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06.10.2009 9:00 pm

Shame and insecurity

Detainees at Guantanom Bay Naval Base, Cuba. AP Photo/Shane T.McCoy, U.S. Navy

Detainees at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. AP Photo/Shane T.McCoy, U.S. Navy

It’s no secret that during the Bush administration, the Central Intelligence Agency “rendered” suspected terrorists to overseas facilities where they were subjected to “enhanced interrogation techniques.” Some sessions were recorded…

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04.06.2009 9:03 pm

ACLU fails to make its case in report on St. Louis jails

Razor wire surrounds the city Workhouse on Hall Street. Photo By Jamie Rector

Razor wire surrounds the city Workhouse on Hall Street. Photo By Jamie Rector

City corrections officials are spitting mad about a recent report on conditions at the city’s two jail facilities — the City Justice Center downtown and the Medium Security Institute…

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06.25.2008 3:45 pm

Battle between ACLU and public prayer rages on

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Washington Post is reporting that the American Civil Liberties Union is threatening to sue the U.S. Naval Academy unless it abolishes its tradition of daily lunchtime prayer, arguing that such a practice is unconstitutional:

In a letter to the academy on behalf…

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