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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.
February 22, 2006
Liberty & National Security
Openness and Accountability at Guantanamo
Jonathan Hafetz
February 21, 2006
Liberty & National Security
Checks & Balances
Fact Sheets on Media Democracy

February 9, 2006
Liberty & National Security
Seeking Truth On Wiretaps
Aziz Huq

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.

February 6, 2006
Liberty & National Security
Privacy & Profiling
Checks & Balances
Constitutional License
Aziz Huq

Who writes the law of the United States?

January 24, 2006
Liberty & National Security
Checks & Balances

Brennan Center for Justice