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Events Recently Added to the Loss of US Civil Liberties timeline
- 8/8
- Journalist Investigating Inslaw Octopus Tells Friends Not to Believe Suicide in Event of His Death, Shortly Before August 10, 1991, posted by KJF
- 7/25
- Deputy Attorney General Told Justice Department Has Waived Rights to Enhanced PROMIS Software, After July 9, 1986, posted by KJF
- 7/25
- Senator Asks Justice Department about Inslaw Case, July 9, 1986, posted by KJF
- 7/25
- Inslaw Complains about Additional PROMIS Installations, September 9, 1985, posted by KJF
- 7/25
- Justice Department Makes Counterproposal for Settlement of PROMIS Dispute, November 15, 1985, 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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- Journalist Investigating Inslaw Octopus Tells Friends Not to Believe Suicide in Event of His Death, Shortly Before August 10, 1991, posted by KJF
- 7/25
- Deputy Attorney General Told Justice Department Has Waived Rights to Enhanced PROMIS Software, After July 9, 1986, posted by KJF
- 7/25
- Senator Asks Justice Department about Inslaw Case, July 9, 1986, posted by KJF
- 7/25
- Inslaw Complains about Additional PROMIS Installations, September 9, 1985, posted by KJF
- 7/25
- Justice Department Makes Counterproposal for Settlement of PROMIS Dispute, November 15, 1985, posted by KJF
- 7/25
- Justice Department Installs Enhanced PROMIS at Attorneys’ Offices despite Inslaw Protests, Between June 24, 1985 and September 2, 1987, posted by KJF
- 7/25
- Justice Department Official Says Conceding Inslaw’s Ownership of Enhanced PROMIS Would Alter Department’s ‘Rights in Data’, August 15, 1984, posted by KJF
- 7/25
- Inslaw Implements PROMIS in 20 US Attorneys Offices, Between August 29, 1983 and February 18, 1985, posted by KJF
- 7/23
- Journalist’s Death Again Found to Be Suicide, January 25, 1992, posted by KJF
- 7/23
- Key Inslaw Affair Witness Gives Telephone Interview to House Judiciary Committee, but No Sworn Statement, January 21, 1992, posted by KJF
- 7/23
- Inslaw Lawyer Argues for Renewed Investigation of Reporter’s Death, January 14, 1992, posted by KJF
- 7/23
- Dead Reporter’s Body Embalmed, Possibly Hampering Investigations, August 10, 1991 or Shortly After, posted by KJF
- 7/23
- FBI Agent Suspects Foul Play in Death of Journalist Investigating Inslaw Affair, Shortly After August 10, 1991, posted by KJF
- 7/23
- Journalist Investigating Inslaw Affair Told to ‘Back Off’, August 5, 1991, posted by KJF
- 7/23
- Source Provides Information for Journalist Investigating Inslaw Affair, Before August 10, 1991, posted by KJF
- 7/23
- Journalist Investigating Inslaw Affair Talks to Former Justice Department Prosecutor, Around August 3, 1991, posted by KJF
- 7/23
- Journalist Investigating Inslaw Affair Found Dead, August 10, 1991, posted by KJF
- 7/23
- Journalist Investigating Inslaw Affair Repeatedly Calls FBI Agent, Sounds ‘Upbeat’, (July 13-August 10, 1991), posted by KJF
- 6/12
- Criminal Recruited for Continuity of Government Program, July 28, 1983, posted by PDevlinBuckley
- 6/12
- Army Inspector General Investigation of Doomsday Program Thwarted, Summer 1987, posted by PDevlinBuckley
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Recently Updated Events
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- District Court Upholds Bankruptcy Court Ruling in Favor of Inslaw, November 22, 1989, posted by KJF
- 5/10
- Bankruptcy Judge Rules Justice Department Obtained Enhanced PROMIS by ‘Trickery, Fraud, and Deceit’, September 28, 1987, posted by KJF
- 3/19
- EPA Allows Industry Lobbyists to Write Mercury Regulation, January 2004, posted by Derek
- 2/27
- OLC: Past, Present Interrogation Methods Not Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading, May 10, 2005, posted by blackmax
- 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
- 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
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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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