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Wed - January 17, 2007New Report on Government Spying on ProtestersThe ACLU has released a new report
(available here)
documenting that "the Pentagon monitored at least 186 anti-military protests in
the United States and collected more than 2,800 reports involving Americans in
an anti-terrorist threat database."
Posted at 02:03 PM Read More Sun - January 14, 2007New Army Manual Grants Expanded Wiretapping AuthorityIt looks like President Bush and
the Pentagon are trying to sneak
another fast one by us.
This time, it's the deletion of a wiretapping provision that has been in the
Army Manual since 1984.
Posted at 03:09 PM Read More Sat - January 13, 2007The Military Quietly Gathers Domestic Financial RecordsMilitary and Intelligence agencies
use national security letters to snoop through financial records without the
bother of a judicially issued warrant.
Posted at 03:13 PM Read More Tue - December 5, 2006Flirting With Fascism on CNN Headline NewsHost Glenn Beck threatens Muslims with
concentration camps
Posted at 06:14 PM Read More Thu - October 19, 2006Bush wants it all - life, the Universe and everythingSPACE: no longer the final frontier but
the 51st state of the United States. The new National Space Policy that President Bush has
signed is comically proprietory in tone about the US’s right to control
access to the rest of the solar system.
Posted at 01:00 PM Read More Thu - July 27, 2006World Leaders Cower Before U.S. PowerIn the face of United States
opposition, an international conference here today stopped short of calling for
an immediate cease-fire in the Lebanon crisis.
The
conference instead adopted more nebulous language that reflected America’s
desire to give Israel time to continue its bombardment of Hezbollah targets.
Posted at 10:28 PM Read More Thu - June 22, 2006Bush Administration Obtained Bank Data Without Court Subpoenas or WarrantsThe New York Times reports
on Operation Swift, through which the Bush Administration in the aftermath of
9/11 obtained
bank records without court authorization:
Posted at 01:54 PM Read More Thu - June 15, 20061 step closer to a police state.A sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled
on Thursday that evidence could be used even when the police entered a suspect's
home illegally by failing to knock on the door or announce their
presence.
Posted at 10:19 PM Read More Tue - June 13, 2006President and Senate allied with 'corporate supremacists'The U.S. Senate and House of
Representatives are set to take action on legislation that could determine the
financial and social fate of nearly every American for the next 20
years.
Posted at 10:21 PM Read More Wed - May 17, 2006Bowing To The Police StateIs Congress aiding and abetting the
creation of a police state? Recently, the chairman of the House Intelligence
Committee, Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., helped to give the CIA and NSA unprecedented
police powers. By inserting a provision in the FY07 Intelligence Authorization
Act, Hoekstra has undermined the existing statutory limits on involvement in
domestic law enforcement. This comes after revelations in January of direct NSA
involvement with the Baltimore police in order to "protect" the NSA Headquarters
from Quaker protesters.
Posted at 02:24 PM Read More Tue - May 16, 2006Seizure of Journalists' Telephone Records ConfirmedAnother
source has confirmed yesterday's
news that the FBI is snooping into the telephone records of
journalists at ABC, the New York Times, and the Washington Post to determine who
in the government may have leaked classified information to news
outlets.
Posted at 02:39 PM Read More Orwell Rolls in His Grave"Could a media system, controlled by a few
global corporations with the ability to overwhelm all competing voices, be able
to turn lies into truth?..."
Posted at 02:35 PM Read More Fri - May 12, 2006The Times and USA Today have Missed the Bigger Story -- AgainI know you're shocked -- SHOCKED! --
that George Bush is listening in on all your phone calls. Without a warrant.
That's nothing. And it's not news.
Posted at 02:53 PM Read More Sun - April 30, 2006Bush challenges hundreds of lawsPresident Bush has quietly claimed the
authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting
that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it
conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution.
Posted at 09:16 PM Read More Sat - April 29, 2006FBI Sought Info Without Court OKThe FBI secretly sought information
last year on 3,501 U.S. citizens and legal residents from their banks and credit
card, telephone and Internet companies without a court's approval, the Justice
Department said Friday.
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