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"'War on Terror' II," by Julian Sanchez, The Nation, October 19, 2009

"Obama's Disappointing Secrecy," by Benjamin H. Friedman, Christian Science Monitor, July 21, 2009

"Social Conventions, Online and Offline," by Timothy B. Lee, The New York Times, May 24, 2009

"Who Is Watching the Watchmen?," by Gene Healy, DC Examiner, May 5, 2009

"Obama Shrugs Off Concerns," by Nat Hentoff, Washington Times, April 20, 2009

"Real ID Laws Are a National Catastrophe," by Jim Harper, Delaware County Times, August 24, 2008

"The New FISA Compromise: It's Worse than You Think," by Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, July 7, 2008

"Can E-Verify Help Stem Tide of Illegal Immigration?," by Jim Harper, Daily Herald, March 30, 2008

"Sanford Should Stand Up to Fed Bullying Over REAL IDs," by Jim Harper, Charleston Post-Courier, March 27, 2008

"Limits on Eavesdropping Need to Stay," by Timothy B. Lee and Gene Healy, Orange County Register, February 19, 2008

"No, a President Can't Do as He Pleases," by Edward H. Crane and Robert A. Levy, The Star-Ledger, February 13, 2008

"Telecom Amnesty," by Timothy B. Lee, Slate, February 13, 2008

"Rejecting National ID," by Jim Harper, American Spectator, February 7, 2008

"The Surveillance Scam," by Timothy B. Lee, Reason (Online), February 7, 2008

"U.S.-Imposed Border Bedlam Will Hurt Michigan," by Jim Harper, Detroit News, January 30, 2008

"Listening to the Enemy," by Roger Pilon, The Wall Street Journal, January 28, 2008

"The Votes Are In," by Jeffrey Milyo, Columbia Daily Tribune, January 20, 2008

"Another Demand for ID Poses Danger to Free Society," by Jim Harper, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, January 12, 2008

"Senator Lieberman Is Watching You," by Jim Harper, National Review (Online), July 6, 2007

"Making HIV Tests Routine Threatens Patients' Privacy," by Sigrid Fry-Revere, Chicago Sun-Times, June 9, 2007

"Google "Get a Life"," by Jim Harper, National Review, June 8, 2007

"HIV Testing Should Require Consent and Promise Privacy," by Sigrid Fry-Revere, San Francisco Chronicle, June 6, 2007

"REAL ID Rebellion Comes to Illinois," by Jim Harper, Springfield Journal-Register, May 16, 2007

"REAL ID Act hurts Michigan," by Jim Harper, Detroit News, April 12, 2007

"What's Wrong With A One-Size Fits All Identity?," by Jim Harper, American.com, April 11, 2007

"Do We Need a National ID Card? No.," by Jim Harper, Daily News, August 5, 2006

"NH Can Set a National Example by Opposing a Federal ID Card," by Jim Harper, Union Leader, April 5, 2006

"A Useless, Intrusive P.R. Display," by Charles V. Peņa and Ted Galen Carpenter, Reason (Online), July 26, 2005

"Liability, Not Overregulation," by Jim Harper, San Francisco Examiner, March 15, 2005

"Surveillance and the War on Terrorism," by Jim Harper, San Francisco Chronicle, October 15, 2004

"Cooperate, Or Else!," by Tim Lynch, Reason (Online), June 25, 2004

"Government Has No Business Interfering With What You Eat," by Radley Balko, TIME, June 7, 2004

"Is It a Crime to Keep Quiet?," by Tim Lynch, Chicago Sun-Times, March 22, 2004

"Is it Becoming a Crime to Keep Quiet? Court Will Decide," by Tim Lynch, Chicago Sun-Times, March 22, 2004

"Like It Or Not, Free Speech Protects Telemarketers, Too," by Robert A. Levy, Investor's Business Daily, October 10, 2003

"More Surveillance Equals Less Liberty," by Tim Lynch, The Hill, September 10, 2003

"Kennedy's Libertarian Revolution," by Randy Barnett, National Review (Online), July 10, 2003

"Protecting Privacy in the Database Nation," by Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Detroit News, June 22, 2003

"Stop This Today!," by Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., National Review, June 13, 2003

"Junk Legislation Can't Solve Junk E-Mail Dilemma," by Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 11, 2003

"Chuck's Bill of Wrongs," by Adam D. Thierer, New York Post, March 12, 2003

"'Partial' Information Awareness," by Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Cato.org, January 9, 2003

"The Poindexter Awareness Office: Turning the Tables on Mr. Supersnoop," by Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Cato.org, January 5, 2003

"Homeland Insecurity: Big Brother Is Watching You," by Charlotte Twight, Fox News (Online), November 26, 2002

"The Chill from the Pentagon," by Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., National Review (Online), November 25, 2002

"Why Civil Libertarians Are Concerned," by Robert A. Levy, Cato.org, November 24, 2002

"Assaults on Liberty," by Robert A. Levy, Cato.org, November 24, 2002

"United We Stand, but We'll Snoop Divided," by Robert A. Levy, Los Angeles Times, July 22, 2002

"Snoop, There It Is," by Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Cato.org, June 18, 2002

"It's Not Just About Terrorists," by Charlotte Twight, Cato.org, March 7, 2002

"Is the Government Protecting Our Information?," by Lucas Mast, Washington Times, November 25, 2001

"Policymakers Should 'Opt Out' of Privacy Legislation," by Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., TCSdaily.com, March 13, 2001

"A Call That Needs To Go Through... MCI WorldCom-Sprint," by Solveig Singleton, Bridge News, October 13, 1999

"Mailing-List Chicken Littles," by Solveig Singleton, Cato.org, November 4, 1997



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