Archive for November, 2003

FBI Let Innocents Get Death Sentences

Monday, November 24th, 2003

Umm, why do I have to read an Australian Newspaper to learn that the FBI stood idly by while innocent people were sentenced to death? Aha. Here’s the same story in the New York Times.
So, when people say to you, “I’m not concerned about the FBI having greater powers, because I’ve got nothing to […]

Take a Lesson

Monday, November 24th, 2003

New Hampshire (Motto: Live Free or Die) has the following in their state Constitution:
[Art.] 10. [Right of Revolution.] Government being instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the whole community, and not for the private interest or emolument of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, whenever the ends of […]

Patriot II Provision Passes Congress –Surprise!

Monday, November 24th, 2003

So, you don’t like the vast expansions of power that Patriot II would have granted Ashcroft & Co without any judicial oversight? Fine, we won’t pass Patriot II, we’ll just sneak its provisions into Intelligence Spending Bills when you’re not looking!
The lack of accountability for the bills our Congress passes is astonishing. I would […]

Publishing the Diebold Memos Forever

Sunday, November 23rd, 2003

I just sent the following e-mail to the fine folks at Why War? where you can find links to the damning Diebold memos.

Hello,
I’ve thought of a way you could forever make the memos public and there would be nothing Diebold could do about it. (Although your current campaign probably has accomplished this.)
The idea: Convince a […]

The Numbers and Public Interest Work

Tuesday, November 11th, 2003

I sent the following e-mail on October 30th to Boalt’s Interim Dean, the Dean of Students, the Director of Financial Aid, the Public Interest Director of the Office of Career Services, and the Director of the Center for Social Justice. I’m not going to publish the response I got (unless they ask me to) because […]