Leahy Intros Patriot Act Bill With Some Restrictions; ACLU Says Not Enough
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on January 30th, 2011 5:36 am by HL
Leahy Intros Patriot Act Bill With Some Restrictions; ACLU Says Not Enough
Following on the heels of a House Republican’s alteration-free one-year extension of the expiring Patriot Act provisions, Sen. Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, has introduced his own extension that would add some restrictions to the so-called library provision….
New White House Picks (Almost) Rebalance Civil Rights Commission
President Barack Obama on Wednesday appointed two new commissioners to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, a federal agency best know recently for its partisan focus on investigating the New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case. The White House’s move will rebalanced what was intended to be a bipartisan panel which came under conservative control thanks to a move during the Bush administration to “game” the system.
Poll Watcher To New Black Panther Party Videographer: ‘Don’t F**k Up The Story’ (VIDEO)
Stephen Robert Morse was a freelance journalist and videographer working as a poll watcher for the local Republican Party in Philadelphia in 2008 when he got the call of his lifetime. Members of the New Black Panther Party, he was…