Congress passed a law to limit one kind of massive surveillance started by Reagan. The EFF says it is a real but small step forward.

Here's more detail.

The betrayal budget bill has one possibly good provision, intended to stop the Justice department from prosecuting state-licensed medical marijuana dispensaries.

But it may fail in its goal because it is written badly.

Thugs in the US overall kill people more than New York City thugs, although the statistics for the rest of the US are incomplete.

What should the US do with prisoners that can't be tried because torture corrupts all the evidence against them?

It's simple: release them. Imprisonment without trial is injustice and will inspire people to hate the US. (It already does.)

It makes no difference whether these men might fight the US once released. Suppose a few did — on top of the the thousands who are flocking to fight for PISSI already, they make no significant change in the situation. However, if the US stops committing gross evil, that would, over time, reduce the recruitment of its enemies.

As the US moves step by step towards legalizing marijuana, use by teenagers is slowly decreasing.