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Guardian.co.uk

Records of journeys made by people using smart cards that allow 17 million Britons to travel by underground, bus and train with a single swipe at the ticket barrier are among a welter of private information held by the state....

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Infragard

At its most basic level, InfraGard is a partnership between the FBI and the private sector.(Can you say Fascism) InfraGard is an association of businesses, academic institutions,state and local law enforcement agencies, and others sharing information

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AP

The House narrowly approved legislation that extends the government's ability to spy on Americans, but doesn't include retroactive immunity for telecom companies. [Now we get to see the Dems betray us in the House-Senate conference.]

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AP

House Democratic leaders agreed to a rare closed-door session - the first in 25 years - to debate surveillance legislation. Republicans requested privacy for what they termed "an honest debate" on the new Democratic eavesdropping bill that

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NY Times

Senior officials of the FBI repeatedly approved the use of “blanket” records demands to justify the improper collection of thousands of phone records. They used blanket records demands at least 11 times in 2006 alone as a quick way to clean up mistak

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The New York Times

In continued defiance of the White House, House Democratic leaders are readying a proposal that would reject giving legal protection to the phone companies that helped in the National Security Agency’s program of wiretapping without warrants.

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www.webpronews.com

Federal Court Judge Reggie B. Walton is charging Locy with contempt of court for not revealing a source who supplied her with information for a story about the Feds' investigation into anthrax attacks back in 2001. Contempt wouldn't be so bad

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Daily Telegraph

Scientists are creating real-life "flies-on-the-walls" by fitting insects with special implants that enable them to be used as spies. The creatures are being installed with special electrodes, batteries and even video cameras that enable th

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Officer.com

More than 4,500 cameras in Chicago public schools are being connected to police headquarters and the city's 911 center in a technological upgrade designed to improve safety, officials said Thursday.

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Washington Post

Authorities to Gain Fast and Expansive Access to Records
"They also underscore how the use of new data -- and data surveillance -- technology to fight crime and terrorism is evolving faster than the public's understanding or the laws in

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AP

The FBI acknowledged it improperly accessed Americans' telephone records, credit reports and Internet traffic in 2006, the fourth straight year of privacy abuses resulting from investigations "aimed at tracking terrorists and spies."

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The New York Times

Being the only state to regulate the amount of alcohol that goes into a standard shot, Utah is considering raising the alcohol limit to 1.5 ounces from 1 ounce while enacting a host of new liquor-related rules.

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AP

The House Intelligence Committee chairman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), expects a compromise soon on renewal of an eavesdropping law that provide legal protections for telecommunications companies as President Bush has insisted.

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www.brasschecktv.com

The federal government operates a prison that holds entire families. Located in Taylor, Texas and operated by Corrections Corporation of America, this prison holds mostly illegal immigrants,... but soon.

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Wired (kudos Malcolm)

Having eliminated all terrorism in the real world, the US intelligence community is working to develop software that will detect violent extremists infiltrating World of Warcraft and other multiplayer games, according to the Director of National Inte

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Arizona Republic

Police are continuing to investigate the death of a 61-year-old Scottsdale motorcyclist and cannot say whether a photo-radar van played a role in the accident. The van was monitoring one lane of eastbound traffic from 6:30 to 9:45 a.m. Sunday near

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Mondoreb

First Presidential Directive 51, then the signing 10 days ago of an agreement creating the beginnings of a North American army to be used in domestic disturbances. The Canadian government did not announce the agreement and the American media didn

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