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Obama and The State Secrets Smackdown

Ari Melber | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cap, Aclu, Obama, Center for American Progress, Eff, State Secrets, 100 Days, Obama 100 Days, Politics News
Ari Melber

Barack Obama has drawn praise for transparency reforms during his first 100 days in office, but his use of the "state secrets" privilege to squash lawsuits on torture and surveillance is drawing mounting opposition.

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Is Independent Thought Extinct in America?

Leslie Weise | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Constitutional Rights, First Amendment, Social Security Privatization, Alex Young, Aclu, Leslie Weise, Denver Three, Politics News
Leslie Weise

Being forcibly removed for the mere possibility of having a difference of opinion was, to say the least, frightening and disturbing

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What if Instead of the Nuremberg Trials There Was Only a Truth Commission?

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: David Corn, Aclu, John Conyers, MoveOn.Org, Patrick Leahy, Jerrold Nadler, Jameel Jaffer, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Special Prosecutor, Lawrence Wilkerson, Center for Constitutional Rights, Barack Obama Torture, Michael Ratner, David-Swanson, Harry Reid, Scott Horton, ACLU Torture, David Broder, Torture Memos, Politics News
Jeremy Scahill

As some liberals make the case against a Special Prosecutor, the lawyers who fought for the release of the torture memos push back and explain why prosecutions are the only response.

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Sam Stein

Kerry: Detainee Photos Could Be Terrorist Propaganda, But Truth Is Important

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, John Kerry, Terrorist Propoganda, Detention Photos, Kerry Detainee Photos, Propoganda Tool, Department of Defense Photos, Foia Aclu Detainees, Kerry Worried, Politics News

Senate foreign relations committee chairman John Kerry said on Friday that he was concerned the release of photos depicting the abusive treatment of d...

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Sam Stein

Hayden: We'll Have To Clear Interrogation Practices With ACLU, New York Times (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Michael Hayden, Hayden Cia, Interrogation Practices, New York Times, Inhumane Treatment, Hayden Interrogation, Politics News

Former CIA Director Michael Hayden lashed out at the Obama administration on Sunday for releasing memos on interrogation techniques used on detainees,...

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American Violet: A Powerful Movie about Race and the Drug War

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Review, Frontline, Movie, Drugs, War on Drugs, Michael O'Keefe, Racial, Prejudice, Injustice, Drug, Boyd, Systemic Racism, Tim Blake Nelson, Institutionalized Racism, American Civil Liberties Union, Erin Brockovich, District Attorney, Racism, Drug War, Confidential Informant, Justice System, Nicole Beharie, Regina Kelly, Graham Boyd, Texas, Film, American Violet, John Paschall, Chris Weigant, Sydney Poitier, Aclu, Mississippi Burning, Plea Bargain, Xzibit, Beharie, Kelly, Hearne, Paschall, Da, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Without spoiling the ending, American Violet is an excellent movie, and tells the story in a moving and heart-wrenching fashion.

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Will Obama Block Release of Key Bush-era Torture Memos?

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, White House, Bradbury Memos, George W. Bush, President Obama, Obama State Secrets, State Secrets, John Brennan, CIA Torture, Steven Bradbury, Eric Holder, Office of Legal Counsel, Obama White House, Jay Bybee, Bagram, Eric Holder Attorney General, Glenn Greenwald, Financial Crisis, ACLU Torture, Leon Panetta, C.I.A., Leon Panetta CIA, Extraordinary Rendition, Politics News
Jeremy Scahill

As has been pointed out by journalists, human rights lawyers and critics, President Obama has continued -- and continues to defend -- some of the Bush administration's most repressive "War on Terror" policies.

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The Legal Importance of the Iowa Marriage Decision

Matt Coles | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Iowa, California Gay Marriage, Gay, Gay Issues, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Matt Coles

It took guts for the Iowa court to say what virtually no other government official has been willing to admit: that religion has driven much of the debate on gay marriage.

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Rewind: Looking Back in Harsh Economic Times

Stephanie Gertler | Posted 05.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Depression, David Foster Wallace, Legal Aid, Peace Train, Economy, Seven Ages of Rock, Hippies, Bob Dylan, Reaganomics, Recession, Peace Corps, Unemployment, Woodstock, Joni Mitchell, Kahlil Gibran, Aclu, Jetblue, Kahlil Gibran the Prophet, Living News
Stephanie Gertler

What did my generation do? I see all this anger and sorrow in the neighborhood. I can't help but stare.

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US Immigration Law Used To Censor Foreign Scholars: ACLU

Inter Press Service | William Fisher | Posted 04.24.2009 | World

Read More: Aclu, Obama Justice Department, President Obama, Eric Holder, Obama Administration, Immigration, Justice Department, Immigration Law, American Civil Liberties Union, Barack Obama, Foreign Scholars, Inter Press Service, Censorship, Hillary Clinton, Tariq Ramadan, World News

A leading legal rights group charged Tuesday that the Barack Obama Justice Department is using immigration law to censor debate by selectively barri...

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Religious Groups Assume The Victims' Role

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal, Religion, Adult ADHD, Adhd, Add, New York State, Bernard Madoff, Aclu, Sexual Abuse, Republican Party, Republicans, Sephardic, Hasidic, Politics News
Michael B. Laskoff

A bill is pending in the New York State Legislature to temporarily lift the statute of limitations on lawsuits alleging sexual abuse of children.

