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• A Court Decision That Reflects What Type of Country the US Is

  
  Patrick J. Buchanan — Authority: 604
  By Glenn Greenwald – PuppetGov.com It’s not often that an appellate court decision reflects so vividly what a country has become, but such is the case with yesterday’s ruling by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Arar v. Ashcroft (.pdf).   Maher Arar is both a Canadian and Syrian citizen of Syrian ...
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• No Justice for Canadian Rendition Victim Maher Arar

  
  Faisal Kutty.com — Authority: 429
  Court Refuses to Hold U.S. Officials Accountable for Complicity in Torture Abroad CONTACT: press@ccrjustice.orgNovember 2, 2009, New York –  Today, a federal Court of Appeals dismissed Canadian citizen Maher Arar’s case against U.S. officials for ... Related Posts B Maher Arar Saga Not Over Yet – American ...
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• Court of Appeals Dismisses Canadian Torture Victim’s Case

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 155
  The Second Circuit Court of Appeals just dismissed a landmark lawsuit filed by a Canadian victim of “extraordinary rendition” against former U.S. officials, ruling that torture victims have no right to compensation from the U.S. government, even if U.S. officials were complicit in his treatment. Maher Arar is a ...
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• ‘The End of Privacy’ and the Surveillance-Industrial Complex

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 740
  National Public Radio’s All Things Considered ran a series on “ The End of Privacy ” all last week that’s worth a listen. They’re primarily concerned with the ways private companies have access to vast quantities of information about individuals in the digital age—something that civil libertarians have ...
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• When Fiscal Conservatives Arent Fiscally Conservative

  
  The New Republic - the treatment Feed — Authority: 138
  During the Bush years, a fellow at the Kennedy School of Government was writing a book called Savin’ it! on abstinence education in the public schools. As part of his research, he contacted then-Attorney General John Ashcroft with a request for personal testimony. His letter noted: The book’s fourth chapter, ...
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• More Proposed Oversight from John Conyers

  
  Emptywheel — Authority: 712
  John Conyers has been busy. In addition to drafting bills to improve FISA and PATRIOT (more on that later), he has introduced three more bills that would improve Congressional Oversight of the Executive. The Department of Justice Inspector General Authority Improvement Act of 2009 This Act will authorize ...
  3 weeks ago

• Bootleg City: The Mayoral Race Is Heating Up!

  
  Popdose — Authority: 618
  It’s hard not to get paranoid when you’re an elected official. First there was the August catnapping that turned out not to be a catnapping. (Cats who take naps don’t make me paranoid, hence the use of the compound word. Nevertheless, they’re always watching. Don’t forget that.) But then came ...
  5 weeks ago

• Old news

  
  Sherry Chandler — Authority: 128
  I put a “new” poem up on my poem pages today: Haunted House.It’s a bit of political satire and the references are maybe outdated. Does anyone remember the Beltway sniper in October of 2002?I was reminded lately of this graphic collaboration I did with my son, Tom C. Williams, and since Hallowe’en candy is ...
  8 weeks ago

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