/11, and what thousands of others have come to fear. I was held, against my will and without warrant or cause, under the USA PATRIOT Act. While I understand the need for some measure of security and precaution in times such as these, the manner in which this detention and interrogation...
May 05, 2003 | Story

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The FBI Is Monitoring Our Reading Habits &shy with Or Without Evidence of Terrorism Or Spying

Attorney General John Ashcroft Appeals a Ruling By the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Art Torres, the Chair of the California Democratic Party Assails the Ins and Justice Department's Post-9/11 Policies

Justice Department Secretly Drafts Legislation to Strengthen the Patriot Act

Indian Philosopher and Physicist Vandana Shiva: If Terrorism Is the Systematic Use of Terror As a Means of Coercion, Then the WTO Is Terrorist, and the Peace and Global Justice Movements Must Unite

U.S. Is Tapping the Phones of U.N. Security Council Members and Reading Their E-Mail: It's Headlines Around the World But Not Reported Here

U.S. Networks Ignore Explosive Story Revealing U.S. Is Spying On U.N. Security Council Members: U.N. Diplomats Are Furious at the Dirty Tricks

British Woman Arrested for Violating the Official Secrets Act & the United Nations Launches Inquiry Into U.S. Spying of UN Diplomats. We Talk to <I>Observer</I> Reporter Marin Bright Who Broke the Sto

A Bigger Leak Than the Pentagon Papers?: Daniel Ellsberg Discusses the Leaked Email That Shows the U.S. Is Spying On UN Diplomats

Patriot Raid: Citing Homeland Security & Patriot Act, Ins Raids NYC Restaurant, Questions Staff at Gunpoint and Detains Patrons

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