By Emily Feder, AlterNet

August 18, 2008

I was recently stopped by Homeland Security as I was returning from a trip to Syria. What I saw in the hours that followed shocked and disturbed me.

I arrived at JFK Airport two weeks ago after a short vacation to Syria and presented my American passport for re-entry to the United States. After 28 hours of ( Read more... )

 
August 5, 2008
"Here, Broken Laws Be Left ... "

By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS

In last weekend’s edition of CounterPunch, Alexander Cockburn updates the ongoing persecution of Sami Al-Arian by federal prosecutors. Al-Arian was a Florida university professor of computer science who was ensnared by the Bush Regime’s need to produce “terrorists” in order to ( Read more... )

August 8, 2008-this is the date for our Strangebedfellows MONEYBOMB on behalf of constitutional rights and civil liberties in America. Let's remove from power the key enablers of the tyrannical and lawless FISA 'compromise;' we can end the Patriot Act-and so much more. Join with us by pledging now-right here at AccountabilityNowPAC.com. Become a ( Read more... )

Aka "Fun Times at the Canadian Border!"

[The Laptop Story Doesn't Do It Justice: What crossing the border has REALLY turned into]

For those just tuning in here, I live in the state of Michigan. As such, I am surrounded on two sides (north and east, a little south if you want to get trivia-esque) by Canada. While I haven't gone recently (a few years) ( Read more... )

Israel's legal system has laid the groundwork for an apartheid regime

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Last update - 09:32 03/08/2008

By Gideon Levy

The Olmert affair has come and all but gone. A few more invoices here and some daggers there will be hurled at the hemorrhaging political corpse hanging in the town square, and Ehud Olmert will disappear ( Read more... )

 August 1, 2008 by Mark O'Neill |

By Mark O’Neill
Contributing Writer, [GAS]


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U.S. agents can seize travelers' laptops: report

Fri Aug 1, 2008 8:13am EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. federal agents have been given new powers to seize travelers' laptops and other electronic devices at the border and hold them for unspecified periods the Washington Post reported on Friday.

Under recently disclosed Department of Homeland Security ( Read more... )

Tell Congress: Reject Endless War and a Torture Cover-Up

President Bush and Attorney General Mukasey have a plan to make the entire globe - including the United States itself - a “battlefield” where the president decides who will be locked up forever.

The legislation Mukasey is pushing would also subvert the Constitution, authorize indefinite ( Read more... )

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Denver to Put Homeless in Zoo During Dem Nat'l Convention
Convention Hosts Regard Your Rights as a Nuisance

Colorado National Guard plans to rent 500+ hotel rooms for DNC

By Erin Rosa 07/19/2008 T

he U.S. Army and Colorado National Guard have announced intentions to reserve more than 500 hotel rooms for lodging during the Democratic National ( Read more... )

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Denver to Put Homeless in Zoo During Dem Nat'l Convention

Our view on civil liberties: Convention hosts regard your rights as a nuisance

Denver’s plans will keep protesters out of sight and out of earshot.

The delegates who'll wave signs, speak their minds and nominate a presidential candidate at the Democratic National Convention next month ( Read more... )