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Champions of Torture »
Posted by: Spadecaller 6 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
Champions of Torture is a video featuring the recent discoveries obtained from the release of memoranda on detentions, interrogations, and warrantless wiretapping. The presentation identifies ...
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WH Counsel Gonzo To DOJ: When We Said We Cared About Your Legal Opinions On Surveillance, We Didn't Really Mean It »
Posted by: bluetexasvalley 4 months, 1 week ago in Political News
Check out the amazing 2004 letter from Alberto Gonzales, at the time the White House counsel, to then-Deputy Attorney General James Comey, who had raised ...
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Tiny Smart Dew sensors promise low-cost security solution »
Posted by: IsraGeek 7 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
The cost of securing large properties with physical barriers like fences or conventional electronic surveillance systems can be quite prohibitive but a new invention from ...
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Scientists create new "perfection" tool for video analysis »
Posted by: IsraGeek 4 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
The application lets users zoom in and correct an image until the person in it is recognizable.
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4 arrested in plot to bomb NYC targets »
Posted by: engineer 5 months, 4 weeks ago in News
Four men have been arrested in a plot to attack several targets in the New York City area, including synagogues, federal and local authorities told ...
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New Jersey Police Officer Pounds Man On Tape »
Posted by: adeelarshad82 5 months, 1 week ago in News
Surveillance video shows a Passaic, New Jersey, police officer beating a 49-year-old man standing idly on a street corner.
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EADS to unveil laser sniper spotter »
Posted by: BronxBomber 10 months ago in Science & Technology
PARIS (Reuters) –
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Snipers or assassins could be spotted in their nests before even firing a shot thanks to laser surveillance technology to be unveiled in ...Read (263) | Share | Discuss (2) | Read Full Story at news.yahoo.com
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The Cheney Fallacy »
Posted by: tehranchik 5 months, 4 weeks ago in Political News
During the campaign former professor Obama spoke eloquently about the importance of habeas corpus review of executive detentions of enemy soldiers. Habeas corpus is "the ...
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Spying on 60 million people doesn't add up »
Posted by: berkeley 8 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
This week Sir David Omand, the former Whitehall security and intelligence co-ordinator, described how the state should analyse data about individuals in order to find ...
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Liberty in Britain is facing death by a thousand cuts -- We can fight back »
Posted by: berkeley 8 months, 4 weeks ago in Political News
It is shocking how many curtailments of freedom have been imposed. Each one may be small but the cumulative loss is vast.
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YouTube - Spadecaller - Smoke Rings »
Posted by: Spadecaller 11 months, 1 week ago in Arts & Entertainment
A poem written and narrated by Spadecaller; "Smoke Rings" is about the escape of a political prisoner during the Vietnam War. It is accompanied by ...
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Feds defy judge's order in Islamic group case »
Posted by: berkeley 8 months, 2 weeks ago in News
A federal appeals court rejected the Obama administration's attempt Friday to stop a judge in San Francisco from reviewing a challenge to the wiretapping ...
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Judge doesn't buy state secrets privilege, OKs wiretap suit »
Posted by: ameliog 10 months, 1 week ago in News
A federal judge ruled Monday that a lawsuit filed by an Islamic charity alleging that it was illegally wiretapped by the National Security Agency may ...
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British civil servants attacked for using anti-terror laws to spy on public »
Posted by: berkeley 8 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Controversial surveillance powers employed to fight terrorism and combat crime have been misused by civil servants in undercover "spying" operations that breach official guidelines.
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Britain -- police databank on thousands of protesters »
Posted by: berkeley 8 months, 1 week ago in News
Police are targeting thousands of political campaigners in surveillance operations and storing their details on a database for at least seven years.
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