Civil Liberties

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Andrew Spencer from FairVote on truly democratic elections

Airs at: Mon, 01/27/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Andrew Spencher of FairVote about the politics of how our elections actually happen. Bill starts by pointing out that democracy is much more than elections, but that they are still relevant. Andrew talks about what FairVote is and is trying to do, fa... Read more

LINKS on FBI & Mohamed: RU ready for Wednesday?!

LINKS to prepare for Wednesday's Docudrama Mo Is Shy, 6-8pm ("reading the affidavit is a bit like reading MadLibs"--Trevor Aaronson, Terror Factory talk at Columbia University on the day of Mohamed Mohamud's conviction) Here are some of the other nationwide FBI entrapment ca... Read more

In Depth: Joe Meyer Interviews Tung Yin On the One Year Anniversary of the Trial of Mohamed Mohamud

Airs at: Thu, 01/23/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
KBOO's Joe Meyer speaks with Tung Yin, a professor at Lewis and Clark College, about last year's trial of Mohamed Mohamud, who was accused of plotting to bomb the Portland Christmas tree lighting celebration in Pioneer Square in 2010. Prof. Yin discusses the entrapment defe... Read more

Government Panel Calls for an End to the NSA's Metadata Collection

Airs at: Thu, 01/23/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board issued a report today that called for an end to the collection of phone call metadata--who called who, when, and for how long--by the National Security Agency, or NSA. Robin Ryan spoke to Zeke Johnson, Director of Amnesty Inte... Read more

American Psychological Association Drops Complaint Against Guantanamo "Torture Psychologist"

Airs at: Thu, 01/23/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The American Psychological Association has dropped a formal complaint against John Leso, a psychologist at the US's Guantanamo prison, who designed and oversaw torture techniques used against prisoners. KBOO's Jenka Soderberg spoke to Steven Reisner, a psychologist who is t... Read more

Jason Heym Interview

Airs at: Wed, 01/22/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Jason Heym is campaigning as a non-partisan candidate for the 1st Position Judgeship in the Columbia County Circuit Court.  The court, in Oregon's 19th Judicial District, is a trial court and Heym is thinking seriously about a run for trial court judge.  Don Merrill talks w... Read more

John Lewis Interview

Airs at: Fri, 01/17/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
John Lewis is a congressman, writer, activist and one of "Big Six" in the civil rights movement.  He has just written, with two co-authors, a graphic novel called "March".  It is the first in a trilogy that looks back at his career in an effort to present the past to young ... Read more

ACLU Fights DEA's Attempt to Access Oregonians' Prescription Records

Airs at: Thu, 01/16/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The ACLU of Oregon has joined a suit brought before a federal judge by the state of Oregon in an attempt to prevent the DEA from accessing the data gathered by Oregon's Prescription Drug Monitoring Program without a warrant. The program holds millions of prescription record... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 13, 2014

Airs at: Mon, 01/13/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge hosts this episode of the Mole dealing with Detroit, the increasing respect for socialism in the US, why Portland public workers may strike, a new novel about death row, and why appealing to the constitution is not the way to support whistle blowers like... Read more

Snowden and the Law

Airs at: Mon, 01/13/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
What is the problem with the national security state and its secret surveillance of everyone?  Is it that it is unconstitutional?  Or illegal?  What if the courts declare it legal?  In this essay published in Jacobin Magaze, read here by Clayton Morgareidge, Chase Madar arg... Read more