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Padilla sues ex-Justice official over torture (SUES JOHN YOO)
Post Date: 2008-01-04 15:03:23 by aristeides
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Padilla sues ex-Justice official over torture By Karoun Demirjian | Tribune staff reporter 1:02 PM CST, January 4, 2008 In the latest legal contest over the treatment of detained terrorist suspects, attorneys for Jose Padilla filed a suit in a California federal district court this morning against John Yoo, the former deputy assistant Attorney General whose legal opinions formed the basis for Padilla's detention and the interrogation techniques used against him that the attorneys call torture. Padilla, a former Chicago gang member who converted to Islam and attended terrorist training camps in Central Asia during the 1990s, has risen to prominence in the legal fight for rights of ...
Padilla Sues Yoo
Post Date: 2008-01-04 14:56:40 by aristeides
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Padilla Sues Yoo 04 Jan 2008 02:26 pm Just filed: Defendant John Yoo, along with other senior officials, deliberately removed Mr. Padilla from due process protections traditionally available to U.S. citizens detained by their government and barred all access to the outside world, including access to counsel. On information and belief, Defendant Yoo and other senior officials then personally formulated and/or approved and/or failed to act upon actual or constructive knowledge of, a systematic program of illegal detention and interrogation, which was specifically designed to inflict, and did inflict, severe physical and mental pain and suffering on Mr. Padilla for the purpose of extracting ...
Philly police faulted for shootings
Post Date: 2008-01-04 12:58:54 by PSUSA
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PHILADELPHIA - For the second year in a row, city officials are being asked how police officers responding to celebratory New Year's Eve gunfire ended up shooting innocent bystanders. ADVERTISEMENT This year, police chasing an armed reveler shot into a house filled with partygoers, leaving one man in a coma, a second wounded and a 9-year-old boy with a graze wound to the chest. A year ago, police fatally shot a man in the back of the head as he tried to flee when neighbors started shooting guns into the air. The latest shootings came as Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson ends a six-year tenure marked by public concern about gun violence and the police response to it. Johnson ...
A Republic, If You Can Keep It
Post Date: 2008-01-04 12:51:28 by ghostdogtxn
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Charges Against Tasered Woman Dropped, Officer Under Investigation
Post Date: 2008-01-04 11:48:03 by PSUSA
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CBS/AP) Charges were dismissed today against a northeast Ohio woman who was handcuffed and tasered by a patrolman whose actions were recorded by police dashboard video. The Warren officer who arrested 38-year-old Heidi Gill outside a bar has been fired for lying to investigators in an unrelated traffic stop. Richard Kovach had refused to testify against the tasered woman on the advice of his attorney. The FBI is currently investigating the matter, and Kovach himself may face federal charges. A video made from a cruiser shows Kovach using a Taser on the woman as she screams and tries to kick out a rear window of the patrol car. The officer got a two-month suspension in the stun gun case. ...
HR 666: A Bill To Control Crime By Exclusionary Rule Reform
Post Date: 2008-01-04 10:46:25 by aristeides
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HR 666: A Bill To Control Crime By Exclusionary Rule Reform [I-L Note: This bill's number was obviously assigned by an undercover civil libertarian on the House staff. A consistently unreliable source has informed lectlaw that by coincidence this person's body was found the next day in a suburban Virginia park surrounded by various obscure symbols scratched in the dirt. It had been sodomized and burned, the numbers 666 carved in it's forehead, and appearently partially eaten. In it's clenched fist was a ripped piece of cloth with a House Leadership Conference pin attached. After an exhaustive investigation the death was ruled a suicide.] 104th CONGRESS 1st Session IN THE ...
The Failure of the Second Amendment
Post Date: 2008-01-04 03:33:25 by hammerdown
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(It is not the purpose of this article to promote violence.) Gun rights advocates often point out that the purpose of having access to firearms is not just to keep the occasional thief of murderer at bay but also to be used as a check on government. The idea is that an armed citizenry can and would scare off the state in case it became too tyrannical. The problem with the view that “guns will keep us free” is that if the majority of the population does not want freedom, then no amount of private gun ownership will make a difference. Indeed, this is what is happening today in the United States. There are millions of firearms in private hands yet the government continues to ...
SPD to start performance evaluations
Post Date: 2008-01-03 13:40:54 by Split
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On Jan. 1, Shelbyville Police Chief Bill Elliott will begin implementing a new performance evaluation policy for his police officers and other department employees. "We've never had any type of evaluation before - none whatsoever," said Elliott, who has served as chief for 2-1/2 years. Elliott recognized the need for a policy that would reward outstanding performance and identify and improve deficiencies. "At any place you work these days, you have minimum requirements and expectations," he said. Under the new program, all employees of the police department will be evaluated by their immediate supervisor on a quarterly basis. According to Elliott, patrol ...
