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Posted in [VOICES](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices). ## [From Nine-Eleven to Lavender: A Chronicle of the Evisceration of Civil and Human Rights ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31489-from-nine-eleven-to-lavender-a-chronicle-of-the-evisceration-of-civil-and-human-rights) ACCORDING TO LIZ - The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) was established in 1978, ostensibly to limit and codify Executive Branch-authoriz… --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/e9/073q-e9ee7c85.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31487-justice-after-gaza-and-ukraine-lessons-from-rwanda-nuremberg-chile-and-south-africa)### [Justice After Gaza and Ukraine: Lessons From Rwanda, Nuremberg, Chile, and South Africa](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31487-justice-after-gaza-and-ukraine-lessons-from-rwanda-nuremberg-chile-and-south-africa) Written by George Cassidy Payne on September 11 2025. 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