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  • July 2008

    • Hard-Core Supply-Sider: I'm Voting for the Democrat

      newser  |  New York Daily News  |  Jul 17, 08 7:45 PM CDT

      Hard-Core Supply-Sider: I'm Voting for the Democrat

      Being a Reagan, Gingrich and Dole soldier won’t stop former Chamber of Commerce honcho Larry Hunter from voting for Barack Obama this fall, he writes in the New York Daily News . It doesn’t matter that he wholly disagrees with the Dem on every point of domestic policy; the chance to close the book on “unjustified war and unconstitutional abridgment of individual rights” is worth the price of “unreconstructed, dyed-in-the-wool, big-government” liberalism. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Iraq war  • Ronald Reagan  • Newt Gingrich  • Bob Dole  • civil liberties  • free markets

  • June 2008

    • Surveillance Law Gives Sweden Broad Powers

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jun 19, 08 3:52 PM CDT

      Surveillance Law Gives Sweden Broad Powers

      Sweden's intelligence service will have broad new powers to intercept cross-border calls and emails, without a warrant, under a law passed yesterday, the BBC reports. Critics, meanwhile, say it is impossible to fully distinguish domestic from international traffic without compromising the transmissions. Protesters handed out copies of George Orwell's 1984 outside parliament, the AP notes. More »

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      European Union  • privacy  • warrantless wiretapping  • Sweden  • civil liberties  • domestic wiretapping

  • May 2008

    • Judge Orders CIA to Release 'Torture' Memo

      newser  |  Reuters  |  May 9, 08 6:30 AM CDT

      Judge Orders CIA to Release 'Torture' Memo

      A federal judge has ordered the CIA to release a 2002 memo believed to outline interrogation methods that may amount to torture. The ACLU, which brought the suit sparking the order, claims that the memo details harsh interrogation techniques, including waterboarding, and calls it "one of the most important torture documents still being withheld by the Bush administration." The judge will decide whether to make the memo public on Monday, reports Reuters. More »

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      CIA  • torture  • waterboarding  • interrogation techniques  • ACLU  • harsh interrogation  • civil liberties

  • April 2008

    • Obama Donor List Is 'Gigantic'

      newser  |  Bloomberg  |  Apr 28, 08 8:01 PM CDT

      Obama Donor List Is 'Gigantic'

      Barack Obama’s massive donor and networking list—stuffed with data on 2 million people—will make him a major power broker even if his campaign falters, Bloomberg reports. Unlike past hopefuls, Obama has inspired donors to reveal addresses, phone numbers, and even views on specific issues. "It's gigantic," a database company CEO said of the list. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • John McCain  • Facebook  • political donors  • civil liberties  • database

    • US Plans to Widen DNA Database

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Apr 16, 08 9:27 PM CDT

      US Plans to Widen DNA Database

      The US plans to significantly widen its law-enforcement database by taking DNA samples from illegal immigrants picked up by federal authorities and from all people arrested for federal offenses, the Washington Post reports. The feds currently collect genetic information only from those convicted of federal crimes. The expanded policy follows the lead of 13 states. More »

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      crime  • FBI  • DNA  • arrest  • illegal immigration  • ACLU  • DNA evidence  • felony  • civil liberties  • US government  • DNA database

  • November 2007

    • Schools Squeeze Out Hugs

      newser  |  Time  |  Nov 15, 07 9:06 AM CST

      Schools Squeeze Out Hugs

      An eighth-grade student’s double detention for hugging friends at school has sparked a national debate. Rules concerning public displays of affection in school have surged over the last two decades, reports Time magazine , but there is little consensus about how far they should go in governing student behavior. Some schools forbid any contact at all, while others trust administrators' discretion. More »

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      lawsuit  • civil liberties  • hugging  • public displays of affection

  • September 2007

    • Dodd Fights to Redeem Dad

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Sep 24, 07 11:50 AM CDT

      Dodd Fights to Redeem Dad

      Chris Dodd is not only running for president, he's on a mission to fix his father's reputation. Dodd's late father, Thomas, also a US senator, was censured in 1967 for making personal use of campaign funds. Years earlier, he made his name at the Nuremberg trials, and his son's new book paints him as a decisive defender of civil liberties. More »

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      Senate  • Nazi  • Christopher Dodd  • civil liberties

    • Bush's AG Pick Has History With Terror Trials

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Sep 20, 07 2:08 PM CDT

      Bush's AG Pick Has History With Terror Trials

      Before America was paying attention, Judge Michael Mukasey tried a landmark terrorism case. The 1995-96 trial of blind sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, convicted with nine others of plotting a massive "day of terror" at three New York sites, forced Mukasey, now President Bush's nominee for US attorney general, to navigate issues of secrecy, security and civil liberties.  More »

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      George W. Bush  • terrorism  • Michael Mukasey  • law  • courts  • civil liberties

    • Judge: Parts of Patriot Act Unconstitutional

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Sep 6, 07 4:03 PM CDT

      Judge: Parts of Patriot Act Unconstitutional

      The Patriot Act violates the Constitution by allowing unreasonable searches and seizures, violating separation of powers, and denying free speech, a federal judge ruled today in striking down parts of the revised legislation. Judge Victor Marrero said investigators must obtain court approval before ordering ISPs and phone companies to turn over confidential information without notifying customers, the AP reports. More »

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      Congress  • FBI  • privacy  • ACLU  • Patriot Act  • constitutional law  • civil liberties  • US Constitution  • search and seizure

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