The Bill of Rights Under Bush

This is scary. Check out how the Bill of Rights has been affected by the president. Bill of Rights Under Bush: A Timeline.
An excerpt:

2002

Winter
FBI and Department of Defense (DOD), forbidden by law from compiling databases on US citizens, begin contracting with private database firm ChoicePoint to collect, store, search and maintain data. Link

Spring
Secret executive order issued authorizing NSA to wiretap the phones and read emails of US citizens.

2007

May
National Security Presidential Directive 51 (NSPD-51) establishes a new post-disaster plan (with disaster defined as any incident, natural or man-made, resulting in extraordinary mass casualties, damage or disruption) which places the president in charge of all three branches of government. The directive overrides the National Emergencies Act which gives Congress power to determine the duration of a national emergency.

[via BoingBoing