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What can they do with Twitter that they can't already do with mobile phones and plain-vanilla web access?","ub_date":"1227361287","bookmark_date":"1225184630","tags_str":"gwot<\/a>, intelligence<\/a>, military<\/a>, news<\/a>, terrorism<\/a>, twitter<\/a>, viamento.info<\/a>, weird<\/a>","se_id":"u-s-army-warns-of-twittering-terrorists-news-security-cnet-news","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20020116191437\/http:\/\/chicagotribune.com\/news\/nationworld\/chi-0201070203jan07.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed","bookmark_desc":"Jeff Zeleny, \"Bush offers a look into spirituality,\" Chicago Tribune (Jan. 7, 2002)","bookmark_notes":"Archived version of a news story cited by Bruce Lincoln in Holy Terrors.","ub_date":"1227361287","bookmark_date":"1224749476","tags_str":"archived<\/a>, bruce_lincoln<\/a>, bush<\/a>, christianity<\/a>, gwot<\/a>, news<\/a>, politics<\/a>, religion<\/a>, terrorism<\/a>","se_id":"jeff-zeleny-bush-offers-a-look-into-spirituality-chicago-tribune-jan-7-2002","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/servlet\/story\/RTGAM.20081006.whutterite1007\/BNStory\/National\/home","bookmark_desc":"globeandmail.com: Hutterites challenge post-9\/11 security rules (refuse to be photographed for ID cards)","bookmark_notes":"Hutterites refuse to be photographed for driver licenses and are making their case in Canadian court.","ub_date":"1227361284","bookmark_date":"1223625976","tags_str":"anabaptists<\/a>, canada<\/a>, christianity<\/a>, gwot<\/a>, photography<\/a>, pluralism<\/a>, religion<\/a>","se_id":"globeandmail-com-hutterites-challenge-post-911-security-rules-refuse-to-be-photographed-for-id-cards","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/doonesbury\/2008\/09\/28","bookmark_desc":"Doonesbury, Sept. 28, 2008 on \"24\" and torture","bookmark_notes":"Sort of funny. 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An anti-death-penalty activist (and sportswriter) describes how his group was infiltrated by an undercover agent who described members as \"anarchist\" and \"socialist,\" even after it was obvious that the group was engaging in no dangerous or illegal activities.","ub_date":"1227358371","bookmark_date":"1218665756","tags_str":"bad_news<\/a>, civil_rights<\/a>, commentary<\/a>, domestic_spying<\/a>, gwot<\/a>","se_id":"the-return-of-cointelpro-spying-on-dissenters-in-the-name-of-freedom","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.progressive.org\/node\/6685","bookmark_desc":"\"Fusion centers\": another step on the road to the \"total surveillance society\"","bookmark_notes":"A \"fusion center\" is a domestic intelligence-gathering facility which involves police, federal agencies, the military, and in some cases also private contractors in gathering as much data as possible about people suspected of undefined \"illicit activity.\" No chance of abuse there, of course. None.","ub_date":"1227358371","bookmark_date":"1218665756","tags_str":"bad_news<\/a>, civil_rights<\/a>, commentary<\/a>, domestic_spying<\/a>, gwot<\/a>, law<\/a>, politics<\/a>","se_id":"fusion-centers-another-step-on-the-road-to-the-total-surveillance-society","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/content\/article\/2008\/08\/01\/laptops.html","bookmark_desc":"DHS: Federal border agents can \"detain\" your computer indefinitely, without cause","bookmark_notes":"Federal security agents can confiscate anyone's laptop or any information storage device (including any and all papers you're travelling with), share the contents with any third party they wish, and keep the material indefinitely, without cause.","ub_date":"1227358370","bookmark_date":"1218665755","tags_str":"civil_rights<\/a>, computers<\/a>, dhs<\/a>, gwot<\/a>, news<\/a>, privacy<\/a>, travel<\/a>, viamento.info<\/a>","se_id":"dhs-federal-border-agents-can-detain-your-computer-indefinitely-without-cause","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"2"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/08\/03\/AR2008080301529.html?nav=rss_religion","bookmark_desc":"Shankar Vedantam, \"How Terrorist Organizations Work Like Clubs,\" The Washington Post (August 3, 2008)","bookmark_notes":"","ub_date":"1227361264","bookmark_date":"1218665755","tags_str":"commentary<\/a>, contemporary<\/a>, gwot<\/a>, islam<\/a>, news<\/a>, religion<\/a>, religion_news<\/a>, rels327<\/a>, sociology<\/a>, terrorism<\/a>, More...