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Campaign for Liberty Applauds Senator Jim DeMint’s Leadership on Audit the Fed Bill

June 23, 2009 - 5:12pm

ALEXANDRIA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ron Paul's Campaign for Liberty today issued high praise for Senator Jim DeMint and his leadership on legislation to bring transparency to the Federal Reserve and our nation's monetary policy.

Last week, Senator DeMint became the first Republican to support S. 604, The Federal Reserve Sunshine Act of 2009. This week he has taken to the airwaves to help build momentum for this bill, including a nationally televised appearance today on Fox News' Glen Beck Show.

Audit the Fed H.R. 1207 & S. 604

June 18, 2009 - 10:33am

Congressman Paul's bill H.R. 1207 as of today has 234 co-sponsors and Sen. Sanders bill S. 604 in the Senate now has Senator DeMint and Senator Vitter as cosponsors.

Very disturbing video on the lack of oversight and transparency at the Federal Reserve. Alan Grayson: Is Anyone Minding the Store at the Federal Reserve?

Other video:

 

Carolina high-schooler jailed under secret charges

May 4, 2009 - 1:00am

UPDATE: The mother has backed off her claim the secret charges are directly related to the USA PATRIOT Act. The case is still sealed. MORE

The FBI is holding a 16-year-old North Carolina boy incommunicado in an undisclosed detention facility in Indiana. Details are sketchy, but the USA PATRIOT Act is being cited as a basis to hold Ashton Lundeby without any kind of public hearing. Presumably, this homeschooled student has been deemed an "enemy combatant." The available evidence indicates that the family's IP address had been hijacked to send threatening messages and the family is completely innocent. That young Lundeby is still being jailed without trial is completely outrageous.

Federal court rejects Obama/Bush state secrets claim

April 28, 2009 - 1:00am

Government cannot claim 'state secrets' to deny torture victims day in court

Rice gave early approval for CIA waterboarding, Senate report reveals

April 27, 2009 - 12:27pm

Condoleezza Rice gave permission for the CIA to use waterboarding techniques on the alleged al-Qaida terrorist Abu Zubaydah as early as July 2002, the first known official approval for the technique, according to a report released by the Senate intelligence committee yesterday.