Heres court cases that have taken away libertys this century for ya
* - Freedom of Information Act Amendments Challenged by White House, January 1974 - September 1974, posted by blackmax * - Butz Resigns over Obscene, Racist Joke, October 4, 1976, posted by blackmax * - Journalist Reveals US Spy Program; Cheney Recommends Burglaries and Indictments as Retaliation, May 25, 1975, posted by blackmax * - House and Senate Pass Patriot Act Without Reading It, October 24, 2001, posted by paxvector * - Sen. Feingold Blocks Vote on Patriot Act, October 9, 2001, posted by paxvector * - Top Rumsfeld Aide Cambone Resigns, December 31, 2006, posted by Paul * - Senators Daschle and Leahy Raise Concerns about Newly Introduced Patriot Act, October 2-4, 2001, posted by Paul * - Investigations Probe Operation Shamrock, Lead to Passage of FISA Law, May 15, 1975 and After, posted by blackmax * - President Bush Describes 2002 Al-Qaeda Plot in Apparent Effort to Deflect Criticism of NSA Wiretapping, February 9, 2006, posted by Paul * - Oversight Chairman Requests Interview Transcripts from CIA Leak Investigation, June 3, 2008, posted by blackmax * - Presidential Nominee John McCain Would Continue Warrantless Surveillance, Immunity for Telecoms, June 2, 2008, posted by blackmax * - Senate Republicans Protect Justice Department from Oversight by Inspector General, April 23, 2008, posted by blackmax * - YouTube Refuses Senator’s Request to Suppress Videos, May 19, 2008, posted by blackmax * - Cheney’s Staff Powerful, Secretive, and Highly Influential, Reporter Finds, April 16, 2006, posted by blackmax * - FBI Builds Digital Collection System Network Enabling Real-Time Monitoring of US Communications, 1997-August 2007 and After, posted by blackmax * - Bush Administration Pushing for Immunity for Telecom Firms Who Cooperated with NSA Domestic Wiretapping Program, December 16, 2007, posted by blackmax * - Newt Gingrich Says People ‘Will Give Up All Their Liberties’ When Faced with Threat, April 18, 2008, posted by Paul * - Justice Department Claims that Fourth Amendment Does Not Apply in Domestic Military Operations, October 23, 2001, posted by blackmax * - ACLU Learns of Justice Department’s 2001 Dismissal of Fourth Amendment, April 2, 2008, posted by blackmax * - Bush Uses Yemen Hub Calls to Justify NSA Warrantless Program, January 25, 2006, posted by KJF * - Attorney General Makes Puzzling Claim about Pre-9/11 Communication Intercept, March 27, 2008, posted by KJF * - Cheney Uses Yemen Hub Calls to Justify NSA Warrantless Program, January 4, 2006, posted by KJF * - Olbermann: Bush’s Call for Telecom Immunity ‘Textbook Example of Fascism’, January 30, 2008, posted by blackmax * - Hayden Says NSA Warrantless Program May Have Detected 9/11, January 23, 2006, posted by KJF * - Civil Liberties Group Challenges Administration’s Dismissal of Fourth Amendment, April 2, 2008, posted by blackmax * - Olbermann: MCA the ‘Beginning of the End of America’, October 19, 2006, posted by blackmax * - Dean: Military Commissions Act Befits ‘Totalitarian State’ More than a Democracy, September 22, 2006, posted by blackmax * - ACLU Calls on Justice Department to Release October 2001 Memo Nullifying Fourth Amendment, April 2, 2008, posted by blackmax * - Reporter: Bush Response to NSA Wiretapping Story Similar to South African Attempts to Silence Stories About Apartheid, December 21, 2005, posted by blackmax * - New Electronic Surveillance System Vulnerable to Hacking, Exploitation, 2003, posted by blackmax * - Law Forces Broadband Providers, ISPs to Allow Government Access to Networks, 1997-August 2007 and After, posted by blackmax * - Rehnquist Appointed to Supreme Court; Dodges Allegations of Racial Harassment, January 7, 1972, posted by blackmax * - Firms of State Department Contractors Who Broke into Candidates’ Passport Files Identified, March 21, 2008, posted by blackmax * - Reporter Finds Passport Files Contain Wealth of Personal Information, March 21, 2008, posted by blackmax * - Clinton’s Passport File Breached; Rice Promises Investigation, March 21, 2008, posted by blackmax * - Waxman Asks Rice for Information about Obama Passport Break-in, March 21, 2008, posted by blackmax * - McCain’s Passport Files Also Breached, March 21, 2008, posted by blackmax * - Timing of Obama File Breaches Suggests Political Motivations, March 21, 2008, posted by blackmax * - Former White House Lawyer and Law Professor Say Bush Abuses Presidential Signing Statements, September 2007, posted by blackmax * - Military Commissions Act Legalizes ‘Tyranny in the United States,’ Says Former Civil Litigator, September 28, 2006, posted by blackmax * - Rehnquist