Obama says he doesn’t even need NDAA to indefinitely detain Americans Natural News EXCERPT January 4, 2012 “My Administration has consistently opposed such measures. Ultimately, I decided to sign this bill not only because of the critically important services it provides for our forces and their families and the national security programs it authorizes, but [...]
U.S. Court Upholds Telecom Immunity for Surveillance of Americans December 30th, 2011 Searching for Mark Klein on Cryptogon will bring up several references to the NSA’s mass surveillance operations. Via: Reuters: A U.S. appeals panel on Thursday upheld the constitutionality of a federal law that grants immunity to telecommunications companies that assist the U.S. [...]
New Army Jobs: Internment / Resettlement Specialist (31E) 12-08-2011 • http://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs Internment/Resettlement (I/R) Specialists in the Army are primarily responsible for day-to-day operations in a military confinement/correctional facility or detention/internment facility. I/R Specialists provide rehabilitative, health, welfare, and security to U.S. military prisoners within a confinement or correctional facility; conduct inspections; prepare written reports; [...]
Apple iTunes “Flaw” Allowed Government Spying for 3 Years November 25th, 2011 Via: Telegraph: An unpatched security flaw in Apple’s iTunes software allowed intelligence agencies and police to hack into users’ computers for more than three years, it’s claimed. A British company called Gamma International marketed hacking software to governments that exploited the vulnerability via [...]
NYTimes Sues The Federal Government For Refusing To Reveal Its Secret Interpretation Of The PATRIOT Act from the secret-laws-and-secret-interpretations dept We’ve been covering for a while now how Senators Ron Wyden and Mark Udall have been very concerned over the secret interpretation the feds have of one piece of the PATRIOT Act. They’ve been trying [...]
Monthly Terror Drills Now Required By Law For Students Including Kindergarten And 1st Graders September 18, 2011 Print Version Source: Alexander Higgins Kindergarten and 1st grade students are now required by law to participate in monthly terrorism drills, including active shooter, bomb threat and evacuation drills. I recently received my 1st grade students back to [...]
In the Wake of 9/11: 33 of 50 States Are Actively Spying on Americans September 11, 2011 Print Version Source: Activist Post The weekend of the 10th Anniversary of 9/11, has caused many to reflect on the event itself, as well as the decade that we have experienced since. There have indeed been many [...]
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Army Judges Weigh Military Trials for Civilians, U.S. Citizens Share | June 2, 2011 Print Version Source: Ap WASHINGTON (AP) — Three Army judges are weighing a question that hasn’t cropped up in decades: whether a civilian contractor working for the U.S. military can be tried in a military court. The issue eventually could end [...]
New Congressional Legislation Gives President Unchecked War Power May 12th, 2011 Mmm hmm. Presidential War Power by Louis Fisher Via: ACLU: Tucked inside the National Defense Authorization Act, being marked up by the House Armed Services Committee this week, is a hugely important provision that hasn’t been getting a lot of attention — a [...]
Domestic Surveillance Court Approved All 1,506 Warrant Applications in 2010 Share | May 8, 2011 Print Version By David Kravets – Wired The secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court approved all 1,506 government requests to electronically monitor suspected “agents” of a foreign power or terrorists on U.S. soil last year, according to a Justice Department report [...]
DHS Will Work with NSA and Military in Carrying Out Domestic Cyberwar Operations Published on 10-21-2010 Email To Friend Print Version Share | Source: New York Times WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has adopted new procedures for using the Defense Department’s vast array of cyberwarfare capabilities in case of an attack on vital computer networks inside [...]
Change: Closing Guantánamo Fades as a Priority June 26th, 2010 Via: New York Times: Stymied by political opposition and focused on competing priorities, the Obama administration has sidelined efforts to close the Guantánamo prison, making it unlikely that President Obama will fulfill his promise to close it before his term ends in 2013. When the [...]
The Bigger Picture Behind Allegation that the Bush Administration Allowed Illegal Medical Experiments on Prisoners The allegation by doctors with expertise in prison experimentation and torture that the Bush administration conducted “illegal and unethical human experimentation and research” on detainees while in CIA custody after 9/11 is certainly newsworthy. See this, this and this. Specifically, [...]
Obama wins the right to detain people with no habeas review Glenn Greenwald Reuters/Jonathon Burch. A detainee holding cell is pictured at the detention centre at the U.S. Bagram Air Base, north of Kabul. May 22, 2010 (updated below – Update II) Few issues highlight Barack Obama’s extreme hypocrisy the way that Bagram does. As [...]
Obama Signs Patriot Act Extension February 28th, 2010 Via: AP: President Barack Obama has signed a one-year extension of several provisions in the nation’s main counterterrorism law, the Patriot Act. Provisions in the measure would have expired on Sunday without Obama’s signature Saturday. The act, which was adopted in the weeks after the Sept. 11, [...]
