“It’s put a lot of people on edge,” says one of the activists who was spied on.read more

You’ll recall that his name surfaced during the Obama campaign as Palin and McCain tried to smear Obama with the old guilt-by-association brush.

When that failed, I thought Ayers could go back to his life, and we could all grow up.

So did he. But no such luck.read more

Last August 27, law enforcement agents raided the offices of two social justice groups in Berkeley.

One group is called the Long Haul Infoshop, which describes itself as a community resource center and serves as a library and a bookstore. The other is the East Bay Prisoner Support Group, which is located in the same building.read more

“These enemies to the Jews will pay very soon for their act of treachery,” the leaflet said.read more

His opponent called Harkin “the Tokyo Rose of Al Qaeda and Middle East terrorism.” Harkin told him: “That just ended your political career right there.”read more

“Give me a sniper rifle and a good firing position, and I shall move Bill Ayers’ gray matter,” wrote one blogger who identified himself as “Lee Harvey Cornhusker.”read more

But lest you think Palin had given up McCarthy’s ghost, she also indulged in some more casual red-baiting of Obama.read more

“This is a radical departure from separation of civilian law enforcement and military authority and could, quite possibly, represent a violation of law.”read more

Brig guards were instructed by their commanders to apply the standard operating procedures down in Guantánamo up here in the United States. Over time, the brig officers themselves became frustrated at the restrictions they were ordered to enforce.read more

On October 1, the Pentagon, for the first time ever, dedicated an Army force specifically to NorthCom, which is in charge of securing not some foreign region but the United States of America.read more

Infiltrations, false arrest, preventive detention, suppression of dissident media—these are the hallmarks of authoritarian rule.

Right here in America.read more

You’ve probably seen the T-shirt around.

On the front, in huge capital letters, are the words “Bush Lied.” And on the back, also huge, the words, “They Died.”read more

With these Bush guys, you’ve got to read the fine print.

On July 31, they published in the Federal Register a proposed change to Title 28, Section 23, of the Code of Federal Regulations.read more

On the heels of the Maryland State Police spying scandal, the ACLU is ringing the alarms over “fusion centers.”read more

Mukasey Tries End Around Supreme Court

Bush’s Justice Department, a misnomer if ever there was one, won’t give up on its pathetic game to deny detainees their right to habeas corpus.read more