Archive for the 'Police State' Category
‘Big Brother’ Cameras Listen for Fights
November 25th, 2006Via Cnet. This is the key sentence: The sound system also means fewer people can monitor more cameras in surveillance centers, Vorst added. They want autonomous mode weapons and surveillance technology more than anything. They want low level operators out of the loop so increasing amounts of control can be centralized into a smaller number […]
UK: Roadside Fingerprint Reading
November 22nd, 2006Via The Guardian: Police trials of a hand-held electronic fingerprint reader are being launched. Experts hope the device will save massive amounts of police time and money by allowing officers to identify suspects on the roadside without having to take them to the station. A pilot scheme – called Project Lantern – will be used […]
BREATHALYZERS IN ALL AMERICAN VEHICLES?
November 21st, 2006Via Prison Planet: “The threat of arrest and punishment, for decades the primary tactic against drunken drivers, is no longer working in the struggle to reduce the death toll, officials say, and they are proposing turning to technology — alcohol detection devices in every vehicle — to address the problem,” reports the New York Times. […]
U.S. Is Most Unfriendly Country to Visitors, Survey Says
November 21st, 2006When people ask me if I want to go back to the U.S., it’s everything I can do to not blurt out, “Are you *@&#^%! kidding me?” I don’t get into the finer points about the legalized torture and military tribunals. Or the former U.S. cabinet level officials who are going to be prosecuted for […]
