Daily Archives: March 8, 2009 »
Store banned from displaying First Amendment
By Phil Leggiere | In hearing on sign ordinance forbidding murals and other signage on storefronts, a topic covered here recently, city of Clearwater defends its decision to forbid businesses from posting the words
Read More »CIA destroyed 12 harsh interrogation tapes
Court documents show the CIA destroyed a dozen videotapes of harsh interrogations of terror suspects. The 12 tapes were part of a larger collection of 92 videotapes of terror suspects that the CIA destroyed.
Read More »How IDF troops vandalized Gaza homes
By Amira Hass | GAZA – We had already visited this house, belonging to the Abu Eida family. It is the only one of the family’s nine large houses that remained standing at the
Read More »Top US cybersecurity official quits over NSA dominance
AFP | A top US cybersecurity official has quit, complaining in a resignation letter obtained by Wired magazine that US cyber protection efforts are being dominated by the super-secret National Security Agency (NSA). The
Read More »Obama lawyers argue to drop Yoo torture suit
By Bob Egelko | President Obama’s Justice Department defended former Bush administration lawyer John Yoo in a San Francisco federal court Friday, arguing that a prisoner formerly held as an enemy combatant had no right
Read More »Who Said Slavery Has Ended?
Called human trafficking or forced labor, modern slavery thrives in America, largely below the radar. A 2004 UC Berkeley study cites it mainly in five sectors: – prostitution and sex services – 46%; –
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