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		<title>DiFi floats bill to bar citizens&#8217; indefinite detention</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/12/15/difi-floats-bill-to-bar-citizens-indefinite-detention/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein today introduced a bipartisan Due Process Guarantee Act of 2011, which states that American citizens apprehended inside the United States can’t be indefinitely detained by the military. This has been a hot topic in recent weeks, as Congress debated a National Defense Authorization Act that had included a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACLU loses in court vs. OPD, declares victory</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal judge has rejected civil-rights groups’ request for a preliminary injunction to keep Oakland Police from using excessive force against Occupy protesters and other demonstrators. Nonetheless, the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California declared victory. “(E)ven without a favorable ruling at this juncture, we&#8217;ve reached our ultimate goal with the lawsuit: stopping further [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perez, Steinberg urge review of pepper-spray use</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assembly]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Darrell Steinberg]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[California Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez, D-Los Angeles, just issued this statement amid the uproar over police’s use of pepper spray against nonviolent protesters Friday at the University of California, Davis: “I was appalled at the apparent use of excessive force by the UC Davis police force at a peaceful student demonstration. “All Americans deserve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge won&#8217;t issue TRO against Oakland Police</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal judge yesterday denied civil liberties groups’ and activists’ request for a temporary restraining order to keep Oakland police from using excessive force in violation of their own crowd-control policies. The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California and the National Lawyers Guild had sued the Oakland Police Department on Monday on behalf of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACLU, National Lawyers Guild sue Oakland police</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/11/15/aclu-national-lawyers-guild-sue-oakland-police/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/11/15/aclu-national-lawyers-guild-sue-oakland-police/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil liberties]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=17818</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California and the National Lawyers Guild sued the Oakland Police Department in federal court Monday, seeking an emergency temporary restraining order to stop police violence against political protesters. U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg immediately issued an order requiring the city to respond by 5 p.m. today, Tuesday, Nov. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Civil libertarians blast two of Brown&#8217;s vetoes</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/10/11/civil-libertarians-blast-two-of-browns-vetoes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Civil libertarians are hopping mad over Gov. Jerry Brown vetoes of two bills Sunday: one that would’ve required police to get a warrant before searching mobile devices of arrestees, and another that would’ve limited the shackling of pregnant women inmates. The search-warrant bill, SB 914 by state Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, was supported by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/09/11/on-the-10th-anniversary-of-the-911-attacks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 13:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil liberties]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=17069</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ten years ago this morning, I was awakened at dawn by a phone call from my grandmother in Queens, N.Y. “I just wanted to make sure you all were OK,” she said. “Uh, sure, why wouldn’t we be?” I asked groggily. “They bombed New York and Washington,” she replied. I turned on the television. Five [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACLU demands cops&#8217; data on cell-phone tracking</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/08/03/aclu-demands-cops-data-on-cell-phone-tracking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/08/03/aclu-demands-cops-data-on-cell-phone-tracking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Civil Liberties Union’s California affiliates sent a letter to more than 50 law enforcement agencies across the state today demanding to know when, why and how police are using mobile phone location data and deploying other surveillance technology to track people. In the greater Bay Area, the ACLU’s Public Records Act requests went [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress extends Patriot Act sections for 4 years</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/05/27/congress-extends-patriot-act-sections-for-4-years/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/05/27/congress-extends-patriot-act-sections-for-4-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 16:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barbara Boxer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congress voted yesterday to extend several controversial parts of the Patriot Act for four more years. The Senate approved S.990 on a 72 to 23 vote, with both of California’s senators in support; the House passed it on a 250 to 153 vote, with no support from any Bay Area member. President Obama signed it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leland Yee&#8217;s &#8216;Reader Privacy Act&#8217; advances</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/05/09/leland-yees-reader-privacy-act-advances/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 22:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California State Senate]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even as Congress prepares to re-consider some controversial sections of the Patriot Act, the California State Senate unanimously approved a bill today that would preclude state law enforcement from using one of the investigative tools now at issue. Many Patriot Act provisions have been made permanent after being passed in October 2001 to extend law [...]]]></description>
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