Archive for the 'Surveillance' Category
FBI Tries to Blackmail Honorably Discharged Marine Into Becoming an Informant Because He Emailed a Muslim Cleric for Advice on Raising Children
March 22nd, 2011Man oh man. I think we need to let the mighty eagle soar once more for this one: Via: Chicago Sun Times: Abe Mashal, a 31-year-old dog trainer from St. Charles, says FBI agents told him he ended up on the government’s no-fly list because he exchanged e-mails with a Muslim cleric they were monitoring. […]
The FBI’s Next Generation Identification System
March 22nd, 2011This sounds pretty similar to what the DoD did in Afghanistan. And don’t miss the last sentence below. Via: Charleston Gazette: The Clarksburg FBI complex is taking part in a $1 billion project that will enable law enforcement agencies to identify criminals and terrorists by physical characteristics more quickly and accurately, an FBI official said […]
U.S. Checks Passengers, Cargo from Japan for Radiation
March 17th, 2011Update: Low Levels of Radiation Detected on Passengers from Tokyo: Radiation detectors at Dallas-Fort Worth and Chicago O’Hare airports were triggered when passengers from flights that started in Tokyo passed through customs, the New York Post reported. Tests at Dallas-Fort Worth indicated low radiation levels in travelers’ luggage and in the aircraft’s cabin filtration system; […]
White House Wants New Copyright Law Crackdown
March 16th, 2011Via: Cnet: The White House today proposed sweeping revisions to U.S. copyright law, including making “illegal streaming” of audio or video a federal felony and allowing FBI agents to wiretap suspected infringers.
Some Airport X-Ray Body Scanners Radiation Levels Are 10 Times Higher Than Expected
March 13th, 2011Via: WSTP: The Transportation Security Administration announced Friday that it would retest every full-body X-ray scanner that emits ionizing radiation – 247 machines at 38 airports – after maintenance records on some of the devices showed radiation levels 10 times higher than expected. The TSA says that the records reflect math mistakes and that all […]
GCHQ Staff Teach ‘Future Spies’ in Schools
March 10th, 2011Do the parents know about these activities? While this sort of indoctrination is standard operating procedure for all totalitarian states, here are some of the most terrifying examples of it that I’m aware of: — Russian Tax Police — Hitler Youth — Khmer Rouge Via: BBC: Schoolchildren as young as 12 are being introduced to […]
The Television Watches You
March 10th, 2011Via: Wall Street Journal: The television is channeling you. Data-gathering firms and technology companies are aggressively matching people’s TV-viewing behavior with other personal data—in some cases, prescription-drug records obtained from insurers—and using it to help advertisers buy ads targeted to shows watched by certain kinds of people. At the same time, cable and satellite companies […]
Amtrak Police Chief Bars Transportation Security Administration from Some Security Operations
March 10th, 2011Here’s the video that Amtrak Police Chief John O’Connor thought was a hoax: Via: Trains.com: In late February, the Transportation Security Administration took over the Amtrak station in Savannah, Ga., and thoroughly searched every person who entered. None of the passengers got into trouble, but the TSA certainly did — big time. Amtrak Police Chief […]
Homeland Security Looked Into Covert Body Scans
March 5th, 2011Via: USA Today: The Homeland Security Department paid contractors millions of dollars to develop and study surveillance systems that could covertly track pedestrians and check under people’s clothing with airport-style body scanners as they enter train stations, bus depots or major events, newly released documents show. Two contracts the department signed in 2005 and 2006 […]
Strange NRO Mission Patches
March 4th, 2011I’ve seen a lot of weird military patches, but I think that this one might take the cake. It’s related to the NRO satellite that was launched back in January, USA-224, also known as NRO Launch 49 (NRO L-49). The Latin means something like, “First Heavy from the West,” or “First Heavy from the Sunset.” […]
