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Events Recently Added to the Loss of US Civil Liberties timeline
- 11/18
- Senate Approves Anti-Torture Amendment; White House Mounts Opposition, October 1, 2005, posted by blackmax
- 11/16
- OLC Issues Secret Memo Explicating Torture Methods, (Late July) 2007, posted by blackmax
- 11/16
- Second OLC Memo Finds that Torture Techniques Used in Combination Do Not Violate US Law, Requires Emergency Tracheotomy Kit during Waterboarding, May 10, 2005, posted by blackmax
- 11/16
- Rumsfeld Warns Pentagon Officials Away from Proposed Detainee Treatment Act; Says Issue Belongs to Cheney, Summer 2005, posted by blackmax
- 11/13
- White House Counsel Asks US Archivist to Step Down, December 5, 2003, posted by wrecksdart
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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
Showing 1-20 of 100 recently added events: next 20 - 11/18
- Senate Approves Anti-Torture Amendment; White House Mounts Opposition, October 1, 2005, posted by blackmax
- 11/16
- OLC Issues Secret Memo Explicating Torture Methods, (Late July) 2007, posted by blackmax
- 11/16
- Second OLC Memo Finds that Torture Techniques Used in Combination Do Not Violate US Law, Requires Emergency Tracheotomy Kit during Waterboarding, May 10, 2005, posted by blackmax
- 11/16
- Rumsfeld Warns Pentagon Officials Away from Proposed Detainee Treatment Act; Says Issue Belongs to Cheney, Summer 2005, posted by blackmax
- 11/13
- White House Counsel Asks US Archivist to Step Down, December 5, 2003, posted by wrecksdart
- 11/8
- Cheney Says New York Times Makes ‘It Harder to Defend America’ by Publishing Information Administration Wants Kept Quiet, June 30, 2006, posted by blackmax
- 10/19
- ABA Task Force Declares Bush’s Use of Signing Statements Unconstitutional, July 23, 2006, posted by blackmax
- 10/18
- Legal Scholars Slam Bush Attempts to Usurp Power for Presidency, April 30, 2006, posted by blackmax
- 10/15
- Congress Requires Justice Department to Divulge Wiretapping Information; Bush Says He Can Withhold Information as Desired, December 2004, posted by blackmax
- 10/15
- Ashcroft Opens Lobbying Firm, Uses Administration Contacts for Firm Selling Information on Citizens, Early January 2005, posted by blackmax
- 10/7
- Senate Republicans Block Probe of Wiretapping Program, March 7, 2006, posted by blackmax
- 10/7
- Bush Says Previous Presidents Also Authorized Warrantless Wiretapping; Assertion Draws Fire from Conservatives, Legal Scholars, January 31, 2006, posted by blackmax
- 10/7
- Legal Expert Dismisses Yoo’s Arguments for ‘Post-9/11 Constitution’, January 9, 2006, posted by blackmax
- 10/7
- Republicans Insert ‘Stealth Provision’ into Patriot Act Reauthorization, Cuts Senate out of US Attorney Appointment Process, November 9, 2005 and After, posted by blackmax
- 10/7
- Border Patrol Ignores Law, Obeys President’s Signing Statement, October 18, 2005, posted by blackmax
- 10/7
- Bush Signing Statement Controls Information from DOE, NRC Employees to Congress, August 8, 2005, posted by blackmax
- 10/7
- Chief Justice Names Cheney Supporter to Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, December 2005, posted by blackmax
- 10/7
- Cheney Attempts to Pre-empt Dissent on Administration’s Detention Policy, July 21, 2005, posted by blackmax
- 10/7
- Bush Asserts Unilateral Authority to Order Researchers to Withhold Information from Congress, December 30, 2005, posted by blackmax
- 10/7
- Gonzales Confirmed as Attorney General, February 3, 2005, posted by blackmax
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Recently Updated Events
Showing 1-20 of 100 recently updated events: next 20 - 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
- 9/13
- Justice Department Admits Inslaw Owns Privately-Funded PROMIS Enhancements, August 11, 1982, posted by KJF
- 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
- 8/16
- Inslaw Wins Contract to Install PROMIS from Justice Department, March 1982, posted by KJF
- 8/16
- Justice Department Appoints Former Inslaw Employee to Supervise Contract with Company, April 1982, posted by KJF
- 8/14
- USA Patriot Act Becomes Law, October 26, 2001, posted by blackmax
- 8/13
- Patriot Act Is Introduced to Congress, October 2, 2001, posted by blackmax
- 8/4
- August 2002 ‘Golden Shield’ Memo Leaked to Press, June 8, 2004, posted by blackmax
- 7/29
- NCIS Head Learns of Allegations of Abuse at Guantanamo, Early December, 2002, posted by blackmax
- 7/29
- Iraq-Bound Task Force Adopts Torture Methods Used in Afghanistan, February 2003, posted by blackmax
- 7/27
- Bush Admits Existence of Secret CIA Prisons, Announces Plans to Try Top Al-Qaeda Leaders in Military Tribunals, September 6, 2006, posted by blackmax
- 7/21
- Cheney to Oversee National Effort for Responding to Domestic Attacks, but No Action Is Taken before 9/11, May 8, 2001, posted by PDevlinBuckley
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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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