Army to keep media from covering a Palin event. Bob get on this one. Example of how our First Amendment rights are being trashed and the state of our repressive society. Now it's the Bush/Obama Administration that tries to keep information from the American people.

Bob - good first step - But will you also advocate for a Truth Commission?

A Variation of Bush's TIPS Program - On Steroids Since Going Underground
Conspicuous Surveillance by Citizen Stalkers using:
Red Cars... See More
Red Trucks
Wearing-Carrying Red
to harass and surveill targets 24/7
Is this COINTELPRO 2009?

From the Feingold "Restoring the Rule of Law" hearing -
We need " bipartisan independent investigatory Commission"
"A Commission would serve several vital functions. It would reveal the many as-yet-unknown aspects of what our government has done and how it evaluated or rationalized its actions. And there is much we do not know. We still do not know, for example, the legal justifications advanced for the so-called "extraordinary rendition" or "terrorist surveillance" programs." Further, "Nor do we know whether there are other secret programs that have not yet been revealed."

From Team of federal Inspectors general report, July, 2009 - the Bush surveillance program was massive - the report questioned the legal basis for the effort (which was crafted by John Yoo) - the nature of the massive surveillance program remains classified.

Feingold Report Card on Obama - all incompletes in the area of Surveillance and Privacy where Obama is continuing Bush policies

How will we know if there is a COINTELPRO 2009 without a truth Commission?

I thought this was an onion article until I saw bob barr posted it.

people that object to this on the grounds that these people might escape and make their way into the Chicago area (where I live part of the year) need to look up where Thompson, IL is on a map. Its ~150miles away from downtown, and even for a bloodlusting jihadist bent on blowing up the Sears Tower (sorry, the Willis Tower), that's a long walk.

As an Illinois resident, I support this.