http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/wiretapping 2008-10-12T15:53:03Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/54702-fox-news-cares-about-privacy-or-just-sarah-palin 2008-10-12T15:53:03Z LiberalViewer <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hUt2aIj4Gh8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hUt2aIj4Gh8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/54702-fox-news-cares-about-privacy-or-just-sarah-palin"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/66351" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>I show the hypocrisy of the outrage on Fox News last week when Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin had her privacy violated by an email hacker.</p><p>You can find the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) posting titled &quot;Privacy is Not Partisan&quot; to which I refer in my video at <a href="http://blog.aclu.org/2008/09/19/privacy-is-not-partisan/">blog.aclu.org</a></p><p>You can find the EFF posting titled &quot;DOJ View on Email Privacy May Hamper Prosecution of Palin Hackers&quot; to which I refer in my video at <a href="http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/09/doj-view-email-privacy-may-hamper-prosecution-pali">www.eff.org</a></p><p>You can find my previous video titled &quot;Fox News Helps Bush Hide Scope of His New Power to Spy on US&quot; to which I refer in my video at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIlTgaImVsI">www.youtube.com</a></p><p>The short clip of Laura Ingraham and Bill O&#39;Reilly I use in my video comes from the September 19, 2008, broadcast of &quot;The O&#39;Reilly Factor&quot; on Fox News. The short clip of Dennis Miller and Bill O&#39;Reilly I use in my video comes from the August 8, 2007, broadcast of &quot;The O&#39;Reilly Factor&quot; on Fox News. The short clip of Bill O&#39;Reilly on &quot;Fox &amp; Friends&quot; I use in my video comes from the September 23, 2008, broadcast of that show on Fox News.</p><p>Finally, for DOZENS of more examples of Fox News bias check out my Fox News bias playlist at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A3BD2524FE99BD4D">www.youtube.com</a> </p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/54702-fox-news-cares-about-privacy-or-just-sarah-palin">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/54228-restoring-the-republic-but-not-through-the-candidates 2008-10-13T02:49:40Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aU-sMgI2MUs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aU-sMgI2MUs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/54228-restoring-the-republic-but-not-through-the-candidates"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/65805" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/09/04/Wars_in_Iraq_and_Vietnam_Threats_Against_Iran">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>"Pentagon Papers" leaker Daniel Ellsberg criticizes both John McCain and Barack Obama for resisting efforts to reign in Executive powers.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Daniel Ellsberg is the author of the Pentagon Papers, which chronicled decades of Defense Department involvement in Vietnam and was one of the turning points in the opposition movement to the Vietnam War.</p> <p>Today, the war in Iraq is fraught with criticism, but there are fewer protests and no internal leaks have had the impact of the Pentagon Papers.</p> <p>As operations in Iraq continue and the U.S. threatens to attack Iran, Ellsberg compares the two periods, including constitutional issues, and gives his views on the future - The Commonwealth Club of California</p> <p>Daniel Ellsberg was born in Detroit in 1931. After graduating from Harvard in 1952 with a B.A. Summa cum Laude in Economics, he studied for a year at King's College, Cambridge University, on a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship. Between 1954 and 1957, Ellsberg spent three years in the U.S. Marine Corps, serving as rifle platoon leader, operations officer, and rifle company commander. From 1957-59 he was a Junior Fellow in the Society of Fellows, Harvard University. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics at Harvard in 1962 with his thesis,Risk, Ambiguity and Decision.</p> <p>In 1959, he became a strategic analyst at the RAND Corporation, and consultant to the Department of Defense and the White House, specializing in problems of the command and control of nuclear weapons, nuclear war plans, and crisis decision-making. He joined the Defense Department in 1964 as Special Assistant to Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs) John McNaughton, working on Vietnam. He transferred to the State Department in 1965 to serve two years at the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, evaluating pacification on the front lines.</p> <p>On return to the RAND Corporation in 1967, he worked on the Top Secret McNamara study of U.S. Decision-making in Vietnam, 1945-68, which later came to be known as the Pentagon Papers. In 1969, he photocopied the 7,000 page study and gave it to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; in 1971 he gave it to the New York Times, Washington Post and 17 other newspapers. His trial, on twelve felony counts posing a possible sentence of 115 years, was dismissed in 1973 on grounds of governmental misconduct against him, which led to the convictions of several White House aides and figured in the impeachment proceedings against President Nixon.</p> <p>Since the end of the Vietnam War he has been a lecturer, writer and activist on the dangers of the nuclear era and unlawful interventions.