The Marathon Bombings and the Lockdown of Boston: Was it really a Vindication of the Surveillance State?
By Falguni A. Sheth and Robert E. Prasch The sub-text of the official state view and media coverage coming …
Category Archives: National Security Law
GiTMO Prisoners, Their Hunger Strikes, and Our Humanity
The Guantanamo Hunger Strike Should Remind Us of Prisoners’ Humanity —and Reawaken Ours. Recently, Olga Khazan, The Atlantic’s global editor, …
Racial Profiling, Islamophobia, and Whistleblowers: Targeting the Unruly Threat
Revised (11:05 am/Feb. 18, 2013). I’ve been dithering about writing this column for a while. But my Twitter feed in …
White Papers, Targets, and U.S. Citizens: What’s All the Fuss?
Revised 6:59 am. The last few days, the mainstreamish media and Congress have professed shock and outrage over the Office …
In America, Journalists “Push Back”: The Magnificent Hypocrisy of Touré
Update (2/17/13) below: Yesterday, the news of the leaked Department of Justice white paper brought on a flurry of “debates” …
Down the Rabbit Hole: The Obama Administration’s Version of Transparency
As soon as Judge Denise Lind’s ruling in the pre-trial punishment motion for Bradley Manning came out, the ironies began …
Newtown, CT: The Culture of Terror and the Failure of the National Security Agenda*
Yet again. Yes, again. Another heinous massacre in Newtown, CT. When I read of the details on Friday, I didn’t …
The Whistleblower Protection Act: Which ‘Disinterested Observer’ Gets to Decide?*
Update (below). Yesterday, POTUS signed a touted “Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act” which was passed unanimously by the Senate. Relatively short, …
Thanksgiving Fun: The Prez’s Memo on Insider Threats…and Anti-Whistleblowing Pursuits?
Updated below. Last Wednesday was Nov. 21, the day before a long Thanksgiving weekend when most journalists, employees, and majority …
GiTMO Tribunals: Righteous Reasons to Abandon the US Constitution?
After my last post, Thomas Drake, a former NSA official, pointed out that the circus of the Guantanamo Bay show-trials …
White Privilege, American Privilege: Does It Make Sense to Be More Concerned with Rights at “Home”?
Updated Version I love how white folks are going around deploying “white privilege” pejoratively at this particular moment, 6 weeks …
150 Years Since Emancipation: We’ve (Hardly) Come a Long Way, Baby
Saturday, Sept. 22 marked the 150th anniversary of President Lincoln’s early emancipation of slaves from Confederate States which were still …
John Knefel: Adnan Latif Wrote to his Lawyer About Why He Wanted to End His Life
This article is reblogged from Alternet.org. It is a must-read and sheds more light on the needless and groundless circumstances …
John Cusack & Jonathan Turley on Obama's Constitution:
Reblogged from SHANNYN MOORE: JUST A GIRL FROM HOMER: Editor’s Note from Shannyn Moore: Read This. ***************************** By John Cusack …
Amherst, MA Opts out of ICE’s Secure Communities Program
This post inaugurates my return to the blogosphere. Many topics to discuss, coming soon: VAWA, the unsung heroes surrounding Chen …
