Questions for Comey: Former Top DOJ Attorney Who Oversaw NSA Spying Under Bush is Nominated to Become Next FBI DirectorCurrent Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Robert Mueller's term is expiring (again), and the Senate Judiciary Committee will be holding a hearing to question the nominee to replace Mueller, James Comey. The FBI is deeply linked with the NSA's ... (more)
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Obama Supporters Sign Petition to Repeal Bill of Rights
A video clip shows numerous Obama supporters in California signing a petition to repeal the bill of rights in another shocking reminder of how many Americans will mindlessly give up their liberties in the name of supporting the President.
Social commentator Mark Dice invited citizens to sign the petition to “support Obama repealing the bill of rights, t... (more)
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DOJ Says Public Has No Right To Know About The Secret Laws The Feds Use To Spy On UsSo, we were just discussing the insanity of the FISA court (FISC) basically acting as a shadow Supreme Court, making broad rulings in total secrecy that have created a secret body of law that the public is not allowed to know about. Given increasing revelations about these shadow laws, the ACLU and other public interest groups are trying, yet again, to get access to some ... (more)
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Judge throws out 'state secrets' claim, allowing lawsuit against NSA to continue The Obama administration will not be allowed to terminate a lawsuit by asserting that a civil argument would risk exposing national secrets, a federal judge ruled Monday in what has already been called an important advance for civil liberties advocates.
The suit, known as Jewel vs. National Security Agency, was originally filed in 2008 by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and a group of AT&T customers who claimed Bush administration officials had conducted a... (more)
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Edward Snowden: US surveillance 'not something I'm willing to live under'
Edward Snowden predicted more than a month ago while still in hiding in Hong Kong that the US government would seek to demonise him, telling the Guardian that he would be accused of aiding America's enemies.
In the second instalment of an interview carried out before he revealed himself as the NSA whistleblower, Snowden insisted that he was a patriot ... (more)
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TSA Conducted Pat Downs On Family Members of Plane Crash VictimsInstead of helping both victims and their loved ones who were involved in the tragic Asiana Airlines plane crash at San Francisco International Airport, the TSA made life “more difficult” for both by delaying victims for hours and conducting pat downs on grief-stricken family members who were still unaware of whether their loved ones were dead or alive.
The L.A. Times reports:
“Some passengers were found wandering, dazed, near the wreckage ... (more)
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Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) force fed under standard Guantanamo Bay procedure
As Ramadan begins, more than 100 hunger-strikers in Guantánamo Bay continue their protest. More than 40 of them are being force-fed. A leaked document sets out the military instructions, or standard operating procedure, for force-feeding detainees. In this four-minute film made by Human Rights organisation Reprieve and Bafta award-winning director Asif Kapadia, US ac... (more)
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The U.S. Border: A Constitution-Free Zone Where Officials Can Grab Your Computer And Copy Your Hard DriveDid you know that the U.S. government considers the U.S. border to be a “constitution-free zone”? Did you know that customs officials can take your computer away from you, keep it for 30 days or more, and make a copy of everything that is on your hard drive? Sadly, this is actually true. According to the government, when you choose to cross the U.S. border you temporarily give up your constitutional rights. They can look at anything on your computer that they ... (more)
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Hospital Quietly Drug Tests Mom, Takes Her Baby After She Tests Positive for Opiates -- She Had Poppy Seed BagelThe medical-industrial-complex is quietly drug testing women then stealing their babies if they test positive for any "illegal drugs."
From the Associated Press:
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A woman who had her newborn taken away because she failed a hospital drug test after she ate a poppy seed bagel has settled a lawsuit over the case.
Lawrence County ... (more)
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Surveillance Has Changed UsMy passport is festooned with patriotic blather about freedom and democracy. It didn’t used to be this way. The less freedom we have, the more government has to convince us that it exists. But none of it rings true anymore.
One page of the passport quotes Lincoln: “that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
Amused by that on several levels, I nearly sent out a status via Twitter. I had typed the ... (more)
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Reveal Illegal Surveillance? Run For Your Life; Conduct Illegal Surveillance & Lie About It? No BiggieIt really says a lot when you compare how Ed Snowden and James Clapper are being treated these days. Snowden, who revealed the NSA's illegal and unconstitutional surveillance efforts is finding that US pressure and various "technicalities" mean that his asylum requests are getting quickly rejected, leaving him with dwindling options. Meanwhile, James Clapper, who ran ... (more)
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TSA Puts on the DogIn the tradition of its mentor, the Thieves and Sexual Assailants (TSA) will sic dogs on passengers at Denver International. "TSA confirms it is using canines to prescreen passengers and if they pass they may be able to go through an expedited security line," says CBS-4 in a convoluted and poorly written report. (But do check out the heartening comments from readers!) Good luck u... (more)
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Charges Dismissed For Teen Arrested Over NRA T-ShirtCommon sense has finally prevailed in the case of a middle school student arrested after he refused to remove an NRA t-shirt, with criminal charges against 14-year-old Jared Marcum being dismissed by a judge.
Marcum faced a year in jail after being arrested on April 18 by police in Logan County, West Virginia on charges that he “obstructed an officer” by refusing to stop talking. The incident began when Marcum refused to remove an NRA t-shirt when asked by a teacher.... (more)
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5-Year-Old's Suspension Over Toy Cap Gun ReversedA Maryland kindergartner who wet himself with fear while being interrogated over a toy gun back in June has had a suspension reversed, with the incident being struck from the record after the child’s family hired a lawyer and fought school officials on the matter.
As we reported at the time, the five-year-old from Dowell Elementary School i... (more)
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Federal Judge None Too Impressed With Government's Defense Of Its 'No Fly' ListThe top secret "No-Fly" list has been problematic since day one. The DHS and FBI apparently believe over 20,000 people are too dangerous to allow to board a plane but not dangerous enough to arrest.
This is the process the government follows to place would-be travelers on the no-fly list. 1. The g ... (more)
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Snowden's Secrets 'Belong To The People Of The US' & He's A Traitor For Giving Them What They Own?Over the past few years, we've found that Rep. Mike Rogers, the head of the House Intelligence Committee, has an incredible knack for spewing pure bullshit in defense of whatever he's supporting, rarely even bothering to make sure his statements are internally consistent. Still, his statements on Meet the Press this weekend take that nonsense to a new high. Rogers goes off on Snowden -- who he has already declared "is a traitor" -- arguing in favor of the "theft of government property"... (more)
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