<\/a>","se_id":"shankar-vedantam-how-terrorist-organizations-work-like-clubs-the-washington-post-august-3-2008","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.cceia.org\/resources\/transcripts\/5207.html","bookmark_desc":"The Question of Torture: Panel discussion with Mark Bowden, Mark Danner, Darius Rejali, Elaine Scarry, and Aryeh Neier (NYPL, June 1, 2005)","bookmark_notes":"","ub_date":"1227361265","bookmark_date":"1218665755","tags_str":"civil_rights<\/a>, commentary<\/a>, gwot<\/a>, law<\/a>, torture<\/a>, viamento.info<\/a>","se_id":"the-question-of-torture-panel-discussion-with-mark-bowden-mark-danner-darius-rejali-elaine-scarry-and-aryeh-neier-nypl-june-1-2005","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/07\/22\/opinion\/22herbert.html?ex=1374465600","bookmark_desc":"Bob Herbert - Madness and Shame - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com","bookmark_notes":"","ub_date":"1227361262","bookmark_date":"1216887664","tags_str":"bad_news<\/a>, gwot<\/a>, iraq<\/a>, law<\/a>, opinion<\/a>, politics<\/a>","se_id":"bob-herbert-madness-and-shame-op-ed-nytimes-com","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/theyhavenames.com","bookmark_desc":"\"They Have Names\": memorials for soldiers","bookmark_notes":"Extensive profiles and photos of individual soldiers.","ub_date":"1227358365","bookmark_date":"1216634971","tags_str":"death<\/a>, gwot<\/a>, iraq<\/a>, memorial<\/a>, military<\/a>, violence<\/a>, war<\/a>","se_id":"they-have-names-memorials-for-soldiers","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/thecurrent.theatlantic.com\/archives\/2008\/07\/martin-seligman.php","bookmark_desc":"The Ethics of a Psychologist - The Current","bookmark_notes":"","ub_date":"1227361261","bookmark_date":"1216634970","tags_str":"ethics<\/a>, gwot<\/a>, psychology<\/a>, toread<\/a>, torture<\/a>","se_id":"the-ethics-of-a-psychologist-the-current","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pubs\/890\/religion-in-the-military","bookmark_desc":"Pew Forum interview on religion in the military","bookmark_notes":"A short interview with Robert Tuttle of Georgetown; focuses primarily (but not exclusively) on the legal issues associated with the chaplaincy","ub_date":"1227358364","bookmark_date":"1216634969","tags_str":"christianity<\/a>, gwot<\/a>, interview<\/a>, islam<\/a>, military<\/a>, religion<\/a>, rels327<\/a>","se_id":"pew-forum-interview-on-religion-in-the-military","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/07\/06\/opinion\/06kristof.html","bookmark_desc":"Nicholas Kristof calls for a U.S. Truth and Reconciliation commission","bookmark_notes":"","ub_date":"1227358363","bookmark_date":"1215889208","tags_str":"commentary<\/a>, gwot<\/a>, law<\/a>, opinion<\/a>, politics<\/a>","se_id":"nicholas-kristof-calls-for-a-u-s-truth-and-reconciliation-commission","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/news\/bal-te.fisa07jul07,0,2992594.story","bookmark_desc":"Domestic spying quietly goes on -- baltimoresun.com","bookmark_notes":"Annotated link http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/bookmark\/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baltimoresun.com%2Fnews%2Fbal-te.fisa07jul07%2C0%2C2992594.story","ub_date":"1227361260","bookmark_date":"1215889207","tags_str":"domestic_spying<\/a>, gwot<\/a>, law<\/a>, news<\/a>, politics<\/a>, viaemail<\/a>","se_id":"domestic-spying-quietly-goes-on-baltimoresun-com","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.iht.com\/articles\/2008\/07\/02\/america\/02detain.php","bookmark_desc":"China inspired interrogations at Guant\u00e1namo - International Herald Tribune","bookmark_notes":"","ub_date":"1227361260","bookmark_date":"1215889207","tags_str":"bad_news<\/a>, disturbing<\/a>, gwot<\/a>, news<\/a>, torture<\/a>, u.s.-news<\/a>, viamento.info<\/a>","se_id":"china-inspired-interrogations-at-guantnamo-international-herald-tribune","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.atimes.com\/atimes\/South_Asia\/JG09Df02.html","bookmark_desc":"Suicide bomber attacks Indian Embassy in Kabul","bookmark_notes":"If India is drawn into direct or proxy conflict with the Taliban (and by extension Pakistan's ISI), the results could be very explosive.","ub_date":"1227358362","bookmark_date":"1215889206","tags_str":"afghanistan<\/a>, bad_news<\/a>, gwot<\/a>, india<\/a>, middle_east<\/a>, news<\/a>, south_asia<\/a>","se_id":"suicide-bomber-attacks-indian-embassy-in-kabul","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/politics\/features\/2008\/08\/hitchens200808","bookmark_desc":"\"Believe me, it's torture\": Christopher Hitchens gets waterboarded","bookmark_notes":"Hitchens decided to experience waterboarding for himself. 