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Pirate Bay Judge Exposed as Member of Pro-Copyright Groups | Threat Level from Wired.com - 0 views

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    One of the four men convicted in The Pirate Bay trial is seeking to have his guilty verdict thrown out after learning that the judge in the trial is a member of two pro-copyright groups, including one whose membership  includes entertainment industry representatives who argued in the case.
Matthew Davis

Gitmo Inmates Still Tortured - 0 views

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    A story about how torture persists for 250+ detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
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    Even though Obama promised to shut down Guanatanamo Bay, the truth is that over 250 inmates are still subjected to torture. It seems that whatever the White House say the Pentagon and US army will try to work-around however possible.
thinkahol *

Talk on the Left of a Primary Challenge to Obama - Matt Bai - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    WASHINGTON - President Obama's compromise with Republicans on extending tax cuts for the wealthy, which his self-described progressive critics see as a profound betrayal, is bound to intensify a debate that has been bubbling up on liberal blogs and e-mail lists in recent weeks - whether or not the president who embodied "hope and change" in 2008 should face a primary challenge in 2012.
rich hilts

Don't Touch My - Acreage - 0 views

shared by rich hilts on 15 Dec 10 - No Cached
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    Don't Touch My - Acreage NEW- Massive Land Grab in lame duck session and info on Chesapeake Bay Initiative
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Cell Phone Censorship in San Francisco? » Blog of Rights: Official Blog of th... - 0 views

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    Pop quiz: where did a government agency shut down cell service yesterday to disrupt a political protest? Syria? London? Nope. San Francisco. The answer may seem surprising, but that's exactly what happened yesterday evening. The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) asked wireless providers to halt service in four stations in San Francisco to prevent protestors from communicating with each other. The action came after BART notified riders that there might be demonstrations in the city. All over the world people are using mobile devices to organize protests against repressive regimes, and we rightly criticize governments that respond by shutting down cell service, calling their actions anti-democratic and a violation of the rights to free expression and assembly. Are we really willing to tolerate the same silencing of protest here in the United States? BART's actions were glaringly small-minded as technology and the ability to be connected have many uses. Imagine if someone had a heart attack on the train when the phones were blocked and no one could call 911. And where do we draw the line? These protestors were using public transportation to get to the demonstration - should the government be able to shut that down too? Shutting down access to mobile phones is the wrong response to political protests, whether it's halfway around the world or right here at home. The First Amendment protects everybody's right to free expression, and when the government responds to people protesting against it by silencing them, it's dangerous to democracy.
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BART Pulls a Mubarak in San Francisco | Electronic Frontier Foundation - 0 views

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    This week, EFF has seen censorship stories move closer and closer to home - first Iran, then the UK, and now San Francisco, an early locus of the modern free speech movement. Operators of the Bay Area Rapid Transit system (BART) shut down cell phone service to four stations in downtown San Francisco yesterday in response to a planned protest. Last month, protesters disrupted BART service in response to the fatal shooting of Charles Blair Hill by BART police on July 3rd. Thursday's protest failed to materialize, possibly because the disruption of cell phone service made organization and coordination difficult.
The Ravine / Joseph Dunphy

Neal Rodriguez: BART Cop Needs to Be Held without Bail - 0 views

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    More about the young man who was shot and killed while face down on the pavement, "execution style", as the author says, by a transit cop on BART, the San Francisco Bay Area's rapid transit system. Perhaps I'm missing something, but weren't the police supposed to be enforcing the laws, including the one against murder?
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Former Military Interrogator Matthew Alexander: Despite GOP Claims, "Immoral" Torture "... - 0 views

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    The death of Osama bin Laden has sparked a debate over whether torture of suspects held at places such as the U.S. military base at Guantánamo Bay helped track down and kill the al-Qaeda leader. Some claim the mission vindicated controversial Bush policies on harsh interrogation techniques. We speak with Matthew Alexander, a former senior military interrogator in Iraq. "The laying of the groundwork, if you will, of these [Bush-era] techniques, I believe wholeheartedly, slowed us down on the road towards Osama bin Laden and numerous other members of al-Qaeda," Alexander says. "I'm convinced we would have found him a lot earlier had we not resorted to torture and abuse." [includes rush transcript]
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