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"The people are the ultimate guardians of their own liberties. In every government on earth is some trace of human weakness, some germ of corruption and degeneracy. Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone." -Thomas Jefferson "The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home." -James Madison "In time of war the laws are silent." --Marcus Tullius Cicero |
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TAKE ACTION
Read the Civil
Liberties Restoration Act. (Status:
Not yet
introduced--- Berman & Delahunt)
Stop Indefinite Detentions:
Action.
Amnesty International---Action.
Take Action! Urge your Members of Congress to
protect our core civil liberties.
Click here for more information and to send a free fax to your Members
of Congress
Torture on Diego Garcia? Looks like policy. 26 June 04 Seymour Hersh on Iraqi Prisoner Abuse:
Torture at Abu Ghraib, The New Yorker 10 May 04
Chain of Command, The New Yorker 17 May 04
The Gray Zone, The New Yorker 24 May 04 Repeal of sunset provisions introduced
by 10 Republican Senators
21 May 04 One year
anniversary since Atty. General Ashcroft appeared before the Senate Judiciary
Committee---Statement
by Senator Leahy 4/8/04 Stealth Signing by President---parts of
Patriot II into law---
here (TruthOut 24 Dec 03) The Intelligence Information Act for
the Fiscal Year 2004 passed in Congress 11/21/03: it has provisions that
continue civil liberties erosion.
The Act.
The commentary. Latest Bill of Rights Newsletter
here. Demonstration: Ashcroft in Louisville
Protest Rally & Public I: Assault on Liberty Continues,
17 Sept 03 National Lawyers' Guild President-elect Michael
Avery speaks in Boston against John Ashcroft (Text
of speech), 8 September 03 Privacy and Protection: a look at the Patriot Act:
CNN,
Sunday, September 7 at 6pm ET. Justice Department Road Show, ACLU
19 Aug 03 Patriot Act II emerges as "Victory Act":
21
Aug 03;
Alleged text of same. Report on USA Patriot Act Alleges Civil Rights
Violations,
NYT, 7/21/03
Amnesty
International Report on US Civil Rights: Undermining International
Standards, 19 Aug 03.
WEB RESOURCES
US
Constitution; Bill of Rights
USA Patriot Act: Full text of the `Uniting and Strengthening
America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct
Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001.'
History of the Act in Congress. TruthOut
summary of changes to civil rights. The Justice Department's
USA PATRIOT Act
defending website:" Preserving Life & Liberty."
Patriot II: Full text of the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of
2003;
ACLU analysis.
Government officials
contact list.
National Lawyers
Guild--Louisville Chapter
ACLU---Keep
America Safe and Free: ACLU's campaign to protect the Constitiution.
Updates on civil rights issues. "How 'Patriot
Act 2' could further erode the basic checks on government...."
ACLU of Kentucky Alternet Rights & Liberties
BLOG
American-Arab Antidiscrimination Committee;
educational project---Objective and fair portrayal of Arab history and
culture;
anti-discrimination
advisory;
Kentucky chapter.
Amnesty International---Human rights issues re: USA; on the Patriot
Act and proposed legislation to amend;
Otter amendment passes, Senate next. American
Library Association Office of Intellectual Freedom:
USA PATRIOT Act
Bill of Rights Defense
Committee; their list of good
links.
Center for Budget & Policy Priorities---Immigrant
Benefits News
Center for Constitutional Rights--A Summary of
Recent Court Rulings on Terrorism-Related Matters Having Civil Liberties
Implications by Nancy Chang and Alan Kabat
Center for Public Integrity's
Patriot Act II Coverage.
Civil Liberties Watch---Elaine Cassel
Cities that have a
Civil
Liberties Save Zone Resolution; progress at
State level;
Common dreams article,
Democracy Now! Amy Goodman interviews
Bernie Sanders re: Patriot Act roll-back, July 27, 2003.
Department Of Justice
Responses to
House Judiciary Oversight Questions, May 13, 2003 (publicly released
May 20, 2003).
EPIC (Electronic Privacy Information Center) archive of Patriot Act
materials.
First
Monday: Alliance for Justice list of internet resources. Flashpoints U.S.A. with Bryant
Gumbel and Gwen Ifill.
The Sacrifices of Security. Taped reports and interviews with
experts and citizens explore the costs of homeland security; the freedom
versus security debate; and the ramifications of the U.S. Patriot Act in the
areas of civil liberties, civil rights, due process, America's traditional
embrace of immigrants and newcomers, and everyday convenience. Human Rights Watch: UN Briefing
Paper on US
3/25/03
Moyer's
NOW transcript of Patriot II show; interview with Charles Lewis;
Civil Liberties Timeline.
National Bill
of Rights Defense Committee;
their
downloadable flyer
National
Lawyers Guild;
National Immigration Project.
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press:
White
Paper: "How the War on Terrorism Affect the People's Right to Know."
Specifically on the
Patriot Act.
OMB
watch: Office of Management and Budget Watch;
OMBWatch take on Patriot 2
Progressive's McCarthyism
Watch.
Refugee
Rights--National
Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Rights
of Citizens being detained or questioned.
Slate's Guide to the USA PATRIOT Act:
part 1,
part 2,
part 3,
part 4
SEVIS--Student
and Exchange Visitor Information System; RefuseandResist (Hawa'ii)
Stop SEVIS Campaign
The way they did it: how others organized to educate,
to involve and to pass a community resolution---Bill of Rights Defense
Committee's Tips
& Tools,
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Guantanamo: Camp Delta Detentions
"There are international standards that civilized regimes adhere to and then there are regimes like Saddam Hussein['s]..." Donald Rumsfeld, US Secretary of Defense, 3/23/03 NEWS
Alternet: Elaine Cassel, "The Disgrace that is
Guatanamo."
10/15/03
Center for Constitutional Rights:
2 Sept 03---CCR Asks Supreme Court to Review Detentions of Guantanamo
Detainees
NYT editorial:
8/22/03: Injustice at Guantanamo (log-in required)
Brits again to stand trial, Guardian,
7/22/03; Brits seek fair trials for their detainees, Scotsman,
7/22/03
Bush aids Blair by halting trial of Brits,
7/19/03
Planned military trial of Brits considered breach of
Geneva Convention, Guardian,
7/8/03; truthout.org,
7/5/03
"Isolated, strictly supervised and deprived of rights:
how Camp Delta treats inmates," Guardian,
7/5/03
"Military Trials for Britons" Guardian, 7/4/03
"Why Care about Guantanamo?" CBS News,
7/3/03
"Permanent Facility, Death Chamber" BBC,
6/10/03, Atlanta Constitution,
6/11/03
Center for Constitutional Rights:
2003--“Enemy Combatants”: A Case of the Rule of Men, Not Law by Steven
Macpherson Watt
"Children Held at Camp Delta," The World transcript
4/22/03
"Escape from Camp Delta, an interview," Free Expression,
1/2003
Center for Constitutional Rights,
1/14/2003: The War on Terrorism: The
Guantanamo Prisoners, Military Commissions & Torture
"Hypocrisy at Camp Delta," CounterPunch,
11/2002
Camp X-RAY (closed 4/29/02)
Inside Camp X-Ray,
BBC 2002; pictures,
1/2002
INTERNATIONAL EVALUATION
Amnesty International,
5/29/03,
1/2002,
8/19/03
Human Rights Watch:
UN Commission on Human Rights, Press Briefing
7/07/03
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98/107---John
Haddock (Paper maché installation of Senators who voted for the Patriot
Act)
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