Rights Updates
Look at Alternet.org today for items on Gitmo, Execution pending for family of Iraqi translator, etc.Â
Hiring & Firing of Attorneys/Restoring Habeas http://leahy.senate.gov/
Big Media/President’s remarks on Iraq http://feingold.senate.gov/~feingold/releases/07/07/20070711.html
Use & Misuse of Presidential Clemency/Commutation http://www.marjoriecohn.com/
UPdate on “Sicko” (Our universal right to good health care) Well, this has started a much needed discussion!
http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/news/article_10017.php
Other Current Rights News urls at http://www.bordc.org/news/ As Follows…
July 11, 2007, Jack L Goldsmith and Neil Katyal, Opinion Editorial, New York Times, The Terrorists’ Court
July 11, 2007, David Stout an Jim Rutenberg, New York Times, Ex-Bush Aide Won’t Discuss Dismissals
July 11, 2007, Paul Kane and Peter Baker, Washington Post, Ex-Aide to Respect Confidentiality of White House in Hill Testimony
July 11, 2007, Editorial, Los Angeles Times, Privilege Has Its Limits
July 11, 2007, Editorial, New York Times, Overprivileged Executive
July 11, 2007, Klause Marre, The Hill, Leahy Blasts White House’s “Abusive Policy of Secrecy”
July 11, 2007, John Solomon, Washington Post, Gonzales Knew About Violations, Officials Say
July 11, 2007, Editorial, New York Times, Mr. Gonzales’s Inattention
July 11, 2007, Jack Lessenberry, Detroit Metro Times, Bush vs. America
July 11, 2007, Ellen Nakashima, The Washington Post, FBI Plans Initiative to Profile Terrorists
July 11, 2007, Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, Playboy Interview Cited in Padilla Trial
July 11, 2007, American Library Association, American Library Association Urges Congress to Reform Laws Governing the FBI’s use of National Security Letters
July 10, 2007, Washington Post, Civil Liberties Violations Timeline
July 10, 2007, Technology News Daily, Gonzales Knew About Years of Chronic NSL Problems
July 10, 2007, John Solomon, Washington Post, Gonzales Was Told of FBI Violations
Read the complete FBI documents here. July 10, 2007, Pete Baker and Dan Eggen, Washington Post, New Privilege Claim by Bush Escalates Clash Over Firings
July 10, 2007, Michael Kranish, Boston Globe, Congress, Bush Near Court Fight
July 10, 2007, Robert Schmidt, Bloomberg Wire Service, House Official Asks Bush to Let Aides Testify in Libby Case
July 10, 2007, Neil A Lewis, New York Times, Issue of Supervised Release for Libby is Cleared Up
July 10, 2007, Charlie Savage, Boston Globe, Kerry Joins Push to Limit Signing Statements
July 10, 2007, Associated Press, Prosecution’s Terrorism Expert Testifies in Terror Trial Again
ALL the above without urls at http://www.bordc.org Add your own..Â
July 11th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
Help Save Troy Anthony Davis scheduled for execution in Georgia week of July 17th
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/ncadp/content.jsp?content_KEY=2782
Also visit comments by Larry Cox of Amnesty I-USA http://www.amnestyusa.org or by search engine and http://www.NCADP.org
July 11th, 2007 at 8:00 pm
Live Web Chat with Michael Moore 460 plus comments
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-moore/exclusive-huffpost-live-c_b_55659.html
July 12th, 2007 at 8:25 pm
Find these below at Bill of Rights Defense Committee http://www.bordc.org
July 12, 2007, Richard B Schmitt, Los Angeles Times, Disregard Subpoenas, Justice Department Says
July 12, 2007, Dan Eggen and Paul Kane, Washington Post, Miers Rebuffs House Subpoena
July 12, 2007, BBC News, US Firings Row Aid Defies White House
July 12, 2007, Matt Apuzzo, Associated Press, House Panel Rejects Executive Privilege Claim
July 12, 2007, Dana Milbank, Columnist, Washington Post, Against Claims of Executive Privilege, a Committee Comes Up Dry
July 12, 2007, John Nichols, The Nation, Bush’s Royal Edict: Don’t Cooperate With Congress
July 12, 2007, Cass R Sunstein, Boston Globe, Defining Executive Privilege
July 12, 2007, Terence Hunt, Washington Post, Bush Seeks to Put Libby Issue to Rest
July 12, 2006, Steve Chapman, Editorial, RealClearPolitics, Myths of the War on Terrorism
July 12, 2007, CBS News, Prosecutors Beginning to Wrap Case Against Padilla
July 13th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
Current News at Bill of Rights Defense Committee http://www.bordc.org/news/
July 13, 2007, John P Mello Jr, Tech News World, Civil Liberties, ISPs, and the FBI’s Letter Writing Campaign
July 13, 2007, Michael Abramowitz, Washington Post, Commuting Libby’s Sentence ‘Fair,’ Bush Says
July 13, 2007, Richard B. Schmitt, Los Angeles Times, Libby Judge “Perplexed” by Clemency
July 13, 2007, John Dean, FindLaw, Harriet Miers’s Contempt of Congress: Are Conservatives About To Neuter Congress, While Claiming Full Legal Justification for this Separation-of-Powers Violation?
July 13, 2007, Neil A Lewis, New York Times, Panel Closer to Holding Miers in Contempt
July 13, 2007, Robert Barnes and Dan Eggen, Washington Post, Hill Panel Initiates Contempt Charges Against Miers
July 13, 2007, Abby Goodnough, New York Times, Prosecutors Are Wrapping Up Case Against Padilla; Arresting Agents Testify
July 12, 2007, Ryan Single, Wired, FBI Employees Face Criminal Probe Over Patriot Act Abuse
July 12, 2007, Richard B Schmitt, Los Angeles Times, Disregard Subpoenas, Justice Department Says