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Reason
December 2001 |
Guarding the Home Front Will civil liberties be a casualty in the War on Terrorism? A panel of experts discuss which civil liberties they think are most at risk in what has been called America's first 21st century war...   |
Searcher
June 2003
Miriam Drake |
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet: Patriot II on the Way This article focuses on the government's data mining, information gathering, database building programs, and Radio Frequency Identification Chips. |
Reason
April 2004
Anderson & Jackson |
Washington's Biggest Crime Problem The federal government's ever-expanding criminal code is an affront to justice and the Constitution. |
Information Today
September 2005
George H. Pike |
PATRIOT Summer: Extending the USA PATRIOT Act While there is no question that some form of the USA PATRIOT Reauthorization Act will pass, now is the time to make your voice heard about which version of the act should pass. |
Reason
June 2004
Jarett Decker |
Criminal Representation U.S. courts may find the ban on "expert advice and assistance" as applied to defense lawyers too much to stomach. |
Information Today
July 14, 2015
George H. Pike |
USA FREEDOM Act: Protector of Civil Liberties or Window Dressing? For the first time since the USA PATRIOT Act was signed into law in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, Congress has scaled back the scope of its provisions. |
Reason
July 2005
Damon W. Root |
Unleash the Judges A principled form of libertarian judicial activism, therefore, is clearly consistent with the basic requirement of a free society: the protection of individual rights against the tyranny of the majority. |
Reason
November 2005
David Weigel |
When Patriots Dissent Government error and bad publicity resulting from use of the PATRIOT Act have reduced the number of Americans who are willing to trade privacy for security. Politicians who vote against measures like PATRIOT will go home to sympathetic voters. |
Reason
November 2003 |
Show Us Your Money The USA PATRIOT Act lets the feds spy on your finances. But does it help catch terrorists? |
Salon.com
September 22, 2001
Damien Cave & Katharine Mieszkowski |
The end of liberty Law enforcement officials are taking advantage of the war on terrorism to get everything they ever wanted, some say... |
PC World
December 2003
Bill Wallace |
The Patriot Act Reconsidered Next round of antiterrorist legislation seeks to balance privacy and security. |
Reason
March 2005 |
The Born-Again Individualist Fox News Channel's Judge Andrew Napolitano on lying cops, out-of-control government, and his bestselling new book, Constitutional Chaos. |
Information Today
January 5, 2016
George H. Pike |
The Year in Congress: Accomplishments in 2015 A review is offered of new laws that affect the library community and the information industry. |
InternetNews
December 11, 2006
Roy Mark |
Pretexting For Phone Records on The Block As one of its final acts in the wee hours of Saturday morning, the U.S. Congress approved legislation criminalizing the practice of pretexting for confidential telephone information. |
Reason
October 2002
Nick Gillespie |
Freedom for Safety: An old trade -- and a useless one The USA PATRIOT Act is a synecdoche for the freedom-for-safety swap. In making the freedom-for-safety swap, we haven't just dishonored the dead of 9/11. We've helped something else die too. |
PC World
November 2004
Tom Spring |
Tech 2004: Where the Candidates Stand We uncover the candidates' views on Internet taxes, privacy, and other tech hot buttons. |
Reason
February 2006
Matt Welch |
The War on Sedition English-speaking American allies crack down on speech in the name of fighting Islamic terrorism. |
BusinessWeek
June 2, 2011
Simone Baribeau |
A Push for Arizona-Style Immigration Laws Stalls Out While 28 states this year have considered legislation toughening immigration enforcement, only three have passed laws. |
Geotimes
May 2006
Steven Quane |
The Rocket Docket: Legislating Science Out of Public Policy Rhetorically, little resistance exists for U.S. policy-makers to use science fairly and justly in creating the laws of the land. Procedurally, however, that is certainly not the case. |
Reason
December 2008
Brian Doherty |
How the Second Amendment Was Restored The inside story of how a gang of libertarian lawyers made constitutional history, declaring by a 5-4 decision that yes, the Second Amendment does secure an individual right to keep and bear arms. |
Fast Company
Sarah Kessler |
Facebook, Twitter Would Be Forced To Report Terrorist Activity Under Proposed Bill Efforts in Washington have put a spotlight on the debate around the role of technology companies in aiding law enforcement's investigation of terrorist activity. |
Reason
June 2007
David Weigel |
Right All Along, Unfortunately At every turn, security hawks have argued their critics are overanxious, paranoid "Chicken Littles." At this point, the chickens are looking awfully prescient. It's the hawks who are in trouble, beset by scandals connected directly to the laws for which they begged. |
Reason
August 2002
Jacob Sullum |
Second Thoughts John Ashcroft's Second Amendment position, even if adopted by the U.S. Supreme Court, is not likely to have practical consequences anytime soon. |
Reason
November 2004
Julian Sanchez |
Selling PATRIOT The Department of Justice released "Report from the Field: The USA PATRIOT Act at Work," to help persuade its critics that the PATRIOT Act is both necessary to fight terrorism and unlikely to undermine American liberties. But a close reading of the report suggests the opposite is true. |
