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Government Admits to Yet Another Domestic Spying Program

Staff / Truthdig Sep 2, 2006 The Education Department has admitted to searching through millions of student loan records on behalf of the FBI. The government says the operation, known as ?Project Strike Back,? was meant to uncover information on individuals allegedly related to terror investigations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Arabic T-Shirt Keeps Man Off Plane

Staff / Truthdig Aug 29, 2006 An Iraqi architect at JFK Airport was wearing a shirt that read "We Will Not Be Silent" in Arabic and English. Security officers said it was upsetting other passengers, and said he couldn't board until he turned it inside-out or put on something else. He chose the latter. (Read his reaction after the jump) (h/t: Raw Story) This is pretty ridiculous: If security guards were worried that he was a terrorist, a new shirt wouldn't have thwarted his plot. And if they didn't suspect he was a terrorist, why can't he wear a shirt of protest? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

AOL’s Search Query Release Just Got Real

Staff / Truthdig Aug 22, 2006 AOL has been taking its lumps lately (and rightly so) for releasing data on the search queries of millions of its users. If that sounds a little abstract to you, check out a few of these queries. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Enough Already

Staff / Truthdig Aug 21, 2006 It's one thing to report a story, it's another to obsess over every detail at the expense of real news. Wall-to-wall coverage of the JonBenet case continues on every major news channel, despite Israel's violation of the cease-fire, the ruling against wiretapping, and Iran's missile tests. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Ann Beeson

Staff / Truthdig Aug 20, 2006 Truthdig salutes Ann Beeson, the American Civil Liberties Union officer and lead attorney for the plaintiffs in ACLU v. NSA, the case that persuaded a Detroit judge to order a halt to the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Judge Orders End to Bush’s Warrantless Wiretapping

Staff / Truthdig Aug 17, 2006 A federal judge in Detroit ruled that the government's eavesdropping program is illegal and unconstitutional, and ordered an immediate halt to it. Check out constitutional scholar and bestselling author Glenn Greenwald's stellar analysis and opinion roundup. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jabari Asim: Jim Crow Poll Tax 2.0

Jabari Asim / Truthdig Aug 14, 2006 GOP'ers say it's just a coincidence that Democratic voters are the ones most likely to be disenfranchised by new photo ID requirements at the voting booths. Yeah, and I've got some fertile Missouri mules to sell you. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Want to Fly? Your Papers, Please

Staff / Truthdig Aug 10, 2006 Did you know that airline officials can't force you to show your ID before a flight? Every sign you see at U.S. airports that says otherwise is false. Also, the regulations governing this area are being kept secret from the public. Read about the man petitioning the Supreme Court to shed light on the situation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Tries to Neuter Detainee Abuse Law

Staff / Truthdig Aug 10, 2006 From the Washington Post: "The Bush administration has drafted amendments to a war crimes law that would eliminate the risk of prosecution for political appointees, CIA officers and former military personnel for humiliating or degrading war prisoners." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

AOL Exposes Users

Staff / Truthdig Aug 8, 2006 America Online recently released the search queries of more than 650,000 of its users for ?research? purposes. The data contained three months' worth of searches that were attached to unique user IDs. No names were included with the release, but private information was easily gleaned from some of the queries. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Stalinesque Terror Detainee Bill Proposed by Bush

Staff / Truthdig Jul 29, 2006 From the AP: "U.S. citizens suspected of terror ties might be detained indefinitely and barred from access to civilian courts under legislation proposed by the Bush administration." This is apparently an attempted end run around the Supreme Court's Hamdan decision, which barred Bush's military tribunals. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Tech Group Appeals Wiretap Ruling

Staff / Truthdig Jul 22, 2006 A group of technology companies and civil liberties organizations has appealed a court ruling that would require Internet service providers to allow the government backdoor access to their systems. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )