 TERRORISM
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TERRORISM LAW & POLICY - DECEMBER 2001
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December 1
December 3
- US Announces New Security Alert
- FBI Reorganization Becomes Official
- Canada-United States Issue Statement on Common Security Priorities
- Attorney General Hails US-Canada Border Security Agreement
- Commentary - The USA PATRIOT Act and the US Department of Justice - Losing Our Balances? (Professor Susan Herman, Brooklyn Law School)
December 4
- Amnesty International Calls for Rescinding of Executive Order on Military Tribunals
- Human Rights Watch - Military Commissions Can't Compare to International Courts
- President Extends Terrorist Asset Freeze to Organizations Linked to Hamas
- OSCE Ministerial Council Concludes With Declaration and Action Plan Against Terrorism
- Lawyers Committee for Human Rights - Bush Administration Must Answer Key Questions on Military Commissions
- Senate Judiciary Committee Continues Civil Liberties Hearings on Military Tribunals, Detentions
December 5
- In First Lawsuit Filed Regarding Mass Detentions, Civil Liberties Groups Demand Release of Essential Information Under FOIA
- House Science Committee Holds Hearings on Federal Preparedness for Bioterrorism
- White House Briefing
- House Budget Committee Holds Hearing on Re-Structuring Government for Homeland Security: Nuclear / Biological / Chemical Threats
December 6
- Senators Say Bush Antiterror Approach Legal, But Needs Safeguards
- American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee - ADC Concerned Over Freezing of Charity Funds [Dec. 6]
- Ashcroft Defends Administration Anti-Terror Policies
- Justice Department Puts Al Qaeda Training Manual Online
- Hatch Says Senate Hearings Show Tribunals are Constitutional
- Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Opens Ashcroft Hearing: Fears Tribunals May Go Beyond Traditional Justice
- Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Holds Hearing on Port Security
- People for the American Way - Congress Must "Support and Defend the Constitution"
- Amnesty International Releases Updated Report Detailing Infringements of Detainees' Rights
- Designation of 39 Organizations on the USA PATRIOT Act’s “Terrorist Exclusion List”
- UK - Reaction to Defeats of Anti-Terrorism Bill in the House of Lords
- Canada - Canadian Bar Association Calls For Sunset Clause to Cover More Than Preventive Arrest and Investigative Hearings
December 7
- House Transport Committee Aviation Subcommittee Holds Hearings on Checked Baggage Screening Systems
- ABA President Expresses Deep Concern About Administration Anti-Terrorism Measures
- Transport Secretary Addresses National League of Cities
Conference
December 10
- ACLU Appalled by Ashcroft Statement on Dissent; Calls Free Speech "Main Engine of Justice"
- White House Press Briefing
December 11
- Department of Justice Indicts Moussaoui for September 11
Attacks
- text of indictment
- Law Professors Oppose Military Tribunals
- Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Holds Hearings on "Homeland Defense: Sharing Information with Local Law Enforcement"
- Bush Warns Rogue States Against Supporting Terrorism
- Canada - New Airport Transport Security Initiatives Announced
December 12
- US House Passes Bioterrorism Bill
- text of H.R. 3448 [with section-by-section analysis]
- House Unanimously Passes Anti-Hoax Legislation
- Attorney General Transcript News Conference with US Ambassador William S. Farish [London]
- US Attorney General and UK Home Secretary Confer on Terrorism
- Senate Armed Services Committee Holds Hearing on Military
Tribunals
- Electronic Frontier Foundation - USAPA Sunset Provisions Could Leave Congress in the Dark
- Canada and the United States Sign Smart Border Declaration
- Lawyers Committee for Human Rights - Statement on the Indictment of Zacharias Moussaoui
December 13
December 14
- Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Speaks on Military Commissions
- Human Rights Watch Denied Access to September 11 Detainees
- UK - Anti-Terrorism Bill Receives Royal Assent
- Human Rights Watch - UK: New Anti-Terror Law Rolls Back Rights
- Ashcroft, Schily Press Conference in Berlin on Terrorism
- Commentary - Don't Rush to Judgment on John Walker (Professor Marjorie Cohn, Thomas Jefferson School of Law)
December 15
December 17
December 18
- Canada - Anti-Terrorism Act Receives Royal Assent
- backgrounder on the new legislation
- FBI Experts Say Hundreds of Trained al-Qaida Terrorists at Large
- Human Rights Watch - US: Use Courts-Martial Rules for Military Commissions
- HRW letter to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
- due process comparison of U.S. military commissions and general courts-martial
- ACLU Supports Common Sense Fixes in Border Security Bill
- Anthrax Vaccine Made Available
December 19
- US House Passes Border and Visa Security Legislation
- US House Passes Terrorism Conventions Implementation Act
- White House Press Briefing
- US Reports to UN Security Council on Counterterrorism Measures
- Brady Center Releases Comprehensive Report on Terrorism and Guns
- report [PDF]
- UK - Liberty: Detentions Under Anti-Terror Act Totally Unjust
December 20
- Broad Coalition Calls on Attorney General to Rescind
“Unprecedented Frontal Assault” on
Attorney-Client Confidentiality
- comments [PDF] filed with the U.S. Department of Justice
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers: Comments in Opposition to Ashcroft Order Outline Violations of First, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendments
- White House Releases "First 100 Days" Report on the War on Terrorism
- US Moves Forward With Aviation Security Upgrades
- September 11th Compensation Fund Regulations Announced
- Families of September 11 - Justice Department Regulations Would Leave Many 9-1l Families With Little or No Compensation
- Congress Approves Funds for Northern Border Security
- Assets of Two More Organizations Blocked
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