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/54228-restoring-the-republic-but-not-through-the-candidates">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/53226-new-rules-for-fbi-to-spy-on-you-even-more 2008-10-09T14:45:33Z youngturks <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0Xb-QcXSDTs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0Xb-QcXSDTs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/53226-new-rules-for-fbi-to-spy-on-you-even-more"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/64606" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Watch more at <a href="http://www.theyoungturks.com">www.theyoungturks.com</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/53226-new-rules-for-fbi-to-spy-on-you-even-more">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47387-episode-31-2008-a-spying-odyssey-7-29-08 2008-10-13T02:20:14Z orwelloptimist <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hukWrdrCaeI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hukWrdrCaeI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47387-episode-31-2008-a-spying-odyssey-7-29-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/56156" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The government has a database, known as Main Core, with 8 million Americans in it. They're considered threats to national security. It's like something out of a science fiction movie.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47387-episode-31-2008-a-spying-odyssey-7-29-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47084-afshin-rattansi-on-telephone-and-email-bugging-in-the-u-s 2008-07-25T19:31:33Z rattansifan <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Yf4WxHWyI74&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Yf4WxHWyI74&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47084-afshin-rattansi-on-telephone-and-email-bugging-in-the-u-s"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55661" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Afshin Rattansi, in Iran, examines the secret congressional session - there have only been eight in more than a century and a half - as President Bush vetos a House Bill to make telephone companies liable for illegal bugging of email and telephone calls.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47084-afshin-rattansi-on-telephone-and-email-bugging-in-the-u-s">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45941-aclu-fights-wiretapping-law-approved-by-obama-mccain-and-bush 2008-07-17T03:33:33Z LiberalViewer <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3-AlLlfb0iw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3-AlLlfb0iw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45941-aclu-fights-wiretapping-law-approved-by-obama-mccain-and-bush"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/53267" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>When Pres. George W. Bush and Sen. Barack Obama BOTH agreed on unconstitutional amendments to the foreign intelligence surveillance act (FISA) last week, it raised questions about Obama's consistency on civil liberties and about how to best fight this assault on the Fourth Amendment and the right to privacy. I try to answer these questions with some clips from a Barack Obama news conference and from spokespeople for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)</p> <p>You can see the full July 1, 2008, Barack Obama news conference from which I took a short clip for my video at <a href="http://cbs2chicago.com/video/?id=46212@wbbm.dayport.com">cbs2chicago.com</a> </p> <p>You can see the ACLU Legislative Counsel Michelle Richardson's full June 21, 2008, appearance on C-SPAN's Washington Journal at <a href="http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&amp;products_id=205571-2">www.c-spanarchives.org</a> </p> <p>You can see more about the ACLU's fight against the FISA Amendments Act (including the ACLU video from which I took a short clip) at <a href="http://www.aclu.org/safefree/nsaspying/faachallenge.html">www.aclu.org</a> </p> <p>And, you can see Sen. Barack Obama's full February 16, 2006, statement on the USA PATRIOT Act Reauthorization at <a href="http://obama.senate.gov/speech/060216-floor_statement_2/">obama.senate.gov</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/45941-aclu-fights-wiretapping-law-approved-by-obama-mccain-and-bush">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/44111-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-02-15-08 2008-07-01T09:08:38Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kg2_af6B-pI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kg2_af6B-pI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/44111-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-02-15-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/50458" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Town Hall <br />Osh Kosh, WI 02/15/08</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />JOHN MCCAIN: "I'm disappointed that the House of Representatives left town without acting on so-called 'FISA,' our ability to monitor the telecommunications of those who want to destroy America. I think it's incredibly regrettable.</p> <p>"I don't think the American people want us to be divided in such a way that we cannot adopt the necessary measures that are critical to national intelligence. This is vitally necessary to defend this country."</p> <p>LABEL: JM WI 2-15 (JR#51) C-ClipO</p> <p>To download a high res version of this clip, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/ujlfbxlus4</p> <p>To download the full campaign event, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/qaitawn40g <br />AND <br />https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/q1643lo0s0</p> </div> <a href="/blog/44111-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-02-15-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/43730-mccain-town-hall-05-29-08 2008-06-30T23:36:58Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4iL3QCbIbxc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4iL3QCbIbxc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/43730-mccain-town-hall-05-29-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/50069" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Town Hall <br />Greendale, WI</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />QUESTIONER: "If you become president you will take an oath, saying you will defend the constitution. Given that, will you try to prevent warrantless wiretaps and searches, which are forbidden under the fourth amendment?"