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Events Recently Added to the Loss of US Civil Liberties timeline
- 3/9
- House Committee Launches Inquiry into Concealment of CIA Assassination and Capture Program, Before August 20, 2009, posted by KJF
- 3/9
- CIA Director Briefs Congress on Recently Canceled Kill and Capture Program, July 24, 2009, posted by KJF
- 3/9
- Blackwater Contract for CIA Assassination and Capture Program Terminated, (2005-2006), posted by KJF
- 3/9
- CIA Starts Program to Assassinate or Capture Al-Qaeda Leaders, Shortly After September 17, 2001, posted by KJF
- 3/9
- Cheney Tells CIA Not to Brief Assassination and Capture Program to Congress, 2002, posted by KJF
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What's New?
8/10/2009 Mark Klein's Book, Other Issues Covered
Further revelations of Bush-era civil liberties depredations, and the continuation of some of these policies by the Obama administration, will continue to move this project forward in the upcoming weeks. Blackmax looks forward to reading and writing entries based on AT&T whistleblower Mark Klein’s new book, Wiring Up the Big Brother Machine. We welcome … More
6/25/2008 Project Moving Forward
Some of the contributors and editors most involved in this project have temporarily refocused their efforts on related material in other projects, but this project continues to move forward. New material from a variety of sources, including What Happened by former White House secretary Scott McClellan, is in preparation. You’re invited to join the project.
12/24/2007 The Civil Liberties Project
This is the History Commons project for the loss of US civil liberties under the current administration, and before. We are currently focusing on several topics, including the expansion of executive power (the “unitary executive”), the NSA’s domestic surveillance program, the use of “national security letters” to force information … More |
Recently Added Events
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- House Committee Launches Inquiry into Concealment of CIA Assassination and Capture Program, Before August 20, 2009, posted by KJF
- 3/9
- CIA Director Briefs Congress on Recently Canceled Kill and Capture Program, July 24, 2009, posted by KJF
- 3/9
- Blackwater Contract for CIA Assassination and Capture Program Terminated, (2005-2006), posted by KJF
- 3/9
- CIA Starts Program to Assassinate or Capture Al-Qaeda Leaders, Shortly After September 17, 2001, posted by KJF
- 3/9
- Cheney Tells CIA Not to Brief Assassination and Capture Program to Congress, 2002, posted by KJF
- 3/8
- CIA Director Informed of Assassination and Capture Program, Immediately Cancels It, June 23, 2009, posted by KJF
- 3/3
- CIA Official Fired for Sharing Classified Information with Reporter, April 21, 2006, posted by blackmax
- 2/26
- Republican Senator Praises Firing of CIA Official, April 21, 2006, posted by blackmax
- 2/22
- Gore Speaks out against Depredations of Civil Liberties, January 16, 2006, posted by blackmax
- 2/15
- Assistant Attorney General Says Inslaw Bankruptcy Judge ‘Not Favorably Disposed’ to Department, August 1987, posted by KJF
- 2/2
- Government Accountability Office Finds Problems with Justice Department Oversight Unit, February 7, 1992, posted by KJF
- 12/21
- Former DEA Agent Makes Claims about PROMIS Software, (1992), posted by KJF
- 12/21
- Justice Department Starts Internal Review of Inslaw Affair, Content of Review Disputed, After March 13, 1985, posted by KJF
- 12/21
- Senator Asks Justice Department Oversight Unit about Inslaw Allegations, June 16, 1986, posted by KJF
- 12/21
- Preliminary Report by Justice Department Oversight Unit Concludes No Bias in Inslaw Affair, 1986, posted by blackmax
- 12/20
- Justice Department Oversight Unit Finds No Bias in Inslaw Affair, March 31, 1989, posted by KJF
- 12/20
- Justice Department Oversight Unit Concludes No Need for Preliminary Investigation in Inslaw Matter, February 29, 1988, posted by KJF
- 12/20
- Inslaw Submits Complaint to Justice Department Oversight Section, February 1988, posted by KJF
- 12/20
- Former Deputy Attorney General Claims Attorney General Informed of Inslaw Affair, June 19, 1987, posted by KJF
- 12/20
- Inslaw Representatives Meet with Deputy Attorney General, Ask for Investigation of PROMIS Affair, March 13, 1985, posted by KJF
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Recently Updated Events
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- OLC: Past, Present Interrogation Methods Not Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading, May 10, 2005, posted by blackmax
- 2/1
- Former CIA Officer Admits Agency Used Waterboarding, Calls It Torture but Sometimes Necessary, December 10, 2007, posted by KJF
- 1/16
- President Bush Personally Refuses to Allow Justice Department Investigation of NSA Wiretapping Program, Late April 2006, posted by blackmax
- 12/13
- Court of Federal Claims Finds Inslaw Allegations Have ‘No Merit’, July 31, 1997, posted by KJF
- 12/10
- Bush Creates Department of Homeland Security, November 25, 2002, posted by blackmax
- 12/6
- Justice Department Admits Inslaw Owns Privately-Funded PROMIS Enhancements, August 11, 1982, posted by KJF
- 11/30
- Justice Department Appoints Former Inslaw Employee to Supervise Contract with Company, April 1982, posted by KJF
- 11/24
- Oliver North Works with FEMA to Develop Martial Law Plans, 1982-1984, posted by PDevlinBuckley
- 11/24
- Future FEMA Director Advocates Emergency Roundup of Millions, 1970, posted by PDevlinBuckley
- 10/10
- New Anti-Terrorism Law Passed, April 25, 1996, posted by blackmax
- 10/7
- Bush Picks John Negroponte to Oversee US Intelligence Agencies, February 17, 2005, posted by blackmax
- 10/6
- CIA Director Goss Resigns amid Scandal; Replaced by Former NSA Director Michael Hayden, May 5, 2006, posted by blackmax
- 9/29
- Pentagon Refuses to Adopt Proposal Directing Military to Observe Geneva Convention Article, Late 2005, posted by blackmax
- 9/29
- Padilla Indicted for Lesser Crimes, Not on ‘Dirty Bomb’ Allegations, November 22, 2005, posted by blackmax
- 9/21
- Bush Accepts Watered-Down Detainee Treatment Act, December 15, 2005, posted by blackmax
- 9/21
- Porter Goss Sworn in as New CIA Director, September 24, 2004, posted by blackmax
- 9/1
- New York Appeals Court Orders Government to Release Padilla within 30 Days, December 18, 2003, posted by blackmax
- 9/1
- OLC Head Goldsmith Withdraws Torture Memos, December 2003-June 2004, posted by blackmax
- 9/1
- Rumsfeld Approves New ‘Harsh’ Interrogation Methods, April 16, 2003, posted by blackmax
- 8/14
- USA Patriot Act Becomes Law, October 26, 2001, posted by blackmax
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The Loss of Civil Liberties project covers a number of issues: the expansion of executive power (the so-called “unitary executive”), the NSA’s domestic surveillance program, the use of “national security letters” to force information from citizens, and other all-too-pertinent topics. We invite you to become part of our exploration.
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