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On September 14th, 2011, author Helle Dale writes about the governments shut down on media coverage of protests and violence in Egypt. The coverage of pivotal moments and abuses in Egypt is an attack on the freedom of expression and freedom of press to provide reliable information around the world.

Author, Tara Dodrill, recently wrote "Personal Freedom Under Attack in Cleveland; the Food Police Strike Again," in regards to a Healthy Cleveland initiative that began in February of this year to ban trans-fat in bakeries and restaurants. Though trans-fats have been proven to be un-healthy shouldn't the choice be a choice of your own personal freedom?

After the Paris attacks, the the mostly cooled down topic of privacy vs security has come back with a vengeance, with many of the presidential front runners taking stands. It discusses how encrypted services like Twitter can be used as communication methods between terrorists, and where many important figures in the surveillance game, including former CIA director, stand on it.

This article is dealing with if the supreme court should rule that blood can be withdrawn from suspected DWI corrupt

In Venice, CA. an owner of a farmers market was arrested for selling unpasteurized goat's milk and cheese to an undercover agent. The farmers market is a private club that only sells to members and personal freedom is in question when an owner can't sell healthy homegrown fares to private members.

In a New York Times article, author Adam Liptak details the change in law enforcement priorities to preventing terrorist attacks over punishing crimes after they have been committed and how this may be an infringement on our freedom of speech. After the September 11th attack, surveillance of religious and dissident groups and informants in Muslim groups caused early arrests as "material support," in support of terrorist organizations. Simply talking to a terrorist group, even urging these groups to resolve disputes through peaceful means, is considered committing a crime.

This site introduces a Chinese firewall that is a data package that will shut down or block an internet connection if specific keywords are identified. The firewall uses routers to inspect web traffic that the Chinese government wants to censor.

This article is about Sarah Palin's "anti-anti-obesity" views. Sarah Palin is defending our personal freedoms by opposing Michelle Obama's efforts to regulate the foods we eat. Sarah believes families should be able to make the decisions about the foods they eat and the government should stay out of it. There are other people's views on the topic as well.

At a time when the United States was attacked, many of the old rules of privacy went out the window. This attack altered the way information would be gathered in the future. Intelligence gathering became more important than personal rights.

Choosing abortion is not a choice any woman is excited about or wants to choose but sometimes it is the only option. "Ending Planned Parenthood goes against the fundamental values of equality, mutual respect, and human rights that our country stands for."

Between the 9/11 terrorists attacks and Edward Snowden's whistle blowing, American's have been debating over whether it is against our constitution to collect massive amounts of data on our citizens through internet uses and phone calls, or it our country's security is more important.

Years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and two years after Edward Snowden's revelations about extensive U.S. government surveillance of phone and internet data, Americans have mixed and conflicting views about government surveillance programs. On the one hand, a majority of Americans oppose the government collecting bulk data on its citizens, others believe there aren't enough limits on what types of data can be collected.

Terrorism certainly created more fear in the west and Americans wanted to feel more safe. Even if it means sacrificing some personal freedoms so that the government catches the crimes before they happen. Recently, it's been seen that it has gotten out of control more than anticipated.

Delayed Notice Search Warrants: A Vital and Time-Honored Tool for Fighting Crime Field Report on the PATRIOT Act The Department of Justice's first priority is to prevent future terrorist attacks.

The USA Patriot Act is a sweeping law that was passed a month after the Sept. 11th attacks and greatly expanded the government's powers in conducting antiterrorism surveillance and investigations. A New York Times article on Oct.

Both liberal and conservative groups alike have criticized the U.S. Patriot Act, passed in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, because they say it violates probable cause and due process rights protected by the Constitution of the United States. The Patriot Act significantly expanded the power of U.S.

Ten years ago, on Oct. 26, 2001, President George W. Bush signed the USA Patriot Act. Congress overwhelmingly passed the law only weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks. It's designed to give the FBI more power to collect information in cases that involve national security.

Case by case situations are being examined, but employers do have the right to set working conditions. What if it attacks personal and religious beliefs?

The Republican author of a bill to punish sex-selective abortion blasted President Obama on Thursday for his stance in favor of abortion rights.

The "contraception mandate" requires private health plans to provide access to contraceptive drugs with no exception for religious beliefs. This includes the private health plan used by the Catholic Church when they don't believe in contraception of any form.

The USA Patriot Act was signed into law with little debate or congress review only 43 days after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. This article describes some of the pros and cons, and how this Act was created to aid in the War against Terrorists.