</p> <p>MCCAIN: "I thank you for the question. In fact it came up in a conversation I had today. There is a careful balance between protection of individual rights and our obligation to defend the security of this country. My friends, we all know—I don't think anyone here disagrees that there are people who are out there, around the world, as well as perhaps or possibly some even within the United States of America or attempting to be established within the United States of America that want to destroy us. </p> <p>"And they are using the most modern form of telecommunications in order to do so; and look at the way telecommunications has changed within the last 20 or 30 years. So we're not—again, it's a product of this gridlock. I am convinced that we need to monitor communications between terrorists and I think all of us would agree with that. At the same time, we have to [...] as you mentioned, there are certain inalienable rights and among those is the right to privacy. </p> <p>"So what we really need to do to address this issue is have hearings, have discussions on it. I think that we should have the ability to go and instantaneously and monitor the phone calls of people that we are—that we suspect of being capable or intent on doing bad things to America. So I support the FISA law. I support it. I support it and interestingly enough, in the Senate, there was an agreement between republicans and democrats to move forward and that solution I supported and still support and it got all hung up in the house of representatives and now and now, we are, to a large degree, according to the director of national intelligence without the ability to do some of the monitoring that he feels is vital to the security of this nation. </p> <p>"See how far we have come, my friends? Where we can't sit down and agree that—on a way that protects people's privacy and, at the same time, gives us the ability to prevent attacks on the United States of America. So I want to assure you that I think FISA was the right thing to do and I would be more than happy to sit down and see if there are modifications that need to be made, but the worst of all words, in my view, is the gridlock we're in, which basically, according to the people we entrust with the intelligence of this country that we're not able to do that."</p> <p>LABEL: JM WI 5-29 (JR#58) CEeY-ClipD</p> <p>To download a high res version of this clip, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/vap3g1rokw</p> <p>To download the full campaign event, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/st2r45i8go <br />and <br />https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/36sprv6kg4</p> </div> <a href="/blog/43730-mccain-town-hall-05-29-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/43172-the-fisa-flip-flop 2008-07-21T12:40:59Z mpal <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2WYlNgAJyxo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2WYlNgAJyxo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/43172-the-fisa-flip-flop"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/49300" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>More at <a href="http://therealnews.com/c.php?c=080601YT">therealnews.com</a> </p><p>Michael Ratner: New bill extends powers of president and grants immunity for past wrongs.</p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/43172-the-fisa-flip-flop">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/42973-episode-29-playing-games-6-24-08 2008-10-13T02:20:14Z orwelloptimist <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0QQvA_bgRlU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0QQvA_bgRlU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/42973-episode-29-playing-games-6-24-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/48533" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Congressional leaders are crowing about their recent "bipartisan compromise." Yeah, they compromised the Constitution, our right to privacy, and the rule of law. Not bad a for a day's work.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/42973-episode-29-playing-games-6-24-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/42664-bush-praises-illegal-wiretapping-bill-fisa 2008-08-12T01:00:51Z NCDem Amy <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2Fddtxdcl8E&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2Fddtxdcl8E&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/42664-bush-praises-illegal-wiretapping-bill-fisa"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/48145" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Bush praises FISA, the illegal wiretapping bill, immediately prior to its passage in the House on a 293-129 vote.</p> <p>Per the ACLU:</p> <p>http://www.aclu.org/safefree/general/35740prs20080620.html</p> <p>"The bill [FISA] allows for mass, untargeted and unwarranted surveillance of all communications coming in to and out of the United States. The courts' role is superficial at best, as the government can continue spying on our communications even after the FISA court has objected. Democratic leaders turned what should have been an easy FISA fix into the wholesale giveaway of our Fourth Amendment rights."