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Holder’s Invocation of State Secrets Privilege Shields Government From Accountability

As Marcy Wheeler and Glenn Greenwald both pointed out over the weekend, Eric Holder on Friday once again declared that a case charging government lawbreaking must be dismissed because to let it continue would reveal important “state secrets.” That’s despite the fact that Attorney General Eric Holder not long ago announced that he’d be asserting [...]


Social Worker Raided for Rioting on Twitter Wants His Pickaxes Back

This seems almost too weird to be true, but Wired reports that on Oct. 1, federal agents seized the computers, manuscripts and pickaxes of an anarchist social worker in Queens, N.Y., claiming he violating anti-rioting laws on Twitter.


Patriot Act Renewal Debate Kicks Off Over Party Lines

Eight years after it was passed, the USA Patriot Act remains among the most controversial pieces of counterterrorism legislation in the so-called “war on terror.”


U.S. Citizen Can Sue Ashcroft for Wrongful Detention

Few innocent victims of post-9/11 counter-terrorism policies have been able to sustain their claims against government officials in federal courts, although many have tried.  But on Friday, a federal appeals court held that a U.S. citizen detained for more than two weeks as a “material witness” and then released under severe restrictions can sue former [...]


Big Break From Bush on ‘State Secrets’ Unlikely Under Obama

In an interview with Katie Couric, Eric Holder dodged specifics on Justice Department plans.