ICE To States: Participation In Secure Communities Mandatory
image source: FBI Mickey McCarter Homeland Security Today States cannot decline participation in a program that shares criminal fingerprints with the Department of Homeland Security…
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US Federal Judge Denies Appeal to Return Streaming Domains
Dees Illustration James Lee Phillips International Business Times A United States Federal judge has given a seal of approval to the summary seizure of foreign…
Future of war: Private robot armies fight it out
Technology opens way for unlimited algorithm-run clashes of DIY terminators Wiki Commons image Greg Lindsay Fast Company/MSNBC Last month, NATO’s commanders in Libya went with…
Linking to Potential Copyright Infringing Material Is Not Copyright Infringement: Spain
EFF image Oscar Montezuma Panez EFF We all know that HTML links are the heart of the World Wide Web. What many don’t appreciate is…
Smart Meter Slavery
Cassandra Anderson MORPHcity Smart meters are radio frequency microwave meters that communicate with the Smart Grid. The Smart Grid is a transmission system that delivers…
FBI launches phone app to help find missing children
The FBI joined the booming mobile phone app market with the launch of a tool to help parents find missing kids © AFP/File Kim Jae-Hwan…
Renton police investigating cartoons mocking cops, city workers
image source Joel Moreno KOMO News RENTON, Wash. — Police say a series of cartoons mocking officers and other city workers are criminal, and the…
Ex-Microsoft executive named to top US tech post
US President Barack Obama speaks to the press on August 2 © AFP/File Jewel Samad AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama appointed a…
Former CIA Official Predicts Cyber 9/11 (Video)
Cofer Black Kurt Nimmo Infowars Cofer Black, veteran CIA spook and former vice chairman of the mercenary outfit Blackwater, sees parallels between the terrorism threat…
EFF Defends Blogger From Righthaven over David Dees Parody
Parody Illustration in Lawsuit David Dees Illustration Rebecca Jeschke EFF Despite a string of courtroom losses, copyright troll Righthaven continues to pursue its misguided infringement…
Cold War gives way to Code War: CIA veteran
US counterterrorism expert Cofer Black © AFP/Getty Images/File Mark Wilson AFP LAS VEGAS (AFP) – A US counterterrorism expert warned Wednesday that the Cold War…
Tell Gov to ban Nanoparticles in food and pesticides
Food Freedom Nanoparticles cross the blood-brain barrier, posing a significant threat to human DNA and that of other life forms. Currently, the US Food and…
Apple’s Chinese manufacturer to rely on a million robots to build iPhones
image source Reuters HONG KONG/TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology Group, known for assembling Apple’s iPhones and iPads in China, plans to use more robots,…
White House Stonewalls Senators on Use of “Secret Law” to Spy on Americans
Dees Illustration Tom Burghardt AntiFascist Calling During last spring’s run-up to the reauthorization of three expiring provisions of the USA Patriot Act, Senator Ron Wyden…