Kids Jailed for Kickbacks from Private Detention Facilities

Pennsylvania rocked by ‘jailing kids for cash’ scandal – CNN.com:
“‘What do these kids see of the legal system and of authority figures?’ Amy Swartley asked. ‘These kids see people who abuse their power. Now, we have a whole county and generation of children who have lost trust in the system.’”
Privatizing detention facilities is a growing [...]

Joe Arpaio, "Toughest Sheriff in America"

Finally! The Law Goes After Joe Arpaio, The Most Abusive Sheriff In America | Immigration | AlterNet: “House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), and Immigration Subcommittee Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Constitution Subcommittee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), and Crime Subcommittee Chairman Bobby Scott (D-Va.) called on Attorney General Eric Holder and Homeland Security Secretary [...]

Bush’s Secret Counterterrorism Law Book—and the Demands to Release It – ProPublica

Bush’s Secret Counterterrorism Law Book—and the Demands to Release It – ProPublica: “Bush’s Secret Counterterrorism Law Book—and the Demands to Release Itby Chisun Lee, ProPublica – January 28, 2009 6:10 am EST”

Obsidian Wings: There Are No Files, Part 2

Obsidian Wings: There Are No Files, Part 2: “There Are No Files, Part 2, by hilzoy”

… LTC Darrel Vandeveld, is a member of the Reserve JAG Corps who has served in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was the lead prosecutor against a detainee, Mohammed Jawad, until he resigned last September. After spending over a year on [...]

GTMO: There Are No Files

Obsidian Wings: There Are No Files: “There Are No Files”
Several former Bush administration officials agreed that the files are incomplete and that no single government entity was charged with pulling together all the facts and the range of options for each prisoner. They said that the CIA and other intelligence agencies were reluctant to share [...]

DailyTech – Whistleblower Says NSA Monitors Everybody, Targets Reporters and Dissidents

DailyTech – Whistleblower Says NSA Monitors Everybody, Targets Reporters and Dissidents

BBC NEWS | Americas | Obama plea stops Guantanamo trial

BBC NEWS | Americas | Obama plea stops Guantanamo trial: “Just hours after taking the oath of office on the steps of the US Capitol, he moved to halt the controversial process of military tribunals.…
The delay would ‘permit the newly inaugurated president and his administration time to review the military commission process’, the document said.
The [...]

ARE YOU LIVING IN THE CONSTITUTION FREE ZONE?

American Civil Liberties Union : Surveillance Society Clock
See ACLU’s map of the Constitution-Free Zone of the United States.
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ARE YOU LIVING IN THE CONSTITUTION FREE ZONE?

American Civil Liberties Union : Surveillance Society Clock
See ACLU’s map of the Constitution-Free Zone of the United States.
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