Senator Ron Wyden Wants More Drone Documents Declassified
Call made ahead of confirmation hearings for John Brennan later today
Civil Liberties
Obama Administration Previously Rejected FOIA Request for Leaked Kill List White Paper
FOIA'd freelance instead
Irvington, NJ Cops Say They Were Transferred for Filing Allegations Against Police Chief
Police chief was subsequently suspended
Senators Will Get Access to Classified Kill List Memos
The legal opinions behind the white paper leaked earlier this week
Virginia Bill Would Reverse FOIA Presumption to "Closed Unless Open"
Current law assumes documents are open to the public unless they've been labeled closed
Supreme Court to Decide Whether Police Can Take DNA Samples From Detainees
Without a warrant, charge or conviction
Microsoft Ad Campaign Targets Google's E-Mail Privacy
Pointing out Google scans emails to place ads
Obama Gives Himself Permission To Kill
How long will it be before we see drone assassinations on American soil?
John Brennan To Be Grilled on Torture, Drones, Leaks
And well he should be before he's handed the keys to the CIA
Cop Gets 30 Months For Extorting Sex From a Traffic Offender
Lying to the FBI didn't help his cause
Fundamentalists Attempt To Enforce Sharia in London's Muslim Neighborhoods
Time to leave the 'hood
VA Lawmakers Approve Two-Year Moratorium on Drones
Cops would have to hold off while everybody decides what to do about the things
CO Targets "Assault Weapons" Makers and Owners With Liability
Except for cops, of course
Is Press Freedom Fading Away Around the World?
"Regulating" the press has become a popular activity in many traditionally free-ish countries
Targeted Killings Policy Misuses Military Concept of "Imminence"
Bending the law to suit executive whims
Fear of Government Snooping Hampers Cloud Storage of Data
Better to keep sensitive data out of temptation's way
John Bolton on Obama Drone Policy: Entirely Sensible, Extension of Bush Policies
Obama's counter-terror policies break ground Bush could only dream of
Florida Teachers Signing Up for Concealed Carry Classes
Pinellas County instructor waiving fee for teachers
Maryland Considers Allowing Cell Phone Tracking Without Warrant
Surveillance state continues to be built
NJ State Trooper Who Beat Disabled Man Wants Disciplinary Charges Dropped
Suing the state police
Mass. Cop Temporarily Suspended Without Pay For Losing Service Revolver
Some only want to trust agents of the state with guns
Cook County Imposes Fine for Not Reporting Stolen Gun
Loss of property not seen as enough incentive
Police Were Warned of Aurora Cop Arrested for Child Porn Ten Years Ago
An ex-girlfriend previously alerted police of the cop's alleged proclivities
State Investigation of Cleveland Police Chase, Shooting Not Enough for Civil Rights Group
State investigation said "system failed" officers when they shot two people more than 100 times at the end of a police chase over a gun that wasn't
Postal Worker Arrested for Felony Cruelty to a Child
On unpaid leave after allegedly asaulting an 11-year-old girl
Cop-Turned-Spiritual Healer Says Madison Cop Who Killed Man Shouldn't Be Put Back on Street
DA and internal investigation cleared the cop, natch
Mom Pulls Gun at Chuck E. Cheese in Connecticut
Elevated to national news in post-Sandy Hook political climate
Containment and Radical Islam
A realist foreign-policy vision that is neither imperialistic nor isolationist.
Survey: Europeans as Apathetic About Online Data Tracking as Americans
Not afraid of Americans