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Addington was subpoenaed before Congress and, along with John Yoo, pushed to new limits the practice of obfuscating the Congress in their attempts to exercise supervisory authority.","ub_date":"1227358360","bookmark_date":"1214849838","tags_str":"bushies<\/a>, conservatives<\/a>, gwot<\/a>, law<\/a>, politics<\/a>, wierd<\/a>","se_id":"breaking-david-addington-appears-before-congress-acts-like-a-jerk","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/blog\/2008\/06\/18\/BL2008061801546.html","bookmark_desc":"Dan Froomkin - General Accuses WH of War Crimes - washingtonpost.com","bookmark_notes":"Notes on retired Gen. Taguba's preface to the recent Physicians for Human Rights report on detainee torture.","ub_date":"1227361258","bookmark_date":"1214245815","tags_str":"bad_news<\/a>, gwot<\/a>, iraq<\/a>, military<\/a>, news<\/a>, torture<\/a>, viamento.info<\/a>, violence<\/a>, war<\/a>","se_id":"dan-froomkin-general-accuses-wh-of-war-crimes-washingtonpost-com","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/apps\/news?pid=20601124&sid=a2_71Klo2vig&refer=home","bookmark_desc":"Suicide may kill more U.S. soldiers than combat","bookmark_notes":"Not sure what to make of this news, or how reliable these numbers really are, but it's fairly shocking. It also says that one in ten U.S. veterans will suffer from untreated PTSD.","ub_date":"1227358353","bookmark_date":"1210575745","tags_str":"gwot<\/a>, iraq<\/a>, military<\/a>, psychology<\/a>, u.s.-news<\/a>, violence<\/a>, war<\/a>","se_id":"suicide-may-kill-more-u-s-soldiers-than-combat","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/opinion\/feature\/2007\/04\/26\/nangarhar","bookmark_desc":"Thoughts on Nangarhar from an ex-Marine","bookmark_notes":"An interesting and nuanced perspective, combining an appreciation for the culture of the Marines (and its flaws), an awareness of the high strategic stakes involved in any civilian killings by U.S. troops, and a much-needed reminder that U.S. forces have","ub_date":"1227358178","bookmark_date":"1206154929","tags_str":"civilian-killings<\/a>, commentary<\/a>, gwot<\/a>, iraq<\/a>, military<\/a>, opinion<\/a>, violence<\/a>, war<\/a>","se_id":"thoughts-on-nangarhar-from-an-ex-marine","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/opinion\/feature\/2007\/04\/26\/nangarhar\/index1.html","bookmark_desc":"Thoughts on Nangarhar from an ex-Marine [6]","bookmark_notes":"An interesting and nuanced perspective, combining an appreciation for the culture of the Marines (and its flaws), an awareness of the high strategic stakes involved in any civilian killings by U.S. troops, and a much-needed reminder that U.S. forces have","ub_date":"1227358178","bookmark_date":"1206154928","tags_str":"civilian-killings<\/a>, commentary<\/a>, gwot<\/a>, iraq<\/a>, military<\/a>, opinion<\/a>, violence<\/a>, war<\/a>","se_id":"thoughts-on-nangarhar-from-an-ex-marine-6","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/clipmarks.com\/content\/374DD457-F90C-4573-AFBC-1F97F2D90FE6","bookmark_desc":"Top ten civil-rights abuses of 2006! [P]","bookmark_notes":"Ten most egregious Bush administration violations of the American spirit of freedom and openness during 2006. It's a sorry-looking list. Original source: http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2156397\/ I'm adopting Godfrey's [P] notation here -- this is a poppable ve","ub_date":"1227358260","bookmark_date":"1200986401","tags_str":"bushies<\/a>, domestic_spying<\/a>, gwot<\/a>, law<\/a>, outrage<\/a>, politics<\/a>, secrecy<\/a>, torture<\/a>","se_id":"top-ten-civil-rights-abuses-of-2006-p","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/a\/2006\/08\/26\/LODI.TMP","bookmark_desc":"2 Lodi residents refused entry back into U.S.","bookmark_notes":"Two U.S. citizens are denied reentry into the U.S. from Pakistan unless they agree to FBI interrogations in Pakistan first. Move called \"unprecedented.