Doughnut Thief Spared 30 Years, Receives Five-Year Suspended Sentence Plus 90 days in County Jail
Post Date: 2008-01-03 11:54:08 by aristeides
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Doughnut Thief Spared 30 Years, Receives Five-Year Suspended Sentence Plus 90 days in County Jail Published 1, December 31, 2007 In a nightmare befitting Homer Simpson, doughnut thief Scott A. Masters, 41, was facing 30 years in jail for stealing a doughnut and shoving a store employee. The case produced a national outcry and the court recently sentenced him to a five-year suspended sentence, five years of probation and 90 days in the county jail, including time he has served since Sept. 19. He was released this month. The prosecutors still do not regret charging him with strong arm robbery. “I know it sounds kind of silly, but to us, it was a serious case,” said St. Francois ...
This is guaranteed to piss you off.
Post Date: 2008-01-03 10:41:21 by PSUSA
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G...hpA0&mode=related&search=
Poster Comment:Miami Police Shot Protester, then laugh about it. If you have not seenit before, it is an eye opener. Worthless fucking cops.
TSA to punish fliers for 'facecrime'
Post Date: 2008-01-02 19:46:47 by Zipporah
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TSA screeners are learning to recognize set of secret, forbidden facial expressions. If your face slips into one of these during a TSA inspection, you will be taken off and given a thorough, secondary screening: TSA officials will not reveal specific behaviors identified by the program -- called SPOT (Screening Passengers by Observation Technique) -- that are considered indicators of possible terrorist intent. But a central task is to recognize microfacial expressions -- a flash of feelings that in a fraction of a second reflects emotions such as fear, anger, surprise or contempt, said Carl Maccario, who helped start the program for TSA. "In the SPOT program, we have a ...
Stonewalled by the C.I.A. (KEANE & HAMILTON SAY THEY WERE "OBSTRUCTED")
Post Date: 2008-01-02 15:10:52 by aristeides
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Stonewalled by the C.I.A. By THOMAS H. KEAN and LEE H. HAMILTON Published: January 2, 2008 Washington MORE than five years ago, Congress and President Bush created the 9/11 commission. The goal was to provide the American people with the fullest possible account of the “facts and circumstances relating to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001” — and to offer recommendations to prevent future attacks. Soon after its creation, the president’s chief of staff directed all executive branch agencies to cooperate with the commission. The commission’s mandate was sweeping and it explicitly included the intelligence agencies. But the recent revelations that the C.I.A. ...
TSA To Punish Fliers For "Facecrimes"
Post Date: 2008-01-02 14:27:10 by aristeides
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TSA To Punish Fliers For "Facecrimes" by webranding [Subscribe] Wed Jan 02, 2008 at 11:11:27 AM PST Oh this is just priceless. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screeners are learning to recognize a special set of forbidden facial expressions. If your face slips into one of these during a TSA inspection, you will be taken aside and given a more detailed screening: Travelers at Sea-Tac and dozens of other major airports across America are being scrutinized by teams of TSA behavior-detection officers specially trained to discern the subtlest suspicious behaviors. [....] TSA officials will not reveal specific behaviors identified by the program--called SPOT ...
Cops shoots self with Taser
Post Date: 2008-01-01 19:06:12 by angle
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This happened a while back, but a good new year blessing to all here.
America’s Homeland Security program for Children, Hitler’s Youth, and Holy Warriors
Post Date: 2008-01-01 10:23:45 by Zipporah
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America’s Homeland Security program for Children, Hitler’s Youth, and Holy Warriors http://www.chycho.com/?q=node/1467 I came across the following frightening story a couple of days ago: “The nation’s first comprehensive high school homeland security program, a three-year course to help kids land jobs in the growing anti-terrorism industry, is in its infancy in Maryland. But it’s recently been attracting the attention of educators and school districts from as far away as California and Florida… “Some question whether the program will teach students to be open-minded about the government’s national security policies, given its goal of getting kids ...
The Airport Security Follies
Post Date: 2008-01-01 09:06:59 by Zipporah
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By Patrick Smith Six years after the terrorist attacks of 2001, airport security remains a theater of the absurd. The changes put in place following the September 11th catastrophe have been drastic, and largely of two kinds: those practical and effective, and those irrational, wasteful and pointless. The first variety have taken place almost entirely behind the scenes. Explosives scanning for checked luggage, for instance, was long overdue and is perhaps the most welcome addition. Unfortunately, at concourse checkpoints all across America, the madness of passenger screening continues in plain view. It began with pat-downs and the senseless confiscation of pointy objects. Then came the ...
The 2007 International Privacy Ranking State of Privacy Map
Post Date: 2008-01-01 09:03:02 by Zipporah
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Contents OverviewSummary of key findingsBackground MethodologyGrading CriteriaKey aspects per country Overview Each year since 1997, the US-based Electronic Privacy Information Center and the UK-based Privacy International have undertaken what has now become the most comprehensive survey of global privacy ever published. The Privacy & Human Rights Report surveys developments in 70 countries, assessing the state of surveillance and privacy protection. The most recent report published in 2007, available at http://www.privacyinternational.org/phr, is probably the most comprehensive single volume report published in the human rights field. The report runs over 1,100 pages and ...
