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Genetic Discrimination by Insurers, Employers Becomes a Crime | Wired Science from Wired.com
After a decade of false starts, dead ends and back-room squabbles, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) was signed into law by President Bush today. In a nutshell, it prevents employers and insurers from using genetic data against you.
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Because They Said So - New York Times
Even by the dismal standards of what passes for a national debate on intelligence and civil liberties, last week was a really bad week.
How Does Bruce Schneier Protect His Laptop Data? With His Fists -- and PGP
How Does Bruce Schneier Protect His Laptop Data? With His Fists -- and PGP
Marilyn and Ella: The meeting of the misfits - Features, Theatre - Independent.co.uk
on the friendship between marilyn monroe and ella fitzgerald
Schneier on Security: Redefining Privacy
Anonymity, privacy, and security are intertwined; you can't just separate them out like that. And privacy isn't opposed to security; privacy is part of security. And the value of privacy in a free society is enormous.
A Reporter at Large: The Black Sites: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
A rare look inside the C.I.A.’s secret interrogation program. - The Banality Of Dick Cheney's Evil
AlterNet: Rights and Liberties: With FISA Law, Democrats Give Bush a Blank Check for Domestic Spying
Responding to fear-mongering by the Bush administration, the Democrat-led Congress put its stamp of approval on the unconstitutional wiretapping of Americans.
Guardian | Seized - for showing their hair
In the past few days hundreds of Iranian women have been bundled off the streets and arrested. Officially, they were breaking the 'correct' Islamic dress code. But, as Simon Tisdall reports, the real aim is to keep women second-class citizens
The Must-Do List - New York Times
we’re offering a list — which, sadly, is hardly exhaustive — of things that need to be done to reverse the unwise and lawless policies of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.
Canadian Court Limits Detention in Terror Cases - New York Times
Canada’s highest court on Friday unanimously struck down a law that allows the Canadian government to detain foreign-born terrorism suspects indefinitely using secret evidence and without charges while their deportations are being reviewed.
Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Victoria Coren: How to play poker
America has just banned internet poker. Or, at least, they have made it a felony to play internet poker and collect any money from it. Which is a bit like saying, "We're not banning cricket, just bats and balls."
2 Lodi residents refused entry back into U.S.
"We haven't heard about this happening -- U.S. citizens being refused the right to return from abroad without any charges or any basis," said Mass, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union.
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