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Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Liberty and justice for... whom?

Since the passing of the Patriot Act, many things have changed in the U.S., and not necessarily for the better. On this edition of making contact, we take a look at Bush Administration policies that many contend undermine basic human rights and civil liberties. Has the War on Terror become a War on Freedom? How much should we give up for this war?

"We have a secret police, and no one is excited about it. We ought to all be terrified that there is a secret police in the United States and this is not on anyone's radar."

Featuring:

Michael Ratner, president, Center for Constitutional Rights; Joanne Mariner, director of counterterrorism, Human Rights Watch; Joshua Colangelo-Byran, attorney for Guantanamo Detainees from Bahrain; George Christian, executive director, The Library Connection, Inc.; Janet Nocek, executive committee, The Library Connection, Inc.; Deborah Caldwell-Stone, deputy director, American Library Association Office of Intellectual Freedom; Kevin O'Connor, U.S. attorney for Connecticut; Sharon Adams, National Lawyer's Guild; Mark Schlosberg, ACLU­NC; Ruth Robertson (Granny Ruth), Raging Grannies; Chris Bertelli, Office of Homeland Security; Nathan Beranken, Attorney General's Office.

Senior Producer/Host: Tena Rubio
Contributing Producers: Martha Baskin, Melinda Tuhus, Joshua Emerson Smith.
Freelance Associate Producer: Emily Polk
Mixing Engineer: Phillip Babich
Intern: Alexis McCrimmon

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Keywords:: CIVIL RIGHTS PATRIOT ACT STRIKE TEACHER OAXACA

For more information:

Center for Constitutional Rights
666 Broadway, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10012
212-614-6464
www.ccr-ny.org/v2/home.asp

Human Rights Watch
350 Fifth Avenue, 34th floor
New York, NY 10118-3299
212-290-4700
www.hrw.org

The Library Connection, Inc.
599 Matianuck Avenue
Windsor, CT 06095
860-298-5322
www.libraryconnection.info

American Library Association
50 E. Huron St.
Chicago, IL 60611
800-545-2433
www.ala.org

American Civil Liberties Union
125 Broad St., 18th floor
New York, NY 10004
212-519-7829
www.aclu.org

National Lawyer's Guild
1867 Ygnacio Valley Road, #230
Walnut Creek, CA 94598

Northern CA American Civil Liberties Union
39 Drumm Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
www.ACLUNC.org

Raging Grannies
www.peninsularaginggrannies.org

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