OWS activists’ bail affected by refusing iris scans after brutal crackdown
image credit: Chad Miller/Flickr Madison Ruppert, Contributing Writer Activist Post I have spent a great deal of time covering biometrics and how this information is…
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A Perimeter Approach to Security and the Transformation of the U.S.-Canada Border
Dana Gabriel, Contributing Writer Activist Post Through a series of bilateral meetings, U.S. and Canadian officials are busy working out the details of the perimeter…
Study shows that computers might be able to spot liars better than human experts
Madison Ruppert, Contributing Writer Activist Post Similar to the so-called “threat assessment” technology being researched, funded and field tested by the United States Department of…
New smartphone app ushers in the digital age of citizen spying
imge: Apple App Store Madison Ruppert, Contributing Writer Activist Post The West Virginia Department of Homeland Security released an app for mobile phones they have…
Federal Biometric ID Program “Secure Communities” Expands to its 27th State
image source: FBI Nicholas West Activist Post ICE announced in February, 2011 that it would begin using biometric identification as a key component of an…
The US Air Force wants to monitor, track and analyze everything done on the Internet around the globe
Madison Ruppert, Contributing Writer Activist Post Dr. Mark Maybury, the United States Air Force Chief Scientist, is stepping outside of the typical areas in which…
Beyond the Cashless Society: IBM’s Vision for the Future
Brandon Turbeville Activist Post Fresh on the heels of India’s massive databasing program that is set to encompass all 1.2 billion members of its population,…
Cashless Society: India Implements First Biometric ID Program for all of its 1.2 Billion Residents
Source Brandon Turbeville Activist Post Over the past few months, I have written several articles dealing with the coming cashless society and the developing technological…
New Report: “Recording Everything” Details How Governments Can Shape the Dynamics of Dissent
“Recording Everything” PDF Brandon Turbeville Activist Post A recent Brookings Institution report has now confirmed what many have suspected for some time – that the…
Big Brother Pays Off as Predictive Behavior Technology Targets Shoppers
John Galt Activist Post Just prior to Black Friday, I issued an alert that anyone shopping in either of two American malls — Promenade Temecula…
The transparency problem: the government will not tell you why it’s legal to kill you
Predator Drone – Wiki image Madison Ruppert, Contributing Writer Activist Post President Barack Obama has leveraged heavy rhetoric on the subject of transparency for some…
With all of the pieces in place, when will the hammer drop?
Dees Illustration Madison Ruppert, Contributing Writer Activist Post Over the past few months, those who have been paying attention have witnessed some of the most…
Soldiers, Sheep, SMS Walls & Google Censorship
Owen Myles, Contributing Writer Activist Post On November 17th, 2011, after finding an article in which was embedded a censored Youtube video of US soldiers…
Why is the Department of Homeland Security assisting in the murder of innocent Jamaicans?
Madison Ruppert, Contributing Writer Activist Post In May of last year, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) helped the Jamaica Defense Force (JDF)…