surveillance Check out "Forever Wars," a new newsletter that reimagines national security reporting Thom Dunn
human rights Doctors were compelled by US military and CIA to harm detainees, report says Xeni Jardin
happy mutants Short UK documentary about woman threatened with terrorism charges for videorecording cops while they stop-and-searched her boyfriend on the tube Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Matt Ruff's brilliant alternate history The Mirage is out in paperback today Cory Doctorow
war Death of a Prisoner: short documentary by Laura Poitras on Guantánamo detainee Adnan Latif Xeni Jardin
Civlib Understanding the NDAA, a US law that makes it possible to indefinitely detain people without charge or trial Cory Doctorow
corruption Congress: The DHS's "fusion centers" full of bad intelligence, lies, and imaginary buildings Cory Doctorow
law EU working group produces the stupidest set of proposed Internet rules in the entire history of the human race Cory Doctorow
law UK high court experiences flash of sanity, decriminalizes sarcastic aviation tweeting Cory Doctorow
race Bruce Schneier explains security to a neurologist who believes in profiling Muslims at airports Cory Doctorow
war Iraq and Afghanistan veterans to return their medals to protest war on terror at Chicago NATO summit this weekend Cory Doctorow