Archive for the 'Surveillance' Category
California Senate Blocks Mandatory ID Implants in Employees
September 4th, 2007Oh, thank you, Master. Via: Los Angeles Times: Tackling a dilemma right out of a science fiction novel, the state Senate passed legislation Thursday that would bar employers from requiring workers to have identification devices implanted under their skin. State Sen. Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) proposed the measure after at least one company began marketing […]
U.S. May Invoke ‘State Secrets’ to Squelch Suit Against Swift
September 3rd, 2007Via: International Herald Tribune: The Bush administration is signaling that it plans to turn once again to a favorite legal tool known as the “state secrets” privilege to try to shut down a lawsuit brought against a Belgium banking cooperative that secretly supplied millions of private financial records to the U.S. government, court documents show. […]
Point, Click, Eavesdrop: How the FBI Wiretap Net Operates
August 30th, 2007Via: Wired: The FBI has quietly built a sophisticated, point-and-click surveillance system that performs instant wiretaps on almost any communications device, according to nearly a thousand pages of restricted documents newly released under the Freedom of Information Act. The surveillance system, called DCSNet, for Digital Collection System Network, connects FBI wiretapping rooms to switches controlled […]
UK: Tracking Bugs in School Blazers
August 23rd, 2007Via: Guardian: A school uniform maker said yesterday it was “seriously considering” adding tracking devices to its clothes after a survey found many parents would be interested in knowing where their offspring were. Trutex would not say whether it was studying a spy in the waistband or a bug in the blazer but admitted teenagers […]
Behavior Detection Officers in U.S. Airports
August 17th, 2007Facecrime and passports required for domestic travel… Would you like to supersize your freedom fries? Via: msnbc: It was bound to happen. Now even a frown or grimace can get you into trouble with The Man. “Specially trained security personnel†will be watching passengers for “micro-expressions†that will reveal treacherous agendas and insidious intentions at […]
Citizens of States That Rejected RealID: Passports May be Required for Domestic Flights, Visiting National Parks
August 17th, 2007Via: CNN: Americans may need passports to board domestic flights or to picnic in a national park next year if they live in one of the states defying the federal Real ID Act. The act, signed in 2005 as part of an emergency military spending and tsunami relief bill, aims to weave driver’s licenses and […]
U.S. to Expand Domestic Use of Spy Satellites
August 16th, 2007Pigs in Spaaaaaaaaaaace… Via: Wall Street Journal: The U.S.’s top intelligence official has greatly expanded the range of federal and local authorities who can get access to information from the nation’s vast network of spy satellites in the U.S. The decision, made three months ago by Director of National Intelligence Michael McConnell, places for the […]
Remember Real ID? Same Shit, Different Card
August 12th, 2007Via: The Times and Democrat: U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham said Tuesday he will introduce legislation to replace all paper Social Security cards with plastic biometric cards that can’t be duplicated, so employers can be certain of the legal status of their workers. The South Carolina Republican said Congress must address the out-of-control illegal immigration problem, […]
In China, a High-Tech Plan to Track People
August 12th, 2007I thought the British fascists would have implemented this by now, but it looks like the Chinese fascists are going to try to take the lead. Also note the collusion between the Chinese and American firms. Via: New York Times: At least 20,000 police surveillance cameras are being installed along streets here in southern China […]
Citing Four-Day Old Surveillance Law, Bush Seeks Dismissal of Lawsuit Challenging NSA Spying
August 11th, 2007Via: Wired: Four days after President Bush signed controversial legislation legalizing some warrantless surveillance of Americans, the administration is citing the law in a surprise motion today urging a federal judge to dismisss a lawsuit challenging the NSA spy program. The lawsuit was brought by lawyers defending Guantanamo Bay prisoners. The lawyers and others alleged […]
