Return-Path: <sentto-279987-4060-1008340894-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Fri, 14 Dec 2001 06:49:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 24683 invoked by uid 510); 14 Dec 2001 14:47:20 -0000 Received: from n28.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.78) by all.net with SMTP; 14 Dec 2001 14:47:20 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-4060-1008340894-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [216.115.97.189] by n28.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 Dec 2001 14:41:34 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_1_2); 14 Dec 2001 14:41:33 -0000 Received: (qmail 75992 invoked from network); 14 Dec 2001 14:41:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.172) by m3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 14 Dec 2001 14:41:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (12.232.125.69) by mta2.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 14 Dec 2001 14:41:32 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id fBEEgIp18334 for iwar@onelist.com; Fri, 14 Dec 2001 06:42:18 -0800 Message-Id: <200112141442.fBEEgIp18334@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 06:42:18 -0800 (PST) Subject: [iwar] ACLU Online: ACLU Appalled by Ashcroft Statement on Dissent (fwd) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ACLU Online: December 14, 2001 The e-newsletter of the American Civil Liberties Union ********************************* IN THIS ISSUE: -- The ACLU: Now More than Ever -- ACLU Appalled by Ashcroft Statement on Dissent -- News Round-Up: ACLU Sues Justice Department; ACLU 'Roundtable'; Juvenile Justice ********************************* The ACLU: Now More Than Ever Out of the ashes of the terrorist attacks on September 11, the nation has seen a remarkable rebirth of patriotism and the waving of the American flag. Showing the flag, in fact, has become an act of both pride and defiance - an assertion that American freedom and values can withstand any attack. As civil libertarians, we too love the flag and the values for which it stands. But we also know that the flag is only a symbol of the living, breathing democracy called the United States, a democracy that - now more than ever - needs vigilance, care and maintenance to survive with its freedoms intact. Today it is the/your ACLU that is taking the lead in defending our freedoms. That is why we ask that you affirm your commitment to our shared mission by joining the ACLU at: http://www.you-click.net/GoNow/a15545a48644a80483590a0 Certainly the terrorists who attacked us took insidious advantage of our tolerance and our love of liberty - enjoying our freedoms while plotting our destruction. But does that mean our freedoms are at fault? Or that being tolerant of others is wrong? The ACLU's answer is an emphatic "NO." The principles engraved in our Constitution are the bedrock of our country. They define us as a people. They are the source of our strength as a nation. They are our enduring legacy to the world. And defending them in a time of national crisis is more than an act of patriotism - it is a moral imperative. Your ACLU will not quietly stand by and let our nation be intimidated into undermining our basic freedoms. We believe that if America is coerced into giving up fundamental rights, the terrorists will have won. But we need your membership to stop that from happening. Please join us today at: http://www.you-click.net/GoNow/a15545a48644a80483590a0 ********************************* ACLU APPALLED BY ASHCROFT STATEMENT ON DISSENT The following is a portion of the statement of Laura W. Murphy, Director of the ACLU's Washington Office: "In a blatant attempt to stifle growing criticism of recent government policy, Attorney General Ashcroft delivered testimony last week equating legitimate political dissent with something unpatriotic and un-American. We urge the Attorney General to learn from the history of American dissent -- from the Civil War to the civil rights struggle -- that free and robust debate is one of the main engines of social and political justice. "While we feel as strongly as the rest of America that those who perpetrated the monstrous acts of September 11 must be brought to justice and our future safety ensured, we forcefully disagree with the Attorney General that domestic debate about the government response in any way harms the investigation. In fact, we believe debate only strengthens our government in this time of national crisis." Click below to read the full statement: http://www.you-click.net/GoNow/a15545a48644a80483590a3 ******************************** NEWS ROUND-UP IN RESPONSE TO MASS DETENTIONS, ACLU JOINS FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT LAWSUIT Citing the government's continuing refusal to adequately respond to previous inquiries, the ACLU has joined a group of civil liberties and human rights organizations in filing the first lawsuit requesting the disclosure of basic information about those individuals arrested and detained since September 11. "The Justice Department consistently refuses to provide the information necessary to guarantee the American public that those jailed since September 11 are being accorded the constitutional protections guaranteed to all people in America by the Bill of Rights," said Steven R. Shapiro, ACLU Legal Director. Click below for more information on this lawsuit: http://www.you-click.net/GoNow/a15545a48644a80483590a5 ACLU 'ROUNDTABLE' HITS NEWSSTANDS TODAY IN LATEST ISSUE OF "THE NEW YORKER" Seeking to further the critical dialogue on civil liberties and safety in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the ACLU is publishing excerpts from a recent series of conversations it convened with a diverse group of people on the question, "Can we be both safe and free?" The answers, gathered from 14 men and women from around the nation, appear in a special 4-page pamphlet titled "Life in the Balance" in the December 17 issue of "The New Yorker" that hits newsstands December 10. Click below to learn more: http://www.you-click.net/GoNow/a15545a48644a80483590a2 ACLU FILES BRIEFS IN LANDMARK JUVENILE JUSTICE CASE IN CALIFORNIA The California Supreme Court heard arguments earlier this month that Proposition 21, the largest crime-related initiative in California history, violates the state Constitution and strips courts of their traditional powers. In friend-of-the-court briefs filed in Manduley v. Superior Court, the ACLU and a broad group of 40 organizations argue that an appeals court was correct in holding that Proposition 21 unconstitutionally strips judges of the authority to decide whether a child can be tried as an adult. To read more about the ACLU's opposition to Proposition 21, go to: http://www.you-click.net/GoNow/a15545a48644a80483590a1 ******************************** American Civil Liberties Union 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor New York, New York 10004-2400 http://www.you-click.net/GoNow/a15545a48644a80483590a10 Phil Gutis, Editor ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Stop Smoking Now Nicotrol will help http://us.click.yahoo.com/2vN8tD/_pSDAA/ySSFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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