BORDC Releases January Newsletter
Posted on January 22, 2013
From Bill of Rights Defense Committee:
January 2013, Vol. 12, No. 1
In this issue:
Washington greets the New Year by assaulting your rights:
- Congress and White House extend domestic military detention powers in NDAA
- Congress and White House extend pervasive domestic surveillance powers in FISA
- BORDC in the news
- Raise your voice to demand the truth about US torture
- Legal Fellow Nadia Kayalli speaks in Seattle, WA
- BORDC supports local coalitions in Alameda County, California
- Read the latest news & analysis from the People’s Blog for the Constitution
- Patriot Award: Andrew Bashi
- Mourn an Internet hero and take action in his honor
- Grassroots Updates
- Alameda County, CA: Coalitions mobilize to challenge local surveillance drones, immigration enforcement
- Los Angeles, CA: Broad protests on 11th anniversary of Guantanamo challenge torture and detention under NDAA, while Stop LAPD Spying Coalition continues to mobilize
- Dallas, TX: Advocates host press conference and demonstration to creatively challenge detention, torture, NDAA
- Fayetteville, AR: Communities come together to address anti-immigrant profiling
- Chicago, IL: Coalition rallies first to challenge mass incarceration, and again to confront detention under NDAA and torture
- Washington, DC: Activists mobilize against torture at the release of Zero Dark Thirty
- New York, NY: Coalition presses towards victory on racial profiling as federal judge blocks NYPD profiling in the Bronx
- New Britain, CT: Coalitions address anti-immigrant profiling, military detention without trial
- The FBI vs. Occupy
- Zero Dark Thirty: Kathryn Bigelow and the Senate keep us in the dark about torture
- Programs under development to further erode privacy through cybersecurity, domestic drone aircraft
New Resources and Opportunities
- Want to spy on your neighbor? The surveillance state comes to a store near you
