PATRIOT Act

The New Bedford Standard-Times reports that a couple of Homeland Security agents paid a visit to a UMass-Dartmouth student when he requested a copy of Mao's "Little Red Book" in an intra-library loan.

Some initial reactions by Boston-area bloggers to the recent news about the NSA snooping and the Senate's decision not to extend the Patriot Act: Read more

WE NOW KNOW THE CIVIL LIBERTIES HEARING WILL BE IN GARDNER AUDITORUM
AND WE NEED TO FILL IT -- PLEASE PLAN TO BE THERE TO SUPPORT THE BILL
OF RIGHTS -- the REAL PATRIOT Act!

See:

Hearing on HB 1881 -- the Resolution Affirming the Civil Rights and Liberties of the People of Massachusetts

Support the Bill of Rights -- the REAL PATRIOT Act

Wednesday, June 22 at The State House in Boston

10 AM: Hearing on HB 1881 -- the Resolution Affirming the Civil Rights and Liberties of the People of Massachusetts

12 noon: Rally in Boston Common near the steps of The State House Read more