Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
Refusing Full Body X-Ray Scans at the Airport
September 20th, 2010A Cryptogon reader writes about refusing the new x-ray scans: [Name Deleted] just got back from a business trip to [City] and he said this was the first time he was requested to go through an airport’s whole body imaging scanner. He declined. The TSA person asked if he had a pacemaker, and he said […]
China Cuts Some High Level Talks with Japan Over Detained Trawler Captain
September 19th, 2010Via: Bloomberg: China has pledged to take “strong” action to force Japan to release the captain of a fishing boat held since Sept. 7 as state television reported relations between the countries have been “seriously damaged.” China’s government is demanding that Japan unconditionally release the captain, whose detention was extended to Sept. 29, the Ministry […]
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Will Require Minimum Delay of 72 Hours Before Flying As of November 1?
September 19th, 2010Update: It Is Possible to Fly the Same Day That a Ticket is Purchased Via: American Airlines: Q: Can I fly the same day I buy a ticket since I’m required to have SFPD information in my reservation 72 hours prior to departure? A: Yes, we will collect and transmit the SFPD to the Department […]
Absurd Attempt to Prevent People from Seeing BP Oil on Beaches in Florida
September 19th, 2010Pennsylvania’s Homeland Security Chief Goes Into Hiding
September 17th, 2010Via: Post Gazette: The former Special Forces colonel who has headed the state Office of Homeland Security for four years and who now finds himself at the center of a firestorm over an anti-terrorism contract is missing in action. James F. Powers Jr. has basically gone underground since Tuesday, when Gov. Ed Rendell denounced a […]
Some of Blackwater/Xe’s Corporate Clients: Monsanto, Chevron, the Walt Disney Company, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Deutsche Bank and Barclays
September 17th, 2010Via: The Nation: Over the past several years, entities closely linked to the private security firm Blackwater have provided intelligence, training and security services to US and foreign governments as well as several multinational corporations, including Monsanto, Chevron, the Walt Disney Company, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and banking giants Deutsche Bank and Barclays, according to […]
Banner Image: Not Photoshop
September 16th, 2010Some questions have been coming in with regard to the current banner image. No, I didn’t make that in Photoshop. Yes, that’s marijuana. Via: Boston Globe – Big Picture – Reuters: Cpl Ryan Belgrave with the Canadian Army’s 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group, walks through a field of marijuana plants during a […]
FBI Forwards Letters to Political Prisoners to Local Law Enforcement Agencies
September 15th, 2010Via: IndyMedia: Recently we began receiving documents in response to a FOIA request we filed with the FBI about Eric McDavid. The documents have uncovered a few alarming pieces of information, but one in particular we felt it necessary to share with the public as soon as possible. For years people have been speculating that […]
Protesters Put on State Terror Watch List
September 15th, 2010Via: Pittsburgh Tribune Review: An activist who believes he was improperly included on a state terror threat list said this morning he is preparing a federal lawsuit. “When people’s civil rights are trampled it’s a federal issue,” said Gene Stilp of Harrisburg, who holds a Virginia law license but does not practice as an attorney. […]
‘About 90% of Americans are walking around with a portable tracking device all the time, and they have no idea’
September 15th, 2010Via: Time: As long as you don’t leave home without your phone, that handy gadget keeps a record of everywhere you go — a record the government can then get from your telephone company. … It is not hard to imagine that the government could also one day use cell-phone data to stifle dissent. Cell-phone […]