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The Ugly Side of Progressive Politics

Justin Callaway | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Dnc, Minimum Wage, Bonus, Grassroots Campaigns, Employment, Dccc, Progressive Politics, Save the Children, Ugly, Fund-Raising, Save the Adults, Liberal, Democrats, Politics, Politics News
Justin Callaway

I used to joke helplessly that I'd be better off working for less in a menial retail job with good benefits once you weigh my hourly rate with the high out-of-pocket cost of my lack of benefits.

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CIA Tapes Mystery Will Have a Very Long Run

Jeff Stein | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics

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Jeff Stein

Don't expect the CIA to turn over the family jewels on its interrogation videotapes to the American Civil Liberties Union, just because it lost a legal round this week.

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Fidelity for Gay Marriage? Ask Ken Starr and Bill Clinton

Rick Jacobs | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Unite Here, Regina Spektor, California Gay Marriage, Bill Clinton, Cleve Jones, Courage Campaign, Ken Starr, Aclu, Prop. 8, Lambda Legal, California, Politics News
Rick Jacobs

Is Prop 8, which passed by a slim majority in November, an amendment to the constitution or is it a revision?

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DOD Gitmo Statements At Odds With Obama Administration

Plum Line | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Dod, Bush Defense Department, Obama Guantanamo, Obama Administration, Obama Gitmo, Bush Torture, Bush Burrowing, Obama Torture, Defense Department, Politics News

Here's a key question: Will the existence of Bush-era holdovers in the Defense Department impede the Obama administration's vow to make a clean break ...

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Obama's State Secrets Slipup Means We Need to Be Louder

Leah Anthony Libresco | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Barack Obama, Extraordinary Rendition, Torture, State Secrets, Guantanamo, Obama Administration, Politics News
Leah Anthony Libresco

No politician is good enough to be trusted to act justly without constant lobbying and pressure from activists nationwide.

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Reconciling Senator Leahy's Independent Commission Proposal

Caroline Fredrickson | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Church Committee, Aclu, Patrick Leahy, Bush Administration, Obama Administration, Bush Torture, Torture, Politics News
Caroline Fredrickson

The idea of truth in government may seem naïve -- especially after President Bush's legacy of secrecy -- but it's an idea we should never lose sight of and should never stop striving for.

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Obama May Release Torture Documents Exposing Bush Administration Lawbreaking

Washington Independent | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Foia, Obama Justice Department, Obama FOIA, Bush Justice Department, Freedom of Information Act, ACLU Torture Pull, White House Documents, Justice Department, Aclu v. Department of Justice, White House Memos, John Ashcroft, ACLU Torture, FOIA Requests, Politics News

This week, the Obama administration will face its second significant courtroom test of the president's pledges to end unwarranted secrecy about the wo...

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Strange Bedfellows at Guantánamo

Jamil Dakwar | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, War on Terror, Terrorism, Army Field Manual, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, CIA Torture, Obama Gitmo, Criminal Justice, Black Sites, War on Terrorism, Gitmo, Barack Obama, Bagram, Cia, Criminal Justice System, Obama Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Gitmo Detainees, Torture, Politics News
Jamil Dakwar

I've been observing the military commissions since 2004, and Guantánamo never felt more surreal or otherworldly than it did in what we hope were its ...

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Obama Hires Another Lawyer Who Battled Bush's Secrecy

The Plum Line | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Office of Legal Counsel, George Bush, National Security Affairs, Bush Administration, Patrick Leahy, Martin Lederman, Senator Patrick Leahy, George W. Bush, David Barron, National Security Council, Dawn Johnsen, Mary De Rosa, Politics News

To my mind, one of the more interesting storylines unfolding right now is President Obama's ongoing appointment to the Office of Legal Counsel of lawy...

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ACLU To Obama: Release Secret Bush Memos

Raw Story | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Aclu, Bush Administration, Bush, Us Department of Justice, George W. Bush, President Obama Administration, White House Memos, Obama Administration, Department of Justice, Justice Department, Barack Obama Administration, Politics News

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is calling on the Justice Department to release Bush administration documentation pertaining to torture, sur...

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Ding-Dong, COPA is Dead!

Theresa Darklady Reed | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Supreme Court, Pornography Websites, Internet Censorship, Copa, Politics News
Theresa Darklady Reed

After struggling to thrive for 13 agonizing years, the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) was allowed to die quietly today. As expected, the nation's conservatives see this as a betrayal.

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Ryan Grim

ACLU Lays Off A Tenth Of Workforce

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Aclu Firings, American Civil Liberties Union, Aclu Staff Loss, Madoff, Bernard Madoff, Bernie Madoff, Aclu Layoffs, Politics News

The American Civil Liberties Union, impacted by the unfolding economic crisis, laid off ten percent of its national workforce this week. Thirty-six st...

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Bush, Our Ex-Boyfriend

Cristina Page | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Birth Control, Family Planning, Midnight Regulations, Conscience Objector, Leavitt, Contraception, Anti-Choice, Religious Objection, Hhs, Nfprha, Planned Parenthood, Aclu, Pro-Choice, Bush, George Bush, Politics News
Cristina Page

Bush is the ex-boyfriend we've finally gotten out of our life only to discover he left an unpleasant souvenir, like an STD. A particularly nasty strain too, in the form of new HHS regulations.

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What Was the ACLU's Anthony Romero So Excited About on the Colbert Report?

ZP Heller | Posted 02.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Guantanamo Bay, Aclu, Military Commissions, Stephen Colbert, Anthony Romero, Colbert Report, Gitmo, Torture, The Colbert Report, Media News
ZP Heller

Less than a week after Obama was elected, the ACLU launched its grassroots drive to Close Guantanamo and End Military Commissions, urging him to make good on his campaign promise.

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