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This is the home page for the Loss of Civil Liberties Since 9/11 investigative project, one of several grassroots investigations being hosted on the History Commons website. The data published as part of this investigation has been collected, organized, and published by members of the public who are registered users of this website.
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Events Recently Added to the Loss of Civil Liberties Since 9/11 timeline
- 11/17
- OLC Lawyer Yoo Authorizes Warrantless Surveillance of Communications Entering and Departing US, September 25, 2001, posted by blackmax
- 10/30
- Federal Preparedness Agency Has Domestic Surveillance System, Investigation Discovers, 1975, posted by KJF
- 11/8
- Database of Potential Enemies Established as Part of Continuity of Government Plan, 1980s or Before, posted by KJF
- 10/24
- National Intelligence Official Says Privacy Should be Redefined, October 23, 2007, posted by KJF
- 10/24
- Senior National Security Analyst Sees Main Core Database in Use at White House, Shortly After September 11, 2001, posted by KJF
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What's New?
6/25/2008 Project Moving Forward
Some of the contributors and editors most involved in this project have temporarily refocused their efforts on related material in other projects, but this project continues to move forward. New material from a variety of sources, including What Happened by former White House secretary Scott McClellan, is in preparation. You’re invited to join the project.
12/24/2007 The Civil Liberties Project
This is the History Commons project for the loss of US civil liberties under the current administration, and before. We are currently focusing on several topics, including the expansion of executive power (the “unitary executive”), the NSA’s domestic surveillance program, the use of “national security letters” to force information … More |
Recently Added Events
Showing 1-20 of 100 recently added events: next 20 - 11/17
- OLC Lawyer Yoo Authorizes Warrantless Surveillance of Communications Entering and Departing US, September 25, 2001, posted by blackmax
- 10/30
- Federal Preparedness Agency Has Domestic Surveillance System, Investigation Discovers, 1975, posted by KJF
- 10/24
- Database of Potential Enemies Established as Part of Continuity of Government Plan, 1980s or Before, posted by KJF
- 10/24
- National Intelligence Official Says Privacy Should be Redefined, October 23, 2007, posted by KJF
- 10/24
- Senior National Security Analyst Sees Main Core Database in Use at White House, Shortly After September 11, 2001, posted by KJF
- 10/24
- Constitutional Lawyer Questions Legality of Main Core Database, May 2008 or Shortly Before, posted by KJF
- 10/23
- New Church Committee Suggested to Investigate Possible Abuses of Power during Bush Administration and Before, Spring-Summer 2008, posted by KJF
- 10/23
- US Army Paper Details Plans for Rounding Up ‘Militants’ and ‘American Negroes’, 1968, posted by KJF
- 10/23
- PROMIS Used by NSA, Treasury, and NSC to Track Loans to Soviet Union, 1982-1984, posted by KJF
- 10/23
- National Security Lawyer Questions Legality of Information in US Government Databases, March 2008 or Shortly Before, posted by KJF
- 10/23
- Former Official Admits PROMIS Application Given to NSA, May 2008, posted by KJF
- 10/23
- Number of Americans Listed as Potential Suspects in Main Core Database Reportedly Reaches Eight Million, May 2008, posted by KJF
- 10/23
- Cheney Has ‘Different Understanding’ with Bush about His Role, He Tells Former Vice President, January 20, 2001, posted by blackmax
- 10/20
- Hastert Gives Cheney Office Space on Capitol Hill; Move Designed to Make Congress More Subservient to White House, Mid-January, 2001, posted by blackmax
- 10/18
- Sexual Liaisons Cost Wolfowitz Post as Director of CIA, Late December 2000, posted by blackmax
- 10/14
- Former Watergate Lawyer Argues that Supreme Court Does Not Have Final Word on Constitutional Questions; Advocates Expanded Presidential Powers, October 6, 1997, posted by blackmax
- 10/13
- Conservative Lawyer: Wartime President Has Virtually Unlimited Powers, March 1996, posted by blackmax
- 10/5
- Former Official Possibly Alludes to Link between PROMIS and Main Core Database in Conversation with Businessman, July 2001, posted by KJF
- 10/5
- Former NSA Official Tells Businessman about Connection between PROMIS and Main Core Database, 1995, posted by KJF
- 10/5
- FBI Begins to Build Database to Track Suspect US Citizens, 1950, posted by KJF
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Recently Updated Events
Showing 1-20 of 59 recently updated events: next 20 - 11/15
- Senior Lawmakers Briefed on NSA Wiretapping Program, October 25, 2001 and November 14, 2001, posted by blackmax
- 11/14
- Vice President Cheney Assembles Legal Team for Expanding Presidential Power, (After 10:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001, posted by blackmax
- 9/18
- Richard Clarke Updates Continuity of Government Plan to Prepare for Terrorist Threat, Early 1998, posted by matt
- 9/10
- Cheney Evokes Iran-Contra to Frame Views of Presidential Powers, December 20, 2005, posted by blackmax
- 7/4
- GAO Drops Attempt to Uncover Energy Task Force Documents, February 7, 2003, posted by blackmax
- 7/4
- Judge Rules against Disclosing Energy Task Force Documents, December 9, 2002, posted by blackmax
- 2/28
- Fortas Resigns from Supreme Court Due to ‘Ugly Bluff’ by Nixon Justice Department, May 14, 1969, posted by blackmax
- 2/27
- Supreme Court Holds Warrantless Wiretapping of US Citizens Unconstitutional, June 19, 1972, posted by blackmax
- 1/3
- Waxman Demands Explanation of Cheney’s Refusal to Obey Executive Orders, June 21, 2007, posted by blackmax
- 12/30
- Telecoms Sued over Allegedly Illegal Cooperation with NSA’s Domestic Spying Program, May 12, 2006, posted by blackmax
- 12/28
- NSA’s ‘Other’ Data Mining Program Strongly Resembles ‘Total Information Awareness’, September 2002, posted by blackmax
- 12/27
- Church Committee Reports on Domestic Surveillance and Other Illegal Activities by US Intelligence Agencies, April, 1976, posted by blackmax
- 12/26
- Bush Limits Access to Former Presidential Papers, November 1, 2001, posted by blackmax
- 12/26
- Bush Administration Very Secretive Even Before 9/11, January 20-September 10, 2001, posted by blackmax
- 12/24
- Qwest CEO Refuses to Cooperate with NSA in Alleged Domestic Wiretapping Program, February 27, 2001, posted by blackmax
- 12/22
- NSA Warns Incoming Bush Administration that Some US Citizens Will Be Monitored by Accident, December 2000, posted by blackmax
- 12/21
- Court Documents Show Former Qwest CEO Refused to Cooperate with NSA Spying Program, October 12, 2007, posted by blackmax
- 12/21
- Mueller Contradicts Gonzales’s Senate Testimony, August 16, 2007, posted by blackmax
- 12/21
- Senate Democrats Call for Perjury Investigation of Gonzales, July 26, 2007, posted by blackmax
- 12/21
- Documents Show Gonzales May Have Perjured Himself Before Congress, July 25, 2007, posted by Paul
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The Loss of Civil Liberties project covers a number of issues: the expansion of executive power (the so-called “unitary executive”), the NSA’s domestic surveillance program, the use of “national security letters” to force information from citizens, and other all-too-pertinent topics. We invite you to become part of our exploration.
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