Tuesday, Jul 15, 2008 12:16 PM UTC
Key congressional Democrats were aware and tacitly supportive of Bush's illegal interrogation and surveillance programs, a key motive in why they helped prevent accountability.
Friday, Jul 11, 2008 5:30 PM UTC
Some Obama supporters say we should disband our FISA group now that the vote is past. I disagree. If progressives are silent, the campaign will take us for granted.
Friday, Jul 11, 2008 3:16 PM UTC
Amid the net-roots anger over Obama's vote for the FISA bill, some key activists are saying he has never been that progressive.
Thursday, Jul 10, 2008 10:10 PM UTC
Jameel Jaffer, the Director of the ACLU National Security Project, explains why the new FISA law violates the 4th Amendment and is even broader than the President's illegal NSA program
Thursday, Jul 10, 2008 12:50 PM UTC
If Barack Obama's vote for FISA amendments was truly a political "calculation," he needs to check his math.
Thursday, Jul 10, 2008 10:49 AM UTC
The Democrat's FISA sellout is unforgivable, but he's counting on supporters having no place else to go. And McCain's nutty neocon Iran talk helps him make his case.
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Wednesday, Jul 9, 2008 10:59 AM UTC
U.S. officials went to extremes to stifle our legal challenge to Bush's warrantless surveillance -- but a federal judge says the program is criminal, anyway.
Sunday, Jun 22, 2008 10:31 AM UTC
The congressional Democratic leadership explains that sacrificing the Fourth Amendment and the rule of law is necessary to win some more swing seats.
Friday, Jun 20, 2008 8:10 PM UTC
But the presumptive Democratic nominee says he will work in the Senate to strip a retroactive immunity provision.
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Monday, May 19, 2008 11:24 AM UTC
Spying on Americans without warrants, charges based on secret evidence, a small town divided by fear. Welcome to the world of Bush's "specially designated global terrorists."
Friday, May 2, 2008 11:50 AM UTC
Emerging reports suggest that House Democrats are on the verge of reversing their only meaningful success since being handed control of Congress.
Friday, Apr 4, 2008 1:35 PM UTC
Even Mukasey's own defense illustrates that the dishonest exploitation of 9/11 for ever-expanding unchecked government power continues to this day.
