Tag: police state
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carolina teen charged with wmd
from ap: An 18-year-old accused of planning to bomb his high school will be charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, which carries a possible life sentence, the top federal prosecutor in South Carolina said Tuesday. Ryan Schallenberger also will face two lesser federal charges stemming from what authorities say was a…
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‘operation sudden impact’
from steve watson: Federal law enforcement agencies co-opted sheriffs offices as well state and local police forces in three states last weekend for a vast round up operation that one sheriff’s deputy has described as “martial law training”. Law-enforcement agencies in Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas took part in what was described by local media as…
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new security camera can ‘see’ through clothes
from cnn: New technology that can “see” through clothing and detect what’s underneath can now be used to scan crowds, making it a potentially effective tool to prevent terrorist attacks in public places. The ThruVision T5000 camera picks up Terahertz rays, or T-rays, which are naturally emitted by all objects and can pass through fabric…
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oakland cops: mind if we search your house for guns?
from inside bay area: A six-month pilot program where Oakland police officers would knock on doors and ask permission to search homes for guns got the green light from the City Council’s public safety committee… The consent-to-search program, as it is called, is based closely on a similar effort launched in St. Louis in 1994…
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the government is trying to wrap its mind around yours
from washington post: Imagine a world of streets lined with video cameras that alert authorities to any suspicious activity. A world where police officers can read the minds of potential criminals and arrest them before they commit any crimes. A world in which a suspect who lies under questioning gets nabbed immediately because his brain…
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uk cops to be ‘microchipped’ in big bro tracking scheme
from daily mail: Every single Metropolitan police officer will be ‘microchipped’ so top brass can monitor their movements on a Big Brother style tracking scheme, it can be revealed today. According to respected industry magazine Police Review, the plan – which affects all 31,000 serving officers in the Met, including Sir Ian Blair – is…
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‘flame protection unit’ or chinese paramilitary police
from steve watson: A 30 man squad of crack trained Chinese paramilitary cops will today march through the streets of San Francisco, policing the one and only US stop on the Olympic torch relay, and tackling any American protesters who get in their way. The news follows revelations that the London and Paris Olympic torch…
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extinquished torch, internet2, absolut raza & swatkids
olympic torch put out three timesfrom ap: Security officials extinguished the Olympic torch three times Monday as protests against China’s human rights record turned a relay through Paris into a chaotic series of stops and starts. Despite massive security, at least two activists got within almost an arm’s length of the flame before they were…
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truant tracking, shock bracelets, miami drones & rfid radio
omnilink gets students back in schoolfrom gps daily: Truancy not only keeps students from getting an education, it also acts as a gateway to the commission of illegal activities, such as vandalism, theft or more serious crimes. That’s why getting students back in school is so important to the Midland County Justice Court in Texas,…
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china locks down as protests blow up
beijing sends in tanks as tibet eruptsfrom guardian: China flooded the streets of Lhasa with riot police, yesterday, as the international community urged an end to the bloodshed in Tibet that has already claimed at least 10 – possibly dozens more – lives… “The army and police forbid us from walking down the road, so…
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swat team deals with crowd seeking housing
from ap: Police in riot gear intervened Wednesday when hundreds of people seeking a chance at subsidized housing grew frustrated after officials ran out of applications. At least one person was arrested and at least six others were hospitalized for exhaustion during chaos at the Boca Raton Housing Authority some believed would grow into a…
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fire fallon, dhs crimes, pandemic drills & hagee
bush may fire fallon for someone more ‘pliable’from thinkprogress: Defense Secretary Robert Gates has called CENTCOM commander Adm. William Fallon “one of the best strategic thinkers in uniform today.” Fallon opposed the “surge” in Iraq and has consistently battled the Bush administration to avoid a confrontation with Iran, calling officials’ war-mongering “not helpful.” Privately, he…
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topoff 5: nau, spp & the 2010 olympics
three amigos at 2010 winter olympics?from vancouver24: Could Canada’s Games be secured with help from Americans and Mexicans? Canada, U.S. and Mexico are planning a massive joint military exercise in April 2009 “to focus on terrorist events that could affect [the] 2010 Olympics,” according to Public Safety Canada documents released to 2010 Watch via access…
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fbi says infragard story ‘patently false’
from progressive: I’ve got the FBI on my case. Three weeks ago The Progressive published my story on InfraGard, a secretive but large group of business executives that works hand in glove with the FBI… In the story, I reported on a whistleblower, himself a member of InfraGard, who told me that InfraGard members had…
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60 minutes heat ray, wikileaks again & the jfk materials
military heat ray gun zaps 60 minutes reporterfrom raw story: “You have to feel the ray gun to believe it,” says 60 Minutes correspondent David Martin, speaking about a non-lethal weapon the Pentagon has developed, “and there’s only one way to do that.” Martin was reportedly “zapped” 17 times for this piece, demonstrating the effects,…