Slate Magazine writer Dahlia Lithwick has come up with a list of "The 10 most outrageous civil liberties violations of 2006." Of course she is talking about civil liberties being violated in the United States (Slate is a U.S. magazine started by Microsoft in 1996). The list contains some well-known issues such as the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Bush's wiretapping scheme, and the Military Commission Act of 2006, which created military tribunals to try the Guantanamo Bay detainees. It also contains a few items that didn't receive as much media attention. For those who are interested in American politics and especially American constitutional law, the article is worth a look.
