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adc_bbrother.article_title[0] = 'AsiaMedia: Vietnam forms Police Unit to Censor Internet' ;
adc_bbrother.article_date[0] = 1;
adc_bbrother.article_url[0] = 'http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=13344';
adc_bbrother.article_summary[0] = 'Vietnam has intensified a recent crackdown on internet users by forming a special police unit to investigate online crime and curb distribution of banned publications in cyberspace. The country jailed three dissidents last month who had distributed critic...';
adc_bbrother.article_title[1] = 'Human Rights: Deterioration of Civil Society in Kyrgyzstan' ;
adc_bbrother.article_date[1] = 0;
adc_bbrother.article_url[1] = 'http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/08/03/kyrgyz9183_txt.htm';
adc_bbrother.article_summary[1] = 'For more than a year, Human Rights Watch has been concerned about the decline in state protection of civic freedoms in Kyrgyzstan and has written to you requesting action on particular cases that illustrate this decline....';
adc_bbrother.article_title[2] = 'Daily Herald: Biometrics form Backbone of O'Hare ID System' ;
adc_bbrother.article_date[2] = 0;
adc_bbrother.article_url[2] = 'http://www.dailyherald.com/search/main_story.asp?intid=3820332';
adc_bbrother.article_summary[2] = 'What was once the purview of sci-fi and spy thrillers is now routine for international travelers at O'Hare International Airport....';
adc_bbrother.article_title[3] = 'PC World: Is Your Personal Email Really Private?' ;
adc_bbrother.article_date[3] = 0;
adc_bbrother.article_url[3] = 'http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,117159,00.asp';
adc_bbrother.article_summary[3] = 'A recent court decision on a five-year-old case highlights the failure of our laws to protect the privacy of personal e-mail....';
adc_bbrother.article_title[4] = 'Baltimore Sun Editorial: CAPPS II Takes Another Pounding' ;
adc_bbrother.article_date[4] = 0;
adc_bbrother.article_url[4] = 'http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/bal-ed.capps18jul18,0,317422.story?coll=bal-opinion-headlines';
adc_bbrother.article_summary[4] = 'CAPPS II WILL be delayed and significantly revised, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration announced last week, and that is a notable victory for the rights of Americans to keep their private lives free from sweeping surveillance by government co...';
adc_bbrother.article_title[5] = 'WP Editorial: More Patriot Act Games' ;
adc_bbrother.article_date[5] = 0;
adc_bbrother.article_url[5] = 'http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58330-2004Jul17.html';
adc_bbrother.article_summary[5] = 'Assessing the Patriot Act requires taking it apart and examining its major pieces separately. Former deputy attorney general Larry D. Thompson suggested last year that a biparti- san commission be appointed to study the law in detail. This seems like a go...';
adc_bbrother.article_title[6] = 'Seattle PI: Smith Pounded for Switching His Patriot Act Vote' ;
adc_bbrother.article_date[6] = 0;
adc_bbrother.article_url[6] = 'http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001979070_adamsmith14m.html';
adc_bbrother.article_summary[6] = 'Tacoma Congressman Adam Smith got a heap of abuse back home after he sided with the Bush administration last week to block proposed changes to the USA Patriot Act — one of just four Democrats to do so....';
adc_bbrother.article_title[7] = 'Netsecurity: Book Review: Database Nation' ;
adc_bbrother.article_date[7] = 0;
adc_bbrother.article_url[7] = 'http://netsecurity.about.com/od/readbookreviews/gr/aapr071404.htm';
adc_bbrother.article_summary[7] = 'Database Nation: The Death of Privacy in the 21st Century offers a chilling look at how common, everyday technology surreptitiously spies on us and how simple transactions and occurrences can be used to gather and compile information about you....';
adc_bbrother.article_title[8] = 'Wired: CAPPS II Halted Again Over Privacy Concerns' ;
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adc_bbrother.article_url[8] = 'http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,64201,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_4';
adc_bbrother.article_summary[8] = 'A controversial and much-delayed proposed airline screening system may face further delays as the Transportation Security Administration restructures the system to better protect privacy and civil liberties, a senior homeland security official told Congre...';
adc_bbrother.article_title[9] = 'ABC News: Justice Dept. Briefs Congress on Patriot Act Cases' ;
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adc_bbrother.article_url[9] = 'http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20040713_972.html';
