CREATING A FEDERAL DATABASE ABOUT U.S. CITIZENS:
An experimental Pentagon research project called Total Information Awareness
(TIA) is being created under leadership of the Defense Department's Information
Awareness Office (IAO). The TIA program objective is to aid the United States
in detecting, classifying and identifying foreign terrorists in order to
successfully preempt and defeat terrorist acts.
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EXPANDING SEARCH AND SEIZURE POWERS FOR AGENCIES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT:
The Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] is the primary criminal investigative
agency in the federal government. Following the attacks of September 11, the
central mission of the FBI became the prevention of terrorist acts against the
United States and its people. In May 2002 U.S. Attorney General Ashcroft
introduced new guidelines for investigations that include a new provision for
counter-terrorism activities.
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TORTURING SUSPECTED TERRORISTS TO GAIN INFORMATION:
The United States has signed the United Nations Convention Against Torture and
Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which defines
torture as "any act by which severe pain or suffering is intentionally
inflicted on a person." Since September 11, however, some people have suggested
that torture of suspected terrorists might help authorities prevent a similar
catastrophe.
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To take the poll and see how respondents felt about these three issues, check out the 2003 SURVEY.
For a copy of the 2003 Summit curriculum click here.
CREATING A FEDERAL DATABASE ABOUT U.S. CITIZENS: Useful Links
Resources
- American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Electronic Privacy Information Center
- Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White
- Information Awareness Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Institute for Defense Analyses
- Office of the U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Illinois
Documents
- Total Information Awareness (TIA) System Information Awareness Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Information Awareness Office and Total Information Awareness Project [pdf]
- Atlantic Online. "Technology and Security." The Atlantic.Com. August, 21, 2002
- Brune, Tom. "Pentagon Refutes 'Big Brother' Charge." Newsday.com November 21, 2002 [free abstract; $2 for article]
- Clymer, Adam. "Senate Votes to Curb Project to Search for Terrorists in Databases and Internet Mail." New York Times January 24, 2003
- Electronic Privacy Information Center. "Total Information Awareness."
- Garamone, Jim. "Rumsfeld Says Don't Sweat DARPA Info Awareness Experiment." American Forces Press Service November 2002
- Harris, Shane. "Tech Insider: Total Information Unawareness." Government Executive.com November 20, 2002
- Healy, Gene. "Beware of Total Information Awareness." Cato Institute January 20, 2003
- Institute for Defense Analyses. "Security with Privacy." Information Science and Technology (ISAT) study group December 13, 2002 [pdf]
- Markoff, John and John Schwartz. "Many Tools of Big Brother Are Up and Running." The New York Times December 23, 2002
- Rosenzweig, Paul and Michael Scardaville. "the Need to Protect Civil Liberties While Combating Terrorism: Legal Principles and the Total Information Awareness Program." The Heritage Foundation, Legal Memorandum No. 6, February 5, 2003.
- Singel, Ryan. "Total Info System Totally Touchy," Wired, December 2, 2002
- Stanley, Jay and Barry Steinhardt. "Bigger Monster, Weaker Chains: The Growth of an American Surveillance Society." January 2003: American Civil Liberties Union, Technology and Liberty Program .
- United States Department of Defense. "DoD News Briefing-ASD(PA) Clarke and Adm.Gove." News Transcript November 20, 2002
EXPANDING SEARCH AND SEIZURE POWERS FOR AGENCIES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: Useful Links
Resources
- American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois
- Electronic Privacy Information Center
- Federal Bureau of Information
- Office of the U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. Department of Justice
- The White House, Homeland Security
- "The Attorney General's Guidelines on General Crimes, Racketeering Enterprise and Terrorism Enterprise Investigations," May 30, 2002 [pdf]
- The Attorney General's Guidelines on General Crimes, Racketeering Enterprise and Domestic Security/Terrorism Investigations [1989],
- USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 [pdf]
- "Final Report of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities of the United States Senate, 94th Congress, 2nd Session, 1976: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans, Book II,"
- Response of U.S. Justice Department to U.S. House Judiciary Committee Request for Information concerning Implementation of USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 [pdf]
