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Paul B
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British cops arrest people just to add them to the DNA database, claims inquiry
Britain's cops have the largest DNA database in the world, and it's full of innocent people who were arrested but not charged, or charged but not convicted (the EU's Court of Human Rights have ordered this practice to stop, but the cops refuse to...
 
Adam Turetzky
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British cops arrest people just to add them to the DNA database, claims inquiry
Britain's cops have the largest DNA database in the world, and it's full of innocent people who were arrested but not charged, or charged but not convicted (the EU's Court of Human Rights have ordered this practice to stop, but the cops refuse to...
 
vbsurfer812
vbsurfer812 posted a blog entry
"Ex-Lesbian" Losing Custody to Non-birth Parent
The long and bizarre saga of the Janet Jenkins-Lisa Miller custody battle took a new, ground breaking turn as a Vermont court...
 
maddiegrant
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The death of the URL
PreludeYou take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes. Remember — all I am offering is the truth,...
 
nycmagazine
nycmagazine posted a blog entry
NYPD Won’t Stop Stop-and-Frisk Program
When Michael Bloomberg campaigned for re-election, one of his biggest claims was his work to lower crime in the city. While...
1 day ago NYC Magazine | Topics: Crime, Politics, Civil..., Drug War
 
Logical Extremes
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Olympic surveillance legacies
David Loukidelis, the Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia, speaking today at The Surveillance Games workshop, has made it quite clear that his office does not want the Winter Games to leave a legacy of securitization in the city...
 
BrianK
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Somewhere In East Germany, The Former Head Of The Stasi Weeps
Proving once again that there is nothing that can’t be turned into a way to make a buck (or, in this case, a pound), a...
 
Michael Haddon
Michael Haddon posted a blog entry
Fighters, believers and...authoritarians
Over at Liberal Conspiracy, Don Paskini recently posted an interesting piece on the Labour Party's PPB, 'Fighters and...
 
snachodog
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Outrage grows over India's massive ID plan
Last week, Wikileaks published what were previously secret documents on a plan to create a unique ID for every single citizen in India -- that's more than a billion IDs, and would be the largest such project in world history. Now, the government agency...
 
mark90
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Outrage grows over India's massive ID plan
Last week, Wikileaks published what were previously secret documents on a plan to create a unique ID for every single citizen...
 
antonio
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Twitter users: young, metropolitan and angry about civil liberties http://bit.ly/1lzXqT
 
MikeOnTheTrail
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TSA Fixes Search Policy After ACLU Sues - http://bit.ly/1Iovik A win for civil liberties!
 
rchk
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The death of the URL
PreludeYou take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes. Remember — all I am offering is the truth,...
 
Don Emmerich
Don Emmerich posted a blog entry
KSM to Stand Trial, Part 2
But first…It looks like just about everyone in the blogosphere is talking about Newsweek and Sarah Palin’s legs. For those...
 
Mentarch
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Reloaded: Harper's Security State
Woop-dee-doo.Then again - I did tell you so, eh?Do you get it now?Well - do ya?(see also Dr. Dawg's take)
 
Andre P. Siregar
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The death of the URL
PreludeYou take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes. Remember — all I am offering is the truth,...
 
UKStevieB
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The death of the URL
PreludeYou take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes. Remember — all I am offering is the truth,...
 
ian kennedy
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The death of the URL
PreludeYou take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes. Remember — all I am offering is the truth,...
 
Chris Messina
Chris Messina posted a blog entry
The death of the URL
PreludeYou take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the...
 
Seth A
Seth A posted a blog entry
Texas and Death Row
The state that executes more people than any other by far – it will account for half the prisoners sent to the death chamber...
 
Seth A
Seth A posted a blog entry
Texas and Death Row
The state that executes more people than any other by far – it will account for half the prisoners sent to the death chamber...
 
Don Emmerich
Don Emmerich posted a blog entry
Holder Announces that Guantanamo Detainees Will Stand Trial; Conservatives Go Apesh*t
Attorney General Eric Holder has announced that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be tried in...
 
<em>tasithoughts</em>
tasithoughts posted a blog entry
November 20th – Transgender Remembrance Day
Within the LGBT rights movement is the Transgender community.  This is often the group that probably has the toughest...
 
Tom Paine
Tom Paine posted a blog entry
Patrick McGoohan explains "The Prisoner"
YouTube - Patrick McGoohan "The Prisoner Puzzle". I am grateful to reader Peter Gardner for drawing my attention (in a...
 