adc_bbrother.article_summary[9] = 'WASHINGTON July 13, 2004 — Seeking to bolster support for the Patriot Act, the Justice Department provided Congress on Tuesday with details of numerous cases in which the anti-terrorism law has been used....';
adc_bbrother.article_title[10] = 'The Union: Will Nevada City Denounce the Patriot Act?' ;
adc_bbrother.article_date[10] = 0;
adc_bbrother.article_url[10] = 'http://www.theunion.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040712/NEWS/107120078';
adc_bbrother.article_summary[10] = 'The Nevada City City Council will have a chance, as a city government, to decide whether to oppose the USA Patriot Act at its meeting this evening....';
adc_bbrother.article_title[11] = 'Herald Tribune: Tie Vote Signals Weak Support for Patriot Act' ;
adc_bbrother.article_date[11] = 0;
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adc_bbrother.article_summary[11] = 'Congress passed the USA Patriot Act six weeks after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The 342-page bill was approved in an atmosphere of fear and paranoia. There was little debate, discussion or dissent....';
adc_bbrother.article_title[12] = 'Providence Journal: 15 Sections of the Patriot Act to Sunset in '05' ;
adc_bbrother.article_date[12] = 0;
adc_bbrother.article_url[12] = 'http://www.projo.com/sharedcontent/east/patriotact/content/projo_20040711_pside8.21e8de.html';
adc_bbrother.article_summary[12] = 'Fifteen of the 158 sections in the USA Patriot Act will expire at the end of 2005 unless Congress votes to enshrine them as permanent law. The parts that will expire are contained in the act's second chapter titled "Enhanced Surveillance Procedures."...';
adc_bbrother.article_title[13] = 'Guardian: US Lawmakers Take Aim at the Patriot Act' ;
adc_bbrother.article_date[13] = 0;
adc_bbrother.article_url[13] = 'http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4288278,00.html';
adc_bbrother.article_summary[13] = 'WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawmakers who say portions of the USA Patriot Act went too far are taking aim at its provision that made it easier for investigators to learn what people are reading - despite a veto threat from the White House....';
adc_bbrother.article_title[14] = 'Globe & Mail: Russia Silences Free Speech' ;
adc_bbrother.article_date[14] = 0;
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adc_bbrother.article_summary[14] = 'Moscow — On another day, the symbolism of having a show titled Free Speech censored might have been enough to make Savik Shuster laugh. But yesterday was not the time for appreciating ironies. These are serious days for anyone attempting to do independent...';
adc_bbrother.article_title[15] = 'Wired: Speed Past Security in Airports, for a Price' ;
adc_bbrother.article_date[15] = 0;
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adc_bbrother.article_summary[15] = 'Some Twin Cities frequent fliers will have their own fast-track security lane starting Wednesday, but the cost of admission to the pilot program is a background check and a fingerprint or iris scan....';
adc_bbrother.article_title[16] = 'Silicon: Big Brother Award Nominations Announced' ;
adc_bbrother.article_date[16] = 0;
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adc_bbrother.article_summary[16] = 'Privacy International (PI) has announced the shortlist of candidates for this year's Big Brother awards, its annual naming and shaming of the companies and organisations that it claims pose the greatest threat to privacy and civil liberties in the UK....';
adc_bbrother.article_title[17] = 'Providence Journal: Accessing Anything on Anyone' ;
adc_bbrother.article_date[17] = 0;
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adc_bbrother.article_summary[17] = 'Section 215 amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act by introducing the phrase, "any tangible things." These three words make it possible for the FBI to secretly demand anything, from anyone....';
adc_bbrother.article_title[18] = 'WSJ Editorial: Porn Gets More Protection than Political Speech' ;
adc_bbrother.article_date[18] = 0;
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adc_bbrother.article_summary[18] = 'Does it strike anyone else as odd that the Supreme Court seems to be providing more First Amendment protection to pornography than to political speech?...';
adc_bbrother.article_title[19] = 'Watauga Democrat: 330rd Town Opposes the Patriot Act' ;
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adc_bbrother.article_summary[19] = 'Boone makes 330, but barely made it with a 3-2 vote by the town council. Council member Lynne Mason moved to adopt the resolution with one minor change in language, removing mention of Gov. Mike Easley, who would have been forwarded a copy of the resoluti...';
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