Sweeping measures are flying through our "democratic" chambers and
all kinds of media content is being actively censored
Government Rollback Action:
Bush
Creates New Office ... "Homeland Security"
announced in the "freedom and fear at war" speech of Sept. 20, 2001
Tom Ridge to be Director
Senate Passes Anti-terror legislation
CNN, Oct. 12, 2001
Senator Feingold's Statement
alone in vote to preserve Constitution - Oct. 12, 2001
Ashcroft Moves on Freedom of Information Act
Oct. 12, 2001
House Passes Sweeping "Anti-Terror" Bill
Washington Post, Oct. 24, 2001
A Look at the Anti-Terror Bill
Salon.com, Oct. 24, 2001
H.R.3162 / House "Anti-Terror"
Summary and Status
Terror Act Has Lasting Effects
Bush Signs "Patriot" Bill into law
October 26
Bush Blocks Release of Presidential Papers
November 1
125,000 More Troops Proposed
for "civil defense" at home / November 6
Bush calls for Military Tribunals
November 14
Bush Defends need for Tribunals
Washington Post / November 19
People are Being Detained
information witheld - why? / October 30, 2001
600 (now over a thousand) People
still being detained / November 28, 2001
Nameless
Detainees
very little to do with Al
Queda
US seeking thousands of deportees
Washington Post / Jan. 08
Bush Proposes Doubling Budget
for "Homeland Security" / January 24, 2002
Human Rights Watch / Latest Report
released this January - confronts detentions and other issues
Bush Asks Daschle to Limit Sept. 11 probes
January 29, 2002
Censorship and Surveillance at Home:
Oracle Enthused About National ID Card
Talk
Show Host
chastised, sponsors quit
Cartoonists' [Free Speech] Quandry
Feds Zero in on "Radical" Groups
"Hayduke" reader kicked off plane
Oakland FBI contacts SF.IMC Volunteer
Green Activist Detained @ Airport
Commencement Speaker Heckled
commuter-students mock speaker
Sacramento, Winter 2001
LA website raided - taken down
"radical" website with recipes - raisedfist.com - crashed
LA, January 24, 2002
Break-In at Youth Empowerment Center
Oakland, CA - Jan. 25/26, 2002
I Feel the Eyes of Suspicion
an Arabic man writes of recent experiences
Tracking
Your Movement
cellphone surveillance
Ashcroft's
plans to free up the FBI
even more ... NY
Times, December 12, 2001
Ashcroft's
Version of Anti-terror Legislation
included doing away with Habeous Corpus
Ashcroft vs. the Constitution
by Nat Hentoff, November 26
Ashcroft snubs Congress and the Constitution
December 6, 2001
Ashcroft's Patriot Games
commentary by Molly Ivins
Snider (CIA Client) to investigate CIA
conflict of interest, Jan. 30, 2002
Psy-ops and Compliance Abroad:
Cluster Bombs look like Food Drops
But, if you listen to US radio, you'll know
which air-drop will kill and which will nourish
US Urges Censorship Abroad
of Independent Arab al-Jazeera TV Network / October 4, 2001
UK
Officials Warn Against "Irresponsible
Reporting"
October 26, 2001
US Bombs Al-Jazeera TV Network
November 13, 2001
US Bombs the BBC
November 14, 2001
Building Brand America
Charlotte Beers to sell brand America abroad / December 10, 2001
Pentagon Announces disinfo plans
FAIR responds / Feburary 19, 2002
Office of Stratic Influence Announced
news from a General's perspective / Feburary 20
"Tactical Deception"
Rumsfeild makes the case for spreading lies / Feburary 20
Editorial Group urges Pentagon
against spreading disinformation / Feburary 23
Watchdogs to Lapdogs:
Networks accept govt. "guidance"
Looking Back:
Electronic Surveillance
was well underway - before 911
National ID Card
was in the works - before 911
Judi Bari's Case against the FBI
Anti-terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act / 1996
The Post-Oklahoma Anti-terrorism Legislation / 1995
Foreign Intelligence and Surveillance Act / 1978
The Constitution during Wartime
McCarthyism's Legacy of Conformity
Martin Luther King Jr.
on speaking your convictions during wartime
Archives of Legislative Action
affecting civil liberties and freedoms
Organizing Resistance and Staying Informed:
Coalition for the Human Rights of Immigrants
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
Center for Democracy and Technology
Know and Exercise Your Rights
Resources for Video Witnessing