Congress Reconsiders Ban on Gays in the Military

(Alternet.org) - The hearing was an important first step in repealing an un-American law that hurts the military by pushing away talented gays and lesbians. READ MORE HERE [ Source: Alternet.org ]

Rights like free speech don’t always extend online

Freedom of speech? Is there such a thing anymore?

NEW YORK (AP) — Rant all you want in a public park. A police officer generally won’t eject you for your remarks alone, however unpopular or provocative. Say it on the Internet, and you’ll find that free speech and other constitutional rights are anything but guaranteed.

READ MORE HERE [ Source: Wired Magazine, By ANICK JESDANUN, AP Internet Writer ]

DoJ Policy Would Sanction Racial Profiling, Let FBI Target Americans Without Cause

(Wired Magazine) - The Justice Department is considering establishing a new policy that would allow the FBI to target Americans for investigation even in the absence of evidence or other compelling indications that the person was breaking a law, according to the Associated Press.

The policy, being considered as part of the attorney general's guidelines to the FBI, would allow the agency to conduct racial profiling -- potentially singling out Muslim- and Arab-Americans -- and to open preliminary terrorism investigations against targets simply on the basis of patterns established through data mining public records and other information.

READ MORE HERE [ Source: Wired Magazine Blogs, Kim Zetter, kzetter@gmail.com ]

Video Shows Woman Dying on NY Hospital Floor

Video Shows Woman Dying on NY Hospital Floor. (The Associated Press) At a New York hospital, officials agreed in court Tuesday to implement reforms at a psychiatric ward where surveillance footage captured a woman falling from her chair and dying as workers failed to help.

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