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USA Domestic Surveillance

• US list of terror suspects grows to 325,000 names
• Justice Department opens probe into domestic spying role

• DOJ argues against Ashcroft testimony on NSA surveillance

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USA on Terrorists It Has

• DOJ: Guantanamo inmates cannot use Constitution to challenge detention

USA on Terrorists It Has(ish)

• Judge orders DOJ response on request for domestic surveillance documents

Is the USA running out of Democracy or something?

It's almost as if they're transplanting the stuff from home, and are running out of it at about the same rate they're running out of volunteers to deliver it ...

The Other Kind of Conscription

• US Army enlisting more recruits with criminal backgrounds