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The Tragedy Of The Bush Presidency
I was recently thinking about how the nation would remember this president? For that matter how would the the country remember the presidency of George W. Bush?
I guess first we must note that George W. Bush did not win the presidency by winning the popular vote. Now that... 134 views | 1 recommendation | 2 comments
I Married a Spy - Chapter One
I met Batman in 1967 after I dropped out of college. It was the Fall Semester after the Summer of Love in San Francisco. The college poetry teacher suggested that everybody drop out and go experience the renaissance. I drove from Los Angeles to my aunt's home in Sacramento.... Satellite-Surveillance Program to Begin Despite Privacy Concerns
What's wrong with having "assurance that NAO operations will comply with applicable laws and privacy and civil liberties standards"? If our public servants have nothing to hide, they shouldn't mind the People and the law maintaining oversight."WASHINGTON -- The Department of...U.K. to spend 12 bln pounds to spy on calls and e-mails - paper
"U.K. to spend 12 bln pounds to spy on calls and e-mails - paper""LONDON, October 5 (RIA Novosti) - The U.K. authorities are considering spending up to 12 billion pounds ($21 billion) on a database to keep information on Internet intercepts, e-mail and telephone records of... Obama Votes "Yes" As Senate Approves Telecom Immunity and New Eavesdropping R...
UPDATE: The Washington Post has what I think is one of the best summaries of this incident, along with the issue of the anger Jackson's son, Jesse Jackson, Jr, openly spoke out about."Speaking near a Fox... Sweden approves wiretapping law
In one of most far reaching eavesdropping plan and threatening civil liberties plan Swedish parliament has passed this draconian law which will allow government to record all electronic conversation."Sweden's parliament has approved controversial new laws allowing authorities...Arlen Specter Demands Spy Probe... in NFL
US Senator Arlen Specter is up in arms over alleged spying in the National Football League, but nationwide illegal wiretapping doesn't seem to show up on his radar. Way to keep your eye on the ball, Sen....
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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"Hello America? This is the Enemy"
The U.S. government and associated security agencies could make far better use of their time engaged in intelligence gathering activities that will actually yield results, rather than on listening for hypothetical...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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352 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
AP Insults Sen. Mitch McConnell in Photo Caption
What an insult!When you click on the photo accompanying this article, you'll find in the caption that Associated Press misidentified Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), shown at right, as Senate Majority Leader Harry... Jail the Journalists!
That seems to be the DOJ position. Where is the NYTimes on this? Why aren't they writing more about it?"Ever since the President's illegal warrantless eavesdropping program was revealed by the New York... Report reveals Vietnam War hoaxes, faked attacks
"Tue Jan 8, 9:45 AM ET WASHINGTON (AFP) - North Vietnamese made hoax calls to get the US military to bomb its own units during the Vietnam War, according to declassified information that also confirmed US officials faked an incident to escalate the war. The report was...Wiretaps 'foiled terror attacks'
And if there had not been wiretaps...?"The US director of intelligence has said wiretaps played a significant role in stopping bomb attacks by suspected Islamists in Germany last week. Michael McConnell told a Senate committee eavesdropping had revealed that the suspects had... Point, Click ... Eavesdrop: How the FBI Wiretap Net Operates
"The FBI has quietly built a sophisticated, point-and-click surveillance system that performs instant wiretaps on almost any communications device. ... The surveillance system, called DCSNet, for Digital... Germany: Worldwide Eavesdropping By Handy?
Berlin: Yesterday media reports came up that German police
eavesdrops on German citizens by using handys as room microphones, even
if they seem apparently deactivated.
Furthermore Police officials in adjoining...
created by Daniel Neun | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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577 views | 12 recommendations | 2 comments
Court nixes suit against spy program
USA Today, July 6, 2007 CINCINNATI (AP) — A federal appeals court ordered the dismissal Friday of a lawsuit challenging President Bush's domestic spying program, saying the plaintiffs had no standing to...
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