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 advanced mathematics, the Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST) is described as a “pre-crime” system by DHS. The program uses ethnicity, gender, breathing, eye tracking and…
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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 american as apple pie* the mysterious institute that spied on pennsylvania anti-drilling activists* pennsylvania’s homeland security chief goes in hiding* video: counter-terror operation stops trucks…
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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 could cost uk taxpayers a fortune*2 men are charged by US with plotting terrorism attack*’pacific horizon’ war training on a california beach*nypd to shake up…
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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 patrol team up for ‘traffic enforcment initiative’*july 4th parade + constitution = banned for life?*US launches review of terror warning system*terror alert system getting overhaul*IT…
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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 phone conversations enabled by programs such as Skype. “We will sit together with all member states to see how this can be done technically and…
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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 using their cell phones. CNET got a sneak peek at it, and CNET-TV Senior Editor and Early Show contributor Natali Del Conte explained how it…
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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. citizens crossing by land, compiling data that will be stored for 15 years and may be used in criminal and intelligence investigations. Officials say the…
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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 one man says how those samples are collected is sometimes illegal. Defense attorney Avery McDaniel said, “If an officer believes you are intoxicated they will…
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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 and deploy armed security officers on trains and platforms, the railroad said on Monday night. Details of the shift in security strategy at Amtrak will…