- American Civil Liberties Union. "ACLU Seeks Information on Government's Use of Vast New Surveillance Powers." American Civil Liberties Freedom Network August 21, 2002
- Bridis, Ted. "FBI Benefits From Surveillance Law." Associated Press November 21, 2002
- Cohen, Robert. "Homeland War on Terror Worries Civil Libertarians." New Jersey Star-Ledger November 25, 2002
- Electronic Frontier Foundation. "EFF Analysis of the Provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act that Relate to Online Activities," October 31, 2001,
- Johnson, Marvin. "Interested Persons Memo: Analysis of Changes to Attorney General Guidelines." ACLU Legislative Update June 6, 2002
- Lewis, Neil A. "Traces of Terror: The Inquiry; Ashcroft Permits F.B.I. to Monitor Internet and Public Activities." The New York Times. com May 31, 2002
- Lichtblau, Eric. "F.B.I. Officials Say Some Agents Lack a Focus on Terror," New York Times, November 21, 2002,
- Liptak, Adam. "Traces of Terror: News Analysis; Changing the Standard." The New York Times.com May 31, 2002
- Moss, Michael and Ford Fessenden. "New Tools for Domestic Spying, and Qualms." The New York Times.com December 10, 2002
- Posner, Richard A. "Security Versus Civil Liberties." Atlantic Monthly December 2001
- Rutherford Institute. "Forfeiting 'Enduring Freedom' for 'homeland Security': A Constitutional Analysis of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 and the Justice Department's Anti-Terrorism Initiatives," January 9, 2002, [pdf]
- Taylor, Stuart Jr. "How Flawed Laws Help Terrorists and Serial Killers." The Atlantic Online October 21, 2002
TORTURING SUSPECTED TERRORISTS TO GAIN INFORMATION: Useful Links
Resources
- American Bar Association
- American Civil Liberties Union
- Amnesty International
- Center for International Human Rights: Northwestern Law School
- Central Intelligence Agency
- Human Rights Watch
- United Nations, Human Rights
- United States Institute of Peace
- 107th CONGRESS, 2nd Session. H. CON. RES. 431, "Condemning the use of torture and other forms of cruel, inhumane, or degrading treatment or punishment in the United States and other countries, and expressing support for victims of those practices."
- United Nations, Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1987),
- United Nations, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1976), Article 7
- United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), Article 5
- Alter, Jonathan. "Time to Think about Torture," Newsweek Magazine, November 5, 2001, p. 45,
- Amnesty International. "USA: Treatment of Prisoners in Afghanistan and Guantánamo Bay Undermines Human Rights. Amnesty International memorandum to the US government." Amnesty International On-line Ai-index AMR 51/054/ April 15, 2002
- Andersen, Martin Edwin. "Is Torture an Option In War on Terror?" Insight on the News January 21, 2003
- BBC News. "In Pictures: Camp X-Ray Prisoners." BBC News January 20, 2002
- BBC News. "Israel Admits Torture," BBC News February 9, 2000
- Buckley, William F. "Tortured Thought." National Review Online January 29, 2002
- Campbell, Duncan. "US sends suspects to face torture." Guardian Unlimited March 12, 2002
- Chapman, Steve. "Should we use torture to stop terrorism?" Chicago Tribune November 1, 2001
- Dershowitz, Alan. "When All Else Fails, Why Not Torture?" The American Legion Magazine July 2002: Volume 153, Issue 1,
- Dershowitz, Alan. "Want to torture? Get a warrant." SFGate.com January 22, 2002,
- Dershowitz, Alan. "Is There a Torturous Road to Justice?" Los Angeles Times, November 8, 2001
- "Kooks and Terrorists, The Moral Duty to Torture," In Database Nation: The Death of Privacy in the Twenty First Century January 2001
- Goldberg, Jonah. 'The World According to Me." National Review Online October 12, 2001
- Heilbronner, Jen. "Yale Professors Debate the Use of Torture." Yale Herald Online November 9, 2001
- Herzog, Tamar. "Torture in Early Modern Spain and Latin America," Investigating and Combating Torture [symposium], March 4-7, 1999,
- Kessel, Jerrold. "Israel Supreme Court bans interrogation abuse of Palestinians," CNN.com, September 6, 1999,
- Pincus, Walter. "Silence of Four Terror Probe Suspects Poses Dilemma." Washington Post.com October, 21 2001
- Rosati, Kristen B. "International Human Rights Treaties Can Make a Difference U.S. Implementation of Article 3 of the United Nations Convention Against Torture." In Human Rights, American Bar Association 2001
- Rutenberg. Jim. "Torture Seeps Into Discussion by News Media." The New York Times.com November 5, 2001,
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Supreme Court of Israel. "Judgment concerning the interrogations implied by the
GSS"
September 6, 1999,and
"Abstract of the Judgment concerning the interrogations implied by the GSS," [ Case Abstract is a rich text file (.rtf). If it doesn't come up in the browser, download it and open in a word processor] - Sutton, Jane. "Pakistani Questioning at Guantánamo Raises Concern." Reuters August 5, 2002
- Trott, Stephen. "New Counterterrorism Efforts And Civil Liberties." September 18, 2002
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