</p> </div> <a href="/blog/42664-bush-praises-illegal-wiretapping-bill-fisa">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40542-fbi-director-robert-mueller-intelligence-and-antiterrorism 2008-06-24T10:46:21Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ei0Y9MLz5jE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ei0Y9MLz5jE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/40542-fbi-director-robert-mueller-intelligence-and-antiterrorism"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/45732" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/04/07/FBI_Director_Robert_Mueller_on_Global_Terrorism_Today">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>FBI Director Robert Mueller discusses the the U.S. government's approach to intelligence-gathering in the name of terrorism prevention.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>From 9/11 to 7/7: Global Terrorism Today and the Challenges of Tomorrow with FBI Director Robert Mueller.</p> <p>Since 11 September 2001 when Al-Qaeda launched a massive attack on US targets from its base in Afghanistan, terrorists have executed attacks around the world, including the bombing of the London Underground and bus system in July 2005.</p> <p>Terrorist tactics continue to evolve and expand in Al-Qaeda and its affiliated groups, as well as homegrown terrorist cells, through foreign training camps and internet recruitment.</p> <p>With the United States and United Kingdom remaining prime targets, the speaker will discuss the future implications of the terrorist threat, and how the global community must work together to combat it - Chatham House</p> <p>Robert Mueller is the current Director of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation. He was nominated by President George W. Bush and became the sixth Director of the FBI on September 4, 2001.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/40542-fbi-director-robert-mueller-intelligence-and-antiterrorism">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38558-inside-an-nsa-blacksite 2008-06-06T14:44:47Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/d5cewdlyqAU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/d5cewdlyqAU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38558-inside-an-nsa-blacksite"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/43542" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/03/31/Agency_in_Surveilled_Space-Who_is_Watching">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Artist and author Trevor Paglen describes what he claims to be a San Francisco-based National Security administration "black site" used to monitor telecommunications.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>A Roundtable Discussion of Agency in Surveilled Space: who is watching, who is being watched, who decides which spaces are visible to the camera and which are effectively invisible, off-limits to authorities.</p> <p>The panelists will examine how engineers, artists, and activists intervene in surveillance systems to subvert, invert, and redefine these relationships, and how the principle of "sousveillance" - meaning surveillance from "below," or watching the watchers - applies.</p> <p>It features artists and engineers who collaborate to produce software and hardware applications that access and visualize data usually obscured from public view; artists whose projects have questioned the rhetoric of surveillance by intervening more playfully in the expected aesthetics or power dynamics; and activists who monitor post-9/11 surveillance by intelligence agencies and its effects on immigrant and dissenting communities - The New School</p> <p>Trevor Paglen is an artist, writer, and experimental geographer working out of the Department of Geography at the University of California, Berkeley.</p> <p>His work involves deliberately blurring the lines between social science, contemporary art, and a host of even more obscure disciplines in order to construct unfamiliar, yet meticulously researched ways to interpret the world around us. His most recent projects take up secret military bases, the California prison system, and the CIA's practice of "extraordinary rendition."</p> </div> <a href="/blog/38558-inside-an-nsa-blacksite">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38305-summer-vacation 2008-10-13T02:20:17Z orwelloptimist <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0lZ8oFriLXo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0lZ8oFriLXo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38305-summer-vacation"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/43267" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Orwell Was An Optimist</p> <p>Episode I: Summer Vacation</p> <p>Everbody's going on vacation. Bush, Congress, the Constitution...</p> </div> <a href="/blog/38305-summer-vacation">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38298-episode-8-the-ol-wiretap-dance-10-14-07 2008-10-13T02:20:16Z orwelloptimist <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/66gjksXoZb0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/66gjksXoZb0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38298-episode-8-the-ol-wiretap-dance-10-14-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/43260" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Congress promised to fix the wiretappng law. So why are they making it worse?</p> </div> <a href="/blog/38298-episode-8-the-ol-wiretap-dance-10-14-07">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38286-episode-20-faux-news-we-alarm-you-go-hide 2008-10-13T02:20:15Z orwelloptimist <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DVyaucG5xII&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DVyaucG5xII&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38286-episode-20-faux-news-we-alarm-you-go-hide"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/43248" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Fear, trepidation, alarm, dread, panic, anxiety, paranoia. Film at 11:00.