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Obama Endorses Bush Secrecy On Torture And Rendition |
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ACLU National
NEW YORK, NY - After the British High Court ruled that evidence of British resident Binyam Mohamed's extraordinary rendition and torture at Guantánamo Bay must remain secret because of threats made by the Bush administration to halt intelligence sharing, the Obama administration told the BBC today in a written statement: "The United States thanks the UK government for its continued commitment to protect sensitive national security information and preserve the long-standing intelligence sharing relationship that enables both countries to protect their citizens."
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ACLU Demands Eavesdropping, Torture Memos From White House |
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David Kravets of Wired
WASHINGTON, DC - The American Civil Liberties Union is hoping a kinder, gentler Obama administration will disclose secret documents detailing the legal basis for the previous administration's rationale for supporting torture and warrantless surveillance.
The memos are being sought from the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, the White House's legal adviser. The Bush administration had refused the ACLU's bid to obtain the documents via a Freedom of Information Act request. |
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Federal departments fall short on civil liberties |
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Peter Eisler of USA Today
WASHINGTON, DC - The departments of Defense, State, and Health and Human Services have not met legal requirements meant to protect Americans' civil liberties, and a board that's supposed to enforce the mandates has been dormant since 2007, according to federal records.
All three departments have failed to comply with a 2007 law directing them to appoint civil liberties protection officers and report regularly to Congress on the safeguards they use to make sure their programs don't undermine the public's rights and privacy, a USA TODAY review of congressional filings shows.
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Supreme Court deals death blow to antiporn law |
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Declan McCullagh of CNET
WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Justice has been trying since 1998 to convince courts that a federal antiporn law targeting sexually explicit Web sites was constitutional.
No longer. On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected prosecutors' last-ditch defense of the Child Online Protection Act, meaning that the law will not be enforced. |
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Seven states, abortion-rights groups sue over ‘conscience’ |
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Jeffrey Young of The Hill
WASHINGTON, DC - The attorneys general of Connecticut and six other states filed suit in federal court Thursday seeking to block the implementation of a controversial Bush administration rule they say would limit women’s access to contraceptives. |
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