Thursday, August 14, 2008

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GUANTÁNAMO
First Unconstitutional Military Commission Trial Ends In Conviction
After a trial filled with constitutional and procedural flaws, a jury of military officers found Salim Hamdan guilty of providing material support for terrorism.
> PODCAST: Ben Wizner's First-Hand Observations of Hamdan's Sentencing

FBI SPYING
FBI Improperly Obtains Reporters' Phone Records
The FBI admitted late Friday to improperly obtaining telephone records from New York Times and Washington Post reporters by issuing "emergency" records demands that allowed the agency to bypass even the extremely limited safeguards that ordinarily apply to national security letters (NSLs).

IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS
Court Blocks Local Arizona Anti-Solicitation Law
The U.S District Court of Arizona blocked the town of Cave Creek, Ariz., from enforcing an anti-solicitation ordinance that infringes on the free speech rights of day laborers in that town.

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President Carter Supports ACLU And NACDL Guantánamo Defense Project


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