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Latest Articles: Dead Constitution
Back-Seat Big Brother? Tax-by-the-mile technology to be tested in Oregon
Post Date: 2005-05-26 12:31:28 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Back-Seat Big Brother? Tax-by-the-mile technology to be tested in Oregon. BY PETE HUNT Oregon is on track to road-test whether black-box technology now in cars could one day be used to slap a tax on mileage. No other state taxes by miles driven. And Oregon's civil libertarians and environmentalists aren't wasting any time in throwing spikes on the road to stop the concept. The American Civil Liberties Union warns that the technology developed by a research team at Oregon State University is ripe for surveillance abuse. "This is the government insisting that you have technology that can track you," says Andrea Meyer, legislative director for ACLU of Oregon. And enviros ...
Rumsfeld Laments Global Reach of War News
Post Date: 2005-05-26 11:47:23 by Don
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Rumsfeld Laments Global Reach of War News By DAVID B. CARUSO, Associated Press Writer Thu May 26, 7:21 AM ET PHILADELPHIA - One of the military's new wartime challenges is dealing with global media that can instantly spread around the world information that may be false or damaging to U.S. interests, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Wednesday. The United States needs to respond to anti-American messages with greater agility and speed if it is to win the ideological struggle with Islamic extremists, Rumsfeld said in a speech to members of the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia. "We'll need to develop considerably more sophisticated ways of using these new means of ...
O.C. Sheriff Made Donors His Deputies
Post Date: 2005-05-26 11:05:14 by Don
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O.C. Sheriff Made Donors His Deputies By Christine Hanley Times Staff Writer Thu May 26, 7:55 AM ET Shortly after he took office, Orange County Sheriff Michael S. Carona and one of his top assistants deputized 86 friends, relatives, political contributors and others, giving them badges, powers of arrest and in some cases guns — despite the fact that none had background investigations and some had not been fully trained. Three years later, the state's Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training removed all 86 of the reserve deputies from California's peace officer database, which meant the commission no longer recognized them as peace officers. Even so, 56 still have ...
Yahoo 'Web Beacons' Spy On And Track Yahoo Users!
Post Date: 2005-05-26 08:59:27 by boonie rat
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Yahoo 'Web Beacons' Spy On And Track Yahoo Users! Yahoo tracks all of its users everywhere on the web and the way to opt-out is detailed below. If you have a Yahoo e-mail account or belong to one of Yahoo's many Yahoo groups, this probably applies to you. Yahoo has probably been tracking everything you do online. Follow the instructions precisely to opt out of this. Notice the important part at the very end. Yahoo is now using something called 'Web Beacons' to track Yahoo Group users around the net and see what you're doing and where you are going similar to cookies. Yahoo is recording every website and every group you visit. Take a look at their updated privacy statement: ...
WHOOOO!!!! French in disarray as they admit EU treaty vote is lost
Post Date: 2005-05-26 08:18:15 by gengis gandhi
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Europe May 26, 2005 French in disarray as they admit EU treaty vote is lost By Charles Bremner in Paris and Philip Webster, Political Editor THE leader of France’s ruling party has privately admitted that Sunday’s referendum on the European constitution will result in a “no” vote, throwing Europe into turmoil. “The thing is lost,” Nicolas Sarkozy told French ministers during an ill-tempered meeting. “It will be a little ‘no’ or a big ‘no’,” he was quoted as telling Jean-Pierre Raffarin, the Prime Minister, whom he accused of leading a feeble campaign. Although Europe would be thrown into disarray, the Government would be ...
Inmates Alleged Koran Abuse (FBI Papers Cite Koran Abuse)
Post Date: 2005-05-26 06:21:07 by crack monkey
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Inmates Alleged Koran Abuse FBI Papers Cite Complaints as Early as 2002 By Dan Eggen and Josh White Washington Post Staff Writers Thursday, May 26, 2005; A01 Detainees told FBI interrogators as early as April 2002 that mistreatment of the Koran was widespread at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and many said they were severely beaten by captors there or in Afghanistan, according to FBI documents released yesterday. The summaries of FBI interviews, obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union as part of an ongoing lawsuit, include a dozen allegations that the Koran was kicked, thrown to the floor or withheld as punishment. One prisoner said in August 2002 that guards ...
