The things that neoliberals say will happen under Trump are happening under Biden currently.

It should alarm us all.

IT’S NOT OVER YET. Please call this number (202-899-8938) ASAP to be connected to your Senators and urge them to vote “NO” on RISAA, which contains a “terrifying” provision (Ron Wyden) that will force U.S. businesses to serve as NSA spies. 1/7 wyden.senate.gov/news/press-rel…

I feel like we’re being gaslighted into another war.

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Congress wants to make it easier for the government to spy on you without a warrant. Scared? Me too. Call your Senator at (202) 224-3121 before April 19 and tell them to vote NO on expanding warrantless government surveillance under FISA.

Twenty years after the world first saw photos of detainees tortured while in US custody at Abu Ghraib, one of the thousands of men who were abused there is at long last set to testify in a US federal court.

My latest, and first for Guardian US.

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FISA 702: using your money to spy on you without a warrant.

And then telling you “it’s for your own good!”

Don’t look so shocked. The Biden administration also relies on #torture evidence in #Guantanamo trials.

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Well done by Morgan Lewis and all involved.

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If you care about the First Amendment, please stop everything and read this WIRED article. Tl;dr: House intelligence committee (HPSCI) members are blocking reforms to FISA Section 702 *because they want the FBI to spy on American protesters.* 1/20 wired.com/story/hpsci-us…

The Pentagon has released the transcript of Monday's 94-minute hearing in which the lead prosecutor asks the judge for a delay on a key filing deadline in a crucial pretrial issue, and then frets about whether the case can actually get to trial.

Trivett: If we don't go to trial in 2025, we may never get to trial. He argues the government isn't making strategic decisions because they don't know who the trial judge will be.

Judge McCall is the 7th 9/11 pretrial judge detailed to the case since 2012.

A 9/11 case prosecutor made a rare correction to the record by announcing that an FBI agent had worked for the CIA as an interrogator at the CIA's black site at #Guantanamo . It was the first public identification of an FBI agent who had been in the program nytimes.com/2024/02/23/us/…

What is the legal authority for using US military force against the Houthis?

Is the US at war in Yemen?

Has Congress authorized that war?

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Some jaw-dropping news: House intelligence committee (HPSCI) leaders forced Speaker Johnson to CANCEL THE FLOOR VOTE on Section 702 tomorrow, rather than allow members to vote on whether to prohibit warrantless access to Americans’ communications. 1/18

“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to

.Moazzam Begg witnessed horrific acts of torture and abuse during his time at Bagram and Guantanamo Bay prisons.

Almost two decades later, the British human rights campaigner decides to return to Afghanistan to confront the horrors of his past. Watch: aje.io/Echoes |

15 yrs ago, Barack Obama issued an executive order to close #Guantanamo w/in 1 yr. He failed to achieve that objective, wrongly blaming Congress. Today, 30 men remain, 16 cleared to leave yrs ago by all relevant agencies. Department of State transfer efforts have stalled. Is there no end?

I don’t know about you, but I’m not feeling 22 at #Guantanamo Bay.

The American players singing their national anthem together after winning Gold at the #WorldJuniors 🇺🇸

Gaza, Ukraine and the lingering scars from the war on terror, by Suzy Hansen.

Read: nyti.ms/3RuHD69