AltWeeklies Wire
The War on Privacynew

Rumsfeld warns that the enemy can succeed in changing our way of life, but it already has.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
02-15-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Anatomy of a Murdernew
When Bush speaks of human rights, it's not only our enemies around the world that scoff.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
02-07-2006 |
War
Don't Ask, Don't Tellnew
The Bush team chants, "We do not torture," but nobody around the world believes them.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
01-30-2006 |
War
Tags: war & peace
The Ultimate Spiderwebnew
NSA whistle-blower wants to tell congress what he knows, but they don't have clearance to hear him.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
01-26-2006 |
Civil Liberties
No Place to Hidenew
The National Security Agency, not the New York Times, greatly harms our constitutional privacy.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
01-17-2006 |
Civil Liberties
George Bush: Master Spynew
The unilateral president is exposed in his ignorance of the Constitution he's sworn to protect.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
01-09-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Bush Had No Choice on Torture Bannew
No matter what the president said, too much evidence had piled up that the United States was, in fact, engaging in torture,
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
12-16-2005 |
Politics
Prisons of Darknessnew
The CIA leads the United States in "researching for the low moral ground" in the war against terrorism.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
12-05-2005 |
Commentary
CIA Criminalsnew
For the first time in any country where CIA kidnappers have plucked people off the street, 13 CIA agents involved in the abduction of a radical imam have been indicted in Italy.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
07-13-2005 |
Commentary
Terri Schiavo: Judicial Murdernew
For all the world to see, a 41-year-old woman who has committed no crime, will die of dehydration and starvation in the longest public execution in American history.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
03-29-2005 |
Science
Democrats Lack the Grit to Stop Alberto Gonzalesnew
An inside source says the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee will cave in -- after harrumphing for some hours -- and vote to confirm Alberto Gonzales as attorney general.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
12-15-2004 |
Politics
Alberto Gonzales Played Role in Texas Death Penalty Casesnew

Alberto Gonzales briefed George W. Bush on death-penalty cases when Bush, as governor of Texas, allowed 150 men and two women to be executed. And now Gonzales will be the nation's chief law enforcement officer.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
12-08-2004 |
Politics