- Iraq rejects US request to maintain bases after troop withdrawal--"Although the US is pulling out all troops, it will keep its embassy in Baghdad and two consulates. There will also be about 4,000-5,000 defence contractors, White House aides said."
- U.S. drops keeping troops in Iraq
- About that Iraq withdrawal Salon
- Court verdict on Adnan Latif not for you to know
- NY Times Sues US Government for Refusing to Explain its "Secret" Interpretation of the PATRIOT Act
- Judge Refuses to Sanction CIA for Destroying Torture Tapes
- Bin Laden death: 'CIA doctor' accused of treason--"A Pakistani commission investigating the US raid that killed Osama Bin Laden says a doctor accused of helping the CIA should be tried for high treason."
- 15 Facts About Military Spending That Will Blow Your Mind
- UK Home Secretary: scrap the Human Rights Act--"Mrs May uses an interview with The Sunday Telegraph to warn that the Act is hampering the Home Office's struggle to deport dangerous foreign criminals and terrorist suspects."
- Conservative Party Conference 2011: David Cameron backs Theresa May over 'chilling' Human Rights Act
- Court Order Seeks Email Data of WikiLeaks Volunteer Jacob Appelbaum--"The U.S. government has obtained a controversial type of secret court order to force Google Inc. and small Internet provider Sonic.net Inc. to turn over information from the email accounts of WikiLeaks volunteer Jacob Appelbaum, according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal."
- Calif. Governor Veto Allows Warrantless Cellphone Searches
- FBI Monitoring News Talk Radio for Investigations
- German government accused of spying on citizens with state-sponsored Trojan
- Italy wiretap law: Wikipedia hides pages in protest
- Tracked: The Supreme Court Shouldn't Let Technology Trump the Constitution
- Technology users are under constant digital surveillance
- Skype users BitTorrent habits traceable even when logged out for 3 days
- Tennessee Becomes First State To Fight Terrorism--By having the TSA do random inspections in truck stops.
- Woman Roughed Up, Arrested for Reciting the Constitution During TSA Inspection
- Coming soon: felony to satirize TSA?
- Police called to Gatwick to calm passengers stranded on plane--"Air India passengers kept on board flight from Mumbai for nine hours after plane was diverted from Heathrow because of fog."
- Citizen-Muslim Sues Southwest Airlines--"[S]he was not allowed to reboard "because the crew was 'uncomfortable' with her on the plane...."
- Anger as deaf people banned from taking flight
- On YouTube, a Debate Over the Right to Fly (With Your Pants Down) NYT
- American Airlines Blocks Twitter On Troubled Flight
- Qantas loses boy. Rarely happens
- Penny Arcade: The Line
- Fraudulent Defense Contractors Paid $1 Trillion--If the government wants to save money, then it should deal with these first.
- Oracle to pay US almost $200M to resolve false claims lawsuit--"Because of these allegedly fraudulent dealings, the United States alleges that it accepted lower discounts and ultimately paid far more than it should have for Oracle products..."
- Watchdog: Feds paid $600 million to dead people. Son of beneficiary continued receiving payments for 37 years after father's death