Dies; Drove Supreme Court Sharply to Right, September 5, 2005, posted by blackmax * - Reagan Alludes to GOP Efforts to Control Courts, October 1986, posted by blackmax * - Obama’s Private Passport Files Broken into on Three Separate Occasions, Says State Department, March 20, 2008, posted by blackmax * - Article Notes Cheney’s Words Show He Counts Himself as Part of Executive Branch, June 29, 2007, posted by blackmax * - Protect America Act Becomes Law, Gives Government Broad New Surveillance Powers, August 5, 2007, posted by blackmax * - Protect America Act Sails Through Congress, August 1-4, 2007, posted by Paul * - Rehnquist Becomes Chief Justice; Misled Congress in Confirmation Hearings, September 26, 1986, posted by blackmax * - Former NSA Analyst Slams NSA’s Domestic Surveillance Program, May 16, 2006, posted by blackmax * - Supreme Court Justice Says US Keeps Repeating Same Civil Liberties Mistakes, 1987, posted by blackmax * - Historian Decries Bush Record on Civil Liberties, April 21, 2006, posted by blackmax * - Former House Majority Leader Warns Against Sacrifice of Freedoms in War Against Terror, December 6, 2002, posted by blackmax * - Nixon Approves ‘Huston Plan’ for Domestic Surveillance, July 14, 1970, posted by blackmax * - Ashcroft Denies Conflict of Interest in $52 Million Deal with Justice Department, March 11, 2008, posted by blackmax * - House Judiciary Committee Files Lawsuit to Compel White House Testimony, March 10, 2008, posted by blackmax * - Military Commissions Act ‘Unnecessary,’ ‘Abusive,’ Says Human Rights Watch, October 9, 2006, posted by blackmax * - Hoekstra, Republicans Claim Democrats Put Trial Lawyers, Global Warming before National Security, February 25-26, 2008, posted by blackmax * - Amnesty International: Military Commissions Act Turns ‘Bad Executive Policy into Bad Law’, September 28, 2006, posted by blackmax * - Reporter: Bush Tried to Quash Wiretapping Story ‘Because It Would Reveal Him as a Law-Breaker’, December 21, 2005, posted by blackmax * - Dean: Protect America Act a Presidential Power Grab, August 10, 2007, posted by blackmax * - Historian Reminds Americans of Lincoln’s Warnings against Unilateral Presidential War Powers, June 28, 2003, posted by blackmax * - House Holds Miers, Bolten in Contempt, February 14, 2008, posted by blackmax * - Civil Liberties Groups Demand Explanation for Border Searches, February 7, 2008, posted by blackmax * - US Citizens Harassed by Customs, 2007, posted by blackmax * - Bush Insists on Telecom Immunity, Claims Democrats Put Trial Lawyers before Nation’s Safety, February 23, 2008, posted by KJF * - Mukasey Refuses to Refer Contempt Citations to Grand Jury, February 29, 2008, posted by blackmax * - Nixon Aide Receives Martial Law Proclamations, December 1968, posted by blackmax * - McConnell, Mukasey: Law’s Expiration Costing the Government Needed Terrorist Intelligence, February 22, 2008, posted by blackmax * - Mukasey, McConnell Admit that US Receiving Same Intelligence as before PAA Lapse, February 23, 2008, posted by blackmax * - CIA Also Using National Security Letters, Agency Documents Reveal, January 25, 2008, posted by blackmax * - Gonzales Says Framers of Constitution Intended ‘Strong Presidency,’ but Is Accused of Misrepresentation, May 22, 2002, posted by blackmax * - National Intelligence Chief Admits Legislation Primarily Needed to Protect Telecom Firms, Not the Nation, February 15-17, 2008, posted by blackmax * - Infant Dies While in Homeland Security Detention, February 12, 2008, posted by blackmax * - FBI Alerts Business Community About Terrorist Threat, but Not Elected Officials, November 1, 2001, posted by blackmax * - ACLU Warns that InfraGard May Train Private Citizens to Be ‘Surrogates’ for FBI, August 2004, posted by blackmax * - Mueller Urges InfraGard Members to Inform FBI of ‘Suspicious Activities’ and ‘Disgruntled Employees’, August 9, 2005, posted by blackmax * - Government Includes Informing InfraGard Members in Terror Threat Preparations, February 7, 2003, posted by blackmax * - FBI Uses InfraGard to Train Private Citizens to Cooperate with Government, Potentially Enforce Martial Law, 1996-2008, posted by blackmax * - Protect America Act Expires, Congress Does Not Yet Grant Immunity to Telecoms, February 16, 2008, posted by blackmax * - New Surveillance Laws Would Allow NSA to ‘Filter,’ Monitor Domestic Phone, Internet Traffic, February 5, 2008, posted by blackmax * - Wiretaps Resuming ‘For the Time Being’, February 23, 2008, posted by blackmax
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Edited by Cognitive_Shift (09/12/08 03:50 PM)
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