6 Threats to Free and Open Access to the Internet
Activist Post Many of us believe the Internet to be open and free for us to explore all known information. Indeed, it is true that…
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TSA refusal to release body scanner safety reports has many crying foul
Dees Illustration Jonathan Benson Natural News Two months after lawmakers ordered the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to release safety reports about the levels of…
Obama assertion: FBI can get phone records without oversight
Marisa Taylor McClatchy News WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s Justice Department has asserted that the FBI can obtain telephone records of international calls made from…
Can Jesse Ventura force a TSA submission?
Things have come to a pretty pass if our best hope is a former pro wrestler’s lawsuit against the TSA’s violations of privacy Jennifer Abel…
Lawless FBI Intelligence Gathering Practices
Stephen Lendman Lew Rockwell A new Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) report titled, “Patterns of Misconduct: FBI Intelligence Violations from 2001–2008” based its findings on nearly…
Arizona city plans to fingerprint pharmacy customers
Daniel Tencer Raw Story An Arizona city’s proposed law requiring people buying certain drugs to be fingerprinted has civil liberties advocates concerned about what they…
TSA shuts door on private airport screening program
Mike M. Ahlers and Jeanne Meserve CNN Washington (CNN) — A program that allows airports to replace government screeners with private screeners is being brought…
TSA shuts door on private airport screening program
Mike M. Ahlers and Jeanne Meserve CNN Washington (CNN) — A program that allows airports to replace government screeners with private screeners is being brought…
Google Comes Under Fire for ‘Secret’ Relationship with NSA
source Grant Gross PC World Consumer Watchdog, an advocacy group largely focused in recent years on Google’s privacy practices, has called on a congressional investigation…
Mexico’s New Biometric Identity Card For All by 2012
The National Identity Card includes Complete Biometrics of all school children and adults by 2012. Alexander Backman Coup Media Councilors and legislators involved in the…
Jesse Ventura Sues TSA Over Body Scans, Pat Downs
Amy Forliti Huffington Post/AP MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura sued the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration on Monday, alleging…
Mexico to become first country to use iris scans on ID cards
Mexico will on Monday become the first country to start using iris scans for identity cards, according to the government. photo: Getty The Telegraph The…
Is Big Brother Watching You From Israel? (Video)
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It’s time to grade parents, new bill proposes
1984 Big Brother Leslie Postal and Denise-Marie Balona Orlando Sentinel Every year, Florida’s students, schools and districts are graded based on their performance. Now, it’s…