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As reported by Reuter’s [via this ABCnews.com link], Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has a blog on this website, which English speaking users may read by clicking the second icon located under the photo of the president, located on the far right hand side of the home page. See also this related AP article, Iranian censors …
Press release: “In the 149-page report, “Race to the Bottom: Corporate Complicity in Chinese Internet Censorship, Human Rights Watch documents how extensive corporate and private sector cooperation including by some of the world’s major Internet companies enables…China’s system of Internet censorship and surveillance.” Race to the Bottom: Corporate Complicity in Chinese Internet Censorship …
Press release: “The American Civil Liberties Union and the New York Civil Liberties Union announced today that they have returned to court to challenge the constitutionality of the reauthorized Patriot Act’s National Security Letter (NSL) provision. The provision permits the FBI to prohibit anyone who receives an NSL from disclosing that the FBI has sought …
Transportation Security Administration’s Office of Intelligence: Responses to Posthearing Questions Regarding Secure Flight, Full text GAO-06-1051R, August 4, 2006. “This letter responds to Congress’s request for additional information related to Congress’s June 14, 2006, hearing on the progress and challenges of the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Office of Intelligence. As discussed in the statement at …
Following up on the controversy of the FBI case involving demands for Connecticut library patron records, last night AP reported that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ordered the release of all records related to the FBI NSL gag order and Connecticut librarians.
Prepared Statement of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales before the Senate Committee on Armed Services concerning Legislation in Response to Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Washington, D.C., August 2, 2006. “We believe that Congress should enact a new Code of Military Commissions, modeled on the court-martial procedures of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, or “UCMJ,” but …
From Human Rights Watch: Genocide, War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity – A Topical Digest of the Case Law of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Related Material “This unique 861-page book organizes the decisions of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia by topic, including genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, …
The Constitution in Crisis: With 26 Laws Implicated by Administration Misconduct, It’s Long Past Time for Real Checks and Balances, by Rep. John Conyers, Jr., August 1, 2006 (26 pages, PDF)
H.R.5319 – To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require recipients of universal service support for schools and libraries to protect minors from commercial social networking websites and chat rooms. CDT: “The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would force schools and libraries to block chat and social networking sites as a …
July 27, 2006: President Bush Signs Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 July 27, 2006 – Fact Sheet: Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006
Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing today: FISA for the 21st Century. Link to witness statements. AP: President Pushes To Revise Wiretap Law AP: Specter proposes challenge of Bush’s power on laws EFF: The White House/Specter Surveillance Bill S. 2453 – A bill to establish procedures for the review of electronic surveillance programs. ACLU press …
Press release: “In a letter to Attorney General Gonzales today [text of which is included in this release], Congressman Jerrold Nadler renewed his call for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate President Bush’s warrantless wiretapping program.When Congressman Nadler first called for a special counsel in December of last year, the Administration responded by …