FBI asks US congress for power to seize documents
Post Date: 2005-05-25 19:39:34 by boonie rat
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FBI asks US congress for power to seize documents 25 May 2005 WASHINGTON: The FBI today asked the United States Congress for sweeping new powers to seize business or private records, ranging from medical information to book purchases, to investigate terrorism without first securing approval from a judge. Valerie Caproni, FBI general counsel, told the US Senate Intelligence Committee her agency needed the power to issue what are known as administrative subpoenas to get information quickly about terrorist plots and the activities of foreign agents. Civil liberties groups have complained the subpoenas, which would cover medical, tax, gun-purchase, book purchase, travel and other records and ...
The National Guard Is
Not The Militia -
Armed Citizens Are!
Post Date: 2005-05-25 19:13:41 by Coral Snake
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The National Guard Is Not The Militia - Armed Citizens Are! By Ted Lang ©. 2005 All Rights Reserved 5-25-5 It is fundamental common sense that no encyclical presenting a rule of law of, by and for the people of a nation, when conveying upon its chosen and created government so established, to create also within that same document via amendment, instruction to its standing armed forces as regards the necessity of military discipline within its ranks, especially when such a standing armed force is strictly forbidden by that very same document. The military organization of any nation requires only a bare minimum of codified authorization and legitimization to be legally established; ...
Newsweek Was Right: Part II
Post Date: 2005-05-25 17:17:45 by Eoghan
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No sooner does Newsweek retract its Koran desecration story then a flurry of news reports attest to just what Newsweek seemed to be reporting. "Dozens have Alleged Koran's Mishandling" read a Los Angeles Times headline from Sunday. "They tore it and threw it on the floor," former detainee Mohammed Mazouz said of guards at Guantanamo Bay. "They urinated on it. They walked on top of the Koran. They used the Koran like a carpet." Defense Department shill Lawrence DiRita claims that prison guards were instructed to respect Muslim religious rituals after the prisons for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay were first built in early 2002. But between 2002 and ...
Professor disputes Holocaust
Post Date: 2005-05-25 14:42:59 by Eoghan
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The phone call inquiring about Professor Jane Christensen's views on the Holocaust was brief. Asked directly about her view of the Holocaust — Do you believe that the historic accounts of the Holocaust are true? — Christensen's response was cryptic and evasive. "Do you mean the Holocaust in Fallujah?" she said. No. The question referred to the conventionally held definition of the Holocaust, in which 6 million Jews were killed by Nazis, many in concentration camps. The question was redirected — Do you believe Germany killed 6 million Jews in concentration camps in World War II? "I believe that Germany killed many people in concentration camps in World War ...
Pelosi Delivers Speech to American Israel Public Affairs Committee
Post Date: 2005-05-25 12:56:26 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Pelosi Delivers Speech to American Israel Public Affairs Committee Washington, D.C. ? House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi addressed the American Israel Public Affairs Committee at their 2005 Policy Conference last night. Pelosi discussed the relationship between the United States and Israel and the continued effort for peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Below are her remarks: "Thank you, Amy Friedkin, my dear friend for so many years. Californians, North and South, are proud of your great leadership at AIPAC. And to Bernice Manocherian, President of AIPAC, thank you. All who care about peace in the Middle East are grateful for your strength and wisdom in guiding AIPAC. As a ...
Minnesota court takes dim view of encryption [encryption equals criminal intent]
Post Date: 2005-05-25 12:46:05 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Minnesota court takes dim view of encryption Published: May 24, 2005, 3:02 PM PDT By Declan McCullagh Staff Writer, CNET News.com A Minnesota appeals court has ruled that the presence of encryption software on a computer may be viewed as evidence of criminal intent. Ari David Levie, who was convicted of taking illegal photographs of a nude 9-year-old girl, argued on appeal that the PGP encryption utility on his computer was irrelevant and should not have been admitted as evidence during his trial. PGP stands for Pretty Good Privacy and is sold by PGP Inc. of Palo Alto, Calif. But the Minnesota appeals court ruled 3-0 that the trial judge was correct to let that information be used when ...
