Civil Liberties under attack (multiple links):
cato.org
Terrorists, Military Tribunals, and the Constitution:
cato.org
INFO ON DETAINEES SOUGHT
Civil liberties groups this week filed the first lawsuit requesting disclosure of basic information about individuals arrested and detained since September 11.
"There is mounting evidence that secrecy is being invoked to shield serious violations of individual rights and not for legitimate investigative purposes," according to Kate Martin, Director of the Center for National Security Studies, which brought the suit with 15 other organizations.
Justice Department officials have repeatedly stated that the rights of all detainees are being upheld. But at every turn, the options for independent oversight of the Department's activities have been curtailed.
"Instead of the Attorney General simply announcing that they are respecting the Constitution, we need the evidence that will show whether that is true," said Ms. Martin.
A copy of the complaint may be found on the ACLU web site here:
aclu.org
And, just for 'fun', the AL QAEDA TRAINING MANUAL (excerpts selected by Justice)in question:
fas.org
More than 70 days of trial transcripts from the case USA v. Usama bin Laden, which was conducted in New York between February and July of this year, have been acquired and posted online by Cryptome.org. It is an immensely rich, disturbing and informative record that may be found here:
cryptome.org |