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/38286-episode-20-faux-news-we-alarm-you-go-hide">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36762-attorney-general-mukasey-on-racial-profiling 2008-07-09T15:56:20Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WkRwJBMjG2k&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WkRwJBMjG2k&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36762-attorney-general-mukasey-on-racial-profiling"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41394" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/03/27/U_S__Attorney_General_Michael_Mukasey">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey gives his take on "racial profiling" as a security technique.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Public Corruption and Public Confidence with U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey.</p> <p>Mukasey took over leadership of the Department of Justice after a time of great turmoil and controversy. Coming in with support from both sides of the aisle, Mukasey has made it a priority to address issues of public corruption and the integrity of our government institutions. - The Commonwealth Club of California</p> <p>Michael Mukasey was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1941 and graduated from Columbia College and Yale Law School, where he was on the Board of Editors of the Yale Law Journal. Prior to becoming Attorney General, he had a lengthy career as an attorney, including service as an Assistant United States Attorney from 1972 to 1976 in New York. From 1975 to 1976 he also served as chief of his district's Official Corruption Unit. From 1976 to 1987 he was an associate, and then member, of the firm Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler.</p> <p>Mukasey was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 and served until 2006, the last six years as chief judge. During that time, Judge Mukasey presided over hundreds of cases, including the trial of Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman and 11 co-defendants charged with conspiring to blow up numerous sites in New York. Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, he was widely praised for the speed with which the federal courthouse, located just blocks from the site of the World Trade Center, returned to normal operation.</p> <p>Upon his retirement from the bench, Mukasey returned to Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, in the firm's litigation group.</p> <p>Judge Mukasey has received numerous awards over the years, including the Learned Hand Medal for Excellence in Federal Jurisprudence from the Federal Bar Council, the William Tendy Award from the Fiske Association, awards from the Seymour Association, the Respect for Law Alliance, and the Ari Halberstam Award from the Jewish Children's Museum. He also received an honorary degree from the Brooklyn Law School.</p> <p>Mukasey's professional and civic activities have included service as a director of the William Nelson Cromwell Foundation and as a director of the Jewish Children's Museum. He has also been a lecturer in law at the Columbia Law School. He was a member of the Automation and Technology Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States; was chairman of the Committee on Public Access to Information and Proceedings of the New York State Bar Association; was a member of the Federal Courts Committee and the Communications Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York; and was a member of the American Bar Association.</p> <p>Judge Mukasey was nominated to be Attorney General by President George W. Bush on September 17, 2007, and confirmed by the United States Senate on November 8. He entered duty on November 9.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36762-attorney-general-mukasey-on-racial-profiling">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36750-attorney-general-mukasey-on-telecom-immunity 2008-06-13T21:31:20Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iqeg_ANMafE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iqeg_ANMafE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36750-attorney-general-mukasey-on-telecom-immunity"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41382" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/03/27/U_S__Attorney_General_Michael_Mukasey">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey explains why he supports legal immunity for telecommunications companies who disclosed customer information to the federal government following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Public Corruption and Public Confidence with U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey.</p> <p>Mukasey took over leadership of the Department of Justice after a time of great turmoil and controversy. Coming in with support from both sides of the aisle, Mukasey has made it a priority to address issues of public corruption and the integrity of our government institutions. - The Commonwealth Club of California</p> <p>Michael Mukasey was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1941 and graduated from Columbia College and Yale Law School, where he was on the Board of Editors of the Yale Law Journal. Prior to becoming Attorney General, he had a lengthy career as an attorney, including service as an Assistant United States Attorney from 1972 to 1976 in New York. From 1975 to 1976 he also served as chief of his district's Official Corruption Unit. From 1976 to 1987 he was an associate, and then member, of the firm Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler.</p> <p>Mukasey was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 and served until 2006, the last six years as chief judge. During that time, Judge Mukasey presided over hundreds of cases, including the trial of Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman and 11 co-defendants charged with conspiring to blow up numerous sites in New York. Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, he was widely praised for the speed with which the federal courthouse, located just blocks from the site of the World Trade Center, returned to normal operation.