You Shall Know Them By Their Works and Their Words
Post Date: 2007-12-31 19:41:32 by buckeye
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33. To: fourth and three (#0) You Shall Know Them By Their Works and Their Words"We are grateful to the Washington Post, The New York Times, Time Magazine and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost forty years. It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subjected to the lights of publicity during those years. But, the world is now more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a world government. The supranational sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers is surely preferable to the national auto-determination practiced in past ...
Are We Witnessing The Rise Of The Fourth Reich?
Post Date: 2007-12-31 19:12:02 by Uncle Bill
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ARE WE WITNESSING THE RISE OF THE FOURTH REICH? Newswithviews By Pastor Chuck Baldwin February 7, 2006 Without a doubt, comparisons to Hitler have been overdone. It seems that when a writer disagrees with the policies of a sitting president, be he Republican or Democrat, there exists a ubiquitous temptation to compare him with the ignoble German leader. Some will no doubt charge this author with having succumbed to this temptation. Perhaps I have. However, as a student of both the Bible and history, I believe we in America are living in times that are eerily reminiscent of the days leading up to the rise of the Third Reich. If after reviewing this thesis, the reader wants to dismiss its ...
Leading surveillance societies in the EU and the World 2007
Post Date: 2007-12-31 18:43:01 by Split
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The 2007 International Privacy RankingState of Privacy Map The findings are available in PDF format by clicking here. ContentsOverviewSummary of key findingsBackgroundMethodologyGrading CriteriaKey aspects per countryOverview Each year since 1997, the US-based Electronic Privacy Information Center and the UK-based Privacy International have undertaken what has now become the most comprehensive survey of global privacy ever published. The Privacy & Human Rights Report surveys developments in 70 countries, assessing the state of surveillance and privacy protection. The most recent report published in 2007, available at http://www.privacyinternational.org/phr, is probably the most ...
Yukon, Liberty Post: "Yes, repeal the income tax and abolish the IRS. I support doing both"
Post Date: 2007-12-31 18:34:28 by Uncle Bill
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http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=211708&Disp=27#C27 "Yes, repeal the income tax and abolish the IRS. I support doing both."yukon posted on 2007-12-31 18:16:43 ET Reply Trace There isn't anybody I can't get to.
2,500 DUI arrests in Arizona since November
Post Date: 2007-12-31 15:55:00 by robnoel
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The legal limit in Az is .08 however .02 will get you busted in other words one beer and you are toast with all the coming events in Phoenix Super Bowl FBR Open etc one could call it a target rich environment to enhance local revenue and destroy many lives if you come to AZ catch a cab! Authorities participating in a statewide holiday drunken-driving task force say they've now made more than 2,500 DUI arrests since the effort began last month. On Friday alone, 182 drivers were booked on drunken-driving charges. The Governor's Office of Highway Safety coordinates the effort, which involves saturation patrols, DUI checkpoints and youth alcohol enforcement using officers from dozens ...
Police in thought pursuit
Post Date: 2007-12-29 23:28:14 by robin
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Article published Dec 27, 2007 Police in thought pursuit December 27, 2007 By Bruce Fein - The Pope had his Index of Forbidden Books. Japan had its Thought Police against subversive or dangerous ideologies. And the United States Congress and President Bush have learned nothing from those examples. Congress is perched to enact the "Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 20007 (Act)," probably the greatest assault on free speech and association in the United States since the 1938 creation of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). Sponsored by Rep. Jane Harman, California Democrat, the bill passed the House of Representatives on Oct. 23 by a ...
You’re Damn Right I’m Angry. Why Isn’t Everybody?
Post Date: 2007-12-29 21:35:24 by richard9151
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12/29/07 "ICH " -- -- I write articles each week with titles like “Everything I Need to Know About the Regressive Right I Learned In Junior High“, or “Conservatism Is Politics For Kindergartners“, or “Schadenfreude Is My Middle Name“. I regret doing so very much. Believe it or not, I really don’t like spewing venom, sarcasm and rage all over my computer keyboard. I particularly don’t like it because I have friends who are conservative, and it’s not my nature to trash-talk anybody, let alone friends. Indeed, none of this is in my nature. I don’t start fights and I don’t go looking for them. I’m not an angry, bitter or ...
Entrapment and the Columbus OH PD
Post Date: 2007-12-29 10:39:14 by PSUSA
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Robin Garrison, an off-duty 42-year-old firefighter, was walking in Berliner Park in Columbus, Ohio, in May when he saw a woman sunbathing topless under a tree. He approached her and they started talking and getting comfortable, the woman smiling and resting her foot on his shoulder at one point. Top The Law stories Judge Throws Book At 'Tuition Bandits'Not Enough Shame for Secret Sexy Cams?Freed Convicted Murderer Could Be RetriedRelated Topics Marcus Baram Sting Libertarian Party Legal Aid Society Eventually, she asked to see Garrison's penis; he unzipped his pants and complied. Seconds later, undercover police officers pulled up in a van and arrested Garrison; he was later ...
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