The Neocon Power Grab at the NSA
Post Date: 2005-05-25 07:37:17 by Eoghan
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Now more on what is happening at NSA and how it is adversely affecting U.S. national security. On August 1, 2001, just five and a half weeks before the 9–11 attacks, NSA awarded Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) a more than $2 billion, 10-year contract known as GROUNDBREAKER. The contract was never popular with NSA's career professionals. Although GROUNDBREAKER was limited to outsourcing NSA's administrative support functions such as telephones, data networks, distributed computing, and enterprise architecture design, the contract soon expanded into the operational areas—a sphere that had always been carefully restricted to contractors. NSA was once worried about buying ...
Thomas Jefferson's Warning To America (About Banks)
Post Date: 2005-05-24 16:05:55 by Red Jones
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Thomas Jefferson's Warning To America 5-21-5 "I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs." * Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin (1802) and later published in The Debate Over The Recharter Of The Bank ...
For One Day, at Least, a Nation of Schools Must Teach the Same Topic
Post Date: 2005-05-24 13:41:45 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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For One Day, at Least, a Nation of Schools Must Teach the Same Topic By Ben Feller The Associated Press Published: May 24, 2005 WASHINGTON (AP) - The Constitution long has ensured that Congress can't tell schools what to teach. But that's no longer the case for at least one topic - the Constitution itself. The Education Department outlined Tuesday how it plans to enforce a little-known provision that Congress passed in 2004: Every school and college that receives federal money must teach about the Constitution on Sept. 17, the day the document was adopted in 1787. Schools can determine what kind of educational program they want, but they must hold one every year on the now-named ...
Alabama congressman: HBO comedian's remark "borders on treason"
Post Date: 2005-05-24 11:17:30 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Alabama congressman: HBO comedian's remark "borders on treason" 5/23/2005, 5:40 p.m. CT By JEFFREY McMURRAY The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) ? An Alabama congressman says comedian Bill Maher's comment that the U.S. military has already recruited all the "low-lying fruit" is possibly treasonous and at least grounds to cancel the HBO show. Republican Rep. Spencer Bachus takes issue with remarks on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher," first aired May 13, in which Maher points out the Army missed its recruiting goal by 42 percent in April. "More people joined the Michael Jackson fan club," Maher said in giving a comic twist to his commentary. ...
Arizona couple suing feds for access to private land
Post Date: 2005-05-24 11:02:15 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Arizona couple suing feds for access to private land Jon Kamman The Arizona Republic May. 24, 2005 12:00 AM If you could see his heavenly piece of forest land west of Flagstaff, Richard G. Smith says, you would understand why he has fought over it with the federal government for 18 years. Where else across thousands of square miles of northern Arizona's Coconino Plateau can a natural stand of blue spruce be found? Just two other places, according to the Arizona Nature Conservancy. Where else does a secluded parcel of private land offer such scenic vistas, such ecologically rich habitat? Few places, if any, Smith assures. There's just one drawback. Despite laws requiring access, you ...
Watch where you point that camera
Post Date: 2005-05-24 10:53:29 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Watch where you point that camera By Susan Llewelyn Leach Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor If you pull out a camera on a New Jersey train, you will have company - law enforcement company. If you size up a shot on the New York subway, you'll probably be questioned by security and told to keep the lens cap tightly on. Even if you plan to snap some innocuous bank building from a public sidewalk, you might find guards telling you it's not allowed. "Is photography becoming illegal in the United States?" asks Jim McGee, in a column for the online photo magazine Vivid Light Photography. Anecdotal evidence suggests that heightened sensitivities over security in the wake ...
Homeland Security Weighs Plane Shootdowns
Post Date: 2005-05-24 10:48:20 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Homeland Security Weighs Plane Shootdowns By LARA JAKES JORDAN The Associated Press Monday, May 23, 2005; 6:43 PM WASHINGTON -- The Homeland Security Department is considering whether it should seek authority for its pilots to shoot down errant planes around the nation's capital like the one that came within three miles of the White House this month, according to an internal agency memo obtained by The Associated Press. Putting the Coast Guard on air patrol duty in the Washington area could raise questions about whether Homeland Security or the Pentagon would give an order to use lethal force in an emergency. Hundreds of general aviation aircraft mistakenly enter the restricted zone ...
