Declan McCullagh
"Federal and local police rely heavily on wiretaps. In 2002, the most recent year for which information is available, police intercepted nearly 2.2-million conversations with court approval, according to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts." [more]
" 'All you'd have to do is declare someone a terrorist organization to prevent someone from knowing who the enemy is or what they stand for,' Lukianoff said. 'That's not how democracy works.' " [more]
"No judge anywhere in the United States denied a police wiretap request. The total number of wiretaps jumped 25 percent from 2000." [more]
"On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the new surveillance powers by a 327 to 101 vote. The bill, titled the Customs Border Security Act, says that incoming or outgoing mail can be searched at the border 'without a search warrant.' The vote on the larger bill came after a surprisingly heated debate on the House floor over an amendment that would have deleted the mail-snooping sections." [more]
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(Reuters, Dec 18)
"Federal prison officers in Brooklyn physically and verbally abused immigrants detained after the Sept. 11 attacks, slamming them against the wall and painfully twisting their arms and hands, the U.S. Justice Department's inspector general said on Thursday." [more]
(STAFF, DEBKAfile, Dec 14)
"Saddam was seized, possibly with the connivance of his own men, and held in that hole in Adwar for three weeks or more, which would have accounted for his appearance and condition. Meanwhile, his captors bargained for the $25m prize the Americans promised for information leading to his capture alive or dead." [more] |
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