SWAT team raids investigative journalist’s home, confiscates confidential DHS filesReuters/Jessica Rinaldi An investigative journalist says federal agents raided her home earlier this year and confiscated the notes she used to report on a government cover-up. Now she fears her sources have been compromised.
‘They treat us like animals!’ Dozens of US cities unite in protests against police brutalityDozens of cities across the US have seen a national day of protest against police brutality. Organizers stated that thousands of people were killed in crackdowns over the last couple of decades, and police aren’t held accountable for the violence. All across the US people united to protest police violence in rallies.
Rand Paul proposes constitutional amendment barring government officials from being above the lawSenator Rand Paul doesn’t want government officials to receive any sort of special treatment, and a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution courtesy of the Kentucky Republican could accomplish just that. Sen. Paul’s office announced on Monday that the lawmaker introduced a Constitutional amendment in Washington last week “that would hold government officials to the same standard as the American people.”
US citizen sues government after being detained by immigration officials for 7 monthsAFP Photo / Jose Cabezas A 33-year-old Filipino woman who came to the United States as a child and was quickly granted full American citizenship is suing the US government after being detained in prison for almost seven months and threatened with deportation.
Drone strikes by US may violate international law, says UNA United Nations investigation has so far identified 33 drone strikes around the world that have resulted in civilian casualties and may have violated international humanitarian law. The report by the UN’s special rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism, Ben Emmerson QC, calls on the US to declassify information about operations co-ordinated by the CIA and clarify its positon on the legality of unmanned aerial attacks.
Washington state sues lobbying group opposed to GMO food labeling effortReuters / Ints Kalnins A lobbying group for major US manufacturers has violated Washington state campaign finance law while opposing a ballot initiative that would require labeling genetically-modified foods, according to a lawsuit filed by the state attorney general Wednesday.
EFF Files Brief to Reveal the DEA’s Secret Use of Electronic Surveillance in Criminal CasesGiven the recent revelations about just how pervasive the government’s electronic surveillance has been, it’s no surprise these surveillance programs are popping up in criminal cases, as defense attorneys are finding gaps in how the government collected particular pieces of electronic evidence on their clients.
14 Caribbean nations sue Britain, Holland and France for slavery reparations that could cost hundreds of billions of poundsCountries demanding compensation for ‘awful’ legacy of Atlantic trade Have hired lawyers who won pay-out for Kenyans tortured in the 1950s Britain compensated slave owners £20m in 1834 – equal to £200bn today Idea of reparations in the U.S.
Report Finds Police Worldwide Criminalize Dissent, Assert New Powers in Crackdown on ProtestsIn a major new report, the International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations details a global crackdown on peaceful protests through excessive police force and the criminalization of dissent. The report, “Take Back the Streets: Repression and Criminalization of Protest Around the World,” warns of a growing tendency to perceive individuals exercising a fundamental democratic right – the right to protest – as a threat requiring a forceful government response.
Suit Revives Goldman Conflict IssueEarl Wilson/The New York Times At a March 2012 meeting, a group of examiners at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York agreed that Goldman Sachs had inadequate procedures to guard against conflicts of interest – guidelines aimed at stopping firms from putting their pursuit of profit ahead of their clients’ best interests.
Ecuador looks to Hague court to resolve Assange stand-offForeign Minister Ricardo Patino announced Tuesday that his government is considering suing the British government in the International Criminal Court in The Hague for denying Wikileaks founder Julian Assange safe passage to Ecuador. Assange has been forced to take refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London since he was granted asylum by the South American country in June last year.
Book by whistleblower at center of ‘Fast and Furious’ blocked by the ATFAFP Photo / Pedro Pardo A book authored by an agent at the center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ “Fast and Furious” gun running debacle has been rejected and barred from being published by the agency, citing concerns for morale.
California governor signs law defying cooperation with NDAA indefinite detentionCalifornia Governor Jerry Brown has signed a law barring state cooperation with any attempt by the federal government to indefinitely detain people. The legislation targets the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Brown signed into law AB351, which goes beyond any other state in rejecting federal indefinite detention power, according to the Tenth Amendment Center.
Former Qwest CEO says refusal to comply with NSA spying landed him in jailFormer Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio, who spent over four years in prison for insider trading, now says his conviction was based on his company’s refusal to cooperate with NSA requests to spy on its customers.
WalMart sex-discrimination case has been a game changerWhen the U.S. Supreme Court issued its 5-4 decision in Wal-Mart v. Dukes in June 2011, no one needed a Richter scale to know it was a Big One.
US govt prevented drone strike victims from meeting with Congress, lawyer claimsAFP Photo / John Moore The lawyer representing a family that survived of an alleged CIA drone strike in Pakistan has accused the US government of intentionally obstructing what would have been the first meeting between surviving drone strike victims and American lawmakers.
Evidence NSA ‘illegally’ monitored anti-Vietnam dissidents, including journalists and two senatorsDecades before Edward Snowden’s leaks the National Security Agency secretly monitored the communication of prominent Americans who were opposed to the Vietnam War, including at least two sitting US senators. The six-year spying program known as Minaret, which lasted from 1967 to 1973, was disclosed in the 1970s but the identity of those who the government kept tabs on has been under wraps until now.
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FBI threatened associates of Todashev, slayed friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect – CAIRIbragim Todashev The FBI has harassed, threatened and even denied Fifth Amendment rights to friends of an Orlando man agents killed in May who was close to alleged Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the Council on American-Islamic Relations said Wednesday.