The Bush forces intentionally planned to keep Iraqi sects divided, and the US may be planning the same thing for Syria.

That this had the effect of strengthening forces linked to al Qa'ida was not considered a problem.

The plutocrats' elected servants want austerity, so now that the economic excuse they cited has been shown to be false, they invent other ridiculous excuses.

Automated License Plate Readers Threaten Our Privacy.

The UK has a network of license plate readers that track all motor vehicle traffic in the country and make a complete dossier about each vehicle. The US does not say it is setting up such a network, and maybe has no plan for a complete network, but the proliferating automatic license plate readers have the effect of approximating one.

All automatic license plate readers, no matter who operates them, should be required by law to ignore any plate that isn't on a specific list. And a plate should get on that list only by court order.

Algeria convicted a human rights defender of the "crime" of handing out leaflets criticizing unemployment.

The Saudi regime is repressing the founders of a new human rights group.