Newspaper Articles of Note

Below you will find newspaper articles whose subject matter revolves around governmental misconduct. The purpose of highlighting these stories is not to bash government, but rather to show the need for citizen vigilance. Government agents and officials don't always act in the public's best interest and at times can be downright destructive to individual rights and public interests in their actions. Highlighting these abuses reinforces the basic concept of why we the people have limited the legitimate power & authority in all government with written constitutions which clearly delineate the line between the rights of the individual & the privileges of the state.

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National News:

  • Reject the National ID Card - Congressman Ron Paul warns us of impending National ID legislation and why we should reject it
  • Justice wants airline ID case kept secret - John Gilmore has filed suit against John Ashcroft over secret security directives designed to infringe upon our right to travel and the DOJ is attempting to keep the court proceedings in the case secret
  • Detectives testing residents' guns - Cops use gun registration databases to target gun owners as suspects who own the same model guns as those used in unsolved crimes.
  • Lawyers Raise Concern Over Hidden FBI 'I-Drives' - FBI has a history of witholding and/or modifying evidence that should have been released to defense lawyers
  • U.S. to Dismiss Terror Cell Convictions- Afte grievance misconduct on the part of DOJ prosecuters, the U.S> GOvernment has petitioned the federal courts to reverse a Detroit terror conviction.
  • Goss's Wish List - CIA Nominee wants to empower CIA to conduct operations inside the United States and arrest citizens.
  • WHAT HAPPENED IN OSHKOSH? AND WHY SHOULD GUN OWNERS CARE?  Cops in Oshkosh Wisconsin go door to door confiscating firearms from private homes
  • Court Opens Door To Searches Without Warrants - The 5th circuit court of appeals ignores the clear intent and language of the 4th amendment to allow police to search premises without probable cause or a warrant based upon subjective on scene determinations
  • Dominate, Intimidate, Control - 'Reason Online' article highlighting the new enforcement paradigm in many agencies
  • Quarantining dissent... - 'San Francisco Chronicle' article showing how the Bush Administration misuses federal law to undermine free speech and the right to peaceful assembly against those who disagree with administration policies
  • Maher Arar - His Year In Hell - The story of a Canadian citizen arrested at Kennedy airport in late 2002 because his name matched a suspected terrorist on a watch list. He was unlawfully detained and deported to Syria by the Bush administration without any charges being levied against him and without being given access to a lawyer or the justice system. In Syria, he was tortured for nearly a year before finally being released after no connection to terrorism could be found
  • Study used census information for terror profile - Washington Times Article highlighting the misuse of information collected by the Census Bureau to help profile travelers like Maher Arar

Updated: February 27, 2006