Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
These Are The Prices AT&T, Verizon and Sprint Charge For Cellphone Wiretaps
April 5th, 2012Via: Forbes: If Americans aren’t disturbed by phone carriers’ practices of handing over cell phone users’ personal data to law enforcement en masse–in many cases without a warrant–we might at least be interested to learn just how much that service is costing us in tax dollars: often hundreds or thousands per individual snooped. Earlier this […]
Shady Companies With Ties to Israel Wiretap the U.S. for the NSA
April 4th, 2012Via: Wired: In addition to constructing the Stellar Wind center, and then running the operation, secretive contractors with questionable histories and little oversight were also used to do the actual bugging of the entire U.S. telecommunications network. According to a former Verizon employee briefed on the program, Verint, owned by Comverse Technology, taps the communication […]
Newborn Seized in Hospital by Police, Social Worker
April 3rd, 2012Update: Case of Seized Newborn May Now Proceed — Via: HSLDA: Jodi went into labor a bit earlier than she had expected—and the baby was coming rapidly. Given their location and other factors, the midwife they had hoped would deliver the baby at their home encouraged them to get in an ambulance and head to […]
U.S. Draws Up Plans for Nuclear Powered Drones
April 3rd, 2012Via: Guardian: American scientists have drawn up plans for a new generation of nuclear-powered drones capable of flying over remote regions of the world for months on end without refuelling. The blueprints for the new drones, which have been developed by Sandia National Laboratories – the US government’s principal nuclear research and development agency – […]
Russia Eyes Development of Futuristic Weaponry, Including Psychotronic Weapons
April 3rd, 2012Many sites are quoting the Daily Mail on this one, but I’m not able to verify statements supposedly made by Putin at this time. RIA Novosti is state owned, so at least we can assume that this is actually Russian propaganda and not some shit the Daily Mail made up. Now, for those who might […]
Foxconn: Students Told to Man Production Lines If They Want to Graduate
April 2nd, 2012Via: Guardian: Apple’s factories in China are employing tens of thousands of students, some of them on forced internships, according to campaigners lobbying for better labour conditions at Foxconn plants, which assemble iPhones. Some students could be as young as 16. The Foxconn chairman, Terry Gou, head of China’s largest private-sector employer – with 1.2 […]
‘Your Government Is On The Verge Of Recording Every Move You Make’
April 1st, 2012Via: Casey Research: To move forward, I’d like to step backwards – to the revelation that your government is on the verge of recording every move you make. As an exercise in critical thinking, let’s think a little deeper about the potential consequences of this development. As I believe you’ll quickly see, they’re important. To […]
Britain: ISPs Must Install GCHQ Intercept Equipment
April 1st, 2012Via: Telegraph: Under legislation expected in next month’s Queen’s Speech, internet companies will be instructed to install hardware enabling GCHQ – the Government’s electronic “listening” agency – to examine “on demand” any phone call made, text message and email sent, and website accessed in “real time”, The Sunday Times reported. A previous attempt to introduce […]
With GPS Data Out, Feds Eye Warrantless Cell Phone Surveillance
April 1st, 2012*yawn* Via: Wired: Prosectors are shifting their focus to warrantless cell-tower locational tracking of suspects in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling that law enforcement should acquire probable-cause warrants from judges to affix GPS devices to vehicles and monitor their every move, according to court records. The change of strategy comes in the case […]
People in Britain Need Permission from U.S. to Board Flights to Canada, Mexico and Cuba
April 1st, 2012Via: Independent: One million British travellers planning to fly to Canada, the Caribbean and Mexico this year face the risk of being turned away at the airport – at the insistence of the US Department of Homeland Security. New rules require British Airways and other airlines flying to certain airports outside America to submit passengers’ […]
