This morning, news broke in the US that a drone strike killed "radical cleric" Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen living in Yemen. This is disturbing for multiple reasons, namely that the executive branch now has successfully subverted the 5th Amendment in a way that likely would have made George W. Bush and Dick Cheney's legal [...]
From the House Financial Services Committee: WASHINGTON -The Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ron Paul, will hold a hearing on auditing the Federal Reserve and the need for transparency at the central bank. The Subcommittee will receive testimony from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on its procedural audit and report, issued [...]
Secret rulings, by secret courts, lead to secret interpretations of the Section 215 provision of the so-called "Patriot" Act. This May, the provision, along with two other controversial provisions, was extended until 2015. During the reauthorization "debate" Senators Wyden and Mark Udall warned about a "Secret 'Patriot' Act," or rather a secret interpretation of the [...]
