Tag: aclu
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police state usa: spies, lies, pain rays & credible threats
nsa revelations to have lasting implicationsfrom raw story: Following the (actually-not-all-that-surprising) bombshell that the National Security Agency has been eavesdropping on calls between innocent US citizens, activists are considering re-opening a lawsuit alleging the government’s infringement upon constitutional rights. An appeals court last year dismissed a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union against…
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police state usa: mass arrest, fema, saic, drills, mykey & more
video: incredible footage of mass arrests in st paulfrom alternet: Newly released footage, which was buried to avoid confiscation, shows riot cops arresting and abusing a giant group of people for nothing. fema sources confirm coming martial lawfrom wayne madsen: WMR has learned from knowledgeable Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) sources that the Bush administration…
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the phony left/right paradigm parade begins!
get ready for provocateured violence, grandstanding & all the bread & circus bullshit you can handle! will authorities stage riots in denver?from paul joseph watson: The major question hanging over the Democratic National Convention, which starts in Denver today, is whether or not authorities will follow the lead of previous mass protest events, and actively…
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aclu launches terror watch list complaint website
from raw replay: Caroline Fredrickson, director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office spoke at the National Press Club about the need to reform the government’s terrorist watch list. The watch list now contains one million names based on the government’s own reported numbers. The ACLU says that the watch list could effect up to 5-10%…
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yes, your precious dems have sold you out again
senate bows to bush, approves surveillance billfrom ap: Bowing to President Bush’s demands, the Senate approved and sent the White House a bill Wednesday to overhaul bitterly disputed rules on secret government eavesdropping and shield telecommunications companies from lawsuits complaining they helped the U.S. spy on Americans. congress votes to immunize lawbreaking telecoms, legalize warrantless…
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‘top secret’ weapons to be used at political conventions
from raw replay: CNN’s Ed Lavendera reports that Congress is giving $100 million to pay security expenses for this summer’s political conventions. Denver and St. Paul officials have said that the types of weapons being purchased are “top secret.” The ACLU is suing both cities to disclose how security money is being spent. This video…
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return of the ‘no-work list’
employment verification plan: big brother or big improvement?from mcclatchy: For critics, the idea is an Orwellian nightmare: The federal government would begin signing off on every hiring decision made in the United States… Whether it’s regarded as Big Brother or a big improvement, the plan is getting a good vetting on Capitol Hill. It has…
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Feds Withdraw Illegal NSL Against Archive.org
from raw story: The FBI has withdrawn an illegal National Security Letter seeking information from an online library and has lifted a gag order that until Wednesday prevented any discussion of the information request. Lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union and Electronic Frontier Foundation helped the Internet Archive push back against what they say…
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9/11: remains, appeals, contradictions & vidal
ny medics identify four 9/11 victimsfrom press tv: The New York medical examiners have identified the remains of three men and one woman slain in 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. “I don’t think any of us know how to react to it,” said Douglas Mann, whose cousin Ronald Milstein was working as a…
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taser, fema, deutsche, scotus, guinea pigs & spooks
deputy tasers student against direct ordersfrom raw story: Outside a Maryland high school gym last Wednesday, sophomore Brandon Bennett got into a small altercation with a fellow student. It was after a basketball game and tempers were high, but the the two were separated by officials and students without much problem. Only then did things…
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pandemic plans for ‘mandatory vaccination’
from reuters: U.S. policy in preparing for a potential bird flu pandemic is veering dangerously toward a heavy-handed law-enforcement approach, the American Civil Liberties Union said on… it was worried that the plan called for military and police involvement in enforcing a quarantine. The ACLU experts said they were especially disturbed by an October executive…
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torture, rape & videotape
‘highly likely’ bush saw torture tapesfrom thinkprogress: Larry Johnson, a former CIA agent and State Department counterterrorism official, told The Bill Press Show this morning that it was “highly likely” President Bush had viewed the videotapes of the 2002 interrogations that were later destroyed: Bill Press: You said that you believe President Bush actually saw…
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fdny being trained as homeland stasi
from telegraph: A scheme to train firefighters in major cities to look out for terrorists has raised fears that their iconic standing in American society could be damaged. Unlike police, firemen and paramedics do not need warrants to get into homes and other buildings during technical inspections of emergency facilities, making them particularly useful for…
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thumbscanning for lunch in oregon
from fox: A new finger scanning system aimed at speeding up the lunch line at an Oregon middle school is raising security concerns. Instead of swiping an ID card or entering a pin number, students at Stayton Middle School press their thumb on an infrared scanner and are matched with their lunch account, according to…
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pentagon & fbi misusing secret info requests
from raw story: The Department of Defense has conspired with the FBI to “circumvent the law” in accessing hundreds of Americans’ telephone, e-mail and financial records, say two civil liberties groups that released reams of new documents obtained in a contested public records request. The American Civil Liberties Union, which has challenged the Bush Administration’s…