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Fliers without ID placed on TSA list

Fliers without ID placed on TSA list - The Transportation Security Administration has collected records on thousands of passengers who went to airport checkpoints without identification. [USAToday.com]

Spying Vexes Police Chief

Spying Vexes Police Chief - The Maryland State Police superintendent said yesterday that he is "troubled" by methods his agency used to infiltrate and monitor peace activists and anti-death-penalty groups. [Freemarketnews.com]

U.S. Senate approves bill to widen wiretapping powers

U.S. Senate approves bill to widen wiretapping powers - The Senate approved a bill expanding the government's surveillance powers, and granted immunity for phone companies that cooperated in the wiretapping program. [International Herald Tribune]

A brief history of the Patriot Act


Part 2 and 3 after the jump.

Can Anyone Be An "Enemy Combatant"?

Can Anyone Be An "Enemy Combatant"? - Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri is a U.S. resident who has been locked in a U.S. prison for years without trial. Government lawyers have told federal judges that the president has the power to capture anyone and detain them indefinitely. [CBS U.S. News]

Judge says Berlusconi can testify in CIA kidnap case

Judge says Berlusconi can testify in CIA kidnap case - MILAN (Reuters) - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi can be called to testify in a trial of U.S. and Italian spies who are accused of kidnapping a terrorism suspect in Milan and flying him to Egypt, a Milan judge ruled on Wednesday. [Reuters International News]

AP photographer freed by US military

AP photographer freed by US military - The U.S. military has released Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein after holding him for more than two years. [Examiner.com]

NSFW: Disturbing New Photos From Abu Ghraib

NSFW: Disturbing New Photos From Abu Ghraib - Wired.com is publishing several rarely seen photos of Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, taken from a video shown by psychologist Philip Zimbardo at the TED conference in Monterey, California. [Wired Daily Top Stories]

Inquiries expose terrorist camps in rural England

Inquiries expose terrorist camps in rural England - Clad in mud-smeared combat fatigues, the young Muslims trained on picturesque British farmland, hurling imaginary grenades, wielding sticks as mock rifles and chopping watermelons in simulated beheadings. [Deseretnews.com]

Use Homeland Data to Stalk Girlfriend

Use Homeland Data to Stalk Girlfriend - A special agent with the Department of Commerce has been charged with unlawfully accessing a database within the Department of Homeland Security to stalk his former girlfriend and her family. [Freemarketnews.com]

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