Showing posts with label civil liberties. Show all posts
Showing posts with label civil liberties. Show all posts
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Why Is the Government Collecting Your Biometric Data?
Why Is the Government Collecting Your Biometric Data? | Civil Liberties | AlterNet
EFF's Jennifer Lynch discusses the expansion of biometric data collection, the growth of databases and the impact on increased surveillance.
EFF's Jennifer Lynch discusses the expansion of biometric data collection, the growth of databases and the impact on increased surveillance.
Monday, July 9, 2012
All the President’s Privileges - NYTimes.com
All the President’s Privileges - NYTimes.com
Obama campaigned as a consistent critic of the Bush administration’s understanding of executive power — and a critic with a background in constitutional law, no less. But apart from his disavowal of waterboarding (an interrogation practice the Bush White House had already abandoned), almost the entire Bush-era wartime architecture has endured: rendition is still with us, the Guantánamo detention center is still open, drone strikes have escalated dramatically, and the Obama White House has claimed the right — and, in the case of Anwar al-Awlaki, followed through on it — to assassinate American citizens without trial.
Obama campaigned as a consistent critic of the Bush administration’s understanding of executive power — and a critic with a background in constitutional law, no less. But apart from his disavowal of waterboarding (an interrogation practice the Bush White House had already abandoned), almost the entire Bush-era wartime architecture has endured: rendition is still with us, the Guantánamo detention center is still open, drone strikes have escalated dramatically, and the Obama White House has claimed the right — and, in the case of Anwar al-Awlaki, followed through on it — to assassinate American citizens without trial.
The Lethal Presidency of Barack Obama, by Tom Junod - Esquire
The Lethal Presidency of Barack Obama, by Tom Junod - Esquire
Sure, we as a nation have always killed people. A lot of people. But no president has ever waged war by killing enemies one by one, targeting them individually for execution, wherever they are. The Obama administration has taken pains to tell us, over and over again, that they are careful, scrupulous of our laws, and determined to avoid the loss of collateral, innocent lives. They're careful because when it comes to waging war on individuals, the distinction between war and murder becomes a fine one. Especially when, on occasion, the individuals we target are Americans and when, in one instance, the collateral damage was an American boy.
Sure, we as a nation have always killed people. A lot of people. But no president has ever waged war by killing enemies one by one, targeting them individually for execution, wherever they are. The Obama administration has taken pains to tell us, over and over again, that they are careful, scrupulous of our laws, and determined to avoid the loss of collateral, innocent lives. They're careful because when it comes to waging war on individuals, the distinction between war and murder becomes a fine one. Especially when, on occasion, the individuals we target are Americans and when, in one instance, the collateral damage was an American boy.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Is It the Beginning of the End for the War on Pot? | Drugs | AlterNet
Is It the Beginning of the End for the War on Pot? | Drugs | AlterNet
Now that the majority of Americans have voiced the sensible position on this issue, we can hold out some hope for the end of the hypocritical and immoral war on pot.
Now that the majority of Americans have voiced the sensible position on this issue, we can hold out some hope for the end of the hypocritical and immoral war on pot.
Monday, May 28, 2012
'They Think We Are Animals': How America's Police State Controls Black People | Civil Liberties | AlterNet
'They Think We Are Animals': How America's Police State Controls Black People | Civil Liberties | AlterNet
Once the smoking guns cool and the body is buried, mainstream media repeat the same words, “accident” or “tragic.” But we, who are black or Latino or politicized, hear the slurs and threats shouted in the background.
Once the smoking guns cool and the body is buried, mainstream media repeat the same words, “accident” or “tragic.” But we, who are black or Latino or politicized, hear the slurs and threats shouted in the background.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Monday, March 26, 2012
Totalitarian Systems Always Begin by Rewriting the Law
Totalitarian Systems Always Begin by Rewriting the Law
Totalitarian systems always begin by rewriting the law. They make legal what was once illegal. Crimes become patriotic acts. The defense of freedom and truth becomes a crime. Foreign and domestic subjugation merges into the same brutal mechanism. Citizens are colonized. And it is always done in the name of national security.
Totalitarian systems always begin by rewriting the law. They make legal what was once illegal. Crimes become patriotic acts. The defense of freedom and truth becomes a crime. Foreign and domestic subjugation merges into the same brutal mechanism. Citizens are colonized. And it is always done in the name of national security.
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