Reason
February 2005 |
Four More Years!?!?! Seven high hopes and seven big fears for Bush's second term. |
InternetNews
March 20, 2008 |
Bush Picks Security Aide With Wiretap Background U.S. President George W. Bush named a Justice Department official with experience in terrorism wiretap programs as his White House homeland security adviser on Wednesday. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2007
Jacob Sullum |
Driving While Armed The ACLU defends gun rights. |
National Defense
May 2006
Stew Magnuson |
Lawmakers Introduce Tunnel Legislation The movement of illegal immigrants or narcotics through a tunnel under a U.S. border is a felony, but there are no laws on the books preventing the excavation itself. |
PC World
October 5, 2001
Frank Thorsberg |
PC World Poll Highlights Privacy Concerns Our online poll shows most readers are concerned about giving the government more power for online surveillance... |
ifeminists
November 18, 2003
Rex Curry |
Government Schools and Unconstitutional Searches As an attorney, I believe that government schools should be unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment ban of unreasonable searches. The recent police-state raid in Goose Creek, South Carolina is another in the growing list of proofs. |
CIO
April 15, 2003
Ben Worthen |
What to Do When Uncle Sam Wants Your Data As the czars of data, CIOs better be prepared when the FBI knocks on their doors. |
PC World
January 2002
Anne Kandra |
National Security vs. Online Privacy The new antiterrorism law steps up electronic surveillance of the Internet... |
AFP eWire
April 19, 2004 |
Bill Would Protect Certain Nonprofits From Terrorist Attacks A new bipartisan bill would create enhanced security measures to help protect nonprofits deemed to be at high risk for terrorist activity. |
Information Today
April 21, 2011
George H. Pike |
House and Senate Propose Online Privacy 'Bill of Rights' Legislation The face of online privacy could change dramatically if legislation recently introduced in Congress becomes law. |
BusinessWeek
November 21, 2005
Richard S. Dunham |
The Patriot Act: Business Balks Businesses are joining critics who seek to curb the Patriot Act's wide-ranging investigative powers. |
InternetNews
January 19, 2007
Roy Mark |
Senate: Write Away, Bloggers Republicans force changes in language calling for greater reporting requirements for grassroots groups and political bloggers. |
Reason
April 2004
Julian Sanchez |
PATRIOT Spawn When a draft of the Domestic Security Enhancement Act, nicknamed PATRIOT II, was leaked last year, public outrage scuppered the proposal, but pieces are emerging elsewhere. |
National Defense
October 2009
Tessa Gellerson |
Law Enforcement Needs Guidance To Root Out Terrorist Plots, Says Report Good old fashioned police work has been far more effective in thwarting terrorist plots than high-tech data mining schemes. |
Information Today
December 26, 2005
George H. Pike |
Congress Extends USA PATRIOT Act by 1 Month The USA PATRIOT which had been set to expire on Dec. 31, 2005, will now expire on Feb. 3, 2006. |
PC World
April 25, 2008
Erik Larkin, PC World |
Should You Trust Your Health Records to Google and Microsoft? Until we have laws guaranteeing the privacy of my digitized health information, I'll pass. |
Salon.com
November 2, 2000
Daniel Ellsberg |
Would Clinton ban release of the Pentagon Papers? The whistle-blower who helped end the Vietnam War discusses the greatest threat ever to free speech and a free press... |
InternetNews
May 21, 2004
Roy Mark |
Democrats Call for Privacy Czar A new bill would mandate federal privacy officer to balance civil liberties with homeland security concerns. |
Reason
October 2002
Jacob Sullum |
The Forever War: How long can an emergency last? The war on terrorism now looks less like World War II, and more like the war on drugs: an intermittently violent campaign against an amorphous enemy that can never be decisively vanquished. That fact has important implications for the debate about how much liberty we should give up. |
Salon.com
June 7, 2000
Camille Paglia |
The gun letters The Million Moms are "cowardettes who don't know the difference between a Glock and a glockenspiel." |
AFP eWire
March 8, 2004 |
Care Act Given New Life as Amendment to Jobs Bill The Charity Aid, Recovery and Empowerment (CARE) Act has been offered as an amendment to the Manufacturing Jobs Creation Act, giving the charitable incentives bill new life and an opportunity for approval in Congress. |
Reason
July 2006
David Weigel |
Treason of the Clerk Accused of sedition, a V.A. nurse beats the rap. |
Reason
December 2001
Cathy Young |
Liberty's Paradoxes Must we surrender freedoms in order to remain free? |
National Defense
March 2009
Magnuson & Rusling |
Noted Police Chief Slams Federal-Local Partnerships The man who led the local police response to the 9/11 attacks on the Pentagon hopes the new administration does a better job of coordinating counterterrorism efforts with local law enforcement. |
Information Today
September 2003
Dick Kaser |
Sound Off for the Freedom to Read It's a sad day when the U.S. Congress needs to consider a bill called the Freedom to Read Protection Act. Introduced last March, this bill would exempt libraries and bookstores from some of the more onerous provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act. |
CRM
June 2015
Marshall Lager |
My Fellow Citizens...Er, Customers Mixing politics and CRM |
