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FBI Gives Public a Peek at Warhol ‘Obscenity' Filenew

If you're looking for smut in the Andy Warhol film Lonesome Cowboys -- as the FBI was when it investigated the film's production in 1968 -- you'll find more explicit sex in the agency's report than ever made it onto screen.
Pittsburgh City Paper  |  Marty Levine  |  06-27-2011  |  Civil Liberties

Will Surveillance Cameras Make Pittsburgh Any Safer?new

When security-tech expert Bruce Schneier hears that millions of dollars are coming to Pittsburgh from the federal government to put surveillance cameras on our bridges, buildings and highways, "I just sigh and think, 'More money wasted.'"
Pittsburgh City Paper  |  Marty Levine  |  03-03-2008  |  Civil Liberties

Organize Locally, Annoy Globallynew

At protests across the U.S., members of the Worldwide Street Preachers Fellowship target gays, Christians, women and liberals with signs worthy of Fred "God Hates Fags" Phelps. And, when arrested, they successfully sue cities for violating their First Amendment rights.
Pittsburgh City Paper  |  Marty Levine  |  08-10-2004  |  Civil Liberties

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