</p> <p>Upon his retirement from the bench, Mukasey returned to Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, in the firm's litigation group.</p> <p>Judge Mukasey has received numerous awards over the years, including the Learned Hand Medal for Excellence in Federal Jurisprudence from the Federal Bar Council, the William Tendy Award from the Fiske Association, awards from the Seymour Association, the Respect for Law Alliance, and the Ari Halberstam Award from the Jewish Children's Museum. He also received an honorary degree from the Brooklyn Law School.</p> <p>Mukasey's professional and civic activities have included service as a director of the William Nelson Cromwell Foundation and as a director of the Jewish Children's Museum. He has also been a lecturer in law at the Columbia Law School. He was a member of the Automation and Technology Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States; was chairman of the Committee on Public Access to Information and Proceedings of the New York State Bar Association; was a member of the Federal Courts Committee and the Communications Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York; and was a member of the American Bar Association.</p> <p>Judge Mukasey was nominated to be Attorney General by President George W. Bush on September 17, 2007, and confirmed by the United States Senate on November 8. He entered duty on November 9.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36750-attorney-general-mukasey-on-telecom-immunity">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30843-riz-khan-the-wiretapping-debate-27-feb-08 2008-06-09T03:32:35Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HBTqNJgTGMA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HBTqNJgTGMA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/30843-riz-khan-the-wiretapping-debate-27-feb-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/33229" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>A law allowing companies to put people under surveillance without a court order.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/30843-riz-khan-the-wiretapping-debate-27-feb-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/29415-snuggly-the-security-bear-wireless-wiretapping-is-all-about-love 2008-06-12T03:30:55Z GottaLaff <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ybyHW3PK0nQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ybyHW3PK0nQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/29415-snuggly-the-security-bear-wireless-wiretapping-is-all-about-love"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/thumbnail_pic/31622" style="border: solid 1px black; margin-right: 7px; margin-top: 3px;" align="left" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>I heard this today on the Rachel Maddow Show, and not 10 minutes later, Commenter Bucky sent me the link to the video. And golly! What a <a href="http://gizmodo.com/356837/snuggly-the-security-bear-explains-warrantless-wiretapping-is-all-about-love-and-freedom">video</a> it is!</p><p>Here&#39;s what it&#39;s about, if you haven&#39;t already seen it:</p><blockquote><p> If you&#39;re still confused about the whole <a href="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/orwell-reference-here/video-the-att-wiretapping-dealio-explained-in-two-minutes-320277.php">warrantless domestic spying</a> program that the telecoms colluded with the government on (which is being conveniently <a href="http://gizmodo.com/355698/senate-gives-telcos-free-pass-on-warrantless-domestic-spying-program">shuffled away from official scrutiny</a>, forever), <strong>Snuggly the Security Bear by Mark Fiore sums it all up in the absolute cuddliest way possible. </strong>[<a href="http://www.markfiore.com/?phpMyAdmin=7aTx1mD0FvhOPGcsUo36-OZMqo4">Mark Fiore</a> via <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2008/02/14/warrantless-wiretapp-1.html">BoingBoing</a>] </p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/02/15/BL2008021502107_pf.html">Froomkin</a> sums up the most recent events:</p><blockquote><p>After years of going belly-up before President Bush, particularly on matters of national security, <strong>Democrats in one chamber of Congress yesterday apparently decided they&#39;d had about enough.</strong></p><p><strong>Defiantly rejecting what they called Bush&#39;s fear mongering, House Democrats refused to vote on a broad surveillance law</strong> their Senate colleagues had sent them the day before.</p><p>And, for good measure, they voted to hold Bush&#39;s chief of staff and former counsel in contempt.</p></blockquote><p>Snuggly the Bear is so gosh-darned, extra-special, wowee-kazowee cute! He makes wiretapping seem like, well, like an After School Special!&nbsp; Grab some milk and cookies and watch the fun!&nbsp;</p><p>And then go <a href="http://www.democrats.com/peoplesemailnetwork/88">sign </a>a petition to <a href="http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/resourcecenter">impeach Bush and Cheney</a>.&nbsp;</p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/29415-snuggly-the-security-bear-wireless-wiretapping-is-all-about-love">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/27156-russ-feingold-on-the-new-fisa-legislation 2008-06-10T15:34:53Z cliffschecter <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QDlYcn5HEs8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QDlYcn5HEs8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/27156-russ-feingold-on-the-new-fisa-legislation"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/29191" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>Just about the most genuine guy in the Senate. Listen to what Russ has to say about his emails and phone calls and the fact that you have actually lost your right to privacy.