\"","ub_date":"1227358288","bookmark_date":"1199911417","tags_str":"civil_rights<\/a>, gwot<\/a>, news<\/a>, outrage<\/a>, u.s.-news<\/a>","se_id":"2-lodi-residents-refused-entry-back-into-u-s-","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/NASApp\/cs\/ContentServer?pagename=thestar\/Layout\/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1157838637025&call_pageid=968256290204&col=968350116795","bookmark_desc":"TheStar.com - The 'war on terror' will turn a generation of angry young men against the West, says Linda McQuaig","bookmark_notes":"To me, an eminently sensible perspective: the U.S. is making committed, new enemies faster than we can kill them off.","ub_date":"1227358287","bookmark_date":"1199911415","tags_str":"gwot<\/a>, news<\/a>, opinion<\/a>, viacairphilly<\/a>, violence<\/a>","se_id":"thestar-com-the-war-on-terror-will-turn-a-generation-of-angry-young-men-against-the-west-says-linda-mcquaig","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.crooksandliars.com\/2006\/09\/11\/keith-olbermanns-special-commnet-on-bush-who-has-left-this-hole-in-the-ground-we-have-not-forgotten-mr-president-you-have-may-this-country-forgive-you","bookmark_desc":"Crooks and Liars \u00bb Keith Olbermann\u2019s Special Comment on Bush: Who has left this hole in the ground? We have not forgotten, Mr. President. You have. May this country forgive you","bookmark_notes":"Scathing remarks from Keith Olbermann on the five-year anniversary of 9-11.","ub_date":"1227358287","bookmark_date":"1199911415","tags_str":"9-11<\/a>, gwot<\/a>, opinion<\/a>","se_id":"crooks-and-liars-keith-olbermanns-special-comment-on-bush-who-has-left-this-hole-in-the-ground-we-have-not-forgotten-mr-president-you-have-may-this-country-forgive-you","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/afp\/20060911\/pl_afp\/usattacks5yearspress_060911082127","bookmark_desc":"Global media abhors US response to 9\/11 - Yahoo! News","bookmark_notes":"International media offer profoundly negative assessments of US actions in the wake of 9-11 at the five-year mark.","ub_date":"1227358287","bookmark_date":"1199911415","tags_str":"gwot<\/a>, international<\/a>, journalism<\/a>, news<\/a>, viacairphilly<\/a>","se_id":"global-media-abhors-us-response-to-911-yahoo-news","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/opinion\/chi-0609110189sep11,0,4330906.story?coll=chi-newsopinioncommentary-hed","bookmark_desc":"The growth of suicide terrorism | Chicago Tribune","bookmark_notes":"Pape's point, based on some genuine research, is that suicide bombers are produced not by religious fervor but by a sense of oppression, especially foreign occupation of one's territory or that of an ally.","ub_date":"1227358287","bookmark_date":"1199911415","tags_str":"gwot<\/a>, news<\/a>, opinion<\/a>, terrorism<\/a>, viapewforum<\/a>, violence<\/a>","se_id":"the-growth-of-suicide-terrorism-chicago-tribune","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.therevealer.org\/archives\/timely_002693.php","bookmark_desc":"Long Island politics and Sufism","bookmark_notes":"The Revealer has a piece on Peter King's vendetta against the Islamic Center of Long Island, and how his statements have inadvertently put him in the middle of an intra-Islamic conflict.","ub_date":"1227358271","bookmark_date":"1199911400","tags_str":"gwot<\/a>, islam<\/a>, news<\/a>, pluralism<\/a>, politics<\/a>, religion<\/a>, u.s.-news<\/a>","se_id":"long-island-politics-and-sufism","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/writ.lp.findlaw.com\/mariner\/20061108.html","bookmark_desc":"Purpose of the Military Commissions Act","bookmark_notes":"FindLaw's J. Mariner argues that the purpose of the MCA was primarily not to assist in the prosecution of terror suspects (who have been successfully prosecuted in civilian courts) but to ensure that torturers are immune from future prosecution.","ub_date":"1227358266","bookmark_date":"1199911395","tags_str":"gwot<\/a>, law<\/a>, military<\/a>, torture<\/a>, violence<\/a>","se_id":"purpose-of-the-military-commissions-act","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.atimes.com\/atimes\/Middle_East\/HK17Ak01.html","bookmark_desc":"Language, logic, and the \"war on terror\"","bookmark_notes":"The author asks us to consider: when the US claims to be spreading \"freedom\" and \"democracy,\" what precisely