Gordon S
Gordon S posted a blog entry
Decision to Try 9/11 Suspects in US Court Hailed as "Victory for the Rule of Law"
In a rare display of agreement between advocates who have spent years in fierce opposition, the American Civil Liberties Union...
 
Letters From A Tory
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‘Protecting’ homosexuals will do more harm than good
Dear Jack Straw,You will no doubt be glad that most of the media is focusing on the Glasgow East by-election this morning,...
 
warincontext
warincontext posted a blog entry
How America’s wars are systematically destroying our liberties
How America’s wars are systematically destroying our libertiesBy Alfred W. McCoy, TomDispatch, November 12, 2009In his...
 
Mentarch
Mentarch posted a blog entry
Welcome To Harper's Security State
Go read.Just remember that I've been saying so again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and...
 
<em>addingvalue</em>
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Great line-up at 2nite's @intelligence2 debate. Motion: "the threat to our civil liberties by overmighty state has been much exaggerated"
 
James Cleverly
James Cleverly posted a blog entry
12 days ago James Cleverly | Topics: civil..., fun
 
Jean-Baptiste Perrin
Jean-Baptiste Perrin posted a tweet
@kegill been following it, but from afar. I am not so much worried about the civil liberties aspect of it, more the judges IT skills. ;-)
 
Chris
Chris posted a tweet
Shades of Clinton administration: Dems throw gays, pro-choice, civil liberties & peace movements under the bus. Happy days are here again!
 
Baltimoron
Baltimoron posted a blog entry
Acts Worse than Terrorism
Josh Rogin made me fairly depressed, that this bhTV forums debate was only a unwitting reprise of Casey vs. Lieberman on the...
14 days ago Left Flank | Topics: Academia, East Asia, Politics, Religion
 
DotConnector UK
DotConnector UK posted a blog entry
State to 'Spy' on Every Phone Call, Email and Web Search
All telecoms companies and internet service providers will be required by law to keep a record of every customer’s personal...
 
katharinec
katharinec posted a blog entry
"When a fear-inducing situation presents itself, embrace it. Reject the methods I employed in the..."
“When a fear-inducing situation presents itself, embrace it. Reject the methods I employed in...
 
Monnowman
Monnowman posted a tweet
Judges no longer have to declare Freemasonry - http://bit.ly/4fSmRs A victory for civil liberties - masons get equal human rights - yaay!
 
dizzy
dizzy posted a blog entry
Brit-Cit is here.....
Way back in 2006, I posted about the news that Government planned to introduce Brit-Cit Judge Dredd style extra-judicial powers...
18 days ago Dizzy Thinks | Topics: civil..., Labour
 
<em>goldstardyke</em>
goldstardyke posted a blog entry
Maine :(
Hot:I was reading an article on the election in Maine today, and although it was a fairly positive article in regards to the...
 
dimplecheek
dimplecheek posted a tweet
It's take a gay to dinner night! If they can't have civil liberties at least they can eat a good meal. BUT NO LOBSTER!
 
Daniel1979
Daniel1979 posted a blog entry
David Camerons New EU Policy - My Verdict
So there it is, straight from the horse’s mouth, a Cameron Conservative Government:- Will accept Lisbon and will not hold a...
 
<em>tasithoughts</em>
tasithoughts posted a blog entry
Election Results and Next Steps
Republicans made gains in this election, some LGBT initiatives won and others lost.  With the current economic trends and some...
 
Pam
Pam posted a tweet
American Center for Law & Justice #ACLJ -Specializes in constitutional law-Defending #Religious & Civil #Liberties. http://icio.us/k3jrm3
 
Pam
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ACLJ • American Center for Law & Justice
The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) specializes in constitutional law and is based in Washington, D.C. The ACLJ is dedicated to protecting your religious and constitutional freedoms, through their work in the courts and the legislative arena....
 
Tom Paine
Tom Paine posted a blog entry
Law (0) Religion (1) (o.g.)
Will France Ban Scientology? - Page 1 - The Daily Beast. If Scientologists commit fraud, then let those individuals be...
22 days ago The Last Ditch | Topics: Civil..., Religion
 
katharinec
katharinec posted a blog entry
"Some say that withdrawing the right to vote teaches jailbirds that if they don’t play by society’s..."
“Some say that withdrawing the right to vote teaches jailbirds that if they don’t play by...
 
katharinec
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"There is scant public sympathy for characters such as Peter Chester, a British child-killer whose..."
“There is scant public sympathy for characters such as Peter Chester, a British child-killer...
 
katharinec
katharinec posted a blog entry
The Economist, yet again, displays awesomeness about causes I...
The Economist, yet again, displays awesomeness about causes I care about on its cover, in this case, the injustice of felon...