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From Somaly Mam to “Eden”: How Sex Trafficking Sensationalism Hurts Sex Workers
After one investigation surrounding an anti-sex trafficking activist, Somaly Mam, sex worker rights activists have been working to expose another former sex worker's story as a sensational, dishonest trafficking …

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Cutting Off Sex Work Advertising Sites Disrupts Communities, Not Trafficking
Shutting down advertising sites used by sex workers silences peer-to-peer harm reduction channels that help sex workers in the absence of formal services and does little to address trafficking.

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Phony Justice in a Phony War
An FBI interrogation of a member of the defense team for one of the accused at Guantanamo is another blow to the integrity of a military commission.

The NSA Comes Home: Police Departments Conceal Phone Tracking Equipment From Courts
Police departments across the nation are concealing their use of cellphone tracking equipment from local courts.

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Giving Up Essential Liberty to Purchase a Little Temporary Safety
Like everyone on a no-fly list, Dr. Rahinah Ibrahim had no idea she was on it until her life was turned upside down.

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The DOJ Wants to Hack Your Webcam
A group of lawyers and academics recently prepared for a dramatic expansion of the rules for when law enforcement is allowed to hack people's computers.

Conversation With James Risen: Can Journalists Protect Their National Security Sources?
The New York Times reporter James Risen is in a waiting game with the Department of Justice and the Supreme Court, and the fate of a journalist's right to …

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Defining the Real Terrorism
A new definition of terrorism - one that better addresses the crimes of these times - is required.

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Who Gets on the FBI’s Most Wanted List?
What damage was inflicted by Diego truly is all “allegedly” because all that has happened so far is a grand jury has indicted him. A grand jury could indict …

No, the FBI Hasn’t Ditched the Southern Poverty Law Center
Conservative news outlets are hyping a minor website change to suggest that the FBI is distancing itself from the Southern Poverty Law Center.