Archive for the 'Surveillance' Category
Obama Regime Asks U.S. Congress to Extend Surveillance Techniques for Intelligence Agencies
September 16th, 2009Via: Reuters: The Obama administration has asked the U.S. Congress to extend three surveillance techniques for intelligence agencies tracking suspected militants that expire this year, according to a letter to lawmakers. Approved after the September 11 attacks in 2001 at the request of the Bush administration, techniques such as roving wiretaps and accessing all kinds […]
New York Homes Raided in Terrorism Probe
September 15th, 2009Via: Reuters: New York City police and the FBI raided homes in the borough of Queens early on Monday as part of an investigation into suspected terrorism, focusing on one man who has been under surveillance, officials said. Authorities searched at least two apartments including one shared by five Afghan men, taking some of them […]
Internet Firms Help Canadian Courts ID Authors of Controversial Email
September 14th, 2009Related: The Ugly Truth About Online Anonymity Via: Daily Finance: Internet users everywhere would do well to take heed. Your emails — and maybe even your Google searches — could be one subpoena away from the prying eyes of federal authorities, not to mention private litigants.
Mob Connected New York City Building Officials Taking Bribes at Construction Sites, Dealing Drugs
September 8th, 2009Fuggetaboutit. Via: New York Post: AT LEAST six city building inspectors — some with ties to a powerful crime family — were videotaped taking bribes at construction sites, and some were seen dealing cocaine and prescription pills while on duty, The Post has learned. The corrupt Department of Buildings workers — who lined their pockets […]
Britain: One Crime Solved Per 1000 CCTV Cameras
August 26th, 2009HAR! Via: BBC: Only one crime was solved by each 1,000 CCTV cameras in London last year, a report into the city’s surveillance network has claimed. The internal police report found the million-plus cameras in London rarely help catch criminals. In one month CCTV helped capture just eight out of 269 suspected robbers. David Davis […]
School Kids Buying Their Breakfast Sticks Using Fingerprint Readers
August 20th, 2009In case you don’t get the “breakfast stick” reference: “Texas: In-School Suspension Program” Uses GPS Tracking Systems Attached to Students. Via: Chronicle Telegram: For lunch Monday, Elyria High School served up pepperoni pizza to the students who came back for the first day of classes. But instead of students handing over cash, some placed their […]
The Fourth Kind
August 19th, 2009I noticed some chatter in a couple of nonsense polluted backwaters about a psychologist and some related cases in the upcoming alien abduction film, The Fourth Kind. At first, I wasn’t going to post anything about this, but to head off people from emailing me about it, I decided to go ahead: I spent about […]
Airlines to Require More Passenger Data
August 13th, 2009Via: Wall Street Journal: Airlines this week will begin requiring some people making reservations for domestic flights to submit their dates of birth and genders as part of a screening process aimed at keeping boarding passes out of the hands of suspected terrorists, the Transportation Security Administration said. The agency said the screening would all […]
“They know which books you search for. They know which books you browse through, they know how long you spend on each page.”
August 12th, 2009Via: NPR: Google has been working on a monumental project to scan millions of library books and put them online. Many of those books are not yet readable, because of a copyright lawsuit filed by authors and publishers. That lawsuit has been tentatively settled, and if a judge approves the deal this fall, millions more […]
The Cash “Magically Appeared on Their Electronic Benefit Cards”
August 12th, 2009What’ll it be? A $100 bonus to get the chip implanted early? Via: New York Daily News: A $200 back-to-school giveaway for needy kids sparked a mad rush for money on the streets of New York on Tuesday. “It’s free money!” said Alecia Rumph, 26, who waited in a Morris Park, Bronx, line 300 people […]
