Tag: checkpoints
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DHS Sets Up Unannounced Checkpoint for ‘Operation Shield’
Residents of Leesburg, Florida were shocked to see their local Social Security office turned into a random Homeland Security checkpoint Tuesday morning, as DHS officers armed with semiautomatic rifles and accompanied by sniffer dogs checked identifications of locals.
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homeland security testing ‘pre-crime’ detection technology
from allgov: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been secretly working on technology that can tip off law enforcement about those planning to commit a crime. Part profiling, part […]
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Police State Updates: I’ve Changed My Plea to Guilty
It’s now a tradition – the government militarizes the stupor bowl as another ‘black sunday’ arrives // TSA invades roads & highways with ‘VIPR’ checkpoints // Boeing received $5b in illegal govt subsidies // Russia to adopt universal id card in 2012
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US to Drop Color-Coded Terror Alerts
The United States is planning to replace its color-coded terror alert system drafted in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks with detailed threat advisories, media reported Thursday.
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police state updates: surveillance & apple pie
fbi raids on antiwar activists – intimidation, not investigation* fbi launches mass raids of antiwar activists’ homes* feds expand war of terror, raid antiwar activists* spying on its citizens: as […]
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police state intl: political activism as ‘domestic extremism’
audio: uk police define political activism as ‘domestic extremism’*uk council bans parents from play areas*the raid that rocked the met: why gun & drugs op on 6,717 safety deposit boxes […]
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police state int’l: cctv, checkpoints, provocateurs & yoo
san fran suburb, tiburon, may install license plate cameras* big brother flies into antelope valley calif with ‘crime-fighting’ eyes*penn state police, ohio highway patrol, ny state police & US border […]
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police state int’l: skype, shop, cyber katrina & operation arcadia
eu agency supports wiretapping skype conversationsfrom eu observer: EU’s judicial cooperation agency Eurojust will take the lead in finding ways to help police and prosecutors across Europe to wiretap computer-to-computer […]
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police state int’l: scanners, chips, checkpoints & promis
your isp is watching you google offers to track you by your cell phonefrom cbsnews: Google is releasing free software Wednesday that enables people to keep track of each other […]
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citizens’ US border crossings tracked; data kept for 15yrs
from washington post: The federal government has been using its system of border checkpoints to greatly expand a database on travelers entering the country by collecting information on all U.S. […]
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forced dwi blood samples challenged in texas
from raw replay: North Texas law enforcement agencies will be cracking down on drunk driving over the July 4th weekend – including taking blood samples of suspected drunk drivers. But […]
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amtrak says ‘papers please’
amtrak to randomly screen bags & step up patrolsfrom reuters: Amtrak, the only long-haul passenger rail service in the United States, will for the first time randomly screen passengers’ bags […]