Archive for the 'Police State' Category
Unmarked Chopper Patrols New York, Scanning Faces and License Plates
May 24th, 2008Via: AP: On a cloudless spring day, the NYPD helicopter soars over the city, its sights set on the Statue of Liberty. A dramatic close-up of Lady Liberty’s frozen gaze fills one of three flat-screen computer monitors mounted on a console. Hundreds of sightseers below are oblivious to the fact that a helicopter is peering […]
Former CIA Chief Puts Terrorism and Global Warming on Even Par
May 22nd, 2008Occasionally, when I get irritated, I write rants—that usually contain jokes… That eventually come true. For example, when I joked about the upcoming War on Global Warming… Here’s part of a comment that I wrote on, “Green Confessions” to Help Eco-Sinners Find Forgiveness: Do you notice how there’s some form of pointless distraction for every […]
China’s All-Seeing Eye
May 19th, 2008The one is a bit long, but very worth reading, especially if you liked/were terrified by, The Last Roundup: MAIN CORE. If you plan on reading this, click through to the main story because my excerpt includes the grim spoiler ending. Via: Rolling Stone: China today, epitomized by Shenzhen’s transition from mud to megacity in […]
Land of the Free: Police Arrest Man without Any Probable Cause, Give Him Knock Out Drugs, Insert Camera into His Rectum, Force Him to Vomit, Take His Blood, X-Ray Him; No Illegal Drugs Found
May 16th, 2008The U.S. is starting to make Darkness at Noon look like a walk in the park. Via: Times Union: Two years ago, Tunde Clement stepped off a bus at the city’s main terminal downtown. Clement, a black man, was carrying a backpack and coming from New York City. That may have been enough to pique […]
Securing Your Notebook Against U.S. Customs
May 15th, 2008Via: Guardian: Last month a US court ruled that border agents can search your laptop, or any other electronic device, when you’re entering the country. They can take your computer and download its entire contents, or keep it for several days. Customs and Border Patrol has not published any rules regarding this practice, and I […]
ENDGAME: HUNDREDS ARRESTED IN IOWA IMMIGRATION RAID; FAIRGROUNDS USED AS FEDERAL “HOLDING FACILITY”
May 13th, 2008UPDATE #1: Largest Single Site Raid Ever: Customs and law enforcement agents worked through the night processing the detainees, said Claude Arnold, the ICE special agent in charge of the operation. Detainees were “administratively arrested” but have not yet been criminally charged, he said. Detainees who are charged with aggravated identity theft, unlawful use of […]
Texas: “In-School Suspension Program” Uses GPS Tracking Systems Attached to Students
May 13th, 2008You’ve got to hand it to the New York Times. This one goes down smooth. The GPS system is the greatest thing since sliced bread. It tracks, it traces, it slices, it dices, it gets results, it saves lives. And it saves money! Who needs jail for the kiddies when an “in-school suspension program” is […]
U.S. Immigration Raids Are About to Get Ugly
May 8th, 2008Via: MySanAntonio: Letters listing millions of Social Security “no-match” workers are ready to mail to employers. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency personnel are trained and ready. Buses and vans are standing by for raids. Detention facilities have expanded. All that is lacking is clearance from the courts. Employers should be prepared in the coming […]
Federal Agents Arrest Illegal Immigrants LEAVING U.S.
May 7th, 2008It’s practice for what’s coming. Illegal immigrants now. American thought criminals later. * You weren’t planning on being able to avoid those pesky databases at the airport by simply driving out, were you? * Also, the Feds may be robbing people who are carrying cash, or taking their DNA. We don’t know because, as the […]
UK: Billions of Pounds Wasted on Surveillance Cameras, Senior Cop Calls Program “Utter Fiasco”
May 6th, 2008Via: Times Online: Billions of pounds spent on Britain’s 4.2 million closed-circuit television cameras has not had a significant impact on crime, according to the senior police officer piloting a new database. Detective Chief Inspector Mick Neville said it was a “fiasco” that only 3 per cent of street robberies in London were solved using […]
