Although it isn’t particularly surprising, the FBI wants to establish a network of covert operative snitches in the US, to aid in the so-called War On Terror and who knows what else:
FBI Proposes Building Network of U.S. Informants
The FBI is taking cues from the CIA to recruit thousands of covert informants in the United States [...]
And in a bad way…
In a little-noticed executive order issued on Tuesday, President Bush directed the Treasury Department to block the U.S.-based financial assets of anyone deemed to have threatened “the peace or stability of Iraq or the Government of Iraq” or who “undermin(e) efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq.”The order [...]
A judge has ordered (pdf) the FBI to release agency records about its abuse of National Security Letters (NSLs) to collect Americans’ personal information. The ruling came just a day after the EFF urged (pdf) the judge to immediately respond in its lawsuit over agency delays. This is the same case in which an internal [...]
Another sad story of one of our leaders selling his soul. Tenet, Powell, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Bush, Rove, Gonzales (who else?) all have blood on their hands.
An Open Letter to George Tenet
Tell George Tenet: Return your Medal of Honor, and Donate Your Book Royalties to Charity
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[ April 17, 2007; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Tues. April 17, 7-9 pm. “Casualties of the USA Patriot Act and the ‘War on Terror,’” a Panel Discussion with Brandon Mayfield.
Location: Washington State University - Vancouver, Administration Building Rm 110
Brandon Mayfield, who recently won a $2 million wrongful arrest lawsuit against the federal government and is continuing to challenge the constitutionality of the USA [...]
Another scandal… Ho-hum. Is anyone surprised by this? If you are you shouldn’t be. Has our government given us reasons to trust them lately? The good news is this provides a way to repeal the Patriot Act which should never have been enacted in the first place. And while [...]
January 25, 2007 – 8:18 am
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 24 (OneWorld) - At least 186 antiwar protests in the United States have been monitored by the Pentagon’s domestic surveillance program, according to documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which also found that the Defense Department collected more than 2,800 reports involving Americans in a single anti-terrorism database.
The documents [...]
January 21, 2007 – 10:51 am
Is it just me or is there something missing in this story?
Venezuela’s Chavez says “gringos go to hell”
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday told the U.S. government to “go to hell” after it questioned his plan to seek special powers to legislate by decree as part of his self-styled socialist revolution.
Chavez, a [...]
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January 13, 2007 – 3:43 pm
Military Expands Intelligence Role in U.S.
By ERIC LICHTBLAU and MARK MAZZETTI
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 — The Pentagon has been using a little-known power to obtain banking and credit records of hundreds of Americans and others suspected of terrorism or espionage inside the United States, part of an aggressive expansion by the military into domestic intelligence gathering.
The [...]
December 29, 2006 – 12:39 am
I normally tire of generic, year-end wrap-ups of the year, but Ken Friedman at WFMU’s Beware of the Blog has a post that is right up my alley. He’s got my picks right up top:
1) Fox News airs an infomercial for torture. On the November 3rd Greta Van Susteren show, reporter Steve Harrigan submitted himself [...]
December 27, 2006 – 11:47 am
Frightening, Orwellian technological breakthrough puts an all-seeing eye on the road, scanning every license plate and immediately relays the info to an all-encompassing database.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD4pYpD_JPI
Didn’t pay your insurance this month - or like to try to squeak by ’till the end of the month to pay your vehicle tags? This thing will get you. Not to [...]
November 27, 2006 – 11:31 pm
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Don’t Impeach Bush - Impeach The President
By W. David Jenkins III
“We are not required to impeach the president simply because he’s committed an impeachable offense……We have to decide whether it’s in the best interest of the country to go through that process.” - Sen. Russ Feingold (D) November 20, 2006
“Who will show me any [...]
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