</p><p>Just trust them. The Bushes. And Cheneys. With your personal info. You know, because they have been so trustworthy on Iraq (935 lies, oh&nbsp;my!), Gulf Of Tonkin/Strait of Hormuz, attorney firings, secret energy meetings, Gonzo, Katrina, abstinence education, Bolton at the UN, Alito, and the art of pretzel ingestion.</p><p>In other words, you might want to listen to what Senator Feingold has to say...</p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/27156-russ-feingold-on-the-new-fisa-legislation">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/20632-bill-moyers-on-democracy-for-pakistan 2008-10-13T02:19:23Z army193 <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DPY7lnkpGBo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DPY7lnkpGBo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/20632-bill-moyers-on-democracy-for-pakistan"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/20349" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Musharraf silenced the news media, pictures of the rebellion (would that our own lawyers and judges feel as strongly here about the flagrant violations of the law.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/20632-bill-moyers-on-democracy-for-pakistan">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/15519-john-conyers-no-basis-for-this-grant-of-immunity-for-telecoms-who-have-spied-on-us-illegally 2008-06-15T21:31:10Z cliffschecter <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z7tBUhuCuho&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z7tBUhuCuho&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/15519-john-conyers-no-basis-for-this-grant-of-immunity-for-telecoms-who-have-spied-on-us-illegally"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/15352" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>Rep. Conyers urges rejection of this immunity. I concur, sir. </p><p>&nbsp;</p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/15519-john-conyers-no-basis-for-this-grant-of-immunity-for-telecoms-who-have-spied-on-us-illegally">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/12053-does-mitt-romney-know-what-civil-liberties-are 2008-07-09T20:34:52Z LiberalViewer <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dNu-8zMubZI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dNu-8zMubZI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/12053-does-mitt-romney-know-what-civil-liberties-are"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/12183" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Although I never expected Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney to be a big civil libertarian, I was still surprised to see his misstatement of the issue at the Fox News sponsored debate on September 5 in New Hampshire. To show you what I mean, I&#39;ve uploaded a few clips and links. You can see the full transcript of the September 5 debate at: <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,295886,00.html">www.foxnews.com</a> You can see video of the May 15 Fox News sponsored debate among the GOP presidential candidates from which I took a short clip in my video at: <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,272672,00.html">www.foxnews.com</a> And, you can see the dictionary definition of &quot;civil liberty&quot; at: <a href="http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/civil%20liberty">www.m-w.com</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/12053-does-mitt-romney-know-what-civil-liberties-are">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/10822-anthony-romero-the-aclu-s-record-on-terrorism 2008-06-17T15:32:56Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/txyLtkYyylE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/txyLtkYyylE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/10822-anthony-romero-the-aclu-s-record-on-terrorism"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/10973" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1208">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Anthony Romero, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union, discusses the position of the ACLU in regards to terrorism and other wartime legislation.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>"In Defense of America: Fighting A Different Kind of War, Without Becoming A Different Kind of Country" with Anthony Romero, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).</p> <p>President Bush says the U.S. is fighting a "different kind of war," but does that mean it must become a different kind of country? Rather than justifying the usurpation of constitutional powers, this war demands that we stick to our core values more strongly than ever, says the ACLU. Romero shares examples from the legal war that he has been fighting at home.</p> <p>Anthony D. Romero is the Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union, the nation's premier defender of liberty and individual freedom. He took the helm of the 87-year-old organization just four days before the September 11, 2001 attacks. Shortly afterward, the ACLU launched its national Safe and Free campaign to protect basic freedoms during a time of crisis. Under Romero's leadership, the ACLU gained court victories on the Patriot Act filed landmark litigation on the torture and abuse of detainees in U.S. custody, and filed the first successful legal challenge to the Bush administration's illegal NSA spying program.</p> <p>Romero, an attorney with a history of public-interest activism, has presided over the most successful membership growth in the ACLU's history and more than doubled national staff and tripled the budget of the organization since he began his tenure. This unprecedented growth has allowed the ACLU to expand its nationwide litigation, lobbying and public education efforts, including new initiatives focused on racial justice, religious freedom, privacy, reproductive freedom and lesbian and gay rights.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/10822-anthony-romero-the-aclu-s-record-on-terrorism">Watch the video</a>