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Fingerprint scanner use raises privacy concerns in N.C.

12-08-2010 • McClatchy News

Next month, 13 law enforcement agencies in the region will begin using a new handheld device that lets an officer scan a person's fingerprints and seek a match in an electronic database - all without going anywhere. Police say taking fingerprints

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Watch Jesse Ventura Police State Episode

12-06-2010 • Speak Truth 2 Power

Watch the full episode that was taken off TruTV's lineup.

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The Stasi Comes to Wal-Mart

12-06-2010 • YouTube

DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano's PSA on behalf of Wal-Mart.

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TSA-Style Pat Downs Hit The Streets

12-06-2010 • prisonplanet.com

In Philly, You Don’t Have To Go To The Airport To Be Molested By The Government

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Terrorism makes NYC more wary, gradually

12-05-2010 • AP

Not far from the New York Stock Exchange, a small crowd of tourists stopped to watch as a bomb-sniffing dog checked out a delivery van. The cobblestoned street was blocked by a line of brass cubes with holes that glowed red like the inside of a toast

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FBI Targets Barbie Video Girl as Tool for Predators

12-05-2010 • Speak Truth 2 Power

What next? Maybe we should just outlaw all cameras, telephones, Barbie Dolls and anything else that people use. After all, anything could be used to “lure children.”

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Willie Nelson charged with pot possession in Texas

11-27-2010 • Rolling Stone(d)

Willie Nelson was arrested yesterday at a border patrol checkpoint in Sierra Blanca, Texas after agents reportedly found 6 ounces of marijuana on his tour bus.

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Man Charged With Resisting Arrest for Covering Head During Beating

11-26-2010 • RawStory.com

"All he tried to do is cover his head, until he passed out. They beat him until he was unconscious, and they had to take him to Jackson [Memorial Hospital]," said Martinez-Cid.

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Music Linking Site Raided By Dept. of Homeland Security / ICE

11-25-2010 • TorrentFreak

A large file-sharing link site dedicated to rap and hiphop music and news has been raided by the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The servers of RapGodFathers, a site with close to 150,000 members, were seized

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FCC Updating 911 for the Texting Generation, SRSLY

11-22-2010 • Ryan Singel via WIRED.com

In a bid to bring the life-saving emergency service 911 into the 21st century, the FCC is looking at letting citizens report crimes through text messages and even stream video from their mobile phones to emergency centers.

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Judge Orders Cops to Stop Harassing Superheroes

11-22-2010 • David Kravets via WIRED.com

But with the Hall of Justice unavailable, a group of street performers nicknamed the Hollywood Characters aired their beef against the Los Angeles Police Department in federal court.

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Saturday Night Live Spoofs TSA as Sex Workers

11-22-2010 • Speak Truth 2 Power

Need a pick-me up for the holidays, or simply want your child to undergo his or her first sexual experience with a professional Homeland Security groper? Head on over to your local airport, and for the price of a ticket, your dreams can come true.

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F.B.I. Seeks Wider Wiretap Law for Web

11-18-2010 • NY Times

Robert S. Mueller III, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, traveled to Silicon Valley on Tuesday to meet with top executives of several technology firms about a proposal to make it easier to wiretap Internet users.

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NYPD Commences Use Of Iris Scans Of Suspects

11-16-2010 • AP

Along with fingerprints and mug shots, the New York City Police Department is now taking photographs of the irises of crime suspects. The NYPD says the images will be used to help avoid cases of mistaken identity. The process takes about 5 seconds.

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THE TERRORISTS HAVE WON

11-15-2010 • CNN

In response to a video of a California man's dispute with airport security officials, the Transportation Security Administration said Monday it tries to be sensitive to individuals, but everyone getting on a flight must be screened.

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The Surveillance Playbook: "Obey Your Masters"

11-15-2010 • CameraFRAUD

Whether a body scanner or a ticketing camera, the plot is the same: The false promise of increased transportation safety via intrusive government surveillance. Obedient ”compliance” is not only expected, but required.

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Supreme Court to Decide Validity of Constitution

11-15-2010 • Free Patriot Press

In a story that sounds like it may have come from The Onion just a few years ago, Breitbart is reporting “the United State Supreme Court will soon issue a landmark decision (possibly by the end of the year) on the validity of the Constitution.”

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War On Dissent Town Hall; Documenting a failed and dangerous US intelligence network (Videos)

11-12-2010 • OpEdNews.com

The war on dissent includes "intelligence" provided to Homeland Security in Pennsylvania by the Institute for Terrorism Research and Response that was comprised almost exclusively of reports on activities and events organized by political (from ant

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Banks spying on your bills, rent payments, paychecks

11-07-2010 • Rawstory

The age of the plain old credit score is gone, and it's been replaced by ever more intrusive efforts by banks and credit agencies to gauge exactly what you're worth, and what you can pay. To that end, financial firms are now tracking their customers'

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Privacy advocates fear massive fed health database

11-05-2010 • ComputerWorld

Plans by the Office of Personnel Management to build a database containing the healthcare claims of millions of Americans. OPM has provided few details about the new database and the data collected will be shared with law enforcement, third-party res