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The American Association of University Professors recently published a report, Academic Freedom and National Security in a Time of Crisis: “The report focuses first on the USA Patriot Act, especially on provisions of this hastily enacted law that gravely threaten academic freedom. The report addresses broad areas of concern, such as the ominous mingling of …
The 9-11 Commission held a public hearing today on the topic Security and Liberty, that included witness testimony on “domestic intelligence collection, protecting privacy while preventing terrorism, and the use of immigration laws to prevent terrorism.” Prepared statement of EPIC Executive Director Marc Rotenberg. Links to additional testimony will be added as available.
In response to a FOIA request for documents on the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) no-fly lists or “watch lists,” the ACLU obtained 94 pages of documents from the FBI that are posted here. The documents are heavily redacted. The ACLU press release is here.
From the press release: “The Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the Information Age today released its second report, concluding that the U.S. government has not yet taken advantage of America’s technology expertise to fight the war on terrorism. In its report, the Task Force catalogs current gaps in the nation’s system for …
The Internet and the right to communicate: “This paper examines the development of a right to communicate and how it can be defined and implemented.”
From FAS, this link to CRS reports for Congress on First Amendment topics, from the First Amendment Center. The 16 reports were published in 2003, and address topics that include Internet privacy, freedom of press and speech, and regulation of the telemarketing industry.
As a follow-up to my posting on October 29, LC Grants Limited Digital Copyright Exemptions, Attorney James S. Tyre of the Censorware Project posted this entry on his blog, Censorware Exemption to DMCA Anti-circumvention Provisions In Effect For Another Three Years, that includes the full text of the Register’s recommendation in support of the censorware …
A Legal Group Formed to Defend Civil Liberties on the Web Gears Up to Fight the USA Patriot Act: This article profiles the attorneys who for over a decade have been on the frontlines of defending civil liberties in cyberspace. David Sobel and Marc Rotenberg are co-founders of EPIC, whose efforts focus on free speech, …
From Page One of today’s WSJ, an article titled, Patriot Act Riles An Unlikely Group: Nation’s Librarians– [subtitled] Fears About Terrorism Clash With Principles of Privacy As Online Searches Surge: “The Patriot Act has generated protests from the left and the right since it passed, almost unanimously, six weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. …
The House version of the Security and Freedom Ensured Act of 2003 (SAFE) Act, introduced October 21, H.R. 3352, mirrors the companion Senate version (S. 1709, introduced October 2), but it modifies the definition of domestic terrorism to “involve acts dangerous to human life,” thereby excluding political protests.
The First Amendment Center has released their current State of the First Amendment survey (44 pages, pdf), released every year since 1997. “In 2003, Americans support for their First Amendment freedoms shaken by the events of Sept. 11, 2001 appears to be returning to pre-9/11 levels.”
“International civil liberties group IP Justice published a report today entitled “FTAA: A Threat to Freedom and Free Trade,” that analyzes key sections of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Treaty. The FTAA Treaty will govern the lives of 800 million Americans in the Western Hemisphere in 2005. Similar to the North American …
