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Stories from 2004-02-22

Review: Civil Liberties and the War on Terrorism

Ethan Bronner | New York Times | February 22, 2004

Eight new books assess the effects of the 9/11 attacks on American freedom and privacy. [more]

I'm No Taliban ... Get Me Out Of Here

Trevor Royle | Sunday Herald | February 22, 2004

"There is also a growing belief that the release was a cynical move to divert attention from the US Supreme Court’s hearing later this year to test the legality of holding the Camp Delta detainees. Two of the released British detainees were named as plaintiffs in a legal challenge mounted by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), arguing that the US cannot order indefinite detention without due legal process in 'a prison that operates entirely outside the law.'" [more]

Now the Pentagon Tells Bush: Climate Change Will Destroy Us

Mark Townsend and Paul Harris | The Observer (Guardian) | February 22, 2004

A secret report, suppressed by US defence chiefs and obtained by The Observer, warns that major European cities will be sunk beneath rising seas as Britain is plunged into a 'Siberian' climate by 2020. Nuclear conflict, mega-droughts, famine and widespread rioting will erupt across the world. [more]

U.S. High-Tech Spy Agency Has Low Profile

STAFF | Associated Press | February 22, 2004

"Advanced Research and Development Activity works for all the nation's intelligence services, including the CIA, FBI, Defense Intelligence Agency and parts of dozens of other departments. Its budget is part of the National Foreign Intelligence Program and is secret." [more]

US Vuln Info-Sharing Program Draws Fire

Kevin Poulsen | Register | February 22, 2004

"A key provision of the law bars the government from using the vulnerability information in any enforcement action against the company, or from using it as the basis for proposing new legislation or regulations on industry. And if the information does somehow leak out, it cannot be used in court against the company." [more]

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