Month: July 2007
Bush Seeks to Weaken Wiretap Restrictions
By Aman Ali, The Hill President Bush Saturday pressed Congress to update a security law that would ease restrictions on secret surveillance of terror suspects, a proposal that many Democrats and civil liberty groups are […]
Government Segregates Muslim Prisoners, Restricts Phone Calls and Visits
By William Fisher, t r u t h o u t Legal authorities are charging that racial profiling is responsible for low-risk Muslim prisoners convicted for crimes the Justice Department intimates are terror-related being held […]
Bush Aide Blocked Surgeon General’s Report
By Christopher Lee and Marc Kaufman, Washington Post A surgeon general’s report in 2006 that called on Americans to help tackle global health problems has been kept from the public by a Bush political appointee […]