Tag: surveillance
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fbi turns to broad new wiretap method
from zdnet: The FBI appears to have adopted an invasive Internet surveillance technique that collects far more data on innocent Americans than previously has been disclosed. Instead of recording only what a particular suspect is doing, agents conducting investigations appear to be assembling the activities of thousands of Internet users at a time into massive…
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pentagon & cia involved in domestic spying
from wired: Just a day before the nation celebrated the life of the once-federally-spied-upon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the New York Times reported that both the Pentagon and the CIA have been issuing subpoenas to domestic financial institutions to investigate possible terrorism. Although the military and the CIA are largely barred from spying on…
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military expands domestic surveillance
from new york times: The Pentagon has been using a little-known power to obtain banking and credit records of hundreds of Americans and others suspected of terrorism or espionage inside the United States, part of an aggressive expansion by the military into domestic intelligence gathering. The C.I.A. has also been issuing what are known as…
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news on the march
boston may install ‘gunshot-detection system’from boston globe: Boston city councilors, law enforcement officials, and community leaders are pressing City Hall to come up with $1.5 million to buy a promising acoustic gunshot-detection system… Similar gunshot-detection systems are already being used by police in a number of US cities in addition to Chicago, including Minneapolis; Washington,…
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news on the march
democrats take control of congressfrom ap/my way: In a day of ceremony and historic change, Rep. Nancy Pelosi became the nation’s first female House speaker on Thursday as Democrats eagerly took control of Congress for the final two years of President Bush’s term. “The Democrats are back,” rejoiced Pelosi, and she immediately set the rank-and-file…
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US ‘licence to snoop’ on British air travellers
from telegraph: Britons flying to America could have their credit card and email accounts inspected by the United States authorities following a deal struck by Brussels and Washington. By using a credit card to book a flight, passengers face having other transactions on the card inspected by the American authorities. Providing an email address to…
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ePassports ‘at risk’ from cloning
from bbc: The ePassport is one of the many measures pursued by the United States and governments internationally after the horror of 11 September. It will, we are promised, keep the unwanted and dangerous outside our borders, while streamlining entry for those welcome to come and visit. But as the implementation of the scheme gets…
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news on the march
Cuban mob attacks human rights protestersfrom washington post: More than 200 Cuban government supporters attacked 15 human rights activists on International Human Rights Day on Sunday, manhandling the demonstrators as they drove them from a Havana park. Ten Canadians die after taking bird flu vaccinefrom world poultry: Following reports that patients taking Tamiflu can exhibit…
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suspect nation
from bbc 4: Since Tony Blair’s New Labour government came to power in 1997, the UK civil liberties landscape has changed dramatically. ASBO’s were introduced by Section 1 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and first used in 1999. The right to remain silent is no longer universal. Our right to privacy, free from…
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news on the march
from int’l herald tribune: Outsourcing hits a new class of workers: Journalists… The long arm of ‘offshoring’ reaches into the news industry from earth times: MADD wants alcohol sensors in cars… As a first step in trying to rein in DUI, Mothers Against Drunk Driving will campaign for the introduction of alcohol sensors in every…
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global hawk to fly first mission over US
from ap/breitbart: They’ve become a fixture in the skies over Iraq and Afghanistan, a new breed of unmanned aircraft operated with remote controls by “pilots” sitting in virtual cockpits many miles away. But the Air Force’s Global Hawk has never flown a mission over the United States. That is set to change Monday, when the…
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just because you’re paranoid…
from boston globe: [IBM] filed a patent application in 2001 which contemplates using this wireless snooping technology to track people as they roam through “shopping malls, airports, train stations, bus stations, elevators, trains, airplanes, rest rooms, sports arenas, libraries, theaters, museums, etc.” …And it’s not just IBM. A host of other companies are looking at…