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More memos recently surfaced by John Yoo who gave us the administration's horrifyingly narrow definition of torture. As difficult as it is to believe, these memos are even scarier for the republic than is the original torture memo.
DHS plans to create a new office that would expand law enforcement and other civilian agencies' access to data gathered by powerful intelligence and military satellites orbiting the earth.
What was the greatest failure of 2007? President Bush's "surge" in Iraq? The decline in the value of the US dollar? Subprime mortgages? No. The greatest failure of 2007 was the newly sworn in Democratic Congress. [Detention centers]
As reported several weeks ago and in accordance with the Gilmore decision, ID is not required to fly in the United States. Two recent documents have corroborated this fact.
D.C. officials have put cameras on light poles, police cars and government buildings. Now they're preparing to put them on street sweepers in the latest example of increasing surveillance of city residents.
An Secret Service officer approached Mark Butler and demanded he delete any pictures that showed the security checkpoints set up to screen fans for the visit by President George Bush. "It's kind of like not being in America," Butler sai
State Fusion centers -- have information that now includes unlisted cell phone numbers, insurance claims, driver's license photographs, credit reports and even top-secret data systems at the CIA.
Some University of Washington students, faculty and staff are being tracked as they move about the computer-science building, with details of where they've been, and with whom, stored in a database.
The CIA, FBI and National Security Agency have all reportedly banded together to create an internal government intranet – sharing data on a system called Intellipedia.
At what point does government snooping become a hindrance to commerce? That must be the question a lot of companies are asking themselves after a recent episode in Canada where a controversy over the use of online tools has emerged.
POLICE are seeking hundreds of volunteers to spy on crime hot spots and trawl through surveillance tapes to help catch criminals. Volunteers would be given binoculars, CCTV access.
Rick Ungar's charter fishing service promises a great time on Lake Erie. But there's a catch — and it's not freshwater fish. It's the Homeland Security Department's new anti-terrorism rules.
Mr. Mukasey grimaced, swallowed hard, and seemed to tear up as he reflected on the weaknesses in America's anti-terrorism strategy prior to the 2001 attacks. "We've got 3000 people who went to work that day and didn't come home
GWB's surge consisted of handing out DUFFLE BAGS of loot to various tribes to bribe them into NOT fighting or attacking American forces. We've been handing out dollars to the same people who planted bombs that left over 4,000 US dead and
Htein Lin, the Burmese artist and former political prisoner, said: 'In Burma many people are detained for months, or even years, without a chance to appear in court. I do not want to see that happen in Britain.'
Other flying spy machines made news, when it was reported that tiny, dragonfly-like machines were seen flying among anti-war protesters in Washington, DC.
Export version of Lotus Notes provides trapdoor for NSA. Giant US software manufacturer Lotus has been lowering the profile of information about how they have installed an NSA-only trapdoor into e-mail and conference systems used by many European gov
Careless mistake reveals subversion of Windows by NSA. A CARELESS (oh really- ED) mistake by Microsoft programmers has revealed that special access codes prepared by the US National Security Agency have been secretly built into Windows. The NSA acces
Police are asking residents to submit to voluntary searches in exchange for amnesty under the District's gun ban. They passed out fliers requesting cooperation on Monday.
When the government wants to take away our rights, it conceals its intent with the assurance that it simply wants to make us safe. The Boston Police Department's 'Safe Homes' program is just such an initiative.
Spitzer got snagged by the fine print of the Patriot Act.
“Get Ready for the Congestion Tax Collector,” by Jon Christian Ryter
A small pilotless drone manufactured by Honeywell International, capable of hovering and "staring" using electro-optic or infrared sensors, is expected to make its debut soon in the skies over the Florida Everglades.
Today, through InfraGard, more than 23,000 representatives of private industry are working quietly with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security watching and snitching on the American Public.
Fusion Centers collect and share information with local, state and federal law enforcement, and increasingly, with the military and the private sector.
The federal government attempted to impose biometrics on state ID in 1986. The biometrics required by REAL ID, other security laws, initiatives, treaties and agreements, are but the fulfillment of a global biometric ID system.
No matter how corrupt and sloppy the establishment press becomes, they always find a way to go lower. Time Magazine has just published what it purports to be a news article by Massimo Calabresi claiming that "nobody cares"...
Spitzer got snagged by the fine print of the Patriot Act.
The majority of Americans are ready to trade diminished privacy, and protection from search and seizure, in exchange for the promise of increased protection of their physical security. Polling consistently supports that conclusion, and Congress has l
