Judge holds the line against indefinite detention
On June 6, US District Judge Katherine Forrest defied the government and upheld her own preliminary injunction against part of Section 1021 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2012.
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Judge Forrest sticks up for the US Constitution, strikes down indefinite detention
Image of protest courtesy the Bradley Manning Support Network
“Courts must safeguard core constitutional rights.”
Using such unwavering language, US district judge Katherine Forrest has refused to bend to the Obama Administration that appointed her to the federal bench.
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Internet activist Barrett Brown arrested by the FBI?
The following video purports to show law enforcement raiding the home of Anonymous affiliated journalist and transparency activist Barrett Brown and arresting him. The action starts at around 1:30. (Note: There's a lot of offensive language in the clip.)
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Terror Tuesday: Are we closer to a day of reckoning?
It could just be that the truth still has the power to set us free.
A little of that truth emerged into the light today, the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
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Should we end the war on drugs? A debate
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License plate readers, drones and the Katz test
Late last week the Congressional Research Service published a report, "Drones in Domestic Surveillance Operations: Fourth Amendment Implications and Legislative Responses." I haven't gotten a chance to read through the entire thing yet, but a couple of interesting things jump out right off the bat.
Among them:
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The biometrics future is now
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Iris scans; face, palm and finger prints; ear patterns; gait and voice recognition; and tattoos and scars: these are among the biometric and physical indicators that the federal government wants to collect in order to identify us -- even without our permission or our knowledge.
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Charlotte activist held on $10,000 bail for revoked license, told he is on “terror” watch list
A strange thing happened in Charlotte during the run-up to the Democratic National Convention. James Ian Tyson, a local activist, was on his way to a counter-DNC protest when he was arrested for driving with a revoked license. Police held him on a $10,000 cash bond, a highly unusual sum for such a minor crime.
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Obama 2004 vs. Obama 2012
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