Liberty NewsWire Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

When U.S. authorities shuttered sports-wagering site Bodog.com last week, it raised eyebrows across the net because the domain name was registered with a Canadian company, ostensibly putting it beyond the reach of the U.S. government. Working around that, the feds went directly to VeriSign, a U.S.-based internet backbone company that has the contract to manage the coveted .com and other “generic” top-level domains.

EasyDNS, an internet infrastructure company, protested that the “ramifications of this are no less than chilling and every single organization branded or operating under .com, .net, .org, .biz etc. needs to ask themselves about their vulnerability to the whims of U.S. federal and state lawmakers.” - David Kravets for Wired.com See the link to the full article immediately below.

Individual Liberty

Internet Freedom:

Wired Magazine - Uncle Sam: If It Ends in .Com, it's .Seizable

TechDirt - RIAA's Cary Sherman: We Really Just Want To Give Consumers What We, Er, They Want

Patriot Act/NDAA:

Washington Post - Holder: U.S. can lawfully target American citizens

Forbes - Attorney General Eric Holder's National Security Speech

War on Drugs:

Opposing Views – War on Drugs Gets Unlikely Opponent: The Religious Right

Gun Laws:

Fox 31 Denver - Court: Students can carry guns on campus

Washington Post – Federal Judge Finds Right to Bear Arms Not Limited to Home, MD Handgun Law Unconstitutional