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Several of the most controversial and draconian provisions of the Patriot Act and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) will expire December 31 unless renewed...
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Justice For All? The Patriot Act, Rape Victims and America's Youth Re-Assert Themselves
Jon Pincus joins us to talk essential, nuts-and-bolts issues: Will Congress reauthorize certain parts of the Patriot Act? We also talk Roman Polanski's arrest and the immediate "rape apology" by half of Hollywood.
Investigate Top Officials, not Just CIA Interrogators
The Obama administration has been nervous about prosecuting Bush officials, lest it be accused of conducting a partisan witch hunt. But Obama has a legal obligation to uphold the law.
Bye Bye Public Option
Republicans are still telling lies, only now the lies and misrepresentation are about health reform. And their lies are being believed once again.
Why We're Challenging the FAA
Programs that allow governments to spy on their own citizens are often directed against writers and intellectuals and pose a serious threat to the intellectual and creative freedoms of all citizens.
Bush's Secret Spy Programs
by Faiz Shakir, Amanda Terkel, Matt Corley, Benjamin Armbruster, Ian Millhiser and Nate Carlile To receive The Progress Report in your email inbox e...
How Do You Say "Overcollection" in Farsi?
One of the surest clues to the abuse of power is when state officials start inventing new words to describe their own actions.
Secrecy Sacrificing National Security
Our nation's most notorious criminals violate our most fundamental laws and remain not only free, but actively engaged in influencing our national security policies.
Jane Harman Weighs In on Israel's Hold Over Congress
Economists have a concept they call "revealed preferences." The basic idea is that it's one thing to ask someone how much they value something. It's a...
Friday Talking Points [74] -- Pirates And Torture
Pirates are in the news these days. So is torture. What a strange set of sentences that is to begin an article about the twenty-first century world w...
Sharing Tea Bags with Right Wing Extremists
Whether intentional or not, the talkers and bloggers who appear to be driving the post-Bush crazy train have opened up the conservative tent to some pretty unsavory and dangerous characters.
Another Unitary in the White House?
In light of Mr. Bush's hyperactive executive branch, it is not unthinkable to consider whether our new president will follow suit.
CIA: The Panetta Pick and the Feinstein Factor
Feinstein's call for the appointment of a CIA director who can be linked to the practices Obama has made clear must end demonstrates how out of touch she is on intelligence.
Ask Obama For a Torture Special Prosecutor
The Obama transition team is taking questions again at Change.gov -- while the press has fixated on the Blagojevich scandal, the allegations of torture by officials in the current administration receive scant attention.
Way to Go, Obama!
What a delightful change after a regime of secrecy, classified documents, and withholding information not just from citizens, but the press. What a breath of fresh air!
A Former FBI Agent Joins the ACLU -- and Finds Symmetry in Opposition
Mike German was a once-politically conservative crack undercover agent who has found a new home at the ACLU, where he uses his insider knowledge to hold his former employer's feet to the fire.
How Will Obama Enrage The Left?
Obama is going to do something to absolutely enrage leftists, progressives, and the few remaining Americans who actually call themselves liberals; and, furthermore, he's going to do it within his first 100 days in office.
Why the Conservatives Won't Crack-up, But the Left Probably Will
The conservative Counter-Establishment is the most cast-iron entanglement of alliances and dependencies known in modern American history.
AT&T Promises Not To Spy on You... Sort of
DPI allows companies like AT&T, Verizon and Time Warner to pry open user's trunks, erect new tolls and sell off or bar privileged access based on what they find inside.
Friday Talking Points [51] -- Some Positivity
While we're all waiting for someone to leak the Palin Troopergate Report (which is reminiscent of waiting for "Fitzmas" during the whole Scooter Libby...
We Told You So: Government Spying Has Been Targeting Innocent Citizens, not Terrorists
The Bush administration told us that the government had to engage in warrantless surveillance to stop terrorists from attacking America. Administrati...
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