MetaFilter posts tagged with CivilLiberties and terror

Six degrees, and all that jazz...

gsb — Thu, 11 May 2006 04:55:43 -0800

NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls. "The NSA's domestic program began soon after the Sept. 11 attacks, according to the sources. Right around that time, they said, NSA representatives approached the nation's biggest telecommunications companies. The agency made an urgent pitch: National security is at risk, and we need your help to protect the country from attacks"

Using Big Laws to Catch Little Terrorists

digaman — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 14:44:27 -0800

The terrorists in New Jersey have been captured. They're, uhm, like 15 years old. A fine example of how anti-terror laws like the Patriot Act can be subject to mission creep. (The "terrorists" at the Thomas Merton Center for Peace and Justice in Pittsburgh seem to be still at large.)

Bulky Jacket Syndrome

gsb — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 02:42:38 -0800

Innocent in London. An account from someone who was stopped, searched and arrested by the Police in a London Tube station. [via del.icio.us/philgyford]

The sun never sets on the Republican empire

four panels — Wed, 09 Apr 2003 19:30:04 -0800

PATRIOT forever. Toppling one regime to build another, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and a Republican coalition are pushing legislation to make the PAT RIOT Act permanent. It's daylight forever.