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Judge Orders DOJ To Turn Over Torture Memos Or Justify Withholding Them
The memos will provide further evidence that senior Justice Department officials gave the CIA a green light to torture prisoners.
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Proposed FBI Guidelines Unconstitutional
The revised guidelines allow FBI agents to use paid informers, spy on a person's activities or engage in other types of intrusive surveillance without "factual predication."
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1,000,000 Terrorists Poised To Strike America?
If the government is going to rely on a terrorist watch list, there must be checks and balances to ensure that innocent people are protected.
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