Sinister Public-Private Partnership to Spy on Web Users June 23rd, 2011 Via: Guardian: When President Eisenhower left office in 1960, he provided the American people with a warning. “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the [...]
Texas Sheriff’s Office Issues Domestic Terrorism Warning With Regards To The Sovereign Citizens Movement Share | June 10, 2011 Print Version Source: KSAT.com BANDERA, Texas — The Bandera County Sheriff’s Office issued a warning Thursday to citizens about an anti-government movement known for acts of domestic terrorism. The law enforcement agency said followers of [...]
Air Force Wants to Track You Forever With a Single Camera Click May 19th, 2011 Via: Wired: Don’t bother with the iris scanner or the fingerprinting machine. Leave the satellite-enabled locators and tell-tale scents back on the base, military manhunters. If an Air Force plan works out as planned, all you’ll need to track [...]
Schumer Calls for ‘Do Not Ride’ List for Trains May 9th, 2011 Via: CBS: Sen. Charles Schumer is calling for better rail security now that the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound has turned up plans to attack trains in the U.S. “Anyone, even a member of al-Qaida could purchase a train ticket and board [...]
StunRay disables your brain with inverse blindness April 4, 2011 Source: DViCE Until we figure out how to make a phaser that can be set to stun, we’ve been stuck with non less-lethal options like tasers (which can kill) and laser dazzlers (which can cause eye damage). StunRay is basically just a big flashlight, except [...]
44/52 ‘Tea Party Caucus’ members voted to renew Patriot Act http://www.examiner.com/la-county-libertarian-in-los-angeles/44-tea-party-caucus-members-voted-to-renew-patriot-act Fourty four out of the 52 Republican members the official ‘Tea Party Caucus’ voted to renew expiring provisions of the Patriot Act on February 8th. Seven out of the 26 Republican Congressmen who voted NO on the Patriot Act yeterday are listed on Michelle [...]
October 4th, 2010 Yet again, it’s the Information Awareness Office by another name. Via: Wired: No surprise that Darpa, the military’s blue-sky research arm, is the agency behind the lofty five-year program, called Insight. The agency’s goal is to replace “largely manual exploitation and…chat-based operator interactions” with a system that mines different inputs, including drone [...]
Age of Censorship and Internet Trade Wars Published on 09-28-2010 Email To Friend Print Version Share | By Francis Anthony Govia – Activist Post New U.S. legislation will impact every user of the Internet. The “Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act” would empower the U.S. Department of Justice to shut down, or block access to, websites [...]
US peace activists’ homes raided by FBI due to alleged support of PFLP Saed Bannoura FBI agents loading boxes of papers from activists’ homes (photo by Chicago Tribune) IMEMC – September 24, 2010 The US government conducted raids on the homes of at least three families in Chicago and Minneapolis on Friday, seizing property, papers [...]
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Army Reveals Afghan Biometric ID Plan; Millions Scanned, Carded by May Published on 09-24-2010 Email To Friend Print Version Share | Source: Wired Scanning prisoners’ irises is just Step 1. In Afghanistan, local and NATO forces are amassing biometric dossiers on hundreds of thousands of cops, crooks, soldiers, insurgents and ordinary citizens. And now, with NATO’s [...]
Obama Internet Kill Switch Plan Approved by U.S. Senate June 27th, 2010 Via: Techworld: A US Senate committee has approved a wide-ranging cybersecurity bill that some critics have suggested would give the US president the authority to shut down parts of the Internet during a cyberattack. Senator Joe Lieberman and other bill sponsors have refuted [...]
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, [...]
Source: The Hill The president would have the power to safeguard essential federal and private Web resources under draft Senate cybersecurity legislation. According to an aide familiar with the proposal, the bill includes a mandate for federal agencies to prepare emergency response plans in the event of a massive, nationwide cyberattack. The president would then [...]
Do monkeys eat bananas? Come on Supremes, do the right thing. Report from NPR: The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday in a case that pits an individual’s right of free speech and association against a federal law aimed at combating terrorism. At issue is part of the Patriot Act that makes it a crime [...]
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FBI Probes US School Webcam ‘Spy’ Case An update to this story. From MSN: The FBI is investigating a Pennsylvania school district officials accused of secretly activating webcams inside students’ homes, a law enforcement official with knowledge of the case told The Associated Press. The FBI will explore whether Lower Merion School District officials broke [...]
