President Bush famously said that his administration took the battle overseas so that we would not need to fight the war at home. Revelations about the NSA’s warrantless domestic spying suggest that this formulation has the administration’s logic backward: The authority to conduct war elsewhere has been treated as permission to bring the tools of war back home.
Of Threats, Intimidation, Sensitivity, and Free Speech:
The Muhammad Cartoons
by Marjorie Heins
Countless words have been spilled over the Danish newspaper JyullandsPosten’s publication last September of 12 cartoons commenting on journalistic self-censorship and Islamic beliefs, including several that caricatured the prophet Muhammad. Surely, everything has been said by now.
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testifies today to the Senate Judiciary Committee on the National Security Agency’s warrantless spying on Americans at home. The American public has heard a great deal from the Bush administration about its power and the looming terrorist threat. Today, Gonzales is likely to hum more bars of the same tune.
A Washington journalist gives a first-hand account of bin Laden. The Brennan Center's Aziz Huq talks to Peter Bergen, author of "The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al Qaeda's Leader."
At the NSA, the Enemy is Us
President Bush famously said that his administration took the battle overseas so that we would not need to fight the war at home. Revelations about the NSA’s warrantless domestic spying suggest that this formulation has the administration’s logic backward: The authority to conduct war elsewhere has been treated as permission to bring the tools of war back home.
Minimum Wage, Maximum Benefits
Of Threats, Intimidation, Sensitivity, and Free Speech: The Muhammad Cartoons
Posted 2/22/2006
Of Threats, Intimidation, Sensitivity, and Free Speech:
The Muhammad Cartoons
by Marjorie Heins
Countless words have been spilled over the Danish newspaper JyullandsPosten’s publication last September of 12 cartoons commenting on journalistic self-censorship and Islamic beliefs, including several that caricatured the prophet Muhammad. Surely, everything has been said by now.
Openness and Accountability at Guantanamo
Seeking Truth On Wiretaps
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testifies today to the Senate Judiciary Committee on the National Security Agency’s warrantless spying on Americans at home. The American public has heard a great deal from the Bush administration about its power and the looming terrorist threat. Today, Gonzales is likely to hum more bars of the same tune.
Constitutional License
Who writes the law of the United States?
The Real Osama
A Washington journalist gives a first-hand account of bin Laden. The Brennan Center's Aziz Huq talks to Peter Bergen, author of "The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al Qaeda's Leader."
"Patriot Act" Renewal Stalls in Congress
Posted 1/10/2006
“Patriot Act” Renewal Stalls in Congress
by Neema Trivedi
INTRODUCTION
The End of Influence
The Brennan Center's Executive Director writes about the historical struggle for campaign finance reform.
Pineros Left without Legal Help
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