Senate Panel Decides Against Eavesdropping Inquiry
Posted on February 16, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News, War On Terror | Comments Off
Here is a little info, I thought you would all like to know…
NY Times
The Senate Intelligence Committee decided today not to investigate President Bush’s domestic surveillance program, at least for the time being.
“I believe that such an investigation is currently unwarranted and would be detrimental to this highly classified program,” Senator Pat Roberts, Republican of [...]
ACLU Calls For Protecting Treason
Posted on February 16, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU | Comments Off
Via ACLU
Citing growing concerns over court decisions that have weakened laws designed to protect whistleblowers, the American Civil Liberties Union today called on Congress to enact stronger protections for whistleblowers, especially those in the national security arena. Legislation that would take steps to correct some shortcomings in whistleblower law - but without critical protections for [...]
U.N. Report Calls for End to Guantánamo Detentions
Posted on February 16, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News, War On Terror | 1 Comment
Back in October the ACLU submitted a 37-page report to the UN claiming U.S. breaches of the political and civil rights covenant.
The report included sections on “Excessive Government Secrecy”; “Racial Profiling of the U.S. Arab, South Asian, and Muslim Communities”; “Criminalization of Political Protest”; “Increased Surveillance Powers”; and “Random Searches.”
Today the UN responds.
United Nations human [...]
New Features
Posted on February 16, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU | 8 Comments
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ACLU Renews Hatred For America
Posted on February 16, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News, War On Terror | 8 Comments
We have two recent press releases from the ACLU.
1. Gut National Security! We all know about the ACLU’s lawsuit against NSA, its FOIA request over it, and its constant urging of Congress for full disclosure of what should be classified information.
The American Civil Liberties Union today urged the House Judiciary Committee to adopt several [...]
Boy Scouts Under Fire - Again
Posted on February 16, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, Boyscouts, News | 9 Comments
I know it’s beating a dead horse for me to continue to make the same argument, but the Boy Scouts have been an honorable organization since their founding.
In 1908, the Boy Scouts were founded in Great Britain by Lord Robert Baden-Powell. It didn’t take long for Scouting to make its way to the United [...]