Plane Struck By Lightning Violates Restricted Airspace
Post Date: 2005-05-24 10:44:19 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Plane Struck By Lightning Violates Restricted AirspaceU.S. Senate Takes Brief Recess POSTED: 6:45 pm EDT May 23, 2005 UPDATED: 9:01 am EDT May 24, 2005 WASHINGTON -- Another small plane was intercepted by two F-16s Monday night after it violated restricted airspace, this time in the skies over Montgomery County, Md. Officials with the Transportation Security Administration said the Cessna 340 flew into the area without the required transponder signal. A spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration said the plane had apparently been struck by lightning, which caused an electrical failure and radio problems. Chris Bailey, a Navy pilot who lives in Silver Spring and witnessed the ...
ARE YOU DOING YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY FOR "HOMELAND SECURITY"? PART 3
Post Date: 2005-05-23 19:29:47 by DeaconBenjamin
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PART ONE of this commentary explained why "the Militia of the several States" are the fundamental constitutional components of "homeland security". PART TWO discussed who actually comprises "the Militia of the several States"; how Congress and the States--contrary to their constitutional duties--are almost completely neglecting the Militia; and why average Americans need to revitalize the Militia as soon as possible. This PART explores whether revitalization of the Militia can actually come about if Americans simply arm and train themselves as individuals and in lawful private organizations, or if a more structured approach is necessary. At first glance, ...
MIDDLE-CLASS OUTLAWS [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2005-05-23 18:03:21 by boonie rat
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MIDDLE-CLASS OUTLAWS. This is a strange new genre of citizen Our Beloved Government is creating. Ordinary middle-class or working-class men and women who, in order to stay free, must step outside the system. Or run like hell outside the system, for that matter. This creates definite oddities. Joel Simon (aka John DeWitt) expresses the feeling very well in his adventurous poem "The Night of Randall's Crates." Sort of a sense of WTF am I doing here? How did I -- me! -- the former vice-president of the student body, the former Chamber of Commerce member, former Republican party devotee, or whatever -- come to this??? Driving without a license, ditching the IRS, banking offshore, ...
Records-search plan alarms civil-liberties groups
Post Date: 2005-05-23 17:56:00 by boonie rat
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Records-search plan alarms civil-liberties groups By Alan Elsner 1 hour, 2 minutes ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. civil-liberties groups said on Monday they were alarmed at new provisions to be considered in Congress this week to strengthen the government's ability to seize private records without judicial review. Officials from the American Civil Liberties Union, the Open Society Institute and the Center for Democracy and Technology said in a telephone conference call the new provisions to the USA Patriot Act would allow the FBI to secretly demand medical, tax, gun-purchase, travel and other records without approval from a judge. The act was passed shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, ...
[FEMA] Communications trucks will soon blanket the state [OH]
Post Date: 2005-05-23 10:23:39 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Communications trucks will soon blanket the state 5/14/2005, 6:56 a.m. ET The Associated Press CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (AP) ? Within the next month, the first of 11 mobile communications trucks will be stationed around Ohio to assist law enforcement agencies during emergencies. The diesel-powered trucks each cost $440,000. They were paid for with federal Homeland Security Act grants. The vehicles are expected to help police and other officials communicate and better respond to flooding, ice storms, tornadoes, major crashes, terrorist attacks or other disasters. They give law-enforcement officials the ability to access the Internet, fax, copy, print digital photographs and, maybe most ...
CIA Skullduggery in Academia
Post Date: 2005-05-22 12:54:54 by boonie rat
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May 21 / 22, 2005 CIA Skullduggery in Academia Carry On Spying (or Pay Us Back at the Rate of 2,400 Per Cent) By DAVID H. PRICE My recent CounterPunch exposé ("The CIA's Campus Spies," ) on the Pat Roberts Intelligence Scholars Program (PRISP) bruised those tender souls in spookworld, also Senator Roberts. After this piece circulated and some press coverage followed, Roberts gave some interviews designed to diminish concerns that something was wrong with secretly placing students on the payrolls of the CIA and other intelligence agencies in American university classrooms. Senator Roberts' spin was interesting for what it addressed and what it conceded. Roberts dismissed ...
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