According to this CBS story, a federal judge ruled Wednesday that two provisions of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional.

[Judge Aiken] said that by asking her to dismiss Mayfield's lawsuit, the U.S. Attorney General's office was "asking this court to, in essence, amend the Bill of Rights, by giving it an interpretation what would deprive it ( Read more... )

Ganked from throwingstardna:

"The State of the Union is good enough."

Torture proponent Alberto Gonzalez, the US Attorney General probably best known for his strong belief that the President is above the law, gave a speech to law students at Georgetown today, once again declaring how Emperor George I. was well within his God-given rights when he ordered illegal wiretaps on US citizens ( Read more... )

Going to the movies is not what it used to be. Security at the studio-owned theatres is heavy, it's not a trip to be taken lightly. But if you want to see the film everyone is talking about without waiting a year for the home release, you have little choice. When you enter the lobby the first thing you see are long ranks of tiny, thumbprint ( Read more... )

Bush goes ZORK.

Merkel: "So, now that we all agree the dust has settled on those top secret CIA flights and the illegal prison camps scattered throughout Europe ( Read more... )

British defence secretary Reid defends* storming and destroying an Iraqi jailhouse (incidentally releasing 160 Iraqi prisoners) in order to free two British undercover agents arrested after being caught red-handed in weapons smuggling and exchanging fire with Iraqi police.So much for negotiating. So much for the last bit of trust any Iraqis might ( Read more... )

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...singing "Sunday Bloody Sunday".

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