Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
FBI: We Need Wiretap-Ready Web Sites – Now
May 5th, 2012Via: Cnet: CNET learns the FBI is quietly pushing its plan to force surveillance backdoors on social networks, VoIP, and Web e-mail providers, and that the bureau is asking Internet companies not to oppose a law making those backdoors mandatory. The FBI is asking Internet companies not to oppose a controversial proposal that would require […]
NATO Summit in Chicago: Airport-Style Security Screenings for Trains
May 4th, 2012Via: CBS: Some stations on the Metra Electric Line and South Shore Line could be shut down during the upcoming NATO summit, and passengers at other stations could face airport-style security screenings, due to the Secret Service security plan that could be released as soon as Friday afternoon. CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine has […]
Restricted U.S. Army Internment and Resettlement Operations Manual
May 4th, 2012Via: Public Intelligence: The goal of military police conducting detainee operations is to provide stability within the population, its institutions, and its infrastructure. In this rapidly changing and dynamic strategic environment, U.S. forces will compete with local populations for the same space, routes, and resources. The modular force’s ability to positively influence and shape the […]
Obama Regime Wants Prosecutors to Have Easier Access to Cell Phone Records
May 4th, 2012Via: Reuters: The U.S. Congress should pass a law to give investigators freer access to certain cellphone records, an Obama administration official said on Thursday, in remarks that raised concern among advocates of civil liberties and privacy. Jason Weinstein, a deputy assistant attorney general in the Justice Department’s criminal division, argued that requirements for warrants […]
UC San Diego Student Left Unattended for Five Days in DEA Cell
May 4th, 2012Via: Los Angeles Times: Elected officials are demanding answers after Daniel Chong, a 23-year-old UC San Diego student, was left unattended for five days in a Drug Enforcement Administration detention cell. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) called on U.S. Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. asking for an “immediate and thorough” Department of Justice investigation into […]
Fast and Furious: Grenades
May 2nd, 2012Via: Daily Caller: In a shocking development in the Operation Fast and Furious investigation, documents show Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents allowed grenade parts to walk in addition to guns. The emails also show Obama administration officials acknowledging that they may lose track of grenades but would still be able to accomplish […]
The Cult Of The Expert
May 1st, 2012Via: Of The Hands: I suppose specialization is a feature, and not a bug, of the modern, industrial economy. To run such a complex and industrial infrastructure as we have come to rely upon, we need millions of people carrying out very specific and specialized tasks. This infrastructure is made up of uncountable widgets and […]
Libya’s Former Oil Minister Shukri Ghanem Found Dead in Danube River
April 30th, 2012Via: BBC: The body of Libya’s former Oil Minister Shukri Ghanem has been found in the Danube River, Austrian police say. A spokesman said there were no signs of violence to Mr Ghanem’s body, which was in the river that flows through Vienna. The former prime minister, 69, worked as a consultant for a Vienna-based […]
CISPA Bill To Obliterate Privacy Laws Under Guise of Cybersecurity, A Blank Check of Privacy Invasion
April 26th, 2012Via: Hot Hardware: There’s a bill currently up for debate in the US House of Representatives that would give companies and government agencies the right to share information when issues of cybersecurity were at stake. If the first thing you thought after reading that was “Wait, don’t we already do this,” the answer is “Yes, […]
North Carolina: State Threatens to Shut Down Nutrition Blogger
April 26th, 2012Via: Carolina Journal: The North Carolina Board of Dietetics/Nutrition is threatening to send a blogger to jail for recounting publicly his battle against diabetes and encouraging others to follow his lifestyle. Chapter 90, Article 25 of the North Carolina General Statutes makes it a misdemeanor to “practice dietetics or nutrition” without a license. According to […]
