Category: 7. Obsession with National Security
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Malls Track Shoppers by Cellphone Signal
Slouching towards that mall in Minority Report: Customers in shopping centres are having their every move tracked by a new type of surveillance that listens in on the whisperings of their mobile phones. The technology can tell when people enter a shopping centre, what stores they visit, how long they remain there, and what route […]
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British Special Forces Soldier: "Government knew about extraordinary rendition"
The UK’s role in assisting the US in kidnapping people gets worse: Last week, the Foreign Secretary David Miliband apologised to MPs in the Commons and admitted that two US rendition flights transporting terrorists suspects for questioning by the US had landed on UK soil. The former SAS soldier, Ben Griffins, claims this “pales into […]
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Lockheed Awarded $1 Billion to Spy on You
I feel safer already: The FBI has awarded a nearly $1 billion contract to Lockheed Martin to help create a massive computer database of people’s physical characteristics as part of an effort to better identify criminals and terrorists. The FBI wants to use eye scans, combined with other data, to help identify suspects. The overall […]
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A Question About Telecom Wiretapping Immunity
If they weren’t doing anything illegal than why do they need immunity?
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Landmark Case Today: Center for Constitutional Right Argues Before SCOTUS Today
Stream while you work. The Center for Constitutional Rights has eclipsed the ACLU in my eyes. CCR is always pushing the courts to limit the abuse of power of Mr. Bush (and don’t think Mr. Romney or Giuliani or Obama or Ms. Clinton won’t abuse this power as well). What may be one of the […]
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Houston Police Department Trials Unmanned Drones
Houston police test an unmanned aircraft at an event shrouded in secrecy, but Local 2 Investigates caught it all on tape.