Many sections of the Patriot Act are set to expire or "sunset" this year. Let's see that they do.

CAFTA may not pass the House if people act.

As of today at least nine (9) community organizers from throughout San Diego and other parts of California have been subpoenaed to appear before a federal grand jury. Presumably, the subpoenas are in relation to a federal investigation of the 2003 burning of a La Jolla apartment complex, which the Earth Liberation Front claimed responsibility for, and which the FBI has admittedly little evidence or credible leads.

PoP dEFECT RADIO: Fourth of July 2005 Tribute to Amerikkka featuring Ward Churchill, Dead Kennedys, Aztlan Underground, Night Ride, Jello Biafra, Sepultura..and a lot more BURN BABY BURN!!!

audio: MP3 at 26.2 mebibytes
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6/29/05 Watsonville, CA - They waited for more than two and a half hours. The last item on the agenda. But finally they were able to speak. One by one, members of the Pajaro Valley community rose and shared their stories with the school district officials. While their stories varied, they all ended with the same request - that the school district protect students' privacy by allowing them to opt-out from having their information released to military recruiters. This opt-out, they claimed, needed to be put on the mandatory emergency card, because it is the only way to ensure that their right to privacy will not be overlooked.

Avoiding anti-Privacy board members' attempts to dillute and derail this important proposal, school board allies pushed the changes through with a 4-3 vote. This marks an important moment in PVUSD's recent history - showing that at least a majority of the school board members will take proactive steps to ensure the privacy of their students and families.

"At the center of the Portland controversy was the City Council's insistence that renewal of the JTTF be contingent upon the FBI granting the Mayor and City Attorney security clearances equal to those given Portland police assigned to the task force...
While the first JTTF dates back to 1980, the FBI's website indicates that the "number of task forces has nearly doubled since September 11, 2001," and nationwide, they now number sixty six...
Since 1981, however, Oregon law has barred police-INS collaboration and police surveillance in the absence of evidence of criminal activity."

This is no joke. server 12.120.29.25 will port scan your system when you attempt to load the article: "Linking Iraq to 9/11"

www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-usbush294323704jun29,0,1241887.story

Constitutional Democracy as a Protection against Internal Hostilities

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