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Arizona joins 13 other states rejecting Real ID scheme(0)
The Real ID law requires states to adopt new procedures by 2010 for making driver’s licenses more secure. Opponents say the new licenses will become de facto national identity cards. They will contain unique identifier numbers which may be used in place of the Social Security number, a number that has been thoroughly debauched. The cost of implementing the requirements of Real ID are about $3.9 billion nationwide.
A Brief Reprieve on FISA: What Now?
From the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Tim Jones:
Thursday evening, Senator Reid officially delayed a final vote on the FISA Amendments Act until July 8. That gave us just twelve days — now, eleven — to change the political calculus and avoid a Congressional seal of approval on illegal wiretapping.
With the clock counting down, here are three [...]
Senate delays vote on telecom immunity
It’s official: Thanks to overwhelming grassroots action, and the heroic efforts of Senators Dodd and Feingold, the Senate’s vote on whether to grant phone companies immunity from the law for assisting in the President’s illegal wiretapping program has been delayed until after July 4th Recess! This is an unexpected reprieve for civil liberties and the rule of law…
McCain vs. McCain on Gitmo detainees
Last week the Supreme Court ruled that Guantanamo Bay detainees could not be detained indefinitely without charges and were entitled to ask a court for a hearing where the government would have to show why it was holding them, or that they be released.
Last week, McCain blasted the ruling, disingenuously calling it “one of the [...]