Civil Liberties
US Postal Service Recording Exterior of Mail for Law Enforcement
There's no escape from surveillance
Cleveland Kidnapping Suspect Ariel Castro Ruled Competent to Stand Trial
Accused of enslaving three women in his home for a decade
Toy Gun March Held in DC
No students suspended yet, though park police inspected the toy guns to make sure they weren't real
Prostitute Banned from Old Folks Home in Britain After One Senior Pays Her $7,500, Senior Says He Can Do What He Wants With His Money
Says the council bosses were jealous of him
California DMV Claims Someone Saw Junked Car Operated on Roads, Demands Payment of Fines, Threatens Wage Garnishment
Car's owner says it's impossible because the engine won't start and is missing parts
TSA Says More Airline Passengers Trying to Bring Loaded Guns on Board
Might be good business for some airline if the feds weren't such busybodies
NYC Mayoral Candidate Christine Quinn Wants Crackdown on Kids Meals
Says she was bulimic as a child
Police Launch Investigation of Man Whose Dog They Shot While Arresting Him for Filming Them
Hawthorne Police Department in California will also launch an "administrative investigation" into the shooting and plan to use it as an example in training
James Clapper's New Excuse: Forgot About PATRIOT Act When Denying Americans' Communications Were Being Snooped On
This guy's in charge of the intelligence community?
What We Know About Government Is Scarier Than What it Knows About Us
We have bigger problems than the NSA.
Military Prosecutor: George Zimmerman Got an A in My Criminal Procedure Class
Prosecutors trying to portray defendant as a wannabe cop
Teen in Jail Over Facebook Comment Getting Beat in Prison, Family Says
Seeking to get the $500,000 bail over a joke made on Facebook reduced
Turkish Women Start Petition Calling for Freedom To Wear Headscarves
Headscarf ban for civil servants was introduced in the 1980s
'Patriot' Hacker Attacks Ecuador
Says other attacks will be carried out on countries considering granting Snowden asylum
Commit Any Felonies Lately?
No? Militarized cops might attack you for buying bottled water or shoot your dog anyway.
Gitmo Detainees On Hunger Strike To Be Force-Fed at Night Because of Ramadan
Muslim month of fasting begins on July 8
State Department Spent Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars on Facebook 'Likes'
Guess they never tried posting more gifs and memes
The Last Days of Ernest Hemingway
He thought the FBI was spying on him—and he was right.
Wikileaks Accuses Obama of 'Thin-Skinned Vindictiveness'
Not happy about how the Snowden scandal is being treated
Hidden Microphone Found in Ecuador's Embassy in London
Found in the ambassador's office, result of investigation into the bug scheduled for tomorrow
France Calls for EU-US Trade Deal Negotiations To Be Suspended For Two Weeks
Not happy about recent NSA revelations of snooping on Europeans
Justice Kennedy's Federalist Feint
The fuzzy logic of the Supreme Court's ruling against the Defense of Marriage Act
'Happy' Bhutan Persecuted and Expelled a Minority Population
International not-so-happy day?
Congress and Two Presidents Sabotaged Privacy Board
Can't have anybody questioning our snooping
MO Motor Vehicle Offices Ordered To Stop Scanning and Storing Personal Documents
And they have to destroy existing data
IL Governor Demands Tightened Restrictions in Concealed Carry Bill
No, they don't make much sense
'Terrible Time To Be a Journalist,' Says First Amendment Lawyer
Hostile scrutiny from the government makes it tough
IRS Must Decide Fate of Gay Couples in States That Don't Recognize Same-Sex Marriage
Sure to please everybody, of course
