Civil Liberties
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Strip-Search of Girl Tests Limit of School Policy
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| By Adam Liptak | The New York Times | Mar. 24, 2009
Savana Redding still remembers the clothes she had on — black stretch pants with butterfly patches and a pink T-shirt — the day school officials here forced her to strip six years ago. She was 13 and in eighth grade. An assistant principal, enforcing the school’s antidrug policies, suspected her of having brought prescription-strength ibuprofen pills to school. One of the pills is as strong as two Advils. Read
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Paul, Baldwin, Barr Send Letter to Missouri Gov. in Response to MIAC Report
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| Infowars.com | Mar. 23, 2009
Last week on the Alex Jones Show, former presidential candidate and Baptist minister Chuck Baldwin said he would co-author with former presidential candidate and House member Ron Paul and former federal prosecutor, former member of the United States House of Representatives and presidential candidate Bob Barr a letter (see PDF) to the Governor of Missouri, Jeremiah Nixon, protesting the Missouri Information Analysis Center’s document designating Baldwin and his co-authors as terrorists. Read
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Soldiers pledge to refuse disarmament demands
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| By Bob Unruh | WorldNetDaily.com | Mar.17, 2009
An invitation to soldiers and peace officers across the United States to pledge to refuse illegal orders – including "state of emergency" orders that could include disarming or detaining American citizens – has struck a chord, collecting more than 100,000 website visitors in a little over a week and hundreds of e-mails daily. Read
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FBI planting spies in U.S. mosques, Muslim groups say
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| By Eliott C. McLaughlin | CNN | Mar. 20, 2009
Ten U.S. Muslim organizations threatened this week to cease working with the FBI, citing "McCarthy-era tactics" by the agency, including efforts to covertly infiltrate California mosques. The groups claim the FBI has sent undercover agents posing as worshippers into mosques, pressured Muslims to become informants, labeled civil rights advocates as criminals and spread misinformation. Read
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Nevada bill would restrict police use of Tasers
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| By Abigail Goldman | Las Vegas Sun | Mar.16, 2009
Metro police have purchased just over 1,000 Taser cameras and will begin distributing the recording devices to police on the beat in two weeks. These cameras will capture grainy footage of every electronic zap, though the fate of that footage may be up to the Legislature. Read
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Pentagon plans blimp to spy from new heights
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| By Julian E. Barnes | L.A. Times | Mar. 13, 2009
The giant dirigible would use radar to closely and constantly monitor activity on the ground from 65,000 feet. Reporting from Washington -- The Pentagon said Thursday that it intends to spend $400 million to develop a giant dirigible that will float 65,000 feet above the Earth for 10 years, providing unblinking and intricate radar surveillance of the vehicles, planes and even people below. Read
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