do these words mean? Freedom to do what, and what kind of democracy?","ub_date":"1227358267","bookmark_date":"1199911395","tags_str":"gwot<\/a>, language<\/a>, politics<\/a>, war<\/a>","se_id":"language-logic-and-the-andquotwar-on-terrorandquot","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/11\/29\/AR2006112901317.html?referrer=email","bookmark_desc":"Dems already balking on 9-11 panel reforms","bookmark_notes":"Various political considerations appear likely to block implementation of a key recommendation from the 9-11 commission: reorganizing and strengthening Congressional oversight of intelligence agencies. What a bunch of losers.","ub_date":"1227358265","bookmark_date":"1199911393","tags_str":"bad_news<\/a>, gwot<\/a>, politics<\/a>","se_id":"dems-already-balking-on-9-11-panel-reforms","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.mnftiu.cc\/mnftiu.cc\/war60.html","bookmark_desc":"Latest from \"Get Your War On\" comix","bookmark_notes":"New postings from \"Get Your War On\" since Thanksgiving. If you don't know it, this is probably the bitterest, angriest, most obscene political cartoonist there is. I think he's great; YMMV.","ub_date":"1227358262","bookmark_date":"1199911390","tags_str":"comics<\/a>, gwot<\/a>, politics<\/a>, war<\/a>, webcomic<\/a>","se_id":"latest-from-andquotget-your-war-onandquot-comix","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2156397","bookmark_desc":"Ten greatest civil liberties abuses of 2006","bookmark_notes":"Slate's legal correspondent Dahlia Lithwik writes her own \"year's ten best\" list: top ten civil rights violations in the U.S. in 2006. More at source. See esp. the sorry story of Jos\u00e9 Padilla. Remember him? The terrorist mastermind who was going to blow","ub_date":"1227358260","bookmark_date":"1199911389","tags_str":"bushies<\/a>, conservatives<\/a>, domestic_spying<\/a>, gwot<\/a>, law<\/a>, politics<\/a>, torture<\/a>","se_id":"ten-greatest-civil-liberties-abuses-of-2006","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/Template.cfm?Section=news&template=\/ContentManagement\/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=145756","bookmark_desc":"Libraries and the USA PATRIOT Act; is FBI acting legally? [9]","bookmark_notes":"The FBI disregards legal provisions exempting libraries from the scope of National Security Letters. Good thing we got the ALA looking out for us though.","ub_date":"1227358260","bookmark_date":"1199911389","tags_str":"civil_rights<\/a>, domestic_spying<\/a>, gwot<\/a>, library<\/a>, news<\/a>","se_id":"libraries-and-the-usa-patriot-act-is-fbi-acting-legally-9","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/ala\/washoff\/WOissues\/civilliberties\/theusapatriotact\/usapatriotact.htm","bookmark_desc":"Libraries and the USA PATRIOT Act; is FBI acting legally?","bookmark_notes":"The FBI disregards legal provisions exempting libraries from the scope of National Security Letters. Good thing we got the ALA looking out for us though.","ub_date":"1227358261","bookmark_date":"1199911389","tags_str":"civil_rights<\/a>, domestic_spying<\/a>, gwot<\/a>, library<\/a>, news<\/a>","se_id":"libraries-and-the-usa-patriot-act-is-fbi-acting-legally","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/News\/article\/172671","bookmark_desc":"Maher Arar: \"We knew he was going to be tortured\"","bookmark_notes":"A partial transcript of Sen. Patrick Leahy's questioning of AG Gonzales regarding the DOJ's handling of the Maher Arar case. For those of you who don't know, Arar was a Canadian citizen with no ties to terrorism who was seized while changing planes in New","ub_date":"1227358258","bookmark_date":"1199911387","tags_str":"gwot<\/a>, news<\/a>, politics<\/a>, torture<\/a>","se_id":"maher-arar-andquotwe-knew-he-was-going-to-be-torturedandquot","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.alertnet.org\/thenews\/newsdesk\/L26364409.htm","bookmark_desc":"Guantanamo jailers getting desperate; conditions worsening","bookmark_notes":"As it begins to look more likely that Guantanamo will be shut down at some point, beatings and abuse by interrogators have risen sharply, says one lawyer.","ub_date":"1227358257","bookmark_date":"1199911386","tags_str":"gwot<\/a>, news<\/a>, torture<\/a>","se_id":"guantanamo-jailers-getting-desperate-conditions-worsening","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"}]