Apart from executing Saddam Hussein and hence, letting his former friends run scot free, here’s a list of the 10 biggest violations against civil liberties that have been committed in 2006, according to Slate. Among them are the following mentionables:
- Guantánamo Bay
- Congressional threats to appoint an inspector general to oversee federal judges
- The FBI’s TALON database shows the government has been spying on nonterrorist groups
- This government program has us FedEx-ing unindicted terror suspects abroad for interrogation/torture
- Attempt to Get Death Penalty for Zacarias Moussaoui