Category: 7. Obsession with National Security
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Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez: Habeas Corpus Not in Constitution
Don’t read this if you’re eating: Responding to questions from Sen. Arlen Specter at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Jan. 18, Gonzales argued that the Constitution doesn’t explicitly bestow habeas corpus rights; it merely says when the so-called Great Writ can be suspended. “There is no expressed grant of habeas in the Constitution; there’s […]
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Tell Your House Rep: ‘Pull Funding for the War'
Got 2 minutes? Go to house.gov and find your house rep. Call them and say: I support pulling funding for the war in Iraq. Hang up. Everyone will be scared of the sacred ‘You don’t support the troops.’ or even better ‘Why do you hate the troops?’ or even better ‘Why do you hate America?’ […]
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UK Passengers Flying to US Have Credit Card and Email Accounts Inspected
(via Slashdot.org) Britons flying to America could have their credit card and email accounts inspected by the United States authorities following a deal struck by Brussels and Washington. By using a credit card to book a flight, passengers face having other transactions on the card inspected by the American authorities. Providing an email address to […]