Will Grigg's Liberty Minute August 21, 2007 After being designated an ?unlawful enemy combatant,? US citizen Jose Padilla was held for more than three years in military custody. During that period he was subjected to prolonged torture through… more »

Will Grigg's Liberty Minute August 20, 2007 In the event of a major terrorist attack, the Department of Homeland Security would implement detailed plans to lock down the entire American population. Among the assets used to induce the population to… more »

Will Grigg's Liberty Minute August 17, 2007 The Council for Security Policy is a Washington think-tank intimately connected with the Bush administration. Its current and former members include Vice President Dick Cheney. The organization has sever… more »

Will Grigg's Liberty Minute August 16, 2007 When Congress passed the so-called PATRIOT Act in 2001, much of the measure remained unread by the congressmen who voted for it. One element of the bill added literally minutes before the vote permits… more »

Will Grigg's Liberty Minute August 15, 2007 Pop singer Clay Aiken was recently involved in a trivial argument aboard a commercial flight. A man who had been aboard that Continental Express flight told aviation columnist Patrick Smith: ?[F]ederal… more »

Will Grigg's Liberty Minute August 14, 2007 Many Americans might consider Edith Williams to be paranoid. Because of strange noises and an odd echo heard whenever she talks with her sister, the 80-year-old Denver resident is convinced that her phon… more »

Will Grigg's Liberty Minute August 13, 2007 On this day ? August 13 ? in 1961, residents of Berlin awoke to a divided city. Communist officials in East Berlin had erected a crude six-foot-high barbed wire barrier that would eventually grow int… more »

Will Grigg's Liberty Minute August 10, 2007 The Chinese government, which for years has been propping up the US economy by purchasing huge volumes of Treasury notes, has publicly suggested that it may exercise what it calls the ?nuclear option?… more »

Will Grigg's Liberty Minute August 9, 2007 The US Court of Appeals for Washington, DC has ruled that the Food and Drug Administration can deny experimental drugs to people suffering from terminal illness. The ruling is based on the assumption that… more »

Will Grigg's Liberty Minute August 8, 2007 A report from the Government Accountability Office warns that the Pentagon has lost track of about 190,000 assault rifles and pistols that were given to Iraqi security personnel in 2004 and 2005. The repo… more »