The Future of Freedom Foundation is distributing an op-ed I wrote on the Patriot Act renewal. The article is also now online at the Southwest News Herald. Some other newspapers may pick up the piece in the coming days. I stretched so far to reach an upbeat ending that I may have strained my right […]
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The Patriot Act Renewal Tramples Free Speech
The Bush team and their congressional allies are in the final stages of jamming a Patriot Act reauthorization act into law. The reauthorization bill will give the feds new power to suppress Americans’ speech. The Act contains a provision that will empower the Secret Service to forcibly expand the Free Speech Zones that have blighted dissent […]
Anniversary of a Federal Fraud: Freedom of Information Act
On July 4, 1966, President Lyndon Johnson signed the first federal Freedom of Information Act. The federal government has pretended to be open to citizens ever since. The National Security Archive, a private non-profit research arm, celebrated the anniversary with this notice. That Archive has done a superb job of using FOIA to pry out […]
Martial Law Act of 2006
 The Future of Freedom Foundation today posted online my article from the January 2008 issue of Freedom Daily on Martial Law. Without further ado… The Martial Law Act of 2006 by James Bovard Martial law is perhaps the ultimate stomping of freedom. And yet, on September 30, 2006, Congress passed a provision in a 591-page bill […]
Stomping Freedom: The Martial Law Act of 2006
Counterpunch posted online my Freedom Daily January article on how Congress passed law to give presidents push-button martial law power. Here’s the piece. Stomping Freedom Inside the Martial Law Act of 2006 By JAMES BOVARD Martial law is perhaps the ultimate stomping of freedom. And yet, on September 30, 2006, Congress passed a provision in […]
The Martial Law Act of 2007
Congress rubberstamped martial law. The American Conservative posted online my article on how Congress rolled out the red carpet for martial law. This piece vivifies how neither party in Washington gives a darn about the risks of dictatorship in America. American Conservative  April 23, 2007 Working for the Clampdown What might the president do with his new […]
The Never-Ending Federal Surveillance Crime Spree
The Never-Ending Federal Surveillance Crime Spree by James Bovard Last December, one of the most intrusive provisions in the federal statute book was set to expire. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) authorizes the National Security Agency to vacuum up trillions of emails and other data. A bevy of bipartisan members of […]
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