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Police Collude with Drug Dealers to Help Eliminate the Competition
• New York TimesWhen the sheriff in Franklin County, Ky., posted a flier on Facebook asking local drug dealers to snitch on their competition, the response was more than a little incredulous.
FBI Agents raid gas station mural depicting President Obama, Jesus
• Liberty UpwardA local gas station, owned by Abe Ayad, was raided by a dozen SWAT FBI agents last week because of images Mr. Ayad displayed in his store depicting President Obama and Jesus.
Oscar and Pulitzer Award-Winning Journalist Laura Poitras Sues U.S. Government ..
• eff.orgPoitras, Filmmaker Behind Snowden Documentary CITIZENFOUR, Searched and Questioned Every Time She Entered U.S. From 2006 to 2012
Georgia claims that publishing its state laws for free online is 'terrorism'
• Los Angeles TimesThe state of Georgia accuses Malamud of piracy -- and worse, of "a form of 'terrorism.'" He provides the public access to a searchable and downloadable scan of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated -- the entire body of state law.
Do We Need to Bring Back Internment Camps? - by Ron Paul
• The Daily BellHe said: "back then we didn't say 'that was freedom of speech,' we put him in a camp." He called for the government to identify people most likely to be radicalized so we can "cut this off at the beginning." That sounds like "pre-crime"!
Tweet of $75k stash in passenger's bag lands TSA in hot water – again
• http://rt.com
Reassessing Airport Security
• Schneier on SecurityNews the Transportation Security Administration missed a whopping 95% of guns and bombs in recent airport security tests was shocking. These results demonstrate there isn't much risk of airplane terrorism, and we should ratchet security down
Towards a Militarized Police State in America?...
• globalresearch.ca, By Joachim HagopianA growing segment of the American population is waking up to the implications of the Jade Helm 15 military operation to be conducted by Special Forces in conjunction with local law enforcement, the FBI, DHS, the DEA and Border Patrol across the entir
Top US Inspector 'Deeply Concerned' About TSA Terror Vulnerability
• voanews.comThe top inspector for the agency that protects America's flying public says he is "deeply concerned about its ability to execute its important mission."
The Freedom Act is WORSE than the Patriot Act
• http://www.prisonplanet.comBy a vote of 67-32 the Senate today passed the USA FREEDOM Act, just days after the expiration of key elements of the USA PATRIOT Act. The FREEDOM Act is billed as a reform of the unconstitutional and recently-ruled illegal bulk collection of America
EXCLUSIVE: Undercover DHS Tests Find Security Failures at US Airports
• By JUSTIN FISHEL, PIERRE THOMAS, MIKE LEVINEAn internal investigation of the Transportation Security Administration revealed security failures at dozens of the nation's busiest airports, where undercover investigators were able to smuggle mock explosives or banned weapons through checkpoints
Patriot Act powers to lapse at midnight as Senate fails to agree on NSA reform
• The GuardianSurveillance hawks concede defeat as Rand Paul forces shutdown of sweeping intelligence capabilities exposed by Edward Snowden
Naked Body Scanner Lobbyist Now Has Control Over TSA's Budget In Congress
• http://www.prisonplanet.comA lobbyist who worked for the company that built TSA's naked body scanners is now working in the government department responsible for TSA spending, it has been revealed.
Rand Paul leaves Homeland Security Chief speechless, challenged on 4th amend
• http://iroots.orgToday, Rand Paul asked a question that the Homeland Security Secretary didn't want to hear and ultimately wouldn't answer.
U.S. Homeland Security to set up cyber security office in Silicon Valley
• https://ca.news.yahoo.com, By Bill RigbyThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security is in the final stages of planning to set up a satellite office in California's Silicon Valley, aiming to build relationships with the technology industry and scout for talent there, the department's secretary
Metal Detectors at Sports Stadiums
• Schneier on SecurityFans attending Major League Baseball games are being greeted in a new way this year: with metal detectors at the ballparks. Touted as a counterterrorism measure, they're nothing of the sort. They're pure security theater: They look good without doing
Video: Walmart 'Plumbing' Issue Related To DHS Underground Tunnel Network: ...
• shtfplan.comThere's been much speculation about the recent closures of Walmart stores around the country.
Former TSA Agent: Groping Scandal Is Business as Usual
• time.comThere are far too many federal hands on people's private parts in airports
DHS TO PURCHASE 62 MILLION MORE ROUNDS OF AR-15 AMMO
• http://www.infowars.com, by PAUL JOSEPH WATSONFeds attempting to control the market, dry up supply? Purchase in addition to billions of bullets previously bought by feds
Statewide Weapons Of Mass Destruction Drill Underway in Des Moines
• whotv.com
CBS4 Investigation: TSA Screeners At DIA Manipulated System To Grope Men's Genitals
• http://denver.cbslocal.com, By Brian MaassA CBS4 investigation has learned that two Transportation Security Administration screeners at Denver International Airport have been fired after they were discovered manipulating passenger screening systems to allow a male TSA employee to fondle the
Records Show Pentagon Sought Secrecy During Domestic Training Exercise
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Kurt NimmoMinneapolis city government and police collaborated on violating Posse Comitatus
A year after firestorm, DHS wants access to license-plate tracking system
• washingtonpost.comThe Department of Homeland Security is seeking bids from companies able to provide law enforcement officials with access to a national license-plate tracking system -- a year after canceling a similar solicitation over privacy issues.
Homeland Security Head Threatens to Defy Subpoenas
• http://www.weeklystandard.comCiting a lack of cooperation from the Secret Service, Chairman Jason Chaffetz of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform issued subpoenas for two Secret Service agents to testify to the committee about recent security breaches and othe
The Safe Deposit Box Is Headed For Extinction
• zerohedge.comBanks and insolvent governments desperate for cash likely also dislike safety deposit boxes as they are means for people to protect and grow wealth and protect themselves from inflation and indeed bail-in and deposit confiscation.
Feds Preparing to Invade Texas, List State as 'Hostile'
• InfoWars"Some participants will be wearing civilian attire and driving civilian vehicles..." Multiple branches of the US military, including Green Berets, Navy Seals, and the 82nd Airborne Division, will participate in the 8-week long exercise, which may res
The Orwellian Kafkaesque State Lusts For Your Private Property
• zerohedge.comTough luck, bucko--be glad you live in a fake democracy with a fake rule of law, a fake judiciary, and a government of thugs with the officially sanctioned right to steal your money and possessions without any due process or court proceedings.
Metamorphosis of The War On Terror Into A War on Cash
• Lewrockwell.comIt was just a matter of time before Western governments used the trumped up "War on Terror" as an excuse to drastically ratchet up the very real war on the use of cash and personal privacy that they are waging against their own citizens
Department of Homeland Security: What is it Good For?
• http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Ron PaulLate Friday night, Congress passed legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security for one week.
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