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1 See the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, commonly referred to as
the RICO Act or RICO, U.S. Code 18 §§ 1961-19
2 Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, "Questions for Attorney General John
Ashcroft on the USA PATRIOT Act and its Effect on the News Media," August 20,
2003, http://www.rcfp.org/news/documents/20030820ashcroft.html.
3 University of Illinois Library Research Center, "Public Libraries and Civil Liberties: A
Profession Divided," http://lrc.lis.uiuc.edu/web/PLCL.html.
4 "'Sneak-and-Peek' Law Helps More Than War on Terror," FOX News, August 15,
2005, http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165799,00.html.
5 James Risen and Eric Lichtblau, "Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts,"New York
Times, December 16, 2005.
6 Michael V. Hayden, "What American Intelligence and Especially the NSA Have Been
Doing to Defend the Nation" (address to the National Press Club, Washington, DC, January
23, 2006).
7 Walter Pincus, "Judge Discusses Details of Work On Secret Court," Washington Post, June
26, 2007.
8 American Civil Liberties Union et al. v. National Security Agency et
al. (2006), http://www.aclu.org/images/nsaspying/asset_upload_file689_26477.pdf.
9 Dan Eggen, "Lawsuits May Illuminate Methods of Spy Program," Washington Post,
August 14, 2007; Dan Eggen, "White House Fights Democratic Changes to Surveillance
Act," Washington Post, October 11, 2007.
10 "Arar Says He Was Tortured in Syria," CBC News, October 30,
2003,http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2003/10/30/arar_031030.html; "Maher Arar:
Timeline," CBC News, January 26, 2007,http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/arar/.
11 Elise Labott, "Canada Lifts Travel Advisory on U.S.," CNN.com, November 7,
2002,http://archives.cnn.com/2002/TRAVEL/NEWS/11/07/canada.us.travel/.
12 American Civil Liberties Union, "Statement: Khaled El-
Masri,"http://www.aclu.org/safefree/extraordinaryrendition/22201res20051206.html.
13 "Speech of Michael Posner to the American Bar Association Center for Human Rights"
(Human Rights First, Salt Lake City, UT, February 14,
2005), http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/us_law/commentary/posner_aba_0205.pdf.
14 Temporary Committee on the Alleged Use of European Countries by the CIA for the
Transportation and Illegal Detention of Prisoners, Report on the Alleged Use of European
Countries by the CIA for the Transportation and Illegal Detention of Prisoners (European
Parliament, January 30,
2007), http://www.europarl.europa.eu/comparl/tempcom/tdip/final_report_en.pdf.
15 White House, "President Issues Military Order: Detention, Treatment, and Trial of
Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism," news release, November 13,
2001, http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/11/20011113-27.html.
16 See "Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War" (Third Geneva
Convention) and "Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time
of War" (Fourth Geneva Convention), August 12, 1949, available
at http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/.

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