Archive for the 'Police State' Category
Police Increasingly Peeping at E-Mail, Instant Messages
April 14th, 2011This article ignores the existence of the NSA’s large scale, warrantless intercept program that’s running inside the U.S. Via: MacWorld: Law enforcement organizations are making tens of thousands of requests for private electronic information from companies such as Sprint, Facebook and AOL, but few detailed statistics are available, according to a privacy researcher. Police and […]
New Zealand: Controversial Internet Piracy Bill Becomes Law
April 14th, 2011If at first you don’t succeed, try again under urgency. Via: Stuff: A bill that could see internet users have their access cut off if they repeatedly share copyright material has been passed by Parliament. The Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Bill, which aims to stamp out internet piracy, passed by 111 votes to 11 […]
EFF to San Francisco Entertainment Commission: Don’t Turn SF into a Police State
April 13th, 2011Stark raving maniac fascism. Via: EFF: The city of San Francisco has a long history of political activism and cultural diversity, which could be in danger if the San Francisco Entertainment Commission has their way. The Electronic Frontier Foundation joined civil liberties and privacy groups in criticizing a proposal from the San Francisco Entertainment Commission […]
French Veil Ban: First Woman Fined for Wearing Niqab
April 12th, 2011Via: Guardian: Police have fined a woman in a shopping centre car park outside Paris for wearing a niqab, or full-face Islamic veil, in the first enforcement of France’s burqa ban. The 28-year-old woman was stopped by police in the car park in Les Mureaux, north-west of Paris, at 5.30pm on Monday, the day the […]
Naked Man Shoots SWAT Robot with AK-47
April 8th, 2011Via: WFTV: A Brevard County man was naked when he opened fire on a SWAT team robot and it was all caught on video, according to deputies. The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office said the robot was sent into the West Melbourne home last week because the homeowner had called his family and said he was […]
In Prison for Taking a Liar Loan
March 27th, 2011As part of my daily duties, I had to take remote control of the systems that these donkeys were using. Occasionally, (a couple of times per day, at least) I would see the credit summary screens for the loan applicants. The highest credit score I ever saw was something like 615. The lowest was 520. […]
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 […]
Army Recruits Prisoners to Make Body Armor
March 14th, 2011Via: Wired: Building parts for Patriot missile systems was just a warm-up, apparently, for a government-owned company that relies on federal inmates making as little as 23 cents an hour. On Wednesday, the U.S. Army announced that it handed Federal Prison Industries a no-bid, nearly $20 million contract to build body armor. It’s the latest […]
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 […]
Budget Problems? Just Use Prison Labor
February 26th, 2011The New York Times outdoes itself with this one. “Financial experts agree.” Oh sure. See, Land Of The Free: Never In The Civilized World Have So Many Been Locked Up For So Little, for a bit of context. Via: New York Times: Before he went to jail, Danny Ivey had barely seen a backyard garden. […]
