Archive for the 'Surveillance' Category
The Average Briton Is Being Recorded 3,000 Times Per Week
August 17th, 2008Via: Telegraph: With every telephone call, swipe of a card and click of a mouse, information is being recorded, compiled and stored about Britain’s citizens. An investigation by The Sunday Telegraph has now uncovered just how much personal data is being collected about individuals by the Government, law enforcement agencies and private companies each day. […]
Thumb Print for Ammo Sales in California
August 15th, 2008Via: SacBee: A Sacramento man pleaded guilty Tuesday to possession of ammunition by a felon after buying bullets from a local sporting goods store. Ramon Michael Clark, 31, entered his guilty plea in federal court before U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez, according to a news release by the office of U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott. […]
Police Plan to Track Every Vehicle that Enters Manhattan
August 13th, 2008Via: WCBSTV: It’s called “Operation Sentinel” and it proves just how far the NYPD will go to protect this city from terrorists. The plan involves some high-tech tracking that is coming under fire from some groups. New York City is going to great lengths to make sure that bomb-toting terrorists can’t reach us. “New York […]
Secret EU Security Draft Proposes Sharing Vast Amounts of Intelligence and Information on Europeans with the U.S. to Form “Euro-Atlantic Area of Cooperation”
August 7th, 2008Soviet Union 2.0. Via: Guardian: Europe should consider sharing vast amounts of intelligence and information on its citizens with the US to establish a “Euro-Atlantic area of cooperation” to combat terrorism, according to a high-level confidential report on future security. The 27 members of the EU should also pool intelligence on terrorism, develop joint video-surveillance […]
Biometric Database to be Formed in Israel
August 4th, 2008Via: Ynet News: The government approved Sunday a motion calling for the establishment of a biometric database by the Ministry of Interior and the Public Security Ministry. The motion, dubbed the “identification card, travel papers and biometrics database bill,” will now be referred back to the various Knesset committees, which would ready it for its […]
War Criminal Karadzic Protected by U.S., Until He Broke Deal in 2000
August 3rd, 2008Via: AFP: Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic was protected by the United States until a CIA phone bug caught him breaking the terms of his “deal”, the Serb newspaper Blic reported Saturday, quoting a US intelligence source. The newspaper claims Karadzic was secretly granted immunity in return for keeping a low profile. “Karadzic, indicted […]
U.S. Government Seizes Laptops Without Suspicion of Wrongdoing and Shares Personal Data Files with Private Companies
August 1st, 2008Breathtaking. Via: Washington Post: Federal agents may take a traveler’s laptop or other electronic device to an off-site location for an unspecified period of time without any suspicion of wrongdoing, as part of border search policies the Department of Homeland Security recently disclosed. Also, officials may share copies of the laptop’s contents with other agencies […]
Over 400 Forms Used by the NSA
July 31st, 2008Via: The Memory Hole: Via a Freedom of Information Act request (which involved paying $700 and waiting almost 4 years), The Memory Hole has obtained blank copies of most forms used by the National Security Agency). … In response to a prior request, the NSA had sent a supposedly complete listing of forms that they […]
UK: Innocent People Want Their DNA Removed from Government Database
July 30th, 2008Via: Reuters: Britain’s DNA database, the most comprehensive in the world, should remove details of people who are acquitted of crimes, a government-funded panel said on Wednesday. A “citizen’s inquiry” instigated by the Human Genetics Commission (HGC) also called for the National DNA Database to be taken out of direct control of the police and […]
British Kids Encouraged to Become “Climate Cops”
July 29th, 2008Via: Prison Planet: A leading British energy company blitzed the newspapers with full page colour advertisements this weekend which encourage children to sign up as “climate cops” and keep “climate crime case files” on their families, friends and neighbours. The ads, run by Npower, promote a website at www.climatecops.com where “trainees” must complete three missions […]
